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Gene Havlick

Editor · Died May 11, 1959, aged 65 · Enid, Oklahoma, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gene Havlick (March 16, 1894, Enid, Oklahoma, USA – May 11, 1959, Los Angeles, California) was an American film editor. He worked on over 100 films during his 30-year career. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 16, 1894
Died
May 11, 1959 (aged 65)
From
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Works as
Editor
Titles
40 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 38% in 30 days

What are Gene Havlick's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Western2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Western movies

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

share of theme weight
Morality
37%
Bonds
26%
Power
14%
Self
14%
Society
5%
Survival
3%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 25 · Serious 9 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 22 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 23 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 19 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 13

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 27 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
22
Joyful
12
Warm
10
Romantic
11
Thrilling
9
Other
37

How their films linger

Feel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy25
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

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 Gene Havlick's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gene Havlick'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

78 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page.

  • Screaming Mimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Editor

  • Domino Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Editor

  • 7th Cavalry(1956)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Inside Detroit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • A Lawless Street(1955)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • New Orleans Uncensored (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • Ten Wanted Men(1955)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Three Hours to Kill(1954)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Saracen Blade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Editor

  • Jungle Man-Eaters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Editor

  • The Stranger Wore a Gun(1953)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Valley of Head Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Editor

  • Serpent of the Nile(1953)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Last Posse(1953)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Hangman's Knot(1952)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Captain Pirate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • My Six Convicts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • The Son of Dr. Jekyll(1951)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Lady and the Bandit(1951)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Santa Fe(1951)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Between Midnight and Dawn(1950)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Fortunes of Captain Blood(1950)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Reckless Moment(1949)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Lust for Gold(1949)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Shockproof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Editor

  • Rusty Saves a Life(1949)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Return of October (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Editor

  • Relentless(1948)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • It Had to Be You(1947)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Dead Reckoning(1946)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Walls Came Tumbling Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Editor

  • The Gentleman Misbehaves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Editor

  • A Thousand and One Nights(1945)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Time(1944)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Destroyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Editor

  • The Desperadoes(1943)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Counter-Espionage(1942)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer(1942)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Shut My Big Mouth(1942)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Our Wife(1941)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • She Knew All the Answers(1941)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Blondie Goes Latin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • Angels Over Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • Blondie Has Servant Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • Blondie on a Budget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • His Girl Friday(1940)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Blondie Meets the Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Editor

  • Blondie(1938)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • You Can't Take It with You(1938)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Law of the Plains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Editor

  • Lost Horizon(1937)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • If You Could Only Cook(1935)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • She Couldn't Take It(1935)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Unknown Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Editor

  • Eight Bells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Editor

  • Broadway Bill(1934)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Blind Date (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Editor

  • Twentieth Century(1934)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • It Happened One Night(1934)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Lady for a Day(1933)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Woman I Stole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Editor

  • The Last Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Editor

  • War Correspondent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Editor

  • Attorney for the Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Editor

  • Shopworn(1932)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Editor

  • The Deceiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Editor

  • Fifty Fathoms Deep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Editor

  • Lover Come Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Editor

  • The Sky Raiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Editor

  • Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Editor

  • Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Editor

  • Song of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Editor

  • The Ridin' Demon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Editor

  • The College Coquette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Editor

  • The Crimson Canyon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 74 titles from 1928 to 1958.

Biggest box office

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

$146K worldwide

Highest rated

It Happened One Night (1934)

Midcredits 98th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Editing74 of 74: 74 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

By decade

1920s4 · crew1930s28 · crew1940s21 · crew1950s21 · crew

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 Gene Havlick's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 40; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 40 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 40 titles divides audiences: 19 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed5

Most loved · editor

It Happened One Night (1934)

Midcredits 98th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 65, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

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 Gene Havlick's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles7–36 · median 26 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles2–23 · median 9 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles0–17 · median 3 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles28–31 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles6–26 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

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 Gene Havlick work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gene Havlick's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Harry Joe Brown shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers