Writing
Dalton Trumbo
- Titles
- 69movies0TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19362008
- Directed
- 2titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Roman Holiday79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Melancholy6.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Romance4.8average 3.8
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.2
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor1.1, average 2.0
- Family Dynamics3.9, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Character-Driven 7
- Historical Drama 4
- Melancholy 4
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Iconic Performances 2
- Sensory Deprivation 2
- Bleak 2
- Film Noir 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Suspenseful 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Roy WebbComposerKitty Foyle, A Man to Remember, Five Came Back, A Bill of Divorcement, Curtain Call
Kirk DouglasActorSpartacus, Lonely are the Brave, The Last Sunset, Town Without Pity
Irving BaconActorHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence, Emergency Wedding, Accent on Love
Ward BondActorA Guy Named Joe, Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence, Devil's Playground
Anne ShirleyActorA Man to Remember, Sorority House, Career
Van JohnsonActorThirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, Somewhere I'll Find You
Nicholas MusuracaCinematographerFive Came Back, A Bill of Divorcement, Sorority House- FFrank SullivanEditorThirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, Terror in a Texas Town
Bronislau KaperComposerWe Who Are Young, Somewhere I'll Find You, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes- HHarry MarkerEditorFive Came Back, A Bill of Divorcement, Curtain Call
Victor YoungComposerGun Crazy, The Brave One, The Remarkable Andrew- RRussell MettyCinematographerSpartacus, Tender Comrade, Curtain Call
Movies and TV shows
622010s
1 titles · average score 72
72
Papillon (2017)
Original Film Writer
2000s
1 titles · average score 59
1980s
3 titles · average score 70
77
Metallica - 2 of One (1989)
Director
63
Always (1989)
Original Film Writer
Roman Holiday (1987)
Original Film Writer
1970s
7 titles · average score 69
79
Papillon (1973)
as Commandant (uncredited)
65
Executive Action (1973)
Screenplay
69
The Way We Were (1973)
Additional Writing
62
FTA (1972)
Writer
76
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
as Orator
63
The Horsemen (1971)
Screenplay
1960s
9 titles · average score 68
62
The Fixer (1968)
Screenplay
64
Hawaii (1966)
Screenplay
63
The Sandpiper (1965)
Screenplay
74
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
Screenplay
67
The Last Sunset (1961)
Screenplay
Town Without Pity (1961)
Writer
77
Spartacus (1960)
Screenplay
66
Exodus (1960)
Screenplay
1950s
12 titles · average score 66
66
Career (1959)
Writer
65
Cowboy (1958)
Screenplay
67
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
Screenplay
65
The Brothers Rico (1957)
Screenplay
54
The Deerslayer (1957)
Screenplay
62
The Brave One (1956)
Screenplay, Story
79
Roman Holiday (1953)
Screenplay, Story
69
The Prowler (1951)
as John Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
71
He Ran All the Way (1951)
Screenplay
75
Gun Crazy (1950)
Screenplay
1940s
16 titles · average score 63
72
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Screenplay
69
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Screenplay
62
Tender Comrade (1944)
Writer
67
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Screenplay
67
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Screenplay
59
We Who Are Young (1940)
Screenplay
66
Curtain Call (1940)
Screenplay
1930s
13 titles · average score 64
66
Five Came Back (1939)
Screenplay
63
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
Screenplay, Story
63
Sorority House (1939)
Screenplay
Career (1939)
Writer
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Screenplay
Fugitives for a Night (1938)
Screenplay
A Man to Remember (1938)
Screenplay
Road Gang (1936)
Screenplay
Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
Screenplay