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Sam Nelson is a Actor, Director, Producer, Assistant Director and Second Unit American born on 11 may 1896

Sam Nelson

Sam Nelson
Sam Nelson participated to 56 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 3 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Director

Some Like It Hot, 2h1
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, Musical films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien
Roles Assistant Director
Rating81% 4.0993054.0993054.0993054.0993054.099305
It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, Joe (Tony Curtis) is an irresponsible jazz saxophone player, gambler and ladies' man; his friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a sensible jazz double-bass player. They accidentally witness the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. When the gangsters, led by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), spot them, the two run for their lives. Penniless and in a mad rush to get out of town, the two musicians take a job with Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee) and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band headed to Miami. Disguised as women and renaming themselves Josephine and Daphne, they board a train with the band and their male manager, Bienstock. Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry notice Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band's vocalist and ukulele player.

Director

All the King's Men, 1h49
Directed by Robert Rossen, Don Siegel, Sam Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge, Ralph Dumke
Rating73% 3.69683.69683.69683.69683.6968
The story of the rise of politician Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion is depicted in the film. He goes into politics, railing against the corruptly run county government, but loses his race for county treasurer, in the face of unfair obstacles placed by the local machine. Stark teaches himself law, and as a lawyer, continues to fight the local establishment, championing the local people and gaining popularity. He eventually rises to become a candidate for governor, narrowly losing his first race, then winning on his second attempt. Along the way he loses his innocence and becomes as corrupt as the politicians he once fought against. When his son becomes paralyzed following a drunk driving accident that kills a female passenger, Stark's world starts to unravel and he discovers that not everyone can be bought off.

Director

3:10 to Yuma, 1h32
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Robert Emhardt
Roles Assistant Director
Rating75% 3.7965253.7965253.7965253.7965253.796525
In the Arizona Territory of the 1880s, rancher Dan Evans (Van Heflin) and his young sons witness a stagecoach holdup. The boys want to try to intervene, but their father warns them that it would be useless to act when they are so heavily outnumbered. When the stagecoach driver overpowers one of the robbers and uses him as a human shield, Ben Wade (Glenn Ford), the leader of the gang, callously shoots both men dead.