Ivan Moffat’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Ivan Moffat has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.
Recurring themes
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Dir. George Stevens · With Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson

An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller