Paul L. Smith’s Typical Vibe
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Paul L. Smith has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s.
Recurring themes

Condorman
1981
Comedy · Action

Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Comedy · Crime

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985
Action · Adventure

No Retreat, No Surrender
1986
Action · Comedy

Running Scared
1986
Comedy · Crime

Winners & Sinners
1983
Action · Adventure

Any Which Way You Can
1980
Action · Adventure

The Young Master
1980
Action · Comedy

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Dir. Alan Parker · With Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Dir. Richard Donner · With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Dir. Arthur Hiller · With Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini

A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Dir. Juan Piquer Simón · With Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
Dir. Sam Raimi · With Reed Birney, Louise Lasser, Sheree J. Wilson
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Dir. Robert Altman · With Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Dir. Gene Wilder · With Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman