Ralph Nelson’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Ralph Nelson has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1970s.
Recurring themes

Hang 'em High
1968
Western · Drama

The Unforgiven
1960
Western · Drama

Weekend at Dunkirk
1964
Drama · War

The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
Adventure · Drama

One-Eyed Jacks
1961
Western · Drama

The Hustler
1961
Drama · Romance

The Soft Skin
1964
Drama · Romance

Women in Love
1969
Drama · Romance

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bill Travers
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Dir. Ralph Nelson · With Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala