Monte Hellman’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Monte Hellman has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s.
Recurring themes

Accattone
1961
Drama

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
Drama

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
Drama · Western

Carne
1968
Drama

God's Country
2022
Mystery · Thriller

The Fire Within
1963
Drama

Il Grido
1957
Drama

Blue Spring
2001
Drama

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.
Dir. Monte Hellman · With James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson
Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a nearby town; but soon, because of her erratic behavior, they begin to suspect that her true purpose is quite different.
Dir. Monte Hellman · With Warren Oates, Will Hutchins, Millie Perkins
Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.
Dir. Monte Hellman · With Cameron Mitchell, Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins

Director · Writer
Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.
Dir. Monte Hellman · With Richard Beymer, Bill Moseley, Samantha Scully