Sam Nelson

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Sam Nelson

Directing May 11, 1896

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 direc…

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Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

8.1 1959 Movie
The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

7.3 1947 Movie
3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

7.3 1957 Movie
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

7.1 1945 Movie
All the King's Men

All the King's Men

7.0 1949 Movie
The Tall T

The Tall T

7.0 1957 Movie
A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

7.7 1961 Movie
Experiment in Terror

Experiment in Terror

7.1 1962 Movie
Comanche Station

Comanche Station

6.7 1960 Movie
The Outlaw

The Outlaw

5.4 1943 Movie
Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

6.3 1957 Movie
Cowboy

Cowboy

6.5 1958 Movie

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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

Filmography

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  1. 1987
    What's Love

    Movie Special Effects

  2. 1962
    Experiment in Terror

    Movie Assistant Director

  3. 1961
    By Love Possessed

    Movie Assistant Director

  4. 1961
    A Raisin in the Sun

    Movie Assistant Director

  5. 1960
    The Wackiest Ship in the Army

    Movie Assistant Director

  6. 1960
    Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    Movie Assistant Director

  7. 1960
    Comanche Station

    Movie Assistant Director

  8. 1959
    Some Like It Hot

    Movie Assistant Director

  9. 1959
    Good Day for a Hanging

    Movie Assistant Director

  10. 1958
    The Last Hurrah

    Movie Assistant Director

  11. 1958
    Fifi Blows Her Top

    Movie Assistant Director

  12. 1958
    Cowboy

    Movie Assistant Director

  13. 1957
    Decision at Sundown

    Movie Assistant Director

  14. 1957
    Rusty Romeos

    Movie Assistant Director

  15. 1957
    3:10 to Yuma

    Movie Assistant Director

  16. 1957
    The Tall T

    Movie Assistant Director

More credits
  1. 1957
    The Man Who Turned to Stone

    Movie Assistant Director

  2. 1956
    Don't Knock The Rock

    Movie Assistant Director

  3. 1956
    Reprisal!

    Movie Assistant Director

  4. 1956
    The White Squaw

    Movie Assistant Director

  5. 1955
    The Last Frontier

    Movie Assistant Director

  6. 1955
    My Sister Eileen

    Movie Assistant Director

  7. 1955
    The Violent Men

    Movie Assistant Director

  8. 1954
    Three Hours to Kill

    Movie Assistant Director

  9. 1952
    Affair in Trinidad

    Movie Assistant Director

  10. 1951
    Santa Fe

    Movie Assistant Director

  11. 1950
    No Sad Songs for Me

    Movie Assistant Director

  12. 1949
    Tell It to the Judge

    Movie Assistant Director

  13. 1949
    All the King's Men

    Movie Assistant Director

  14. 1949
    The Doolins of Oklahoma

    Movie Assistant Director

  15. 1949
    The Walking Hills

    Movie Assistant Director

  16. 1948
    The Return of October

    Movie Assistant Director

  17. 1947
    The Lady from Shanghai

    Movie Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

  18. 1947
    It Had to Be You

    Movie Assistant Director

  19. 1946
    Gallant Journey

    Movie Assistant Director

  20. 1945
    A Walk in the Sun

    Movie Assistant Director

  21. 1945
    And Then There Were None

    Movie Assistant Director

  22. 1944
    Guest in the House

    Movie Assistant Director

  23. 1943
    Jack London

    Movie Assistant Director

  24. 1943
    The Avenging Rider

    Movie Director