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name: "Lesser Samuels"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 July 1894"
died: "22 December 1980"
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# Lesser Samuels

Writer. Born 26 July 1894 in Pennsylvania. Died 22 December 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 July 1894, Pennsylvania
- **Died:** 22 December 1980

## Biography

Lesser Samuels (1894–1980) was an American screenwriter and occasional producer. He graduated with a degree in metallurgy from Carnegie Tech and worked in the steel industry before entering the film business. His first scripts were written in London for British films; he was signed by MGM in 1939.

Samuels received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for *No Way Out* (1950) and *Ace in the Hole* (1951). Other credits include *Strange Cargo* (1940), *The Silver Chalice* (1954, on which he also served as associate producer) and *Great Day in the Morning* (1956). From 1958 he was based in New York and wrote for the theatre, co-authoring the book for the 1960 musical *Greenwillow*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Fi1m 87, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)

## Also known for

- *No Way Out* (1950), Writer
- *Strange Cargo* (1940), Writer
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), Screenplay

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