Willis Goldbeck has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1960s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile
Top 2%
Titles Scored
3
Highest-Ranked Title
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Top 2%)
Primary Role
Writer
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
Best Work
Top 4%
3 titles scored
By genre
Western
2
Drama
2
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Willis Goldbeck’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
measureddarkintenselayered
light-touch
broad
earnest
gritty
contemplative
Recurring themes
nonlinear flashbacksocial injusticeanti-heroaction combatamerican regionallate 20th century
pacing
measured 4/9measured 4/9
tone
dark 2/9dark 2/9
intensity
intense 6/9intense 6/9
complexity
layered 5/9layered 5/9
humor
light-touch 3/9light 3/9
scale
broad 4/9broad 4/9
spirit
earnest 5/9earnest 5/9
texture
grittygritty
CriticCrunch Signature Pacing
measured (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Tone
dark (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Intensity
intense (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Complexity
layered (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Humor
light-touch (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Scale
broad (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Spirit
earnest (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Recurring Themes
nonlinear flashback, social injustice, anti hero, action combat, american regional, late 20th century
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Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
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A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Dir. John Ford · With Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers
