- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 6.92
- Peak run
- 1934’47
- 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
6.92
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.94
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.42
rating spread
Career
29y
1929 to 1957
Total votes
31.8K
across every film
Best
7.5
Sahara
Worst
6.3
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Newest first
Filmography
| 1957 | The Careless Years | · | 285 |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country | 7.0 | 1,149 |
| 1947 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | 6.3 | 1,938 |
| 1945 | Counter-Attack | · | 606 |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | 7.0 | 5,080 |
| 1943 |  Sahara | 7.5 | 11,200 |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | · | 609 |
| 1938 | Algiers | 6.6 | 3,715 |
| 1938 | Blockade | · | 699 |
| 1935 | Party Wire | · | 513 |
| 1934 | Success at Any Price | · | 410 |
| 1934 | Treasure Island | 7.1 | 3,610 |
| 1931 | Bachelor Apartment | · | 556 |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | · | 307 |
| 1929 | Dynamite | · | 602 |
| 1929 | The Pagan | · | 479 |
Better together?
John Howard Lawson's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Howard Lawson
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1939John Howard Lawson
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