Jeff Donnell’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Jeff Donnell has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by In a Lonely Place.
Recurring themes

The Wrong Man
1956
Crime · Drama

It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
Crime · Thriller

Blackboard Jungle
1955
Crime · Drama

1984
1956
Science Fiction · Drama

Casque d'Or
1952
Drama · Crime

Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Crime · Drama

Rififi
1955
Crime · Thriller

Death of a Cyclist
1955
Crime · Drama

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
Dir. Nicholas Ray · With Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick · With Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
Dir. E.W. Swackhamer · With Nicholas Hammond, David White, Michael Pataki

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern