George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer who co-wrote with William F. Nolan the novel Logan's Run, the basis for the 1976 MGM film. He also wrote television scripts for The Twilight Zone (including "Nothing in the Dark", "Kick the Can", "A Game of Pool", and "A Penny for Your Thoughts"), and the first telecast episode of Star Trek, entitled "The Man Trap". He also wrote the story and screenplay on which the 1960 film Ocean's 11 and its 2001 remake were based. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clayton Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 10, 1929
- December 25, 2015 (aged 86)
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
- Writer and actor
- 13 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are George Clayton Johnson's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 George Clayton Johnson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (5).
Subscription and free streaming for George Clayton Johnson'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
21 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Untitled Ocean's Prequel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Ocean's Eight(2018)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Saint Bernard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Boneyard Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Ocean's Thirteen(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Ocean's Twelve(2004)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Ocean's Eleven(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Logan's Run(1977)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Logan's Run(1976)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Kung Fu(1972)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Star Trek(1966)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Honey West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Icarus Montgolfier Wright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Intruder(1962)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Ocean's Eleven(1960)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all showsLogan's Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The AckerMonster Chronicles! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 18 of them dated from 1955 to 2018.
Biggest box office
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Highest rated
The Intruder (1962)
Most popular right now
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Film career
- 1962Screen debut· The Intruder
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 George Clayton Johnson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 8; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th6
Shape of the crowd
None of their 13 titles divides audiences: 9 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser9
Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
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.
Who does George Clayton Johnson work with?
People who share at least 2 of George Clayton Johnson's MovieCove titles; Jerry Goldsmith shares the most, 2.
- Jerry GoldsmithShared titles: Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Logan's Run (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Jerry Goldsmith
- William F. NolanShared titles: Logan's Run (1976), The Intruder (1962)See all 2 shared titles with William F. Nolan