Leif Erickson’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Leif Erickson has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by On the Waterfront.
Recurring themes

The Bad Seed
1956
Thriller · Drama

Gaslight
1944
Thriller · Drama

The Lodger
2009
Horror · Mystery

Midnight Lace
1960
Mystery · Thriller

The Body Snatcher
1945
Horror · Thriller

Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Drama · Thriller

The Dark Mirror
1946
Thriller · Mystery

The Vanishing
1993
Thriller · Drama

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Dir. Elia Kazan · With Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
Dir. Anatole Litvak · With Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards

After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out a window to his death — and that he can't remember the past two years of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye and a reluctant old flame, Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Gregory Peck, Diane Baker, Walter Matthau

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
Dir. Anatole Litvak · With Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Dir. William Castle · With Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
Dir. William Cameron Menzies · With Jimmy Hunt, Arthur Franz, Helena Carter
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