Richard Jordan’s Typical Vibe
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Richard Jordan has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1990s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Hunt for Red October.
Recurring themes

Flic Story
1975
Crime · Thriller

White Nights
1985
Drama · Thriller

A Dry White Season
1989
Drama · Thriller

A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Crime · Drama

The Odessa File
1974
Thriller

Johnny Handsome
1989
Crime · Drama

Bad Boys
1983
Crime · Drama

An Innocent Man
1989
Crime · Drama

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Dir. John McTiernan · With Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Dir. Peter Yates · With Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
Dir. Michael Anderson · With Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter

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

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
Dir. Herbert Ross · With Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…
Dir. Woody Allen · With Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Mary Beth Hurt

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
Dir. Stuart Millar · With John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Dir. Michael Winner · With Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
Dir. Michael Winner · With Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Dir. David Lynch · With Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Patrick Stewart
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Dir. Phillip Borsos · With Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Dir. Jerry Jameson · With Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby
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