Writing
Dean Riesner
- Titles
- 37movies25TV shows
- Career
Active from 1923 to 1997, with a break from 1924 to 1935, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 1title as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
The Outer Limits87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Crime5.6average 3.7
- Violence5.0average 4.3
- Adrenaline5.6average 5.1
- Mystery4.7average 4.1
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
- Wholesome3.6average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.4, average 5.2
- Uncanny1.2, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 7
- Nostalgic 6
- Classic Western 6
- Family-Friendly 5
- Historical Setting 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Character Study 4
- Gritty Realism 3
- Vigilante Justice 3
- Western 2
- Crime Thriller 2
- Brotherhood 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Clint EastwoodActorDirty Harry, Sudden Impact, The Enforcer, Play Misty for Me, Coogan's Bluff
Lalo SchifrinComposerDirty Harry, Sudden Impact, Coogan's Bluff, Charley Varrick, The Sting II
Don SiegelActorDirty Harry, Play Misty for Me, Coogan's Bluff, Charley Varrick
Charles ReisnerActorThe Pilgrim, Everybody Dance, The Traveling Saleswoman- BBruce SurteesCinematographerDirty Harry, Sudden Impact, Play Misty for Me
Joe SawyerActorThe Traveling Saleswoman, Operation Haylift
Charles HaltonActorTombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die, The Traveling Saleswoman
Heinz HoenigActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Klaus WennemannActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Hubertus BengschActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Harry GuardinoActorDirty Harry, The Enforcer
Jürgen ProchnowActorDas Boot, The Boat: Director's Cut
Movies and TV shows
371990s
1 title
The Boat: Director's Cut (1997)
Screenplay
1980s
5 titles · average score 63
37
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Screenplay
65
Sudden Impact (1983)
Writer
48
The Sting II (1983)
Writer
82
Das Boot (1981)
Screenplay
1970s
7 titles · average score 67
67
The Enforcer (1976)
Screenplay
The Keegans (1976)
Writer
74
Charley Varrick (1973)
Screenplay
75
Dirty Harry (1971)
Screenplay
67
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Screenplay
Lost Flight (1970)
Writer
51
The Intruders (1970)
Teleplay
1960s
3 titles · average score 61
63
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
Screenplay
58
Stranger on the Run (1967)
Teleplay
1950s
10 titles · average score 62
75
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
as Various (archive footage)
54
Paris Holiday (1958)
Writer
The Big Slide (1956)
Writer
Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
Screenplay
Operation Haylift (1950)
Writer
I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)
Dialogue Coach
Gunfire (1950)
as Outlaw Mack
1940s
6 titles · average score 60
59
Bill and Coo (1948)
Screenplay, Director
Assigned to Danger (1948)
as Dr. Michael Kelly (uncredited)
The Cobra Strikes (1948)
as Detective Brody
65
The Fighting 69th (1940)
Screenplay
A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Additional Writing
1930s
2 titles
Everybody Dance (1936)
as Tommy Spurgeon
It's in the Air (1935)
as Brave (uncredited)
1920s
3 titles · average score 76
Square Shoulders (1929)
as Cadet (uncredited)
76
The Pilgrim (1923)
as Little Boy
Hollywood (1923)
as Dean Riesner