- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.74
- Peak run
- 1938’50
- 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
William by the numbers
Average
6.74
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.76
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.34
rating spread
Career
24y
1938 to 1961
Total votes
43.6K
across every film
Best
7.4
Love Crazy
Worst
6.2
Gun Glory
Newest first
Filmography
| 1961 | Back Street | 6.6 | 1,518 |
| 1957 | Gun Glory | 6.2 | 1,043 |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms | · | 619 |
| 1955 | Hit the Deck | 6.5 | 1,103 |
| 1955 | Interrupted Melody | 6.7 | 1,382 |
| 1955 |  Oklahoma! | 7.0 | 15,988 |
| 1954 | Athena | · | 788 |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | 6.5 | 1,105 |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | · | 741 |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso | 6.5 | 1,713 |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology | · | 792 |
| 1950 | Shadow on the Wall | 6.7 | 1,693 |
| 1949 | The Sun Comes Up | · | 509 |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie | · | 710 |
| 1948 | Hills of Home | · | 742 |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves | 6.8 | 1,316 |
| 1946 | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | · | 878 |
| 1944 | An American Romance | · | 699 |
| 1944 | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | · | 711 |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | 7.3 | 1,036 |
Better together?
William Ludwig's regulars
- Richard ThorpeWriter · 7 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.12
- George B. SeitzWriter · 4 films · 6.70 avg●0.00
- Jack ConwayWriter · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.36
- Curtis BernhardtWriter · 2 films · 6.70 avg●−0.04
- Roy RowlandWriter · 2 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.35
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On William Ludwig
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1956William Ludwig, Sonya Levien
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