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Jack Turley

Writer · Died January 19, 2021, aged 93 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Born
July 21, 1927
Died
January 19, 2021 (aged 93)
From
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all

What are Jack Turley's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
2
Warm
2
Dread
1
Contemplative
1
Other
2

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet3

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 Turley's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Turley'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

37 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Secrets of Midland Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • High Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Screenplay

  • Knots Landing(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
  • Salvage 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Writer

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • Empire of the Ants(1977)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Three for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Bronk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Baretta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • The Day the Earth Moved(1974)

    Story · Teleplay

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Terror on the 40th Floor(1974)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Hurricane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Story · Teleplay

  • Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Banacek(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Story

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Search (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

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

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • The Silent Force (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 9 episodes · Writer

  • Land of the Giants(1968)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

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

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Felony Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

  • The Monroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • Blue Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

  • The Long, Hot Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • I Spy(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
  • Lost in Space(1965)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • 12 O'Clock High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 5 episodes · Writer

  • The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 5 episodes · Writer

  • Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 37 titles from 1959 to 1980.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing37 of 37: 37 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51st

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s17 · crew1970s16 · crew1980s3 · 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 Turley's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Reviewers score the dialogue 33/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 5 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 Turley work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Turley's MovieCove titles; Robert Michael Lewis shares the most, 2.