Writing
Dalton Trumbo
- Titles
- 69movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1936 to 2008, with a break from 1990 to 2007, busiest in 1939 and 1940 with 6 main titles each.
- Directed
- 2titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Lonely are the Brave85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Politics3.6average 2.6
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Scare1.6, average 2.6
- Absurdist Humor1.1, average 2.0
- Uncanny1.6, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 7
- Historical Drama 5
- Melancholy 4
- Historical Setting 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Sensory Deprivation 2
- Bleak 2
- Film Noir 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Suspenseful 2
- Iconic Performances 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
Van JohnsonActorThirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, Somewhere I'll Find You
Anne ShirleyActorA Man to Remember, Career, Sorority House
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- RRussell MettyCinematographerSpartacus, Tender Comrade, Curtain Call
Bronislau KaperComposerSomewhere I'll Find You, We Who Are Young, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes- FFrank SullivanEditorThirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, Terror in a Texas Town
Nicholas MusuracaCinematographerFive Came Back, A Bill of Divorcement, Sorority House- HHarry MarkerEditorFive Came Back, A Bill of Divorcement, Curtain Call
John FarrowDirectorFive Came Back, A Bill of Divorcement, Sorority House
Movies and TV shows
152010s
1 title · average score 68
68
Papillon (2017)
Original Film Writer
2000s
1 title · average score 40
1970s
4 titles · average score 66
77
Papillon (1973)
as Commandant (uncredited)
68
The Way We Were (1973)
Additional Writing
73
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
as Orator
44
The Horsemen (1971)
Screenplay
1960s
6 titles · average score 71
58
The Fixer (1968)
Screenplay
63
Hawaii (1966)
Screenplay
85
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
Screenplay
67
The Last Sunset (1961)
Screenplay
82
Spartacus (1960)
Screenplay
69
Exodus (1960)
Screenplay
1950s
1 title · average score 52
52
The Brave One (1956)
Screenplay, Story
1940s
2 titles · average score 68
70
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Screenplay
66
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Screenplay