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Writing

Oliver Drake

Career

Active from 1925 to 1978, with up to 10 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sky Dragon
Sky Dragon
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Oliver Drake Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    2.5, average 4.9
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.3, average 3.3
  • Melancholy
    2.8, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 11
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Good vs Evil 6
  • Western 5
  • Action-Packed 5
  • Frontier Justice 4
  • Family-Friendly 4
  • B-Movie 3
  • Good vs. Evil 3
  • 1940s 2
  • Crime 2
  • Revenge 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

150
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Angelica, the Young Vixen
Angelica, the Young Vixen (1970)

Director, Writer

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 46
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969)
GoodWatch score 40

Director

Ride a Wild Stud
Ride a Wild Stud (1969)

Director

The Las Vegas Strangler
The Las Vegas Strangler (1968)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer, Writer

They Ran for Their Lives
They Ran for Their Lives (1968)

Director

1950s

6 titles ยท average score 55
A Lust to Kill
A Lust to Kill (1958)

Director

The Parson and the Outlaw
The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)

Director, Writer

Dragoon Wells Massacre
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Story

Outlaw Treasure
Outlaw Treasure (1955)

Director

Battling Marshal
Battling Marshal (1950)

Director

The Kid from Gower Gulch
The Kid from Gower Gulch (1950)

Director

1940s

59 titles ยท average score 54
Sky Dragon
Sky Dragon (1949)
GoodWatch score 72

Story, Screenplay

Across The Rio Grande
Across The Rio Grande (1949)

Director

The Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Story

Thunder Town
Thunder Town (1946)

Screenplay

Fighting Valley
Fighting Valley (1943)

Director, Screenplay

Shut My Big Mouth
Shut My Big Mouth (1942)

Screenplay, Story

Hard Guy
Hard Guy (1941)

Story

Forbidden Trails
Forbidden Trails (1941)

Story

City of Missing Girls
City of Missing Girls (1941)
GoodWatch score 48

Screenplay

Pals of the Pecos
Pals of the Pecos (1941)

Story, Screenplay

Riders of Death Valley
Riders of Death Valley (1941)

Story

Arizona Bound
Arizona Bound (1941)
GoodWatch score 50

Story

1930s

62 titles ยท average score 51
Death Rides the Range
Death Rides the Range (1939)

Story

Boots and Saddles
Boots and Saddles (1937)
GoodWatch score 45

Screenplay

The Riders of the Whistling Skull
The Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937)
GoodWatch score 38

Screenstory, Screenplay

Wild Horse Rodeo
Wild Horse Rodeo (1937)

Story, Screenplay

Round-Up Time in Texas
Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Sharad of Atlantis
Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
GoodWatch score 50

Screenplay

Roarin' Lead
Roarin' Lead (1936)

Story

Oh, Susanna
Oh, Susanna (1936)
GoodWatch score 39

Screenplay, Story

Lightning Triggers
Lightning Triggers (1935)

Screenplay

Circle of Death
Circle of Death (1935)

Screenplay

West of the Divide
West of the Divide (1934)
GoodWatch score 47

Story

The Texan
The Texan (1932)

Screenplay

1920s

18 titles
Gun Law
Gun Law (1929)

Story

Pals of the Prairie
Pals of the Prairie (1929)

Story

The Drifter
The Drifter (1929)

Story, Writer

The Vagabond Cub
The Vagabond Cub (1929)

Screenplay

The Desert Rider
The Desert Rider (1929)

Writer

When the Law Rides
When the Law Rides (1928)

Screenplay

The Phantom of the Range
The Phantom of the Range (1928)

Scenario Writer

Tyrant of Red Gulch
Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928)

Original Story

Orphan of the Sage
Orphan of the Sage (1928)

Story, Scenario Writer

Cyclone of the Range
Cyclone of the Range (1927)

Story

The Flying U Ranch
The Flying U Ranch (1927)

Scenario Writer

The Mojave Kid
The Mojave Kid (1927)

Writer