- Films
- 72
- Avg rating
- 6.36
- Peak run
- 1944’52
Every film, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Richard by the numbers
Average
6.36
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.37
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.46
rating spread
Career
36y
1932 to 1967
Total votes
2.02K
across every film
Best
7.1
The Thin Man Goes Home
Worst
5.4
Vengeance Valley
Newest first
Filmography
| 1967 | The Last Challenge | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | That Funny Feeling | · | 23 |
| 1965 | The Truth About Spring | · | 17 |
| 1963 |  Fun in Acapulco | 5.9 | 89 |
| 1963 | Follow the Boys | · | 8 |
| 1962 | The Horizontal Lieutenant | · | 5 |
| 1961 | The Tartars | · | 13 |
| 1961 | The Honeymoon Machine | · | 23 |
| 1959 | The House of the Seven Hawks | · | 13 |
| 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | · | 6 |
| 1957 | Tip on a Dead Jockey | · | 8 |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand Bedrooms | · | 8 |
| 1957 |  Jailhouse Rock | 6.3 | 208 |
| 1955 | Quentin Durward | · | 18 |
| 1955 | The Prodigal | · | 9 |
| 1955 | Bedevilled | · | 4 |
| 1954 | Athena | · | 8 |
| 1954 | The Student Prince | · | 16 |
| 1953 |  Knights of the Round Table | 6.0 | 95 |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant | · | 18 |
Better together?
Richard Thorpe's regulars
- Robert TaylorDirector and actor · 8 films · 6.40 avg●−0.03
- William LudwigWriter · 7 films
- Reginald OwenDirector and actor · 7 films · 6.05 avg▼−0.48
- Wallace BeeryDirector and actor · 6 films
- Maureen O'SullivanDirector and actor · 6 films · 6.32 avg▼−0.17
- George StollComposer · 5 films
- Karl FreundCinematographer · 5 films · 7.10 avg
- David SnellComposer · 5 films · 6.47 avg
- Bronislau KaperComposer · 5 films · 6.20 avg
- Esther WilliamsDirector and actor · 4 films
- George WellsWriter · 4 films
- Gladys LehmanWriter · 4 films
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: Richard Thorpe and Robert Taylor movies · Richard Thorpe and William Ludwig movies · Richard Thorpe and Reginald Owen movies · Richard Thorpe and Wallace Beery movies
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