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Writing

Jerome Odlum

Career

Active from 1939 to 1968, with a break from 1955 to 1967, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dust Be My Destiny
Dust Be My Destiny
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jerome Odlum Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.9, average 2.7
  • Wonder
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title ยท average score 57
The Strange Affair
The Strange Affair (1968)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 57
The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious (1954)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

Highway Dragnet
Highway Dragnet (1954)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Never Trust a Gambler
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
GoodWatch score 59

Story, Screenplay

1940s

8 titles ยท average score 57
Cover Up
Cover Up (1949)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

Song of India
Song of India (1949)
GoodWatch score 55

Story

Last Frontier Uprising
Last Frontier Uprising (1947)

Story

In Old Sacramento
In Old Sacramento (1946)

Story

Strange Affair
Strange Affair (1944)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

A Scream in the Dark
A Scream in the Dark (1943)

Novel

I Was Framed
I Was Framed (1942)
GoodWatch score 52

Story

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

Novel

1930s

3 titles ยท average score 61
Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
GoodWatch score 60

Novel

Dust Be My Destiny
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel

The Oklahoma Kid
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
GoodWatch score 57

Additional Writing