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Writing

Jack Leonard

Career

Active from 1936 to 1957, with a break from 1937 to 1946, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Narrow Margin
The Narrow Margin
GoodWatch score89/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Best Story

    1953 · Nominated · 25th Academy Awards

    The Narrow Margin

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

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

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jack Leonard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    2.2, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    0.7, average 3.0
  • Social Commentary
    2.9, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 60
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin (1990)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Story

1950s

9 titles · average score 60
Gun Battle at Monterey
Gun Battle at Monterey (1957)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Hell's Island
Hell's Island (1955)
GoodWatch score 49

Story

The Marauders
The Marauders (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

Man in the Dark
Man in the Dark (1953)
GoodWatch score 50

Writer

Cry of the Hunted
Cry of the Hunted (1953)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

The Narrow Margin
The Narrow Margin (1952)
GoodWatch score 89

Story

My Man and I
My Man and I (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

His Kind of Woman
His Kind of Woman (1951)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer

The Secret Fury
The Secret Fury (1950)
GoodWatch score 58

Story

1940s

2 titles
Swing the Western Way
Swing the Western Way (1947)

as Bob Randal

Terry and the Pirates
Terry and the Pirates (1940)

as Gorilla

1930s

1 title
Midnight Blunders
Midnight Blunders (1936)

Story

1910s

1 title · average score 52
Bangville Police
Bangville Police (1913)
GoodWatch score 52

as Deputy