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Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s.
Albert Zugsmith was born on 24 April 1910 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Sappho Darling (1968) and The Cult (1971). He died on 26 October 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer, Director, Writer
- April 24, 1910
- Albert Zugsmith
- October 26, 1993
Albert Zugsmith was born on April 24, 1910 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Touch of Evil (1958), Sappho Darling (1968) and The Cult (1971). He died on October 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- April 24, 1910
- October 26, 1993
Oct 26, 1993 · Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s.
In the Zugsmith-directed Psychopathia Sexualis aka On Her Bed of Roses (1966), a nymphomaniac falls in love with an impotent mama’s boy/mass murderer. In Touch of Evil , fat, alcoholic Hank Quinlan (Welles) compulsively reenacts the murder of his wife, using Akim Tamiroff’s character as a surrogate!
Oct 26, 1993 · Atlantic City-born Albert Zugsmith started out as a newspaper editor and publisher before turning to broadcasting in the '40s.
Oct 6, 2008 · One of the great unsung heroes behind the making of Touch of Evil has to be Universal staff producer Albert Zugsmith.
