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[1912-1997]
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"Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death . . . in a word, emotion."
— Samuel Fuller (in "Pierrot le Fou" [1965] by Jean-Luc Godard)
"I grew up believing in truth, not just the word itself, but the deeper conviction
that getting to the truth was a noble cause."
— Samuel Fuller
B I O
h e r e
Samuel Fuller entry at Wikipedia
Samuel Fuller credits [1936-94] at Internet Movie Database
Samuel Fuller was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart during World War II.
He also received a W.G.A. Award in 1952
a Bronze Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1953
a Golden Spike Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival in 1966
nomination for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980
a Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. in 1987
a Leopard of Honor Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1993
and an Independent Spirit Award for Special Distinction in 1996
Movies By Sam Fuller
Samuel Fuller credits [1936-94] at Internet Movie Database
browse DVDs of Sam Fuller at Amazon
 | "Maximum Movies - Pulp Fictions: Film Culture and The Worlds of Samuel Fuller, Mickey Spillane & Jim Thompson" [2011] by Peter Stanfield Rutgers Univ Press pb [6/2011] for $25.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2011] for $72.00 see also the Jim Thompson [1906-77] Page at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
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"The Collection" box set [2006]
http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Samuel-Arizona-Criterion-Collection/dp/B000QXDFS0/
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"I Shot Jesse James" [1949]
"The Baron of Arizona" [Lippert March 1950] /tt0042229/
Written & directed by Samuel Fuller; based on a story by Homer Croy; cinematography
by James Wong Howe; starring Vincent Price & Ellen Drew
http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Samuel-Arizona-Criterion-Collection/dp/B000QXDFS0/
"The Steel Helmet" [1951?]
Written & directed by Samuel Fuller; video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb
"Fixed Bayonets !" [1951]
Written & directed by Samuel Fuller; video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb
"Park Row" [1952]
about the birth of American journalism, "Fuller's favorite work"
"Pickup On South Street"
[Fox June 1953]
 | An unwitting courier of government secrets on microfilm has her purse stolen while under the eye of government agents. Her Commie spy ex-boyfriend helps her track down the thief, who is then captured by police, tipping off the thief that the film is of major importance.
Co-written & directed by Samuel Fuller; starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter {Oscar nom}, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey & Milburn Stone Criterion b&w DVD [2/2004] for $26.99 Fox b&w VHS [1/98] for $18.98 full credits from IMDb |
"Hell and High Water" [1954]
"House of Bamboo" [1955]
"Run of The Arrow" [1957]
"China Gate" [1957]
"Forty Guns" Barbara Stanwyk western [1957]
"Verboten!" [1958]
"The Crimson Kimono" [1959]
filmed in L.A.'s Little Tokyo, about interracial love
"Underworld U.S.A." [1961]
"Merrill's Marauders" [1962]
"Shock Corridor" [1963]
"The Naked Kiss" [1964 classic noir]
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0058390/fullcredits
"Shark !" [1969]
"Dead Pigeon On Beethoven Street" [1973]
"The Meanest Men In The West" [1976]
"The Big Red One" [1980]
Written & directed by Sam Fuller from his 1980 novel; cut-down 116-minute version in 1980; 160-minute restored & re-released version in Nov 2004; starring Lee Marvin • full credits at IMDb
Richard Schickel & WB exec Brian Jamieson received Special Citations from the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn.
and the Seattle Film Critics for the reconstruction of 2004
 | "The Big Red One" [1980 novel] by Samuel Fuller, Introduction by Richard Schickel Thunder's Mouth Press 8¼x5 pb [7/2005] for $12.44 |
"Sam Fuller and The Big Red One" [1979]
"The True Story of The Big Red One" TV [1998]
"The Big Red One: The Reconstruction" [2005]
"The Real Glory: Reconstructing The Big Red One" [2005]
"White Dog" [filmed 1982, released 1991]
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IQBR46 soundtrack by Ennio Morricone
"Les Voleurs de La Nuit" (Thieves After Dark) [1984]
"Street of No Return" [1989]
"Madonne et le Dragon" [1990]
"Girls In Prison" [script; 1994]
Books by Sam Fuller
"Hats Off" [1936]
"Test Tube Baby" [1936]
"Make Up and Kiss" [1938]
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"The Dark Page" [1944 novel] by Samuel Fuller, Introduction by Wim Wenders Kingly Books 7¾x5¼ pb [9/2007] for $21.73 |
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"Crown of India: A New Adventure In Suspense & Intrigue" [1966 novel] by Samuel Fuller Critics Choice/Lorevan mass pb [11/86] out of print/used |
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"144 Piccadilly" [1971 novel] by Samuel Fuller R.W. Baron hardcover [1/71] out of print/used |
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"Dead Pigeon On Beethoven Street" [1974 novel] by Samuel Fuller Pyramid Books movie tie-in mass pb [1/74] out of print/used |
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"The Big Red One" [1980 novel] by Samuel Fuller, Introduction by Richard Schickel Thunder's Mouth Press 8¼x5 pb [7/2005] for $12.44 |
Worldwide Lib pb [2/88] out of print/used
 | "New York In The 1930s" [1997] Photographs by Samuel Fuller Hazan mass pb [4/97] out of print/used |
 | "A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting & Filmmaking" [2002 autobiography] by Samuel Fuller listed on the Los Angeles Times Best Books of the West 2002 Applause Books 9¼x6¼ pb [4/2004] for $12.89 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2002] out of print/many used |
Other Works by Sam Fuller
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"Hammett" feature film [Zoetrope / Warner Bros. Sept 1982]
San Francisco novel writter and former Pinkerton detective Dashiell Hammett is dragged into a search for a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress turned blackmailing porn star. Directed by Wim Wenders, starring Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook Jr., Lydia Lei, R.G. Armstrong, Richard Bradford, Sylvia Sidney, Royal Dano & Samuel Fuller {as 'Old Man in Pool Hall'} Paramount color DVD [11/2005] for $12.99 Warner color VHS [3/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
Works About Sam Fuller
"Samuel Fuller" [1971] by Phil Hardy
"Samuel Fuller" [1971] by Nicholas Garnham
"Samuel Fuller" [1985] by Olivier Amiel
 | "Sam Fuller: Film Is A Battleground - A Critical Study, With Interviews, A Filmography & A Bibliography" [1994] by Lee Server McFarland & Co. pb [10/2003] for $29.95 McFarland & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [7/94] out of print/used |
 | "Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made" documentary [indep Dec 1994] In 1954, Sam Fuller filmed locations in Brasil for a feature based on Sasha Siemel's 1953 novel "Tigrero", the unproduced seventh film of Fuller's Zanuck contract; in 1993, Fuller & Jim Jarmusch returned to the same village, carrying with them the earlier footage. Co-produced, written & directed by Mika Kaurismäki Fantoma widescreen color DVD [5/2004] for $17.99 Arrow Ent. color VHS [4/96] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
L i n k s
Samuel Fuller credits [1936-94] at Internet Movie Database
Samuel Fuller entry at Wikipedia
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