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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Documentary TV Movie
2002, Movie, 1h 0min
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Director: Richard Schickel
Cast: Samuel Fuller, Sydney Pollack

Cast

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Samuel Fuller
as Self
Sydney Pollack
as Narrator (voice)
Reed Hadley
as Jesse James (archive footage)
John Ireland
as Bob Ford (archive footage)
Gene Evans
as Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)
Jean Peters
as Candy (archive footage)
Richard Widmark
as Skip McCoy (archive footage)
Thelma Ritter
as Moe Williams (archive footage)
Richard Kiley
as Joey (archive footage)
Ralph Meeker
as Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

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