A cigar-chomping maverick tells you how he really made 'Shock Corridor' — no filter.
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Acting
Fuller himself — a performance of pure, unfiltered personality.
Direction
Schickel lets Fuller run wild, no reins.
Editing
Clip selections that actually illuminate, not just decorate.
Director
Richard Schickel
Samuel Fuller
Self
Sydney Pollack
Narrator (voice)
Reed Hadley
Jesse James (archive footage)
John Ireland
Bob Ford (archive footage)
Gene Evans
Sgt. Zack / Phineas Mitchell (archive footage)
Jean Peters
Candy (archive footage)
Richard Widmark
Skip McCoy (archive footage)
Thelma Ritter
Moe Williams (archive footage)
Richard Kiley
Joey (archive footage)
Ralph Meeker
Lt. Driscoll (archive footage)
Rod Steiger
Pvt. O'Meara (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
John Ericson
Brockie Drummond (archive footage)
Barry Sullivan
Griff Bonnell (archive footage)
Hari Rhodes
Trent (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fuller was a crime reporter at 17 and shipped out with the 1st Infantry Division — his real life outpaced most of his plots.
This 2002 doc arrived just before Fuller's 1997 death was widely processed; it helped cement his reputation as the missing link between pulp and the French New Wave.
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