Cy Endfield

American screenwriter and director (1914–1995)

1.03body-of-work score · ranked #833 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
November 10, 1914 · Scranton
Died
April 16, 1995 · Shipston-on-Stour
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, theatre director, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1964 · United Kingdom · war, adventure, drama

    BFI Top 100 British films #31 · Empire 500 (2008) #351 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.704 citations
  2. 2

    1948 · United States · mystery

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  3. 3

    1950 · United States · film-noir

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  4. 4

    1957 · United Kingdom · action, drama

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1944Dancing Romeo
  • 1944Nostradamus IV
  • 1944Radio Bugs
  • 1944Tale of a Dog
  • 1946Gentleman Joe Palooka
  • 1947Stork Bites Man
  • 1948The Argyle Secrets
  • 1949Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
  • 1950The Sound of Fury
  • 1950The Underworld Story
  • 1952Tarzan's Savage Fury
  • 1953The Limping Man
  • 1954Impulse
  • 1955Colonel March Investigates
  • 1955The Master Plan
  • 1955The Secret
  • 1956Child in the House
  • 1957Hell Drivers
  • 1958Sea Fury
  • 1959Jet Storm
  • 1961Mysterious Island
  • 1964Hide and Seek
  • 1964Zulu
  • 1965Sands of the Kalahari
  • 1969De Sade
  • 1971Universal Soldier
  • 1993The 1001 Gags of Spiff and Hercules