Dana Elcar’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
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Dana Elcar has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Sting.
Recurring themes

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Comedy · Crime

Il burbero
1986
Comedy

Private School
1983
Comedy · Romance

Tootsie
1982
Comedy · Romance

Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Comedy · Crime

Scrooged
1988
Fantasy · Comedy

Married to the Mob
1988
Comedy · Crime

Tough Guys
1986
Comedy · Crime

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Dir. George Roy Hill · With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
Dir. Lee David Zlotoff · With Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence

Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
Dir. Carl Reiner · With Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
Dir. Billy Wilder · With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss
Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her defection. Woody uses this request as leverage to use the CIA's resources to bring his comic book creation, Condorman, to life to battle the evil Krokov.
Dir. Charles Jarrott · With Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Barbara Carrera