Sam Nelson
Known for: Directing
Born: May 11, 1896
Died: May 1, 1963
Place of birth: Whttier, California, USA
Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as Pennies from Heaven, And Then There Were None, All the King's Men, the original 3:10 to Yuma, Some Like It Hot, A Raisin in the Sun, and Spartacus. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filmography
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4.2
What's Love
1987
7.1
Experiment in Terror
1962
5.2
By Love Possessed
1961
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
6.2
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
5.9
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
6.7
Comanche Station
1960
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
6.4
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
5.0
Fifi Blows Her Top
1958
6.5
Cowboy
1958
6.3
Decision at Sundown
1957
5.2
Rusty Romeos
1957
7.3
3:10 to Yuma
1957
7.0
The Tall T
1957
5.2
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
5.8
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
6.9
Reprisal!
1956
6.8
The White Squaw
1956
6.1
The Last Frontier
1955
6.6
My Sister Eileen
1955
6.5
The Violent Men
1955
5.1
Three Hours to Kill
1954
6.4
Affair in Trinidad
1952
6.8
Santa Fe
1951
6.3
No Sad Songs for Me
1950
6.6
Tell It to the Judge
1949
7.0
All the King's Men
1949
6.8
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
6.0
The Walking Hills
1949
6.4
The Return of October
1948
7.3
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
7.8
It Had to Be You
1947
6.5
Gallant Journey
1946
5.9
A Walk in the Sun
1945
7.1
And Then There Were None
1945
4.9
Guest in the House
1944
6.1
Jack London
1943
10.0
The Avenging Rider
1943
6.7
Sagebrush Law
1943
5.4
The Outlaw
1943
4.7
Bandit Ranger
1942
7.0
The Corsican Brothers
1942
7.5
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941
8.0
Prairie Schooners
1940
7.0
Bullets for Rustlers
1940
9.0
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940
5.0
Mandrake the Magician
1940
8.0
The Stranger from Texas
1939
8.0
Parents on Trial
1939
10.0
Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939
5.3
Overland with Kit Carson
1939
10.0
The Man from Sundown
1939
7.0
Western Caravans
1939
5.9
Mandrake the Magician
1939
7.0
North of the Yukon
1939
7.0
Texas Stampede
1939
8.0
The Thundering West
1939
4.7
Rio Grande
1938
7.0
West of the Santa Fe
1938
8.0
Colorado Trail
1938
7.0
South of Arizona
1938
9.0
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
7.0
West of Cheyenne
1938
8.0
Law of the Plains
1938
5.3
Cattle Raiders
1938
4.0
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
7.2
Pennies from Heaven
1936
7.0
Ann Carver's Profession
1933
6.7
No More Orchids
1932
6.6
Virtue
1932
7.5
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932
9.0
The Last Man
1932
5.6
The Menace
1932
6.3
Way Back Home
1931
6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931
6.5
Rain or Shine
1930
3.0
Soldiers and Women
1930
9.0
Guilty?
1930
10.0
Personality
1930
5.6
Mexicali Rose
1929
4.7
Song of Love
19298.0
The Little Savage
19299.0
The One Man Dog
1929NR
The Vagabond Cub
1929
8.0
The Yellowback
1929
9.0
The Circus Kid
1928
10.0
The Fightin' Redhead
1928
10.0
Crooks Can't Win
1928
10.0
Driftin' Sands
1928
10.0
The Swift Shadow
19279.0
The Boy Rider
19277.0
Breed of Courage
1927
7.0
Her Father Said No
19277.0
Red Hot Hoofs
1926
10.0
The Midnight Flyer
1925