- Films
- 12
- Avg rating
- 6.73
- Peak run
- 1935’63
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
Sam by the numbers
Average
6.73
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.73
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.39
rating spread
Career
57y
1933 to 1989
Total votes
59.8K
across every film
Best
7.2
My Favorite Wife
Worst
6.1
We're No Angels
Newest first
Filmography
| 1989 |  We're No Angels | 6.1 | 26,560 |
| 1963 | Move Over, Darling | 6.9 | 7,117 |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Kate | 7.0 | 7,374 |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | 6.6 | 1,538 |
| 1940 |  My Favorite Wife | 7.2 | 12,820 |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | · | 852 |
| 1937 | Vogues of 1938 | · | 358 |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | 6.6 | 1,257 |
| 1934 | The Cat and the Fiddle | · | 512 |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride | · | 717 |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | · | 353 |
| 1933 | The Solitaire Man | · | 339 |
Better together?
Sam Spewack's regulars
- Jack ConwayWriter · 3 films
- William K. HowardWriter · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.11
- Sam WoodWriter · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.25
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sam Spewack
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1941Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Leo McCarey
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