Robert Adler’s Typical Vibe
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Robert Adler has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1950s.
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Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Western · Drama

While the City Sleeps
1956
Thriller · Drama

The Set-Up
1949
Drama · Crime

I Want to Live!
1958
Drama · Crime

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Crime · Drama

The Big Combo
1955
Drama · Crime

The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Drama · Crime

Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Crime · Drama

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray

In 1867, a gang robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws encounter a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman and her grandfather.
Dir. William A. Wellman · With Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
Dir. Delmer Daves · With James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Dir. Otto Preminger · With Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell