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Writing

John Larkin

Career

Active from 1939 to 1950, busiest in 1940 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Charlie Chan in Panama
Charlie Chan in Panama
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Larkin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    2.6, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    3.5, average 5.3
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Whodunit 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

2 titles ยท average score 71
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Col. Frank Medford

Two Weeks with Love
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

1940s

8 titles ยท average score 62
Carnival in Costa Rica
Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
GoodWatch score 69

Story

Circumstantial Evidence
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Bermuda Mystery
Bermuda Mystery (1944)

Story

Dead Men Tell
Dead Men Tell (1941)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer

Charlie Chan in Panama
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer

City of Chance
City of Chance (1940)

Writer

1930s

6 titles ยท average score 61
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Rose of Washington Square
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

Story

Frankie and Johnnie
Frankie and Johnnie (1936)

as Andy

Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Butler

Men of Chance
Men of Chance (1931)
GoodWatch score 60

as Black Horse Handler

Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

as Zekial