Ralph Meeker’s Typical Vibe
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Ralph Meeker has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Paths of Glory.
Recurring themes

The Big Heat
1953
Crime · Thriller

Walking Tall
1973
Action · Crime

The Enforcer
1951
Drama · Thriller

Pickup on South Street
1953
Thriller · Crime

Charley Varrick
1973
Crime · Thriller

The Killing
1956
Crime · Thriller

Hunter Will Get You
1976
Action · Crime

The Enforcer
1976
Crime · Action

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Dir. Stanley Kubrick · With Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With James Stewart, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
Dir. John Llewellyn Moxey · With Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.
Dir. Douglas Hickox · With John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson

as George Clarence 'Bugs' Moran
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
Dir. Roger Corman · With Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.
Dir. Bert I. Gordon · With Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker
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