- February 18, 1924
- July 10, 1993 (aged 69)
- Writer and producer
- 25 on MovieCove · 41 credits in all
Known for
What are Sam Rolfe's films like?
Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 4 · Wry 2 · Earnest 11
A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 8 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 3
Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 2
Steady 11 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 6
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 1
Casual 13 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 1
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Happy13
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous1
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 Sam Rolfe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Sam Rolfe'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
41 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Quantum Leap(1989)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Killjoy(1981)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Big Shamus, Little Shamus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Relentless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Enigma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Delvecchio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Law of the Land(1976)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Matt Helm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Matt Helm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Manhunter(1974)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Climb an Angry Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Delphi Bureau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Hardcase(1972)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
They Call It Murder(1971)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Mask of Sheba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
How to Steal the World(1968)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Helicopter Spies(1968)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Dundee and the Culhane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Spy in the Green Hat(1967)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Karate Killers(1967)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.(1966)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
One Spy Too Many(1966)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Spy with My Face(1965)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
To Trap a Spy(1964)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
The Eleventh Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Hotel de Paree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Bombers B-52(1957)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Pillars of the Sky(1956)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Target Zero(1955)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The McConnell Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Naked Spur(1953)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 36 titles from 1953 to 1993.
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 Sam Rolfe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th13
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 25 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 16 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 Sam Rolfe work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sam Rolfe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Vaughn shares the most, 9.
Directors
- John Llewellyn MoxeyShared titles: Killjoy (1981), Hardcase (1972)See all 2 shared titles with John Llewellyn Moxey
- Walter GraumanShared titles: Manhunter (1974), They Call It Murder (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Walter Grauman
- Joseph SargentShared titles: The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One Spy Too Many (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Joseph Sargent
Writers
- Harold Jack BloomShared titles: Hardcase (1972), The Naked Spur (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Harold Jack Bloom
- Dean HargroveShared titles: The Helicopter Spies (1968), One Spy Too Many (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Hargrove
- Norman HudisShared titles: How to Steal the World (1968), The Karate Killers (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Norman Hudis
Actors
- Robert VaughnShared titles: The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983), How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), One Spy Too Many (1966), The Spy with My Face (1965), To Trap a Spy (1964)See all 9 shared titles with Robert Vaughn
- David McCallumShared titles: The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983), How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), The Spy with My Face (1965), To Trap a Spy (1964)See all 8 shared titles with David McCallum
- Leo G. CarrollShared titles: How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), One Spy Too Many (1966), The Spy with My Face (1965)See all 7 shared titles with Leo G. Carroll
- Kim DarbyShared titles: This Is the West That Was (1974), The Karate Killers (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Darby
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Fred J. KoenekampShared titles: The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), One Spy Too Many (1966), The Spy with My Face (1965)See all 7 shared titles with Fred J. Koenekamp
- Gerald FriedShared titles: The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983), The Karate Killers (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), One Spy Too Many (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Gerald Fried
- Joseph DervinShared titles: How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), The Spy with My Face (1965)See all 4 shared titles with Joseph Dervin
- Henry BermanShared titles: One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), One Spy Too Many (1966), To Trap a Spy (1964)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Berman
Producers
- Norman FeltonShared titles: How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966), One Spy Too Many (1966), The Spy with My Face (1965), To Trap a Spy (1964)See all 8 shared titles with Norman Felton
- Irv PearlbergShared titles: How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)See all 4 shared titles with Irv Pearlberg
- George LehrShared titles: How to Steal the World (1968), The Helicopter Spies (1968), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)See all 3 shared titles with George Lehr
- Boris IngsterShared titles: The Karate Killers (1967), The Spy in the Green Hat (1967), One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)See all 3 shared titles with Boris Ingster
