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Jack Natteford

Writer · Died January 7, 1970, aged 75 · Wahoo, Nebraska, USA

Born
November 27, 1894
Died
January 7, 1970 (aged 75)
From
Wahoo, Nebraska, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 122 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 40% in 30 days

What are Jack Natteford's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama30 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Western3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Western movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Crime 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
52%
Bonds
17%
Self
12%
Society
11%
Survival
5%
Power
2%
Justice28 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 41 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 35 · Serious 6 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 28 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 22 · Charged 18 · Intense 1

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

Steady 33 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 8

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

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 24 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 36 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 41 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
26
Hopeful
19
Tense
13
Joyful
9
Warm
12
Other
23

How their films linger

Feel-good30 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy36
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1

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 Natteford's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (21).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jack Natteford'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

122 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page.

  • Western von gestern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · Original Story · Writer

  • The Ride to Hangman's Tree(1967)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Kid Rodelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Screenplay

  • The Night the World Exploded(1957)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Blackjack Ketchum Desperado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Screenplay

  • East of Sumatra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Adaptation · Story

  • Cattle Drive(1951)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Return of Jesse James(1950)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Rustlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Screenplay

  • The Last Bandit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Story

  • Return of the Bad Men(1948)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Black Bart(1948)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Trail to San Antone(1947)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Rustler's Round-up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Screenplay

  • Badman's Territory(1946)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Trail of Kit Carson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Master Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Story

  • They Raid by Night(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Inside the Law(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Law of the Timber(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Double Trouble(1941)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dangerous Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Screenplay

  • Heroes of the Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • One Man's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • Pioneers of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Screenplay

  • Days of Jesse James(1939)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Kansas Terrors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • Colorado Sunset(1939)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Wyoming Outlaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Southward Ho!(1939)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Rough Riders' Round-up(1939)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Shine on Harvest Moon(1938)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Come on, Rangers!(1938)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Billy the Kid Returns(1938)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Heroes of the Hills(1938)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Gold Mine in the Sky(1938)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • International Crime(1938)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Rawhide(1938)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Boots and Saddles(1937)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Heart of the Rockies(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Gunsmoke Ranch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Story

  • Paradise Express(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Born to the West(1937)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Roarin' Lead(1936)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Three Mesquiteers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Ticket to Paradise(1936)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Lonely Trail(1936)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Millionaire Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Return of Jimmy Valentine(1936)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Oregon Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Never Too Late (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Dialogue

  • The Rider of the Law(1935)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • $1000 a Minute(1935)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Headline Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Screenplay · Story

  • House of Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Writer

  • The Brand of Hate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • A Demon for Trouble(1934)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • St. Louis Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • Mrs. Mortimer Jones Prepares "Dinner for Eight" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • Neighbors' Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Story

  • Riot Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Screenplay

  • Fighting With Kit Carson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Screenplay

  • His Private Secretary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Adaptation · Continuity

  • At Twelve Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Continuity · Dialogue · Writer

  • The Dude Bandit(1933)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The California Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Story

  • File 113 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Writer

  • Hidden Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Adaptation · Story

  • The Cowboy Counsellor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Out of Singapore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Screenplay

  • Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Story

  • The Last of the Mohicans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Screenplay

  • My Pal, the King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • The Spirit of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Story

  • The Hard Hombre(1931)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Arizona Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Wild Horse(1931)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Two Gun Man(1931)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Clearing the Range(1931)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Fighting Thru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Screenplay

  • The Thoroughbred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Screenplay

  • Troopers Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Lost Zeppelin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Story

  • Dark Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • Light Fingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • Two Men and a Maid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • The Flying Marine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Screenplay · Story

  • New Orleans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • Border Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • The Lariat Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Screenplay

  • Clearing the Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • Beautiful But Dumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Prowlers of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Scenario Writer

  • Ladies of the Night Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • The Scarlet Dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • The Man in Hobbles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Adaptation

  • The Devil's Skipper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Streets of Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Screenplay · Story

  • The Beauty Shoppers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • Hidden Aces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Screenplay · Story

  • Lightning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Adaptation

  • Backstage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • The Broken Gate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • Sin Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Scenario Writer

  • Moran of the Mounted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Screenplay

  • The Last Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • Lightning Hutch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • Perils of the Coast Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • The Count of Luxembourg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Writer

  • The Midnight Limited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Scenario Writer · Story

  • Soiled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • The Verdict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Writer

  • Fair Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Story

  • The Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Adaptation

  • Fighter's Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • The Empire Builders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Writer

  • The White Panther (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Story

  • Cyclone Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Writer

  • Rounding Up the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Story

  • The World and the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 121 titles from 1916 to 1978.

Highest rated

Cattle Drive (1951)

Midcredits 70th

Most popular right now

Return of the Bad Men (1948)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing120 of 121: 118 only writing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score30thEditing1 of 121: 1 only editing, 0 with another roleOther crew2 of 121: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

By decade

1910s1 · crew1920s37 · crew1930s58 · crew1940s17 · crew1950s5 · crew1960s2 · crew1970s1 · 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 Natteford's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 41 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 36th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Reach · how many have seen their films

11thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 41

Midcredits score across 41 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 41 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed29

Most divisive · writer

The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)

83rd percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Cattle Drive (1951)

Midcredits 70th · 60% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 47/100 and the plot and story 47/100 in their films, across 38 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 Natteford work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jack Natteford's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joseph Kane shares the most, 12.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers