- Films
- 18
- Avg rating
- 6.73
- Peak run
- 1938’45
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes
Frank by the numbers
Average
6.73
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.75
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.33
rating spread
Career
29y
1929 to 1957
Total votes
32.5K
across every film
Best
7.2
They Were Expendable
Worst
6.3
Destroyer
Newest first
Filmography
| 1957 | The Wings of Eagles | 6.6 | 5,059 |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End | · | 878 |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | · | 862 |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable | 7.2 | 10,403 |
| 1943 | Destroyer | 6.3 | 1,458 |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber | 6.5 | 2,257 |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | · | 259 |
| 1938 | The Citadel | 7.0 | 2,672 |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | 6.8 | 2,999 |
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 | · | 330 |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | · | 876 |
| 1936 | China Clipper | · | 814 |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | · | 342 |
| 1935 | Stranded | · | 666 |
| 1932 | Air Mail | · | 588 |
| 1931 | Dirigible | · | 899 |
| 1931 | Hell Divers | · | 695 |
| 1929 | The Flying Fleet | · | 396 |
Better together?
Frank Wead's regulars
- John FordWriter · 3 films · 6.90 avg●+0.04
- George W. HillWriter · 2 films
- Norman TaurogWriter · 2 films
- Ray EnrightWriter · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.27
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Frank Wead
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1939Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, Elizabeth Hill
- NominatedBest Original Story · Academy Awards 1939Frank Wead
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