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Writing

Cyril Hume

Career

Active from 1924 to 1960, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Cyril Hume Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Dark Humor
    1.8, average 2.8
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Classic Sci-Fi 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Classic Adventure Film 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet

Original Film Writer

1990s

1 title · average score 66
Ransom
Ransom (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Story

1950s

8 titles · average score 62
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
GoodWatch score 59

Story

The Invisible Boy
The Invisible Boy (1957)
GoodWatch score 43

Screenplay

Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

Screenplay

Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life (1956)
GoodWatch score 83

Screenplay, Story

Ransom!
Ransom! (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Tarzan's Savage Fury
Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

Branded
Branded (1950)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

A Lady Without Passport
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
GoodWatch score 43

Adaptation

1940s

6 titles · average score 56
Tokyo Joe
Tokyo Joe (1949)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (1949)
GoodWatch score 41

Screenplay

Bride of Vengeance
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

High Barbaree
High Barbaree (1947)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

The Bugle Sounds
The Bugle Sounds (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

Story, Screenplay

20 Mule Team
20 Mule Team (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

1930s

14 titles · average score 61
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay

They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

The Bad Man of Brimstone
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Tarzan Escapes
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

The Jungle Princess
The Jungle Princess (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Yellow Dust
Yellow Dust (1936)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Affairs of a Gentleman
Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)

Screenplay

Limehouse Blues
Limehouse Blues (1934)

Screenplay

Flying Down to Rio
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer

Trader Horn
Trader Horn (1931)
GoodWatch score 75

Dialogue

1920s

1 title
The Wife of the Centaur
The Wife of the Centaur (1924)

Novel