James Clavell’s Typical Vibe
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James Clavell has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Great Escape.
Recurring themes

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Dir. John Sturges · With Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.
Dir. Kurt Neumann · With David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.
Dir. James Clavell · With Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
Dir. James Clavell · With Richard Chamberlain, Toshirō Mifune, Yoko Shimada