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Samuel Michael Fuller was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, actor, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget genre movies with controversial themes, often made outside the conventional studio system. Fuller wrote his first screenplay for Hats Off in 1936, and made his directorial debut with the Western I Shot Jesse James . He would continue to direct ...
The Steel Helmet marked Samuel Fuller's official arrival as a mighty cinematic force. Despite its relatively low budget, this portrait of Korean War soldiers dealing with moral and racial identity crises remains one of the director's most gripping, realistic depictions of the blood and guts of war, as well as a reflection of Fuller's irreducible social conscience.
Apr 1, 2024 · The will of Samuel Fuller Sr. of Barnstable dated 29 Oct. 1683, exxhibited 5 June 1684, names eldest son Samuel, son John, daughters Elizabeth Tayler, Hannah Bonham, Mary Williams and Sarah Crowe, and his Indian, Joell (bequeathed to son John); sons Samuel and John as Excutors. No probate record for Jane Fuller in Barnstable.
May 5, 2024 · The will of Samuel Fuller Sr. of Barnstable dated Oct. 29, 1683, exhibited June 5, 1684, names eldest son Samuel, son John, daughters Elizabeth Tayler, Hannah Bonham, Mary Williams and Sarah Crowe, and his Indian, Joell (bequeathed to son John); sons Samuel and John as executors.
Samuel Fuller, as appears by the church records, was in Barnstable as early as 1641, but it does not appear that he was an inhabitant of the town till after the 1st of January 1644. His brother, Capt. Matthew, the earliest regular physician in Barnstable, came a few years later.
Oct 23, 2014 · Samuel Fuller directed some of the grittiest, most dynamic American movies of the 20th century, but the twists and turns of his life were just as cinematic. Starting his career at age twelve as a ...
Jan 18, 2011 · In Shock Corridor, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny’s coolheaded stripper ...
