- Films
- 19
- Avg rating
- 6.61
- Peak run
- 1960’65
- 7+ run
- 3 films
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 composer, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.61
15 rated films
Vote weighted
6.65
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
43y
1959 to 2001
Total votes
88.3K
across every film
Best
7.7
The Servant
Worst
6.7
Gangster No. 1
Newest first
Filmography
| 2001 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 6.2 | 2,181 |
| 2000 |  Gangster No. 1 | 6.7 | 16,013 |
| 1971 |  10 Rillington Place | 7.5 | 11,085 |
| 1970 | The Last Grenade | · | 269 |
| 1970 | Perfect Friday | 6.4 | 1,354 |
| 1968 | The Magus | 5.6 | 2,006 |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper | · | 908 |
| 1967 | The Last Safari | · | 309 |
| 1967 | Fathom | 5.7 | 2,010 |
| 1967 |  Accident | 6.8 | 5,494 |
| 1966 | Modesty Blaise | 5.0 | 3,545 |
| 1966 | Morgan! | 6.5 | 2,255 |
| 1965 | Sands of the Kalahari | 6.7 | 1,773 |
| 1965 | Return from the Ashes | 7.0 | 1,490 |
| 1965 |  Darling | 7.0 | 8,957 |
| 1963 |  The Servant | 7.7 | 16,153 |
| 1960 | The Concrete Jungle | 6.8 | 1,989 |
| 1960 |  Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | 7.5 | 10,160 |
| 1959 | We Are the Lambeth Boys | · | 320 |
Better together?
John Dankworth's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Joseph Losey and John Dankworth movies · Karel Reisz and John Dankworth movies
Takes
On John Dankworth
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