Directed by Samuel Fuller

Directed by Samuel Fuller

6 Episodes

His films have been called raw, outrageous, sensational, and daring. In four decades of directing, Samuel Fuller created a radically idiosyncratic oeuvre, examining American history and mythmaking in westerns, film noirs, and war epics. This selection of the B-movie visionary’s purposefully rough-hewn, elegantly stripped-down, and often controversial films—including the delirious insane-asylum thriller SHOCK CORRIDOR and full-throttle pulp noir THE NAKED KISS—display the stylistic audaciousness, gutter wit, and subversive force that made him one of twentieth-century cinema’s most legendary mavericks.

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Directed by Samuel Fuller

6 Episodes

  • I Shot Jesse James
    1:21:44
    I Shot Jesse James
    Episode 1

    I Shot Jesse James

    Episode 1

    Directed by Samuel Fuller • 1949 • United States

    After years of crime reporting, screenwriting, and authoring pulp novels, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford (played by Red River's John Ireland), who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse...

  • The Baron of Arizona
    1:37:07
    The Baron of Arizona
    Episode 2

    The Baron of Arizona

    Episode 2

    Directed by Samuel Fuller • 1950 • United States

    In one of his own favorite roles, Vincent Price portrays legendary swindler James Addison Reavis, who in 1880 concocted an elaborate and dangerous hoax to name himself the "Baron" of Arizona, and therefore inherit all the land in the state. Samuel...

  • The Steel Helmet
    1:24:23
    The Steel Helmet
    Episode 3

    The Steel Helmet

    Episode 3

    Directed by Samuel Fuller • 1951 • United States

    The Steel Helmet marked Samuel Fuller's official arrival as a mighty cinematic force. Despite its relatively low budget, this portrait of Korean War soldiers dealing with moral and racial identity crises remains one of the director's most grippi...

  • The Crimson Kimono
    1:21:31
    The Crimson Kimono
    Episode 4

    The Crimson Kimono

    Episode 4

    Directed by Samuel Fuller • 1959 • United States
    Starring Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta

    Pulp maestro Samuel Fuller lends his slam-bang stylistic punch to this complex, fascinating noir that doubles as a trenchant social document of 1950s America. When a stripper is murdered in LA’s...

  • Shock Corridor
    1:41:28
    Shock Corridor
    Episode 5

    Shock Corridor

    Episode 5

    Directed by Samuel Fuller • 1963 • United States
    Starring Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans

    In SHOCK CORRIDOR, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Pe...

  • The Naked Kiss
    1:30:50
    The Naked Kiss
    Episode 6

    The Naked Kiss

    Episode 6

    Directed by Samuel Fuller • 1964 • United States
    Starring Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante

    The setup is pure pulp: A former prostitute (a crackerjack Constance Towers) relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But in the strange, hallucinat...

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