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Directing

Sam Nelson

Career

Active from 1927 to 1943, busiest in 1939 with 10 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sam Nelson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.8, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 6
  • Good vs. Evil 3
  • Frontier Justice 3
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Historical Conflict 2
  • Action-Packed 2
  • Old West 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

97
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
What's Love
What's Love (1987)

Special Effects

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 68
Experiment in Terror
Experiment in Terror (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

Assistant Director

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
GoodWatch score 85

Assistant Director

By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed (1961)
GoodWatch score 49

Assistant Director

Comanche Station
Comanche Station (1960)
GoodWatch score 84

Assistant Director

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
GoodWatch score 55

Assistant Director

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
GoodWatch score 68

Assistant Director

1950s

20 titles ยท average score 63
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot (1959)
GoodWatch score 90

Assistant Director

Good Day for a Hanging
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
GoodWatch score 58

Assistant Director

Cowboy
Cowboy (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

Assistant Director

The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah (1958)
GoodWatch score 79

Assistant Director

3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
GoodWatch score 81

Assistant Director

The Tall T
The Tall T (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

Assistant Director

Rusty Romeos
Rusty Romeos (1957)
GoodWatch score 58

Assistant Director

Decision at Sundown
Decision at Sundown (1957)
GoodWatch score 84

Assistant Director

The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

Assistant Director

The Violent Men
The Violent Men (1955)
GoodWatch score 67

Assistant Director

My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen (1955)
GoodWatch score 74

Assistant Director

Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
GoodWatch score 30

Assistant Director

1940s

22 titles ยท average score 65
All the King's Men
All the King's Men (1949)
GoodWatch score 72

Assistant Director

The Walking Hills
The Walking Hills (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

Assistant Director

The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
GoodWatch score 81

as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None (1945)
GoodWatch score 86

Assistant Director

A Walk in the Sun
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
GoodWatch score 76

Assistant Director

Sagebrush Law
Sagebrush Law (1943)

Director

The Avenging Rider
The Avenging Rider (1943)

Director

The Outlaw
The Outlaw (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

Assistant Director

Outlaws of the Panhandle
Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941)

Director

Pioneers of the Frontier
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)

Director

Prairie Schooners
Prairie Schooners (1940)

Director

Bullets for Rustlers
Bullets for Rustlers (1940)

Director

1930s

32 titles ยท average score 62
Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician (1939)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Overland with Kit Carson
Overland with Kit Carson (1939)

Director

The Stranger from Texas
The Stranger from Texas (1939)

Director

The Man from Sundown
The Man from Sundown (1939)

Director

South of Arizona
South of Arizona (1938)

Director

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)

Director

Cattle Raiders
Cattle Raiders (1938)

Director

Rio Grande
Rio Grande (1938)

Director

West of the Santa Fe
West of the Santa Fe (1938)

Director

Colorado Trail
Colorado Trail (1938)

Director

Outlaws of the Prairie
Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)

Director

The Miracle Woman
The Miracle Woman (1931)
GoodWatch score 69

Assistant Director

1920s

16 titles ยท average score 55
The Vagabond Cub
The Vagabond Cub (1929)

as Bob McDonald

The One Man Dog
The One Man Dog (1929)

as Larry

Mexicali Rose
Mexicali Rose (1929)
GoodWatch score 55

Assistant Director

Song of Love
Song of Love (1929)

Assistant Director

The Yellowback
The Yellowback (1929)

Assistant Director

Crooks Can't Win
Crooks Can't Win (1928)

as Danny Malone

The Circus Kid
The Circus Kid (1928)

as Tad

Breed of Courage
Breed of Courage (1927)

as Alan Haliday

The Boy Rider
The Boy Rider (1927)

as Terry McNeil

The Swift Shadow
The Swift Shadow (1927)

as Jim

Her Father Said No
Her Father Said No (1927)

Assistant Director

The Midnight Flyer
The Midnight Flyer (1925)

Assistant Director