Movie: The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

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Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller

Self

Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack

Narrator (voice)

Reed Hadley
Reed Hadley

Jesse James (archive footage)

John Ireland
John Ireland

Bob Ford (archive footage)

Gene Evans
Gene Evans

Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)

Jean Peters
Jean Peters

Candy (archive footage)

Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark

Skip McCoy (archive footage)

Thelma Ritter
Thelma Ritter

Moe Williams (archive footage)

Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley

Joey (archive footage)

Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker

Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)

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    Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.

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    2002-07-02

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