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Jimmy Sangster

Jimmy Sangster

Writer and producer, also director · Died August 19, 2011, aged 83 · North Wales, UK

Born
December 2, 1927
Died
August 19, 2011 (aged 83)
From
North Wales, UK
Works as
Writer and producer, also director
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 97 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 27Up 19% in 30 days

What are Jimmy Sangster's films like?

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

Genres

Horror13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Mystery3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Mystery movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
38%
Survival
21%
Power
13%
Self
11%
Bonds
8%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Deception15 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themePower4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 9

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 20 · Intense 16

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 27 · Relentless 1

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

A split, not a type: Casual 19 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 13 · Affecting 23 · Heavy 4

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

Resolved 30 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
33
Dread
23
Thrilling
9
Melancholic
12
Absurd
6
Other
14

How their films linger

Unsettling17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 14 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous5

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 Jimmy Sangster's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jimmy Sangster'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

97 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Flashback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Screenplay

  • Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror(1994)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Dødelig kjemi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

  • North Beach and Rawhide(1985)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Toughest Man in the World(1984)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Devil and Max Devlin(1981)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • No Place to Hide(1981)

    Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Spy(1980)

    Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Phobia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Writer

  • The Concrete Cowboys(1979)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Man Called Sloane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Ebony, Ivory and Jade(1979)

    Producer · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Billion Dollar Threat(1979)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Country Western Murders(1979)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Legacy(1978)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Young Dan'l Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Good Against Evil(1977)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Wonder Woman(1975)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • The Six Million Dollar Man(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Story

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Maneater(1973)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Scream, Pretty Peggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Writer

  • The Magician (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Ghost Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 4 episodes · Teleplay · Writer

  • Banacek(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Fear in the Night(1972)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?(1972)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Taste of Evil(1971)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Lust for a Vampire(1971)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Horror of Frankenstein(1970)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Crescendo(1970)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • McCloud(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Foreign Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Novel · Producer · Screenplay

  • The Spy Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Novel · Producer · Writer

  • The Anniversary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Producer · Screenplay

  • Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

  • Deadlier Than the Male(1967)

    Original Story · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness(1966)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Nanny(1965)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Hysteria(1965)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Traitor's Gate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Screenplay

  • Face of a Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Screenplay

  • The Devil-Ship Pirates(1964)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Nightmare(1964)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • To Have and to Hold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Screenplay

  • Maniac(1963)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Paranoiac(1963)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Pirates of Blood River(1962)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Savage Guns(1961)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Scream of Fear(1961)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Terror of the Tongs(1961)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Big Deal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Writer

  • The Hellfire Club(1961)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Siege of Sidney Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Screenplay · Story · as Winston Churchill

  • The Brides of Dracula(1960)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Mummy(1959)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Could Cheat Death(1959)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Jack the Ripper(1959)

    Scenario Writer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • I Can Destroy the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Writer

  • Blood of the Vampire(1958)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Intent to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Screenplay

  • The Crawling Eye(1958)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Snorkel(1958)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Revenge of Frankenstein(1958)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Horror of Dracula(1958)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Curse of Frankenstein(1957)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • X: The Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Production Manager · Screenplay · Story

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • Women Without Men(1956)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • A Man on the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Writer

  • Break in the Circle(1955)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Mask of Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Production Manager

  • The Men of Sherwood Forest(1954)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Third Party Risk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Production Manager

  • The Unholy Four(1954)

    Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Paid to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Assistant Director

  • Heat Wave(1954)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Assistant Director

  • The Black Glove(1954)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • 36 Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Assistant Director

  • The Saint's Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Assistant Director

  • Blood Orange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Assistant Director

  • Spaceways(1953)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Bad Blonde(1953)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Last Page (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Assistant Director

  • Death of an Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Assistant Director

  • Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard(1952)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Black Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Assistant Director

  • A Case For P.C. 49 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Assistant Director

  • To Have and to Hold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Assistant Director

  • The Rossiter Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Assistant Director

  • The Lady Craved Excitement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Assistant Director

  • What the Butler Saw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Assistant Director

  • Room to Let (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Assistant Director

  • Someone at the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Assistant Director

  • The Man in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Assistant Director

  • The Captive Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Third Assistant Director

Career shape

A full career of 97 titles from 1946 to 2000.

Biggest box office

The Legacy (1978)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

Scream of Fear (1961)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Horror of Dracula (1958)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 97: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting3 of 97: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting65 of 97: 50 only writing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndProducing14 of 97: 1 only producing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thOther crew30 of 97: 29 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score27th

97 titles, 15 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1940s1 · crew1950s41 · crew1960s22 · 1 acting · 22 crew1970s24 · 1 acting · 23 crew1980s6 · crew1990s2 · crew2000s1 · 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 Jimmy Sangster's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 51; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 46th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th16

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 55 titles are Broadly Agreed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed26
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · writer

North Beach and Rawhide (1985)

81st percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

Scream of Fear (1961)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 38 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.

Is Jimmy Sangster's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles42–59 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles0–26 · median 14 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles0–4 · median 0 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles24–36 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles43–62 · median 47 · moderatenear the median of all 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 Jimmy Sangster work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jimmy Sangster's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Needs shares the most, 16.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers