- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 6.16
- Peak run
- 1941’53
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
Leo by the numbers
Average
6.16
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.16
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
26y
1941 to 1966
Total votes
25.7K
across every film
Best
7.6
It Started with Eve
Worst
4.8
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Newest first
Filmography
| 1966 | Fireball 500 | · | 707 |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | 4.8 | 1,807 |
| 1965 | Beach Blanket Bingo | 5.7 | 3,435 |
| 1964 | I'd Rather Be Rich | · | 495 |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach | 5.5 | 1,976 |
| 1958 | Fräulein | · | 331 |
| 1957 | The Shadow on the Window | · | 744 |
| 1956 | Flight to Hong Kong | · | 301 |
| 1955 | A Life in the Balance | · | 274 |
| 1955 | White Feather | 6.4 | 1,330 |
| 1953 | Dangerous Crossing | 6.9 | 3,314 |
| 1950 | Black Hand | 6.4 | 1,067 |
| 1950 | SOuthside 1-1000 | · | 592 |
| 1949 | Port of New York | 6.0 | 1,239 |
| 1947 | That Way with Women | · | 398 |
| 1946 | Night and Day | 6.1 | 3,553 |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | · | 712 |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | · | 456 |
| 1942 | Seven Sweethearts | · | 688 |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | 7.6 | 2,263 |
Better together?
Leo Townsend's regulars
- William AsherWriter · 5 films · 5.33 avg▼−0.61
- Henry KosterWriter · 2 films · 7.60 avg▲+1.11
- Joseph M. NewmanWriter · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.64
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: William Asher and Leo Townsend movies · Henry Koster and Leo Townsend movies · Joseph M. Newman and Leo Townsend movies
Takes
On Leo Townsend
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