Robert Middleton’s Typical Vibe
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Robert Middleton has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s.
Recurring themes

The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Comedy · Crime

Odds and Evens
1978
Comedy · Crime

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
1953
Comedy

Fiasco in Milan
1959
Comedy

Flatfoot in Egypt
1980
Action · Comedy

Thieves and Robbers
1983
Action · Comedy

The Overtaxed
1959
Comedy

Up and Down
1959
Comedy

A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Dir. Norman Panama, Melvin Frank · With Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Dir. William Wyler · With Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis · With Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Donlevy

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Dir. William Wyler · With Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.
Dir. Enzo Barboni · With Giuliano Gemma, Bud Spencer, Robert Middleton
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