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Sam Katzman (July 7, 1901 – August 4, 1973) was an American film producer and director. Katzman's specialty was producing low-budget genre films, including serials , which had disproportionately high returns for the studios and his financial backers.
Sam Katzman. Producer: Amateur Crook. New York-born Sam Katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13, and worked his way up the ladder, learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself.
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Sam Katzman. Producer: Amateur Crook. New York-born Sam Katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13, and worked his way up the ladder, learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself.
- July 7, 1901
- August 4, 1973
The legendary “Jungle Sam” Katzman died August 4, 1973, at 72. At the end of Ch. 12 of “Hop Harrigan”, young Buzz Henry, flying out of a deep canyon, hits the edge of the mountain with the plane’s wings and dramatically cartwheels the plane!
In our latest collection spotlight, we look at the work of Sam Katzman, exploitation movie extraordinaire! From Superman to Jungle Jim, Dangerous Teens to El...
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Oct 28, 2021 · Depending on your own personal taste (and which of his films you're watching), Sam Katzman is either a legendary or infamous figure in the movie industry. As a producer, he's responsible for over two hundred projects, almost all of them rooted in exploitation.
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Sep 20, 2021 · Famed B-movie maestro Sam Katzman was truly a mad genius when it came to schlocky horror heights and, like Roger Corman, another B-movie film legend working at the same time, he was quite successful at it, too.
