Movies by Samuel Fuller
As part of the cast:
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Carmel (2009)
Cast: Amitai Ashkenazi, Ben Eidel, Samuel Fuller …
Directed by: Amos Gitai
Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai -- a war veteran whose son fights in the conflict that has seized the region -- interweaves a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Middle East's bloody and complex…
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The End of Violence (1997)
Cast: Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Director Wim Wenders splices the seemingly unrelated stories of an action flick producer (Bill Pullman) who retreats from the violence he's exploited in his films when it hits home, and…
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Somebody to Love (1995)
Cast: Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Alexandre Rockwell
Struggling actress Mercedes (Rosie Perez) resorts to exotic dancing and frequents a bar populated by other lost souls in this drama set in Los Angeles. Her washed-up actor boyfriend (Harvey…
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Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
Cast: Samuel Fuller, Jim Jarmusch
Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
In the 1940s, director Sam Fuller dove deep into the jungles of the Amazon to film what he hoped would become a John Wayne classic. There, he got to know the Karaja Indians, who generously…
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Golem: The Petrified Garden (1993)
Cast: Jerome Koenig, Samuel Fuller, Hanna Schygulla …
Directed by: Amos Gitai
In this second film in a series of three, director Amos Gitai continues his exploration of the myth of the Golem and how it symbolizes the history of the Soviet Union. When an art dealer…
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Golem: The Spirit of Exile (1991)
Cast: Ophrah Shemesh, Hanna Schygulla, Samuel Fuller …
Directed by: Amos Gitai
This Amos Gitai film -- the third in a series of three about the Golem, a mythical stone creature that comes alive through the help of a rabbi -- stars Hannah Shygulla and Marisa Paredes and…
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Helsinki Napoli (1987)
Cast: Kari Väänänen, Roberta Manfredi, Jean-Pierre Castaldi …
Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
While working in West Berlin, Finnish cabdriver Alex (Kari Väänänen) finds himself mixed up with the mob in director Mika Kaurismäki's noir-tinged comedy.…
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White Dog (1982)
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
After hitting a German shepherd with her car, young actress Julie (Kristy McNichol) adopts it and nurses it back to health. When she discovers that her pet has been trained to viciously…
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The American Friend (1977)
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Idealistic German art restorer Jonathan Zimmermann is dying from a rare blood disease, so to earn money for the family he will be leaving behind, he accepts an offer from cunning American…
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Scott Joplin (1977)
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery …
Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
Brilliant African American composer Scott Joplin (Billy Dee Williams) fights against racism to break into the music business at the end of the 19th century, finally achieving success with a…
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Brigitte and Brigitte / Up and Down: The Films of Luc Moullet (1966)
Cast: Françoise Vatel, Colette Descombes, Claude Melki …
Directed by: Luc Moullet
Two girls gain sophistication but lose their innocence at a Parisian school in Brigitte and Brigitte, one of two comedies from French new wave director Luc Moullet. Part two of the double…
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Street of No Return (1989)
Cast: Keith Carradine, Valentina Vargas, Bill Duke …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
A failed pop star's (Keith Carradine) life takes a wrong turn when he falls for a girl with gangster connections -- a misstep that almost results in his early (and permanent) exit from…
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White Dog (1982)
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
After hitting a German shepherd with her car, young actress Julie (Kristy McNichol) adopts it and nurses it back to health. When she discovers that her pet has been trained to viciously…
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The Big Red One: Special Edition (1980)
Cast: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
One of the great, unsung war films follows four comrades -- members of the 1st Infantry Division, aka the Big Red One -- from the invasion of North Africa onto Sicily, Normandy and to the…
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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1973)
Cast: Glenn Corbett, Christa Lang, Anton Diffring …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
A private detective hired to protect an American politician from the fallout from a sex scandal is killed in Germany, so it's up to his partner (Glenn Corbett) to get even. Soon, the…
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Shark (1969)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Arthur Kennedy, Barry Sullivan …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
When gun-runner Kane (Burt Reynolds) loses his arms shipment and winds up stranded in a Middle Eastern port city, he tries unsuccessfully to scam his way out of town. Forced to take a job…
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The Naked Kiss (1964)
Cast: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Looking to start a new life, a prostitute named Kelly (Constance Towers) moves to a small town but finds the residents' wholesome facades to be deceiving. Even the sheriff (Anthony…
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Shock Corridor (1963)
Cast: Phillip Ahn, Peter Breck, James Best …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Ambitious reporter Johnny (Peter Breck) wants to win a Pulitzer Prize by solving a murder that was committed in an insane asylum and witnessed by only three inmates, from whom the police have…
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Merrill's Marauders (1962)
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Peter Brown …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
All they had to do was put one foot in front of the other … and take one more step. In the jungles of Burma during World War II, Merrill's Marauders -- the U.S. soldiers under…
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Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Cast: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Director and writer Sam Fuller's hard-boiled noir-ish vision is on full display in this film starring Cliff Robertson as Tolly Devlin, an ex-con who witnessed his father's murder as…
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The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Cast: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Director Samuel Fuller's 1959 thriller burrows into underground Los Angeles, a murky world of crime and heartache. A stripper (Gloria Pall) winds up dead, and Det. Charlie Bancroft…
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Forty Guns (1957)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
In 1881 Cochise County, Ariz., cattle queen Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) makes all the rules, with backing from her personal band of hired guns. Enter the illustrious Bonnell brothers…
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China Gate (1957)
Cast: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Mercenaries infiltrate the Chinese border to blow up an arms depot during the French phase of the Vietnam War. A Eurasian smuggler, Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson), cuts a deal with the…
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House of Bamboo (1955)
Cast: Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Filmed in Japan and featuring stunning photography, Sam Fuller's 1955 crime noir tells the story of Eddie Kenner (Robert Stack), a U.S. army operative sent to Tokyo to investigate…
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Hell and High Water (1954)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
At the height of the Cold War, sub commander Adam Jones (Richard Widmark) is recruited to crack a communist plot to start World War III. He and his crew travel to an island near Japan, where…
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Pickup on South Street (1953)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
A routine subway ride turns out to be anything but when Candy (Jean Peters) is mugged by a man named Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark), who's in search of valuable microfilm that Candy is…
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Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Cast: Richard Hylton, Skip Homeier, Craig Hill …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Reluctant Army Cpl. Denno (Richard Basehart) is conflicted about the possibility of taking a human life. But as his unit covers his division's retreat down Korea's snowy mountains,…
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The First Films of Samuel Fuller: The Steel Helmet (1951)
Cast: Gene Evans, Robert Hutton, Steve Brodie …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Legendary director Samuel Fuller's controversial Korean War film examines race relations and the bloody realities of battle as the beleaguered Sgt. Zack (Gene Evans) and his weary…
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The First Films of Samuel Fuller: The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Cast: Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Based on the true story of one of the most daring swindles in U.S. history, director Samuel Fuller's fascinating period drama stars Vincent Price as flimflam man James Reavis, who plans…
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The First Films of Samuel Fuller: I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Cast: Vincent Price, Gene Evans, John Ireland …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Offbeat director Samuel Fuller's debut feature tells the story of Bob Ford (John Ireland), who shoots famous outlaw Jesse James in the back to claim a reward. Though he just wants to…