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.
Robert Montgomery never appeared in a color movie.
Hey John….well that is a good trivia question….thanks for sharing.
Hello, Bruce.
I see that my comment is still awaiting moderation.
WEll then.
I will stop posting on your website ever again. I was hoping to use it to advertise Steve’s videos.
A great weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
Take care as I prefer r not to hold grudges.
Sincerely,
Ms. Flora Breen Robison.
Hey Flora….not sure which comment you are referring to….as there is no moderation on your comments.
Well I see the problem…..your comment had two links in it…..and that sends it to the approval pile…..which I approved a couple of hours after you sent it….I think you will find attaching more than one link anywhere will cause this problem…..because that is what spammers (not saying you are a spammer) do. But if commenting here is causing you so much stress….I understand…..I have enjoyed your comments….so I wish you well in your future endeavors.
I have now seen 35 of Robert Montgomery’s movies.
I’ve written a review of seven of them on lettterboxd and noticed that all but one of them – Untamed – was from the 1930s – therefore I bundled them into a list of 1930s movies seen and reviewed:
https://letterboxd.com/florar/list/1930s-films-ive-seen-and-reviewed/
I’ve also made a list of 1940s films which will eventually include Here Comes Mr. Jordan reviewed – I want to rewatcvh again first and Review Lady in the Lake and others.
https://letterboxd.com/florar/list/1940s-films-i-have-seen-and-reviewed-in-no/
I did a list on Robert Young Movies but you do not havre a Robert Young page.
Hey Flora…..glad to see you so active on letterboxd. Great movies on Robert Young and Robert Montgomery.
I just rewatched Night Must Fall.
It was one of the first movies of Montgomery’s career I ever saw.
Hey Flora…very cool….I recently watched his Night Flight with Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, John Barrynore, Myrna Loy and Helen Hayes….that seems like a decent little cast….lol.
Yes, it had a stellar cast. Gable was still new to films. It is a favourite of mine.
Hey Flora…I agree….though I do not think Gable even speaks until about 40 minutes into the movie.
Hello Bruce.
I noticed that this page is where I made one of my first comments after my illness. I made it on August 22nd.
I recorded several films of Robert Montgomery and watched others as they aired.
I’ve since seen some of them and written letterboxd reviews for them. I have a link to this page on my Favourite Robert Montgomery list.
I am about to watch The Mystery of Lady X for the first time.
I saw Faithless and Ever Since Eve yesterday. There is small number of people who have seen either of these two films on letterboxd.
Regarding another Robert, I recently added Her Twelve Men to my list of seen Robert Ryan movies and added a review on letterboxd.
Glad you have been watching more of Montgomery’s movies….seems since writing this page I have seen more of his movies too.