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Sam Nelson

Directing

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.

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Filmography

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What's Love ★ 4.2 What's Love 1987 Experiment in Terror ★ 7.1 Experiment in Terror 1962 By Love Possessed ★ 5.3 By Love Possessed 1961 A Raisin in the Sun ★ 7.7 A Raisin in the Sun 1961 The Wackiest Ship in the Army ★ 6.0 The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph ★ 5.9 Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960 Comanche Station ★ 6.7 Comanche Station 1960 Some Like It Hot ★ 8.1 Some Like It Hot 1959 Good Day for a Hanging ★ 6.4 Good Day for a Hanging 1959 The Last Hurrah ★ 7.2 The Last Hurrah 1958 Fifi Blows Her Top ★ 5.3 Fifi Blows Her Top 1958 Cowboy ★ 6.5 Cowboy 1958 Decision at Sundown ★ 6.3 Decision at Sundown 1957 Rusty Romeos ★ 5.2 Rusty Romeos 1957 3:10 to Yuma ★ 7.3 3:10 to Yuma 1957 The Tall T ★ 7.0 The Tall T 1957 The Man Who Turned to Stone ★ 5.2 The Man Who Turned to Stone 1957 Don't Knock The Rock ★ 5.8 Don't Knock The Rock 1956 Reprisal! ★ 6.9 Reprisal! 1956 The White Squaw ★ 6.9 The White Squaw 1956 The Last Frontier ★ 6.2 The Last Frontier 1955 My Sister Eileen ★ 6.6 My Sister Eileen 1955 The Violent Men ★ 6.4 The Violent Men 1955 Three Hours to Kill ★ 5.1 Three Hours to Kill 1954 Affair in Trinidad ★ 6.3 Affair in Trinidad 1952 Santa Fe ★ 6.8 Santa Fe 1951 No Sad Songs for Me ★ 6.3 No Sad Songs for Me 1950 Tell It to the Judge ★ 6.6 Tell It to the Judge 1949 All the King's Men ★ 7.0 All the King's Men 1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma ★ 6.8 The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949 The Walking Hills ★ 6.1 The Walking Hills 1949 The Return of October ★ 6.4 The Return of October 1948 The Lady from Shanghai ★ 7.4 The Lady from Shanghai 1947 It Had to Be You ★ 7.8 It Had to Be You 1947 Gallant Journey ★ 6.5 Gallant Journey 1946 A Walk in the Sun ★ 5.9 A Walk in the Sun 1945 And Then There Were None ★ 7.0 And Then There Were None 1945 Guest in the House ★ 4.9 Guest in the House 1944 Jack London ★ 6.1 Jack London 1943 The Avenging Rider ★ 10.0 The Avenging Rider 1943 Sagebrush Law ★ 7.5 Sagebrush Law 1943 The Outlaw ★ 5.5 The Outlaw 1943 Bandit Ranger ★ 4.7 Bandit Ranger 1942 The Corsican Brothers ★ 7.0 The Corsican Brothers 1941 Outlaws of the Panhandle ★ 7.5 Outlaws of the Panhandle 1941 Prairie Schooners ★ 8.0 Prairie Schooners 1940 Bullets for Rustlers ★ 7.0 Bullets for Rustlers 1940 Pioneers of the Frontier ★ 9.0 Pioneers of the Frontier 1940 Mandrake the Magician ★ 5.0 Mandrake the Magician 1940 The Stranger from Texas ★ 8.0 The Stranger from Texas 1939 Parents on Trial ★ 8.0 Parents on Trial 1939 Konga, the Wild Stallion ★ 10.0 Konga, the Wild Stallion 1939 Overland with Kit Carson ★ 5.3 Overland with Kit Carson 1939 The Man from Sundown ★ 10.0 The Man from Sundown 1939 Western Caravans ★ 7.0 Western Caravans 1939 Mandrake the Magician ★ 5.9 Mandrake the Magician 1939 North of the Yukon ★ 7.0 North of the Yukon 1939 Texas Stampede ★ 7.0 Texas Stampede 1939 The Thundering West ★ 8.0 The Thundering West 1939 Rio Grande ★ 4.7 Rio Grande 1938 West of the Santa Fe ★ 7.0 West of the Santa Fe 1938 Colorado Trail ★ 8.0 Colorado Trail 1938 South of Arizona ★ 7.0 South of Arizona 1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ★ 9.0 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1938 West of Cheyenne ★ 7.0 West of Cheyenne 1938 Law of the Plains ★ 8.0 Law of the Plains 1938 Cattle Raiders ★ 5.3 Cattle Raiders 1938 Outlaws of the Prairie ★ 4.0 Outlaws of the Prairie 1937 Pennies from Heaven ★ 7.2 Pennies from Heaven 1936 Ann Carver's Profession ★ 7.0 Ann Carver's Profession 1933 No More Orchids ★ 6.8 No More Orchids 1932 Virtue ★ 6.6 Virtue 1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round ★ 7.5 Washington Merry-Go-Round 1932 The Last Man ★ 9.0 The Last Man 1932 The Menace ★ 5.6 The Menace 1932 Way Back Home ★ 6.3 Way Back Home 1931 The Miracle Woman ★ 6.7 The Miracle Woman 1931 Rain or Shine ★ 6.6 Rain or Shine 1930 Soldiers and Women ★ 3.0 Soldiers and Women 1930 Guilty? ★ 9.0 Guilty? 1930