Highest rated movie: The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Lowest rated movie: My Outlaw Brother (1951)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Elliott Nugent? Cinafilm has a total of 91 reviews across 15 movies directed by Elliott Nugent.
Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 58%.
The Cat and the Canary is Elliott Nugent's highest rated movie, with a score of 70% based on 21 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Elliott Nugent is My Outlaw Brother, with a score of 44% based on 3 reviews.
Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896, Dover, Ohio - August 9, 1980, New York City) was an American actor, writer, and film director. He successfully made the transition from silent film to sound. He directed The Cat and the Canary (1939), starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. He also directed the Hope films Never Say Die (1939) and My Favorite Brunette (1947).
Nugent was a college classmate (and lifelong friend) of fellow Ohioan James Thurber. Together, they wrote the Broadway play The Male Animal (1940) in which Nugent starred with Gene Tierney. He also directed the 1942 Warner Bros. film version of The Male Animal, starring Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland.
Nugent's autobiography Events Leading Up to the Comedy (1965) skips over large portions of Nugent's life and work, but deals honestly with the alcoholism that largely ended his career.
Nugent was the son of veteran actor J.C. Nugent who sometimes wrote or acted with Elliott.
Elliott Nugent has directed films starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Charles Lane and Bing Crosby.
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