John Gay’s Typical Vibe
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John Gay has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.
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Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
Dir. Paul Newman · With Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall · With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda

The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.
Dir. Delbert Mann · With Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.
Dir. Robert Wise · With Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden