Writing

Samuel Newman

Born 1919-12-14 · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Shanghai Chest poster
6.6

Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites, and all three victims were connected with the conviction and execution of an evidently innocent man.

The Shanghai Chest

1948

Invisible Invaders poster
5.0

Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.

Invisible Invaders

1959

The Giant Claw poster
4.8

Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.

The Giant Claw

1957

Tarzan's Peril poster
5.5

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.

Tarzan's Peril

1951

The Judge poster
5.5

A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.

The Judge

1949

Sky Commando poster
6.7

Colonel Ed Wyatt is regarded by pilots under his command as being a ruthless disciplinarian. His co-pilot, Lt. Hobson Lee, and Jo McWethy, a war correspondent assigned to the squadron become more friendly than meets Wyatt's approval. When Wyatt's plane is forced down behind enemy lines, he orders his crew to proceed to the American lines with the vital film they have shot, while he remains behind to hold off the enemy.

Sky Commando

1953

Prince of Pirates poster
8.2

In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.

Prince of Pirates

1953

Ground Zero poster
9.0

A terrorist organization attaches a nuclear device to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and an agent is sent to disarm it.

Ground Zero

1973

Jungle Man-Eaters poster
5.3

Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.

Jungle Man-Eaters

1954

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land poster
6.0

Jungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

1952

Jungle Manhunt poster
5.1

Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.

Jungle Manhunt

1951

The Desperate Women poster
10.0

The film is a cheesy but sincere plea for proper sex education--and against illegal abortion.

The Desperate Women

1955

The Desperate Women poster
10.0

The film is a cheesy but sincere plea for proper sex education--and against illegal abortion.

The Desperate Women

1955

Valley of Head Hunters poster
5.5

Bad guys trying to steal the mineral rights away from African natives find it isn't so easy fighting Jungle Jim.

Valley of Head Hunters

1953