Richard Ward’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Richard Ward has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s.
Recurring themes

Serpico
1973
Crime · Drama

Flic Story
1975
Crime · Thriller

Straight Time
1978
Crime · Drama

Two Men in Town
1973
Crime · Drama

The Valachi Papers
1972
Crime · Drama

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Drama · Crime

The Honeymoon Killers
1970
Crime · Drama

Bloody Mama
1970
Crime · Drama

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Dir. Carl Reiner · With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?
Dir. Barry Shear · With Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Perry King, James Mason, Susan George