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R.C. Sherriff

Career

Active from 1919 to 2017, with a break from 1956 to 1987, busiest in 1955 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
R.C. Sherriff Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Crime
    2.2, average 3.6
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Historical War Drama 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Epic Scale 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 74
Journey's End
Journey's End (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

Theatre Play, Novel

1980s

1 title
Journey's End
Journey's End (1988)

Writer

1950s

6 titles · average score 68
The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters (1955)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay

Storm Over the Nile
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
GoodWatch score 49

Screenplay

The Night My Number Came Up
The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Home at Seven
Home at Seven (1952)
GoodWatch score 66

Theatre Play

No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Trio
Trio (1950)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

1940s

7 titles · average score 69
Badger's Green
Badger's Green (1949)

Original Story

Quartet
Quartet (1948)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer

Odd Man Out
Odd Man Out (1947)
GoodWatch score 85

Screenplay

Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

This Above All
This Above All (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action (1942)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Story

That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay

1930s

9 titles · average score 73
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers (1939)
GoodWatch score 83

Screenplay

The Road Back
The Road Back (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Dracula's Daughter
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
GoodWatch score 60

Writers' Assistant

Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
GoodWatch score 88

Adaptation

One More River
One More River (1934)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Badger’s Green
Badger’s Green (1934)

Original Story

The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man (1933)
GoodWatch score 84

Screenplay

Journey's End
Journey's End (1930)
GoodWatch score 67

Theatre Play

1910s

1 title
The Toilers
The Toilers (1919)

Writer