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John Cassavetes

Career: Active from 1955 to 2021, with a break from 1998 to 2010, busiest in 1968 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 28
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Rosemary's Baby
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Cassavetes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
2.3, average 3.4
Wonder
2.4, average 3.4
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.8, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Character Study 7
Melancholy Tone 4
Moral Ambiguity 3
Gritty Realism 3
Social Commentary 3
Thought-Provoking 3
Independent Film 3
70s Cinema 2
Dialogue-Driven 2
Emotional Turmoil 2
Complex Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

Mass State Lottery

Thanks

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement

as Man Talking

2010s

2 titles

Castanha

Thanks

Before Opening Night

Story

2000s

2 titles · average score 76

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

76

as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)

Opening Night

Original Story

1990s

2 titles · average score 45

Gloria

35

Original Film Writer

She's So Lovely

56

Writer

1980s

8 titles · average score 57

Big Trouble

37

Director

Marvin & Tige

60

as Marvin

Love Streams

89

as Robert Harmon

Incubus

32

as Dr. Sam Cordell

Tempest

40

as Phillip

The Haircut

as Music Industry Executive

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

72

as Dr. Michael Emerson

Gloria

67

Writer, Director

1970s

15 titles · average score 63

The Fury

66

as Ben Childress

Brass Target

50

as Maj. Joe De Lucca

Opening Night

81

as Maurice Aarons

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

72

Writer, Director

Mikey and Nicky

79

as Nicky

Two-Minute Warning

39

as Sgt. Chris Button

Capone

39

as Frankie Yale

A Woman Under the Influence

85

Director, Writer

Nightside

as Carmine Kelly

Minnie and Moskowitz

65

as Jim

Columbo

83

TV show · as Alex Benedict

Husbands

60

as Gus Demetri

1960s

24 titles · average score 69

Machine Gun McCain

67

as Hank McCain

Rosemary's Baby

89

as Guy Woodhouse

Faces

80

Editor, Director

Alexander The Great

51

as Karonos

Bandits in Rome

as Mario Corda

The Dirty Dozen

78

as Victor Franko

Devil's Angels

42

as Cody

The Killers

73

as Johnny North

A Child Is Waiting

81

Director

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Rusty Connors / Lee Griffin

Too Late Blues

75

Director, Producer

Shadows

87

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

1950s

20 titles · average score 65

Johnny Staccato

65

TV show · as Johnny Staccato

Virgin Island

as Evan

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Cal Fletcher

Saddle the Wind

62

as Tony Sinclair

Edge of the City

72

as Axel Nordmann

Affair in Havana

54

as Nick Douglas

Crime in the Streets

61

as Frankie Dane

The Night Holds Terror

51

as Robert Batsford

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Sam Cobbett

Climax!

51

TV show · as Abel Winter / Malcolm McCloud

Omnibus

75

TV show · as Pepe

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show

1940s

2 titles · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Paul Greco

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show