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Writing

Arthur Hailey

Career

Active from 1955 to 2005, with a break from 1987 to 2002, busiest in 1957 and 1986 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hotel
Hotel
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Arthur Hailey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Social Commentary
    2.7, average 4.9
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.8, average 3.0
  • Spiritual
    0.6, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Tension 3
  • Corporate Thriller 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Classic British Anthology 2
  • Disaster Film 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Suspense 2
  • 1970s 2
  • Airplane 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

17
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 49
Arthur Hailey's Detective
Arthur Hailey's Detective (2005)
GoodWatch score 49

Novel

Hotel
Hotel (2003)

Novel

1980s

3 titles · average score 83
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine (1986)

Novel

International Airport
International Airport (1985)

Novel

Airplane!
Airplane! (1980)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Film Writer

1970s

5 titles · average score 50
The Concorde... Airport '79
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
GoodWatch score 33

Novel

Airport '77
Airport '77 (1977)
GoodWatch score 48

Novel

Airport 1975
Airport 1975 (1974)
GoodWatch score 46

Novel

Terror in the Sky
Terror in the Sky (1971)
GoodWatch score 64

Novel

Airport
Airport (1970)
GoodWatch score 60

Novel

1960s

4 titles · average score 69
Hotel
Hotel (1967)
GoodWatch score 79

Novel

Zeitsperre
Zeitsperre (1965)

Novel

Flight in Danger
Flight in Danger (1964)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Story

The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors (1961)
GoodWatch score 58

Novel

1950s

3 titles · average score 56
Zero Hour!
Zero Hour! (1957)
GoodWatch score 58

Story, Screenplay

Time Lock
Time Lock (1957)
GoodWatch score 53

Theatre Play, Writer

Flight Into Danger
Flight Into Danger (1956)

Writer