Sam Nelson (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Sam Nelson

Looking for reviews of films directed by Sam Nelson? Cinafilm has a total of 2 reviews across 2 movies directed by Sam Nelson.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 64%.

Sagebrush Law is Sam Nelson's highest rated movie, with a score of 67% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Sam Nelson is Mandrake the Magician, with a score of 61% based on 1 reviews.

Director Biography

Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as Pennies from Heaven, And Then There Were None, All the King's Men, the original 3:10 to Yuma, Some Like It Hot, A Raisin in the Sun, and Spartacus. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles.

Sam Nelson has directed films starring Ernie Adams, Cliff Edwards, Beatrice Curtis and Stanley Blystone.