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Portrait of Montgomery Clift

Acting

Montgomery Clift

Career

Active from 1948 to 2012, with a break from 1967 to 1993, busiest in 1953 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Heiress
The Heiress
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Montgomery Clift Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Depth 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Moral Dilemma 3
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Strong Performances 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Starring Sigmund Freud
Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)

as (archive footage)

2000s

1 title
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)

as (archive footage)

1990s

1 title
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)

as Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)

1980s

2 titles · average score 67
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
GoodWatch score 67

as (archive footage)

1960s

5 titles · average score 72
The Defector
The Defector (1966)
GoodWatch score 50

as Professor James Bower

Freud: The Secret Passion
Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sigmund Freud

The Misfits
The Misfits (1961)
GoodWatch score 74

as Perce Howland

Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
GoodWatch score 81

as Rudolph Petersen

Wild River
Wild River (1960)
GoodWatch score 84

as Chuck Glover

1950s

9 titles · average score 64
Suddenly, Last Summer
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dr. Cukrowicz

Lonelyhearts
Lonelyhearts (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

as Adam White

The Young Lions
The Young Lions (1958)
GoodWatch score 73

as Noah Ackerman

Raintree County
Raintree County (1957)
GoodWatch score 34

as John Wickliff Shawnessy

I Confess
I Confess (1953)
GoodWatch score 74

as Fr. Michael William Logan

From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity (1953)
GoodWatch score 81

as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt

Indiscretion of an American Wife
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
GoodWatch score 47

as Giovanni Doria

A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun (1951)
GoodWatch score 80

as George Eastman

The Big Lift
The Big Lift (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sgt. 1st Class Danny MacCullough

1940s

3 titles · average score 85
The Heiress
The Heiress (1949)
GoodWatch score 91

as Morris Townsend

Red River
Red River (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

as Matthew Garth

The Search
The Search (1948)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ralph Stevenson