Vivien Merchant’s Typical Vibe
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Vivien Merchant has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1970s.
Recurring themes

The Butcher
1970
Thriller · Crime

Klute
1971
Thriller · Crime

Straw Dogs
1971
Thriller · Drama

Reflections in a Golden Eye
1967
Drama · Romance

Hardcore
1979
Drama · Crime

The Honeymoon Killers
1970
Crime · Drama

Taxi Driver
1976
Crime · Drama

Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964
Crime · Thriller

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt

A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · With Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant
Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.
Dir. Joseph Losey · With Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard