- Films
- 47
- Avg rating
- 6.76
- Peak run
- 1946’51
- 7+ run
- 4 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
W.R. by the numbers
Average
6.76
30 rated films
Vote weighted
6.82
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.59
rating spread
Career
42y
1931 to 1972
Total votes
454K
across every film
Best
8.2
The Great Escape
Worst
6.6
Ice Station Zebra
Newest first
Filmography
| 1972 | Cool Breeze | · | 484 |
| 1969 | Stiletto | · | 329 |
| 1968 |  Ice Station Zebra | 6.6 | 13,153 |
| 1967 | The Jackals | · | 396 |
| 1963 | Cairo | · | 450 |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | 5.5 | 3,951 |
| 1963 |  The Great Escape | 8.2 | 281K |
| 1962 | Sergeants 3 | 5.9 | 1,463 |
| 1960 | September Storm | · | 291 |
| 1959 | The Hangman | 6.6 | 1,379 |
| 1958 | The Badlanders | 6.4 | 1,860 |
| 1957 | Short Cut to Hell | · | 561 |
| 1956 | Accused of Murder | · | 475 |
| 1955 | Captain Lightfoot | · | 990 |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | 6.4 | 1,898 |
| 1955 | Illegal | 7.0 | 2,815 |
| 1954 | Dangerous Mission | · | 986 |
| 1954 | Night People | 6.5 | 1,847 |
| 1953 | Arrowhead | 5.9 | 1,740 |
| 1953 | Law and Order | 6.1 | 1,125 |
Better together?
W.R. Burnett's regulars
- Raoul WalshWriter · 7 films · 6.81 avg▲+0.08
- John SturgesWriter · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.19
- Byron HaskinWriter · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.43
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On W.R. Burnett
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1943W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
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