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Writing

Lester Cole

Career

Active from 1932 to 1966, with a break from 1951 to 1960, busiest in 1938 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lester Cole Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.4, average 2.2
  • Dark Humor
    1.6, average 2.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Black and White Film 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Classic Hollywood Romance 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Mid-Century Crime Drama 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

3 titles · average score 73
Born Free
Born Free (1966)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Onkelchens Traum
Onkelchens Traum (1965)

Writer

Operation Eichmann
Operation Eichmann (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

1950s

2 titles · average score 52
Květy a kořeny
Květy a kořeny (1959)

Theatre Play

Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning (1950)
GoodWatch score 52

Story

1940s

15 titles · average score 62
Fiesta
Fiesta (1947)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

High Wall
High Wall (1947)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Objective, Burma!
Objective, Burma! (1945)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun (1945)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

None Shall Escape
None Shall Escape (1944)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

Hostages
Hostages (1943)

Writer

Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

Among the Living
Among the Living (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

Story

Pacific Blackout
Pacific Blackout (1941)

Screenplay

The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer

1930s

23 titles · average score 66
I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million (1939)

Story

Winter Carnival
Winter Carnival (1939)

Screenplay

Sinners in Paradise
Sinners in Paradise (1938)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

The Crime of Doctor Hallet
The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)

Screenplay, Story

The Jury's Secret
The Jury's Secret (1938)

Story, Screenplay

The Man in Blue
The Man in Blue (1937)

Screenplay

Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

The President's Mystery
The President's Mystery (1936)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Under Pressure
Under Pressure (1935)

Screenplay

Too Tough to Kill
Too Tough to Kill (1935)

Screenplay

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million (1932)
GoodWatch score 83

Writer