William Hartnell’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
William Hartnell has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor.
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as The Doctor (1) (archive footage)
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Dir. Nick Hurran · With Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Dir. Carol Reed · With James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack

In early 1960s Northern England, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Dir. Lindsay Anderson · With Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Dir. John Boulting · With Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
Dir. Jack Arnold · With Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell