Rock Hudson’s Typical Vibe
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Rock Hudson has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Seconds.
Recurring themes

Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961
Comedy · Romance

...And God Created Woman
1956
Drama · Romance

Sabrina
1954
Comedy · Romance

A Man and a Woman
1966
Drama · Romance

Irma la Douce
1963
Romance · Comedy

The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
Comedy · Romance

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Drama · Romance

To Catch a Thief
1955
Mystery · Romance

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

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Dir. George Stevens · With Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
Dir. Anthony Mann · With James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
Dir. Michael Gordon · With Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
Dir. Douglas Sirk · With Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead

Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Dir. Delbert Mann · With Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
Dir. Howard Hawks · With Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
Dir. Anthony Mann · With James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams

When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall

Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Dir. Douglas Sirk · With Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr. James Ferraday (Rock Hudson), is dispatched to save them.
Dir. John Sturges · With Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
Dir. Douglas Sirk · With Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Dir. Guy Hamilton · With Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis
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