Portrait of Howard Fast

Writing

Howard Fast

Career

Active from 1948 to 2004, with a break from 1949 to 1959, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mirage
Mirage
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Howard Fast Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Period Piece 2
  • Ancient Rome 2
  • American Revolution 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

2000s

2 titles · average score 66
Spartacus
Spartacus (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

The Crossing
The Crossing (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Novel

1980s

1 title · average score 58
April Morning
April Morning (1988)
GoodWatch score 58

Novel

1970s

4 titles · average score 57
Freedom Road
Freedom Road (1979)
GoodWatch score 54

Novel

21 Hours at Munich
21 Hours at Munich (1976)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)

Teleplay, Novel

The Face of Fear
The Face of Fear (1971)

Writer

1960s

7 titles · average score 68
Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

Novel

Penelope
Penelope (1966)
GoodWatch score 60

Novel

Mirage
Mirage (1965)
GoodWatch score 86

Novel

Sylvia
Sylvia (1965)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

Novel

Man in the Middle
Man in the Middle (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

Novel

Spartacus
Spartacus (1960)
GoodWatch score 84

Novel

1950s

1 title
Třicet stříbrných
Třicet stříbrných (1954)

Theatre Play

1940s

1 title · average score 66
Rachel and the Stranger
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
GoodWatch score 66

Story