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Writing

Frank Gruber

Career

Active from 1939 to 1968, busiest in 1951 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frank Gruber Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.3, average 3.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 8
  • Historical Setting 7
  • Western 4
  • Old West 3
  • Vigilante Justice 2
  • Action 2
  • Frontier Justice 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Murder Mystery 2
  • Crime 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 55
White Comanche
White Comanche (1968)
GoodWatch score 44

Writer

Arizona Raiders
Arizona Raiders (1965)
GoodWatch score 48

Story

Town Tamer
Town Tamer (1965)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hotel Clerk

Twenty Plus Two
Twenty Plus Two (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Producer

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon (1961)
GoodWatch score 56

Characters

1950s

14 titles ยท average score 56
The Big Land
The Big Land (1957)
GoodWatch score 54

Novel

Backlash
Backlash (1956)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

Man in the Vault
Man in the Vault (1956)
GoodWatch score 38

Novel

Tension at Table Rock
Tension at Table Rock (1956)
GoodWatch score 56

Novel

Pony Express
Pony Express (1953)
GoodWatch score 50

Story

Denver and Rio Grande
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer

Hurricane Smith
Hurricane Smith (1952)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

Warpath
Warpath (1951)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

The Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

Story

Silver City
Silver City (1951)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

The Great Missouri Raid
The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Novel

The Cariboo Trail
The Cariboo Trail (1950)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay

1940s

12 titles ยท average score 63
Fighting Man of the Plains
Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Novel

The Challenge
The Challenge (1948)

Writer

Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)

Screenplay

Terror by Night
Terror by Night (1946)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

The French Key
The French Key (1946)

Screenplay, Novel

Accomplice
Accomplice (1946)
GoodWatch score 55

Novel, Screenplay

Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill (1946)
GoodWatch score 74

Adaptation

In Old Sacramento
In Old Sacramento (1946)

Adaptation

Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail (1945)

Novel

Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel (1945)
GoodWatch score 52

Adaptation

The Mask of Dimitrios
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay

Northern Pursuit
Northern Pursuit (1943)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

1930s

1 title
Death of a Champion
Death of a Champion (1939)

Story