Producer · Editor · 1904 to 1958

Sam Zimbalist

Best rated (producing): Ben-Hur (7.9)

Producing films: 19
Producing avg: 6.73
Peak run: 1953’59
7+ run: 3 films

Producing films: 19
Producing avg: 6.73
Peak run: 1953’59
7+ run: 3 films

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Producing films, by TMDB rating

The career

Sam Zimbalist, producing career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193719 films1959

Current formLast 5: 7.00 vs career 6.73 (+0.27)

As a producer, films with 25+ votes

Sam by the numbers

Average

6.73

12 rated films

Vote weighted

6.81

bigger films count more

Median

6.6

half are better

Consistency

±0.56

rating spread

Career

23y

1937 to 1959

Total votes

4.58K

across every film

Best

7.9

Ben-Hur

Worst

5.8

Tortilla Flat

Newest first

Filmography

Producing filmography

1959	Ben-Hur	7.9	3,296
1958	I Accuse!	·	7
1956	The Catered Affair	7.2	49
1956	Tribute to a Bad Man	7.0	32
1954	Beau Brummell	6.5	35
1953	Mogambo	6.4	181
1951	Quo Vadis	7.1	474
1950	King Solomon's Mines	6.5	141
1950	Side Street	6.5	46
1947	Killer McCoy	·	6
1945	Adventure	·	15
1944	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	6.7	73
1942	Tortilla Flat	5.8	28
1940	Boom Town	7.0	64
1939	These Glamour Girls	·	11
1939	Tarzan Finds a Son!	6.1	109
1938	Paradise for Three	·	5
1937	Navy Blue and Gold	·	11
1937	Married Before Breakfast	·	2

Takes

On Sam Zimbalist

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 1960
Sam Zimbalist, Producer
Won
Best Picture · Academy Awards 1952
Sam Zimbalist, Producer
Nominated