Ferris Webster

Editor

Ferris Webster edited 34 rated films; 5 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .147 batting average.

Batting average

.147

Hits

5 of 34 feature films rated 80/100 or higher

Percentile

top 29% of 470 editors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)

Career

1946–1982

Films, rated out of 100

1. Firefox (1982) — 53/100
2. Honkytonk Man (1982) — 67/100
3. Bronco Billy (1980) — 66/100
4. Escape from Alcatraz (1979) — 80/100 · hit
5. The Gauntlet (1977) — 66/100
6. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) — 78/100
7. The Eiger Sanction (1975) — 63/100
8. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) — 72/100
9. Magnum Force (1973) — 68/100
10. High Plains Drifter (1973) — 77/100
11. Breezy (1973) — 68/100
12. Joe Kidd (1972) — 65/100
13. Ice Station Zebra (1968) — 58/100
14. Hour of the Gun (1967) — 71/100
15. Seconds (1966) — 75/100
16. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100
17. The Satan Bug (1965) — 59/100
18. Seven Days in May (1964) — 79/100
19. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
20. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) — 93/100 · hit
21. The Magnificent Seven (1960) — 78/100
22. Never So Few (1959) — 50/100
23. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) — 83/100 · hit
24. The Law and Jake Wade (1958) — 67/100
25. Les Girls (1957) — 75/100
26. Forbidden Planet (1956) — 80/100 · hit
27. Tea and Sympathy (1956) — 76/100
28. Blackboard Jungle (1955) — 71/100
29. The Long, Long Trailer (1954) — 64/100
30. Father's Little Dividend (1951) — 74/100
31. Mystery Street (1950) — 70/100
32. Father of the Bride (1950) — 76/100
33. Madame Bovary (1949) — 69/100
34. Undercurrent (1946) — 62/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) — 93/100 · hit
2. The Great Escape (1963) — 84/100 · hit
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) — 83/100 · hit

Lowest rated

1. Never So Few (1959) — 50/100
2. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100
3. Firefox (1982) — 53/100

How these numbers work: Methodology