Jack Arnold (October 14, 1912 – March 17, 1992) was an American television and film director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950's science fiction films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Arnold (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 14, 1912
- March 17, 1992 (aged 79)
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Director, also producer and writer
- 36 on MovieCove · 73 credits in all
What are Jack Arnold's films like?
Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 19
Light 8 · Serious 9 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 1
Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 6
Steady 12 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 6
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 0
Casual 14 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 15 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 2
Resolved 20 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy14
- Bittersweet5
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jack Arnold's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- Peter Gunn (1958) · director · free
- The Mouse That Roared (1959) · director · free
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · director, producer · free
- Boss Nigger (1974) · director, producer · free
- It Came from Outer Space (1953) · director · free
- The Monolith Monsters (1957) · writer · free
- Monster on the Campus (1958) · director · free
- Make Room for Granddaddy (1970) · director · free
- The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976) · director · free
- Dusty's Trail (1973) · director · free
- Peter Gunn (1958) · director · free
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · director, producer · free
- McCloud (1970) · director · free
- The Bionic Woman (1976) · director · free
- Monster on the Campus (1958) · director · free
- Make Room for Granddaddy (1970) · director · free
- The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976) · director · free
Subscription and free streaming for Jack Arnold's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
73 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Jack Arnold Remembers The Incredible Shrinking Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Into the Night(1985)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Fall Guy(1981)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
The San Pedro Beach Bums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
The Swiss Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Bionic Woman(1976)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Wonder Woman(1975)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Boss Nigger(1974)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Archer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Sex Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Movin' On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Black Eye(1974)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Dusty's Trail(1973)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Alias Smith and Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Make Room for Granddaddy(1970)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
McCloud(1970)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Nanny and the Professor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Love, American Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Brady Bunch(1969)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Hello Down There(1969)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
It Takes a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Mr. Terrific (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
It's About Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Lively Set (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Gilligan's Island(1964)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
A Global Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Eleventh Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Bachelor in Paradise(1961)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Mr. Lucky(1959)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
World of Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Mouse That Roared(1959)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
No Name on the Bullet(1959)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Bold Venture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Monster on the Campus(1958)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Peter Gunn(1958)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
The Space Children(1958)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Lady Takes a Flyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Man in the Shadow(1957)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
The Monolith Monsters(1957)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Tattered Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Outside the Law(1956)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Red Sundown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Tarantula(1955)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Science Fiction Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Revenge of the Creature(1955)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
This Island Earth(1955)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Glass Web (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
It Came from Outer Space(1953)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Girls in the Night(1953)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
With These Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
The Chicken of Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Career shape
A full career of 72 titles from 1948 to 2021.
Biggest box office
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Highest rated
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Most popular right now
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Film career
- 1985Screen debut· Into the Night
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jack Arnold's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th15
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
18 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser18
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jack Arnold's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jack Arnold work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jack Arnold's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Herman Stein shares the most, 10.
Directors
- Bruce BilsonShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Bilson
- Earl BellamyShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Earl Bellamy
- Oscar RudolphShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Oscar Rudolph
Writers
- William AllandShared titles: The Space Children (1958), Revenge of the Creature (1955), Tarantula (1955), This Island Earth (1955), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), It Came from Outer Space (1953)See all 6 shared titles with William Alland
- Brad RadnitzShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Brad Radnitz
- Elroy SchwartzShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Elroy Schwartz
- Howard OstroffShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Ostroff
Actors
- Russell JohnsonShared titles: Gilligan's Island (1964), The Space Children (1958), This Island Earth (1955), It Came from Outer Space (1953)See all 4 shared titles with Russell Johnson
- Raymond BaileyShared titles: The Space Children (1958), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), Outside the Law (1956), Tarantula (1955)See all 4 shared titles with Raymond Bailey
- Bob DenverShared titles: The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976), Dusty's Trail (1973), Gilligan's Island (1964)See all 3 shared titles with Bob Denver
- Grant WilliamsShared titles: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Monolith Monsters (1957), Outside the Law (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Grant Williams
Composers
- Herman SteinShared titles: No Name on the Bullet (1959), Man in the Shadow (1957), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Monolith Monsters (1957), Revenge of the Creature (1955), Tarantula (1955), This Island Earth (1955), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Girls in the Night (1953), It Came from Outer Space (1953)See all 10 shared titles with Herman Stein
- Henry ManciniShared titles: Bachelor in Paradise (1961), The Monolith Monsters (1957), Tarantula (1955), The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955), This Island Earth (1955), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Girls in the Night (1953), It Came from Outer Space (1953)See all 8 shared titles with Henry Mancini
- Irving GertzShared titles: No Name on the Bullet (1959), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Monolith Monsters (1957), The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955), It Came from Outer Space (1953)See all 5 shared titles with Irving Gertz
- Hans J. SalterShared titles: Man in the Shadow (1957), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), This Island Earth (1955), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)See all 4 shared titles with Hans J. Salter
Producers
- Albert ZugsmithShared titles: High School Confidential! (1958), Man in the Shadow (1957), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)See all 3 shared titles with Albert Zugsmith
- Howard ChristieShared titles: No Name on the Bullet (1959), The Monolith Monsters (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Christie
- Albert J. CohenShared titles: Outside the Law (1956), Girls in the Night (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Albert J. Cohen