the vibe
Sidney Carroll’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Sidney Carroll has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by The Hustler.
Recurring themes
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
Dir. Robert Rossen · With Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.
Dir. Ronald Neame · With Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
Dir. David Greene · With Richard Chamberlain, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan
An art curator decides to seek revenge on his abusive boss by conning him into buying a fake Monet, but his plan requires the help of an eccentric and unpredictable Texas rodeo queen.
Dir. Michael Hoffman · With Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman
