John Garfield’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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John Garfield has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1950s.
Recurring themes

The Set-Up
1949
Drama · Crime

Bicycle Thieves
1948
Drama

Obsession
1943
Crime · Drama

I Want to Live!
1958
Drama · Crime

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Crime · Drama

The Big Combo
1955
Drama · Crime

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Drama · Crime

Bitter Rice
1949
Drama · Crime

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Dir. Tay Garnett · With John Garfield, Lana Turner, Cecil Kellaway

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Dir. Elia Kazan · With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
Dir. Abraham Polonsky · With John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor

Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Dir. Robert Rossen · With John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks