Darryl Hickman’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Darryl Hickman has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s.
Recurring themes

Kiss of Death
1947
Crime · Thriller

The Star Chamber
1983
Drama · Thriller

The Bedroom Window
1987
Drama · Thriller

White Nights
1985
Drama · Thriller

A Dry White Season
1989
Drama · Thriller

Criminal Law
1989
Drama · Thriller

Johnny Handsome
1989
Crime · Drama

Bad Boys
1983
Crime · Drama

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Dir. John M. Stahl · With Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Dir. Robert Wise · With Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
Dir. William Castle · With Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
Dir. Lewis Milestone · With Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.
Dir. Michael Crichton · With Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Dir. Burt Reynolds · With Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Henry Silva