- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 6.50
- Peak run
- 1949’52
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Ben by the numbers
Average
6.50
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.50
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.86
rating spread
Career
62y
1942 to 2003
Total votes
219K
across every film
Best
8.1
White Heat
Worst
5.0
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Newest first
Filmography
| 2003 |  Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | 5.0 | 139K |
| 1981 | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | 5.0 | 2,824 |
| 1974 | Diagnosis: Murder | · | 366 |
| 1960 | Midnight Lace | 6.8 | 6,722 |
| 1960 | Portrait in Black | 6.3 | 2,144 |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | 7.0 | 1,826 |
| 1957 | Band of Angels | 6.5 | 2,835 |
| 1957 | Man of a Thousand Faces | 7.1 | 3,301 |
| 1956 | Serenade | · | 679 |
| 1954 | Green Fire | 5.9 | 1,737 |
| 1953 | King of the Khyber Rifles | 6.3 | 1,004 |
| 1953 | White Witch Doctor | · | 857 |
| 1952 | Glory at Sea | · | 924 |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | 7.2 | 3,466 |
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower | 7.3 | 8,648 |
| 1951 | Come Fill the Cup | · | 594 |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | 6.0 | 1,129 |
| 1950 | Backfire | 6.5 | 2,100 |
| 1949 |  White Heat | 8.1 | 39,046 |
| 1942 | Fly-By-Night | · | 405 |
Better together?
Ben Roberts's regulars
- Raoul WalshWriter · 3 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.70
- Henry HathawayWriter · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.59
- Henry KingWriter · 2 films · 6.75 avg▲+0.13
- Vincent ShermanWriter · 2 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.42
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ben Roberts
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1958Story by Ralph Wheelwright; Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
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