Meanest Men in the West

Starring: Charles Bronson, Lee J Cobb Director: Charles S Dubin, Samuel Fuller Dvd Release: 20th August, 1998 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Colour, Full Screen, NTSC, Region 0 Encoding Subtitled In: French, Spanish

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Lee J Cobb was an American actor. He was born Lee Jacoby in New York City. Cobb had studied at New York University when he joined the left wing Group Theatre in 1935 & appeared in its production of Clifford Odets play Waiting for Lefty. In 1937 he made his movie debut in Ali Baba Goes to Town. He is probably best known for creating the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller s stage play Death of a Salesman directed by Elia Kazan. He also played James Coburn s supervisor in the psychedelic flicks, In Like Flint & Our Man Flint. He was in the original live TV movie, Death of a Salesman which included then unknown actors like Gene Wilder, Bernie Kopell & George Segal. Cobb was nominated for an Emmy Award for the performance. Cobb was named as a possible Communist in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee because of his involvement in the Group Theatre. Posters Of Our Man Flint

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Samuel Fuller was an American film director. He was born in Worcester, Mass. He began, from a very young age, in the field of journalism, becoming a crime reporter at age 17. He wrote pulp novels & screenplays from the mid-30s onwards. During World War Two, Fuller joined the US 1st Infantry Division & fought in Africa & Italy. His war-time experiences as a soldier were used as material in a war movie The Big Red One, released in 1980, probably Fullers finest work as a film director. Fullers journalistic background & his early beginnings as a pulp-fiction writer have informed his film work, particularly Park Row, Shock Corridor & The Naked Kiss. Fullers style has been described as primitive, a quality that has served him well in a series of war & adventure films The Steel Helmet, Fixed Bayonets, Hell & High Water, China Gate, Merrills Marauders. Fullers range was somewhat limited. As an ex-soldier, he naturally excelled in the war film, but he has contributed outstandingly to the film noir genre & the Western.

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