Marc Lawrence’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Marc Lawrence has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Marathon Man.
Recurring themes

The Knock Out Cop
1973
Action · Comedy

Flatfoot in Egypt
1980
Action · Comedy

Miami Supercops
1985
Action · Comedy

Flatfoot in Africa
1978
Action · Comedy

48 Hrs.
1982
Crime · Action

Miami Blues
1990
Action · Crime

On Probation
2005
Mystery · Crime

No Mercy
1986
Action · Crime

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Dir. John Schlesinger · With Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Dir. John Huston · With Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Dir. Frank Tuttle · With Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston

While delivering a parking ticket to a small village in the Florida everglades, Officer Dave Speed finds himself in the middle of a radiation experiment conducted by the American government and NASA, where a detonated nuclear missile gives him a multitude of superpowers.
Dir. Sergio Corbucci · With Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
Dir. Guy Hamilton · With Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland

A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Dir. Colin Higgins · With Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith
A Lothario, in trouble for fooling around with a Senator's wife, becomes an unwitting witness to a mob murder. Police Lieutenant Parker tries to solve the case in enough time to take his long-suffering family on vacation.
Dir. Bruno Corbucci · With Bud Spencer, Tomas Milian, Marc Lawrence

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Dir. Jim McBride · With Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty