---
name: "Albert Zugsmith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-zugsmith"
fi1m_id: "albert-zugsmith"
imdb_id: "nm0428572"
tmdb_id: 45279
wikidata_id: "Q4711522"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 April 1910"
died: "26 October 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T08:12:13.295289+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Albert Zugsmith

## Identity

Albert Zugsmith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-zugsmith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-zugsmith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0428572
- **TMDB ID:** 45279
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4711522
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Zugsmith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4711522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428572/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45279

Producer. Born 24 April 1910 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Died 26 October 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 April 1910, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 26 October 1993
- **Active:** 1956–1958
- **Also known as:** Albert H. Zugsmith, Kentucky Jones, Gunnar Steele, Al Zugsmith
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Zugsmith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4711522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428572/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45279

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Touch of Evil*](https://film.one/film/touch-of-evil.md) (88)

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## Biography

Albert Zugsmith (24 April 1910 – 26 October 1993) was an American film producer, director and screenwriter. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he had an earlier career in journalism, music promotion and public relations before entering film production in the early 1950s.

Zugsmith produced a number of films for Universal-International in the mid-1950s, including *Written on the Wind* (1956), *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), *The Tarnished Angels* (1957) and *Touch of Evil* (1958). He later directed and produced low-budget exploitation films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Touch of Evil* (1958), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/touch-of-evil.md)
- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)
- *Written on the Wind* (1956), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/written-on-the-wind.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Violated!* (1975), Director, Writer
- *The Thing with Two Heads* (1972), as Cameo (uncredited)
- *The Manson Massacre* (1971), Writer, Director
- *The Phantom Gunslinger* (1970), Director
- *Two Roses and a Golden Rod* (1969), Director, Writer
- *The Very Friendly Neighbors* (1969), Director, Writer
- *Sappho Darling* (1968), Screenplay, Director
- *The Chinese Room* (1968), Director, Screenplay
- *Psychedelic Sexualis* (1966), Writer, Director
- *Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You* (1966), Director
- *The Incredible Sex Revolution* (1965), Director
- *Fanny Hill* (1964), as Grand Duke · Producer
- *Zigzag* (1963), Producer
- *Confessions of an Opium Eater* (1962), Director, Producer
- *Dondi* (1961), Director, Writer, Producer
- *College Confidential* (1960), Director, Story, Producer
- *Sex Kittens Go to College* (1960), Director, Story, Producer
- *Platinum High School* (1960), Executive Producer
- *The Private Lives of Adam and Eve* (1960), Director, Presenter
- *Girls Town* (1959), Producer
- *The Big Operator* (1959), Producer
- *The Beat Generation* (1959), Producer
- *Night of the Quarter Moon* (1959), Producer
- *High School Confidential!* (1958), Producer
- *Touch of Evil* (1958), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/touch-of-evil.md)
- *The Female Animal* (1958), Story, Producer
- *Man in the Shadow* (1957), Producer
- *The Tarnished Angels* (1957), Producer
- *Slaughter on 10th Avenue* (1957), Producer
- *The Girl in the Kremlin* (1957), Producer
- *The Tattered Dress* (1957), Producer
- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)
- *Written on the Wind* (1956), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/written-on-the-wind.md)
- *Star in the Dust* (1956), Producer
- *Raw Edge* (1956), Producer
- *Red Sundown* (1956), Producer
- *The Square Jungle* (1955), Producer
- *Female on the Beach* (1955), Producer
- *Port Sinister* (1953), Associate Producer
- *Sword of Venus* (1953), Associate Producer
- *Invasion, U.S.A.* (1952), Producer
- *Captive Women* (1952), Associate Producer

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