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Jack Townley

Writer, also director

Works as
Writer, also director
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 43% in 30 days

What are Jack Townley's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Society.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Drama 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%
Society
22%
Bonds
19%
Self
13%
Power
4%
Survival
2%
Ideas
2%
Justice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 16 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 13 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

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

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 7

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

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 17 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
10
Absurd
7
Warm
6
Tense
6
Thrilling
6
Other
11

How their films linger

Feel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy17

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 Townley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Townley'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

88 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • Up In Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Screenplay

  • The Crooked Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Screenplay

  • The Disembodied(1957)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Hot Shots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Crashing Las Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Untamed Heiress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Story

  • The Abbott and Costello Show(1952)

    Show 10 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Fabulous Senorita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Oklahoma Annie(1952)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Honeychile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Writer

  • Havana Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Screenplay

  • Cuban Fireball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Screenplay

  • The Blazing Sun(1950)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Riders of the Whistling Pines(1949)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Last Round-up(1947)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • My Pal Trigger(1946)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • One Exciting Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • Hitchhike to Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Writer

  • The Chicago Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay

  • Bells of Rosarita(1945)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Utah(1945)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Faces in the Fog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Writer

  • Allergic to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Story

  • The Yellow Rose of Texas(1944)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Goodnight, Sweetheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Screenplay

  • Jamboree(1944)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Rosie the Riveter(1944)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Here Comes Elmer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Writer

  • Petticoat Larceny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Gildersleeve's Bad Day(1943)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Great Gildersleeve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • The Traitor Within (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • Vengeance of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Original Story

  • The Pittsburgh Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • Ice-Capades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Screenplay

  • Puddin' Head(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Country Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Story

  • Rookies on Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Screenplay

  • Sis Hopkins(1941)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Scatterbrain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • Grandpa Goes To Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Money To Burn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Writer

  • The Covered Trailer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Should Husbands Work? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Writer

  • My Wife's Relatives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • Home on the Prairie(1939)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Romance on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Screenplay

  • The Higgins Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Writer

  • All Over Town(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Meet the Missus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • Quality Street(1937)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Plot Thickens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Mummy's Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Last Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Silly Billies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Hollywood Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • Ocean Swells (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

  • Rough Necking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Story

  • The Undie-World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Story

  • Guilty Parents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director · Writer

  • Strange People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation · Story

  • Hip Zip Hooray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Writer

  • As the Crows Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Dialogue

  • It's a Cinch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Dialogue · Story

  • Hollywood Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Hollywood Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Bridge Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Keep Laughing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Moonlight and Cactus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Smart Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Idle Roomers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • The Tamale Vendor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Once a Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Queenie of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • One Quiet Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • That's My Meat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Up Pops the Duke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Honeymoon Trio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • The Lure of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • The Back Page (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Crashing Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

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

    Story

  • Three Hollywood Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Divorce Among Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Story

  • The Bachelor Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Story

  • Father and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • The Wright Idea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 88 titles from 1928 to 1957.

Highest rated

Quality Street (1937)

Midcredits 51st

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing4 of 88: 3 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting84 of 88: 83 only writing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thOther crew1 of 88: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1920s3 · crew1930s44 · crew1940s28 · crew1950s13 · 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 Jack Townley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

13thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 18 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · writer

Puddin' Head (1941)

64th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

Midcredits 89th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 17 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 Jack Townley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Townley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Bradford shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers