- Writing films
- 19
- Writing avg
- 6.72
- Peak run
- 1941’56
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Writing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 25+ votes
Lewis by the numbers
Average
6.72
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.75
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
21y
1939 to 1959
Total votes
658
across every film
Best
7.4
Along the Great Divide
Worst
6.1
The Lady Gambles
Newest first
Filmography
| 1959 | The Beat Generation | · | 13 |
| 1958 |  High School Confidential! | · | 23 |
| 1957 |  The Brothers Rico | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1956 |  Autumn Leaves | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1955 |  The Man with the Golden Arm | 7.1 | 265 |
| 1955 |  New Orleans Uncensored | · | 6 |
| 1953 |  Desert Legion | · | 7 |
| 1953 |  The Jazz Singer | · | 7 |
| 1951 |  Along the Great Divide | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1950 |  Comanche Territory | · | 19 |
| 1949 |  The Lady Gambles | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1948 |  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | · | 4 |
| 1944 |  Once Upon a Time | · | 17 |
| 1943 |  Destroyer | · | 17 |
| 1943 |  First Comes Courage | · | 11 |
| 1942 |  The Tuttles of Tahiti | · | 7 |
| 1941 |  Texas | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1939 |  Golden Boy | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1939 |  Blind Alley | · | 16 |
Better together?
Lewis Meltzer'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: Charles Vidor and Lewis Meltzer movies · William Castle and Lewis Meltzer movies
Takes