Walter Bernstein’s Typical Vibe
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Walter Bernstein has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1970s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Fail Safe.
Recurring themes
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Dir. John Sturges · With Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Dir. Martin Ritt · With Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi