- Films
- 44
- Avg rating
- 6.58
- Peak run
- 1931’33
- 7+ run
- 2 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 director, films with 1,000+ votes
Roy by the numbers
Average
6.58
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.59
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.55
rating spread
Career
33y
1927 to 1959
Total votes
64K
across every film
Best
7.6
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Worst
5.3
The Babe Ruth Story
Newest first
Filmography
| 1959 | The Alligator People | 5.6 | 2,920 |
| 1954 | Phantom of the Rue Morgue | 5.9 | 1,311 |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | · | 535 |
| 1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me | · | 369 |
| 1951 | Starlift | · | 649 |
| 1951 | On Moonlight Bay | 6.9 | 3,414 |
| 1950 | The West Point Story | 6.2 | 1,643 |
| 1949 | Always Leave Them Laughing | · | 517 |
| 1949 | Red Light | 6.4 | 1,819 |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story | 5.3 | 1,289 |
| 1947 |  It Happened on Fifth Avenue | 7.6 | 7,690 |
| 1945 |  Ziegfeld Follies | 6.4 | 4,070 |
| 1944 | Broadway Rhythm | · | 377 |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | 6.1 | 1,913 |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | · | 575 |
| 1941 | The Chocolate Soldier | · | 372 |
| 1941 |  Topper Returns | 6.8 | 3,889 |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife | · | 290 |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | · | 259 |
| 1937 | Broadway Melody of 1938 | 6.7 | 1,537 |
Better together?
Roy Del Ruth's regulars
- Barney McGillCinematographer · 7 films · 6.85 avg
- James CagneyDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.73 avg●−0.01
- Warren WilliamDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.46
- Loretta YoungDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.21
- Una MerkelDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.73 avg▲+0.08
- Jack McGowanWriter · 4 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.09
- Gordon MacRaeDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.07
- Allen JenkinsDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.21
- Virginia MayoDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.28
- J. Peverell MarleyCinematographer · 4 films · 5.90 avg
- Ann SothernDirector and actor · 3 films
- Dick PowellDirector and actor · 3 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: Roy Del Ruth and Barney McGill movies · Roy Del Ruth and James Cagney movies · Roy Del Ruth and Warren William movies · Roy Del Ruth and Loretta Young movies
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