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Production

Joe Cranston

Career

Active from 1963 to 2025, with a break from 1989 to 2024, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score30/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Crawling Hand
The Crawling Hand
GoodWatch score32/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joe Cranston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    1.4, average 3.8
  • Politics
    0.2, average 2.6
  • Catharsis
    2.8, average 5.1
  • Pathos
    3.6, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    12
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    1 title
    The Corpse Grinders
    The Corpse Grinders (2025)

    Writer

    1980s

    1 title
    The Big Turnaround
    The Big Turnaround (1988)

    Director, Producer

    1970s

    1 title · average score 27
    The Corpse Grinders
    The Corpse Grinders (1971)
    GoodWatch score 27

    Screenplay

    1960s

    4 titles · average score 50
    The Crawling Hand
    The Crawling Hand (1963)
    GoodWatch score 32

    Story

    Trauma
    Trauma (1962)
    GoodWatch score 45

    Producer

    Erotica
    Erotica (1961)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Narrator (voice)

    My Three Sons
    My Three Sons (1960)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show · as John Kaylor

    1950s

    5 titles · average score 55
    Go, Johnny, Go!
    Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Band Leader

    Beginning of the End
    Beginning of the End (1957)
    GoodWatch score 40

    as Soldier (uncredited)

    Highway Patrol
    Highway Patrol (1955)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Ranger Ben Seward

    Life with Elizabeth
    Life with Elizabeth (1953)
    GoodWatch score 64

    TV show · as The Repair Man / Jack Boniface

    Dragnet
    Dragnet (1951)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show