Sam Katzman

Film producer and director (1901-1973)

Sam Katzman 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. In the 1930s, he produced numerous Western films for Victory Pictures and Puritan Pictures, and in the 1940s, he produced 22 East Side Kids features for Monogram Pictures. As well as producing the Jungle Jim series, in the 1950s, Katzman and his studio Clover Productions made science fiction, horror, and teen films for Columbia Pictures, including Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Rock Around the Clock, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Werewolf, and The Giant Claw (1957). Katzman also produced two musicals starring Elvis Presley for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): Kissin' Cousins (1964) and Harum Scarum (1965).

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 89 films (1936–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 51 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1948	Racing Luck.	William Berke	66 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Jack Armstrong.	Wallace Fox	2 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	The Sea Hound.	Mack V. Wright	2 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	Vacation Days.	Arthur Dreifuss	7 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1946	Betty Co-Ed.	Arthur Dreifuss	7 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1946	High School Hero.	Arthur Dreifuss	8 reels	35mm	Color & B&W	sound
1946	JUNIOR PROM ▶	Arthur Dreifuss		16mm	B&W
1946	Son Of The Guardsman.	Derwin Abrahams	2 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1945	Come out fighting	William Beaudine			B&W
1945	Mr. Muggs rides again.	Wallace Fox	4900	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Trouble Chasers.	Lew Landers	6 reels		Color & B&W
1944	Million dollar kid.	Wallace Fox	2175	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	Kid Dynamite.	Wallace Fox	22:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1943	Million Dollar Kid.	Wallace Fox	7 reels		B&W
1943	Mr. Muggs steps out.	William Beaudine	21:15	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	MR. WISE GUY.	William Nigh	7 reels		B&W
1942	Smart Alecks.	Wallace Fox	7 reels		B&W
1941	Spooks Run Wild	Phil Rosen	65 min	16mm	B&W
1941	Zis Boom Bah.	William Nigh	7 reels		B&W
1940	Pride of the Bowery.	Joseph H. Lewis	2000	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Amateur crook.	Sam Katzman	2069	16mm	B&W	sound
1937	Lost Ranch	Sam Katzman	6 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1936	RIO GRANDE ROMANCE.	Victory Pictures Corp.	7 reels		Color & B&W
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 1 - The Arms of the Gods ▶	Sam Katzman	00:26:15		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 10 - The Bomb ▶	Sam Katzman	00:19:58		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 11 - Thundering Doom ▶	Sam Katzman	00:18:30		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 12 - Invisible Gas ▶	Sam Katzman	00:18:22		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 13 - The Brink of Disaster ▶	Sam Katzman	00:18:27		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 14 - The Fatal Trap ▶	Sam Katzman	00:18:25		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 15 - The Avenging Powers ▶	Sam Katzman	00:17:48		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 2 - The Crushing Walls ▶	Sam Katzman	00:17:00		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 3 - 13 Ferguson Alley ▶	Sam Katzman	00:17:47		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 4 - Death on the Wire ▶	Sam Katzman	00:17:00		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 5 - The Sinister Ray ▶	Sam Katzman	00:16:25		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 6 - The Sword Thrower ▶	Sam Katzman	00:17:24		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 7 - The Noose ▶	Sam Katzman	00:21:28		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 8 - Midnight ▶	Sam Katzman	00:17:32		B&W	sound
1936	Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 9 - The Last Warning ▶	Sam Katzman	00:18:45		B&W	sound
1936	TAMING THE WILD.	Victory Pictures Corp.	6 reels		Color & B&W