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Delmer Daves

Director

Delmer Daves

Directing
1943 — 1963 · 15 films
Lived
24 July 1904 — d. 1977
From
San Francisco, California, USA

Delmer Daves was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

Career Signature

How Delmer Daves’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bittersweet
crowd-pleaser
pre-internet intimacy
emotionally restrained
heavy emotional

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

John FordJohn Ford67 filmsWilliam A. WellmanWilliam A. Wellman32 filmsHenry HathawayHenry Hathaway28 filmsRaoul WalshRaoul Walsh44 filmsLewis MilestoneLewis Milestone18 filmsRalph NelsonRalph Nelson11 filmsJames MangoldJames Mangold13 filmsBruce BeresfordBruce Beresford25 films

Filmography

Spencer's Mountain

1963

A Summer Place

1959

The Hanging Tree

1959

Cowboy

1958

The Badlanders

1958

3:10 to Yuma

1957

Jubal

1956

The Last Wagon

1956

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954

Broken Arrow

1950

Dark Passage

1947

The Red House

1947

Pride of the Marines

1945

Hollywood Canteen

1944

Destination Tokyo

1943