Richard Anderson’s Typical Vibe
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Richard Anderson has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Paths of Glory.
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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

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Dir. Fred M. Wilcox · With Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Dir. George Sidney · With Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh

Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Dir. Ronald F. Maxwell · With Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Dir. Martin Ritt · With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.
Dir. Kenneth Johnson, Martin Caidin · With Lee Majors, Martin E. Brooks, Richard Anderson

After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
Dir. Martin Caidin, Kenneth Johnson · With Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks
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