Norman Wexler’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Norman Wexler has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Serpico.
Recurring themes
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Perry King, James Mason, Susan George

Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
Dir. John Badham · With John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Dir. John Irvin · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Dir. Sylvester Stallone · With John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes