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Mel Dinelli

Best rated (writing): The Spiral Staircase (7.0)

Writing films
9
Writing avg
6.61
Peak run
1946’51
7+ run
2 films
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Writing films, by TMDB rating

The career

Mel Dinelli, writing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1946 to 1951, 6.696781946194819501952195419561958The Spiral Staircase 7.0Cause for Alarm! 5.9Career avg 6.61

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Mel Dinelli's career barcodecoolhot
19469 films1958
Current formLast 5: 6.45 vs career 6.61 (−0.16)
  1. WThe Reckless Moment1949 · 6.7+0.1
  2. WHouse by the River1950 · 6.8+0.2
  3. LCause for Alarm!1951 · 5.9−0.7
  4. LBeware, My Lovely1952 · 6.1−0.5
  5. WJeopardy1953 · 6.7+0.1
As a writer, films with 25+ votes

Mel by the numbers

Average
6.61
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.64
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.43
rating spread
Career
13y
1946 to 1958
Total votes
778
across every film
Best
7.0
The Spiral Staircase
Worst
5.9
Cause for Alarm!
Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography
1958Step Down to Terror posterStep Down to Terror·10
1957Lizzie posterLizzie·15
1953Jeopardy posterJeopardy6.744
1952Beware, My Lovely posterBeware, My Lovely6.143
1951Cause for Alarm! posterCause for Alarm!5.943
1950House by the River posterHouse by the River6.8122
1949The Reckless Moment posterThe Reckless Moment6.7142
1949The Window posterThe Window7.075
1946The Spiral Staircase posterThe Spiral Staircase7.0284
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On Mel Dinelli

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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