- Films
- 34
- Avg rating
- 6.81
- Peak run
- 1944’47
- 7+ run
- 4 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 an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Sam by the numbers
Average
6.81
22 rated films
Vote weighted
6.87
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
44y
1936 to 1979
Total votes
212K
across every film
Best
8.0
Sweet Smell of Success
Worst
6.3
God Told Me To
Newest first
Filmography
| 1979 |  And Justice for All | Arnie | 7.4 | 46,865 |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Sam Urdell | 6.0 | 4,059 |
| 1976 |  God Told Me To | Everett Lukas | 6.3 | 7,565 |
| 1971 | Such Good Friends | Uncle Eddie | · | 796 |
| 1969 | A Dream of Kings | Cicero | · | 498 |
| 1963 | Act One | Richard Maxwell | · | 321 |
| 1957 | Designing Woman | Ned Hammerstein | 6.7 | 6,167 |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Howard Rysdale | · | 507 |
| 1957 |  Sweet Smell of Success | Frank D' Angelo | 8.0 | 40,749 |
| 1953 | Three Sailors and a Girl | Joe Woods | · | 535 |
| 1950 | Dial 1119 | Dr. John Faron | 6.8 | 1,733 |
| 1950 | Guilty Bystander | Capt. Tonetti | 6.2 | 1,428 |
| 1950 | With These Hands | Alexander Brody | · | 106 |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story | Phil Conrad | 5.3 | 1,289 |
| 1947 | Boomerang! | Dave Woods | 7.2 | 5,527 |
| 1947 |  Brute Force | Louie Miller | 7.5 | 12,915 |
| 1947 |  Crossfire | Joseph Samuels | 7.2 | 11,051 |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy | Happy | · | 556 |
| 1946 |  The Killers | Police Lt. Sam Lubinsky | 7.7 | 26,520 |
| 1944 | The Purple Heart | Lt. Wayne Greenbaum | 6.4 | 1,183 |
Better together?
Sam Levene's regulars
- Vincente MinnelliDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▼−0.10
- Roy Del RuthDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.30 avg▼−1.40
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Sam Levene
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