Want to know the best Robert Montgomery movies? How about the worst Robert Montgomery movies? Curious about Robert Montgomery box office grosses or which Robert Montgomery movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert Montgomery movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) was a 2-time American Oscar® nominated actor, director and producer. In the 1930s he was one of the biggest stars working in movies. His IMDb page shows 64 acting and 5 directing credits from 1929-1960. This page ranks 57 Robert Montgomery movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, documentaries and shorts were not included in the rankings.
Drivel part of the page: Wow!…… did we have some problems doing this page. Problem 1: While adding information for his Lady In The Lake movie…we some how broke our database….as strange Chinese code started showing up. This required emergency computer programming by Wife of Cogerson. Problem 2: When finally ready to write and publish this page…our website provider would not allow changes to be saved….so I had to rewrite the entire page more than once. Problem 3: Even though most of his movies were made by MGM…the Eddie Mannix ledgers only listed about half of his movies. This required us to come up with another way to calculate box office grosses using the Harrison Reports from the 1930s and 1940s to get the other half. Once again…Wife of Cogerson had to perform some emergency programming work. The bill for her services is going to be huge! Finally we were able to overcome all of these obstacles and finish this Robert Montgomery page.
Robert Montgomery Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Robert Montgomery movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Robert Montgomery movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Robert Montgomery movies by yearly box office rank
- Sort Robert Montgomery movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Robert Montgomery movie received.
- Sort Robert Montgomery movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR)Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Robert Montgomery Table
- Fourteen Robert Montgomery movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 24.56% of his movies listed. They Were Expendable (1945) was his biggest box office hit.
- An average Robert Montgomery movie grosses $80.70 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 29 Robert Montgomery movies are rated as good movies…or 50.87% of his movies. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) is his highest rated movie while Free and Easy (1930)is his lowest rated movie.
- Ten Robert Montgomery movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 17.54% of his movies.
- Three Robert Montgomery movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 5.26% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR )Score is 40.00. 33 Robert Montgomery movies scored higher that average….or 57.89% of his movies. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) got the the highest UMR Score while Eye Witness (1950) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Robert Montgomery
1. Henry Montgomery, Jr. was born in Fishkill Landing, New York in 1904.
2. Robert Montgomery was nominated for two Best Actor Oscars®: 1937’s Night Must Fall and 1941’s Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
3. After World War II broke out in Europe in September, 1939, and while the United States was still officially neutral, Robert Montgomery enlisted in London for American field service and drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation.
4. During the D-Day invasion, Robert Montgomery was one of the first to enter Cherbourg harbor and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service.
5. Robert Montgomery was widely considered to be one of the best dressed men in Hollywood and for years did not carry a wallet because it ruined the drape of his suits.
6. Robert Montgomery was married two times. He had three children. His daughter, Elizabeth Montgomery, became an actress…and was best know for her role as Samantha Stevens on the television series, Bewitched.
7. Robert Montgomery was president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from 1935-38 and 1946-47.
8. Check out Robert Montgomery ‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Astute readers will notice that three movies are missing….we were unable to find any box office information on: 1929’s Three Live Ghosts, 1930’s Sins of the Children and 1932’s But The Flesh Is Weak. Also we have worldwide box office grosses on about 30 of his movies…if interested…just leave a request on the comment box…and we will make sure you get that information.
During our research on Robert Montgomery we found this wonderful website from a huge Montgomery fan. Classic Robert Montgomery Blogspot.
Thanks for the plug – and neat post, interesting to see the stats (in a sortable format, too!)
Hey Carrie….No problem…our two websites go well together…..hope people check out your Montgomery Blog….which is both educational and entertaining.
I will LOVE talking to you on your website, Carrie.
I have added it to my favourites and will check in tomorrow to talk to you.
Hey Flora…she seems quick to respond to comments on her Montgomery page…..hey that sounds like me. Some of the articles I read…leave no doubt that she is probably one of the most knowledgeable Montgomery people out there.
Excellent. I wold love to talk to someone who knows MORE about Robert Montgomery than I do.
Decent WW2 film, “They Were Expendable”, about PT boats in the Pacific. John Wayne, Ward Bond, Donna Reed.
Yep Steve….one of his biggest hits…..he actually did some uncredited directing work on that one.
This guy kind of moves under the radar of many film lovers and he should not. Night Must Fall is a brilliant noirish film with Dame Mae Whitty and A young Rosalind Russell. See this movie and you’ll want to see more of montgomery’s work. Ride the Pink Horse was recently issued by Criterion.
Hey David….before doing the page I had never even heard of Night Must Fall…but seems that is the one everybody is telling me I have to see. He got an Oscar nomination for his role in that one. I have seen and enjoyed Ride The Pink Horse….thanks for the feedback.
Bad decision to admit if one did not know that you set up this site to learn more about films you don’t know (ie Night Must fall). Great to know that Ride the Pink Horse has been reissued. That means I might be able to find it.
Warner Archive put out a set of five or six of his movies in one DVD case a while back…probably still available at a good price on the WBShop website or on Amazon…they were all pretty decent
Worldwide Box Office Grosses For Select Robert Montgomery Movies
They Were Expendable (1945) $294.20
The Divorcee (1930) $144.20
Night Must Fall (1937) $132.30
Forsaking All Others (1934) $229.50
Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) $232.60
Lady In The Lake (1947) $163.60
No More Ladies (1935) $150.90
Private Lives (1931) $124.70
Riptide (1934) $166.10
Inspiration (1931) $134.10
Unfinished Business (1941) $91.90
Strangers May Kiss (1931) $141.60
Piccadilly Jim (1936) $142.40
Our Blushing Brides (1930) $144.20
Letty Lynton (1932) $118.00
Night Flight (1933) $112.30
The Easiest Way (1931) $107.70
Hell Below (1933) $145.40
The Saxon Charm (1948) $54.00
Made on Broadway (1933) $46.10
Untamed (1929) $68.30
Of these specific films, I have seen:
I3 of them. Thank-you.
Wow lots of comments for a new page on somebody I am not familiar with. Thanks for the education.
That is one of the reasons why Bruce does these pages. It is not just talking about our favourite actors. It is also learning about actors we don’t know, because as fans of movies, we want to know what other movies people enjoy. There are plenty of movies I can watch multiple times and love to watch them. Sometimes, however, we want to watch films we haven’t seen, and fellow film lovers can give us an idea of what artists might interest us.
Now that this project is over 5 years old….it is amazing of all the movie subjects that I have written about. Over 400 and growing everyday.
Thanks Stein. I appreciate your visit and your comment.