Raoul Walsh’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Raoul Walsh has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1920s through the 1950s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by White Heat.
Recurring themes

The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris
1915
Drama · Thriller

Thieves' Highway
1949
Drama · Crime

Broken City
2013
Thriller · Crime

Five Graves to Cairo
1943
War · Thriller

Scarface
1932
Crime · Action

Special 26
2013
Crime · Drama

Two for the Money
2005
Comedy · Crime

Dillinger
1973
Crime · Drama

The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Movie · Director
Top 14%Max · Included

The Thief of Bagdad
1924 · Movie · Director
Top 15%MGM+ · Included

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · Movie · Director
Top 28%Max · Included

They Drive by Night
1940 · Movie · Director
Top 43%Max · Included

The Big Trail
1930 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 53%Tubi · Free w/ ads

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
Dir. Bretaigne Windust · With Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Dir. Raoul Walsh · With John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel