On December 11th, the Criterion Collection will release a special restored 4K Edition BluRay of Sam Fuller’s 1957 pulp Western classic FORTY GUNS. Synopsis: Hollywood legend Barbara Stanwyck saddled up with writer-director Samuel Fuller for the pulp maestro’s most audacious western, a boldly feminist spin on the genre that pivots […]
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Made at a time when America was obsessed with foreign influence, Pickup on South Street tells the tale of an unsophisticated guttersnipe with a heart of gold: a beautiful but dangerously unaware woman who unwittingly finds herself involved in international espionage. Jean Peters plays Candy, a born-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks broad who’s aware […]
Kino Lorber will release Sam Fuller’s 1951 Korean War classic FIXED BAYONETS! on Blu Ray September 20th. Synopsis: Celebrated film noir director Sam Fuller (The Steel Helmet, Naked Kiss) delivers a “rough, tough, hard-hitting and action-packed” (Variety) masterpiece, incorporating all the gritty, suspenseful, real-life elements to “build a war drama […]
Sam Fuller’s movies always begin with some kind of eyecatching visuals. In The Steel Helmet, there’s a single shot of a punctured army helmet as the opening credits are shown. This metal bucket belongs to Sgt. Zack (Gene Evans) a grizzled, cigar chomping vet who has had his hands tied […]
On May 16th, Warner Home Video will be releasing Samuel Fuller’s World War II Men On A Mission classic THE BIG RED ONE (1980) on Blu Ray. Largely inspired by Fuller’s own experiences during the war, the film is an up close look at the comraderie and adventures of ragtag […]
Writer-Director Sam Fuller often began his movies with indelible imagery that would jump out from the screen and this film has one of the best examples as we witness a call girl named Kelly (Constance Towers) beating up her pimp. As she hits him repeatedly with her shoe he grabs […]