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Peter Viertel — Writer · CriticCrunch
Peter Viertel Writer Titles 3
With scores 3
Peak decade 1990s
Oscar winner 1 title
Peter Viertel has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1990s.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile Top 17%
Titles Scored 3
Highest-Ranked Title Saboteur (Top 17%)
Primary Role Writer Career Overview By decade
1940s 1950s 1990s
By genre
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Peter Viertel’s Typical Vibe Signature vibe
gripping hopeful moderate layered
light-touch
personal
heartfelt
contemplative
gritty
Recurring themes
ambition hubris everyman strangers forced together ecological nature international mid-century
pacing
gripping 5/9 gripping 5/9
tone
hopeful 4/9 hopeful 4/9
intensity
moderate 4/9 moderate 4/9
complexity
layered 5/9 layered 5/9
humor
light-touch 3/9 light 3/9
scale
personal 5/9 personal 5/9
spirit
heartfelt 5/9 heartfelt 5/9
texture
contemplative quiet
CriticCrunch Signature Pacing gripping (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Tone hopeful (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Intensity moderate (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Complexity layered (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Humor light-touch (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Scale personal (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Spirit heartfelt (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Recurring Themes ambition hubris, everyman, strangers forced together, ecological nature, international, mid century
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Peter Viertel Filmography 3 with scores · sorted: best first More filters ▾ Quick slices 1990s
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Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Otto Kruger
Audience Score
6.9/10
552 votes
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Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
Dir. John Sturges · With Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver
Audience Score
6.5/10
168 votes
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Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza
Audience Score
6.4/10
315 votes
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