- Films
- 38
- Avg rating
- 6.71
- Peak run
- 1949’51
- 7+ run
- 3 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
William by the numbers
Average
6.71
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.75
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.59
rating spread
Career
28y
1942 to 1969
Total votes
90.8K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Gunfighter
Worst
7.1
Pitfall
Newest first
Filmography
| 1969 |  Support Your Local Sheriff! | 7.4 | 14,877 |
| 1967 | The Ride to Hangman's Tree | · | 280 |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | 5.3 | 1,235 |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | 5.9 | 1,016 |
| 1961 | The Last Time I Saw Archie | · | 537 |
| 1959 | -30- | · | 463 |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James | 6.4 | 1,835 |
| 1958 | Imitation General | · | 860 |
| 1958 | The Law and Jake Wade | 6.8 | 3,217 |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | 6.8 | 3,491 |
| 1957 | My Man Godfrey | 6.3 | 1,305 |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | · | 410 |
| 1955 | 5 Against the House | 5.9 | 2,333 |
| 1955 | Tight Spot | 6.6 | 2,895 |
| 1953 | Split Second | 6.8 | 2,318 |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No | · | 996 |
| 1952 | Assignment: Paris | · | 855 |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | · | 359 |
| 1951 | Cry Danger | 7.3 | 3,126 |
| 1951 | The Mob | 7.1 | 3,087 |
Better together?
William Bowers's regulars
- Robert ParrishWriter · 4 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.67
- George ShermanWriter · 3 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.17
- George MarshallWriter · 3 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.27
- Phil KarlsonWriter · 3 films · 6.25 avg▼−0.33
- Jack WebbWriter · 2 films
- Tim WhelanWriter · 2 films
- Dick PowellWriter · 2 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.52
- Michael CurtizWriter · 2 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.68
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On William Bowers
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1959Story by James Edward Grant; Screenplay by William Bowers, James Edward Grant
- NominatedBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1951William Bowers, Andre de Toth
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