- Films
- 60
- Avg rating
- 6.98
- Peak run
- 1947’48
- 7+ run
- 6 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 composer, films with 1,000+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
6.98
34 rated films
Vote weighted
7.00
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.35
rating spread
Career
22y
1942 to 1963
Total votes
150K
across every film
Best
7.9
A Night to Remember
Worst
6.9
Night of the Eagle
Newest first
Filmography
| 1963 | The Running Man | 6.5 | 2,274 |
| 1962 | Walk in the Shadow | · | 358 |
| 1962 | In Search of the Castaways | 6.6 | 3,803 |
| 1962 |  Night of the Eagle | 6.9 | 5,050 |
| 1961 | The Naked Edge | 6.6 | 1,807 |
| 1960 |  Swiss Family Robinson | 7.1 | 20,272 |
| 1959 | Third Man on the Mountain | 7.0 | 1,461 |
| 1959 | Killers of Kilimanjaro | · | 466 |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | 7.0 | 1,827 |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | · | 827 |
| 1958 |  A Night to Remember | 7.9 | 19,705 |
| 1958 | The Silent Enemy | 6.6 | 1,008 |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | 7.2 | 2,116 |
| 1957 | Big Time Operators | 6.9 | 2,596 |
| 1957 | She Played with Fire | 6.8 | 1,151 |
| 1956 | Zarak | · | 531 |
| 1956 | Safari | · | 785 |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | · | 545 |
| 1955 | Wee Geordie | 6.8 | 1,013 |
| 1955 | Bedevilled | · | 310 |
Better together?
William Alwyn's regulars
- Carol ReedComposer · 4 films · 7.15 avg
- Sidney GilliatComposer · 4 films · 7.05 avg
- Ronald NeameComposer · 4 films · 6.95 avg
- Frank LaunderComposer · 4 films · 6.85 avg
- Roy Ward BakerComposer · 3 films · 7.30 avg
- Anthony PelissierComposer · 3 films · 7.20 avg
- Ken AnnakinComposer · 3 films · 7.05 avg
- Basil DeardenComposer · 3 films · 6.90 avg
- Roy BoultingComposer · 2 films
- Terence YoungComposer · 2 films
- John BoultingComposer · 2 films · 7.00 avg
- Michael AndersonComposer · 2 films · 6.80 avg
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: Carol Reed and William Alwyn movies · Sidney Gilliat and William Alwyn movies · Ronald Neame and William Alwyn movies · Frank Launder and William Alwyn movies
Takes
On William Alwyn
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