- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 6.64
- Peak run
- 1958’63
- 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
John by the numbers
Average
6.64
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.68
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
20y
1958 to 1977
Total votes
87.9K
across every film
Best
7.3
Run Silent Run Deep
Worst
6.4
The Hallelujah Trail
Newest first
Filmography
| 1977 | Golden Rendezvous | · | 680 |
| 1976 | A Matter of Time | · | 863 |
| 1975 | Hennessy | · | 977 |
| 1972 | Pocket Money | 5.4 | 2,211 |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | 6.9 | 5,081 |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue | 6.9 | 7,433 |
| 1968 | No Way to Treat a Lady | 7.0 | 2,880 |
| 1968 | The Power | 5.9 | 2,088 |
| 1967 | The Last Safari | · | 308 |
| 1966 | Texas Across the River | 6.2 | 2,176 |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | 6.4 | 5,022 |
| 1963 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | 6.8 | 3,846 |
| 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | 6.5 | 2,686 |
| 1962 |  How the West Was Won | 7.1 | 25,928 |
| 1961 | The Happy Thieves | · | 714 |
| 1958 |  Run Silent Run Deep | 7.3 | 15,000 |
| 1958 |  Separate Tables | 7.3 | 10,034 |
Better together?
John Gay's regulars
- Vincente MinnelliWriter · 3 films · 6.65 avg▼−0.06
- George MarshallWriter · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.51
- Henry HathawayWriter · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.41
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Gay
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1959Terence Rattigan, John Gay
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