Stuart Rosenberg’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Stuart Rosenberg has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Cool Hand Luke.
Recurring themes
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew

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

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150,000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah