Sigmund Neufeld (May 3, 1896 – March 21, 1979) was an American

B movie A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feat ...

producer. He spent many years at

Poverty Row Poverty Row is a slang term used to refer to Hollywood films produced from the 1920s to the 1950s by small (and mostly short-lived) B movie studios. Although many of them were based on (or near) today's Gower Street in Hollywood, the term did ...

studio

Producers Releasing Corporation Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoestr ...

where he mainly produced films directed by his brother Sam Newfield. When PRC was taken over by

Eagle-Lion Films Eagle-Lion Films was a British-American film production company owned by J. Arthur Rank intended to distribute British productions in the United States. In 1947, it acquired Robert R. Young's PRC Pictures, a small American production company ...

in 1947 they both left the company. Eagle-Lion had goals of making bigger, more ambitious movies, a change in strategy that Sigmund deemed to be a financial mistake. During the following years he and his brother made several films for Film Classics. When this company also merged with Eagle-Lion in 1950 they both moved to Lippert Pictures.

Selected filmography

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'' (1932) * '' Discarded Lovers'' (1932) * '' Shop Angel'' (1932) * '' Red-Haired Alibi'' (1932) * '' Daring Daughters'' (1933) *''

Big Time or Bust ''Big Time or Bust'' is a 1933 American comedy-drama directed by Sam Newfield, which stars Regis Toomey, Gloria Shea, and Walter Byron. Plot Jimmy Kane is a high diver in a carnival, with his wife, Betty Roberts as his assistant. Before eve ...

'' (1933) * '' Reform Girl'' (1933) *'' The Important Witness'' (1933) *'' Marrying Widows'' (1934) * '' Beggar's Holiday'' (1934) *'' Bulldog Courage'' (1935) *'' Red Blood of Courage'' (1935) * ''

Northern Frontier ''Northern Frontier'' is a 1935 American adventure film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Barry Barringer. The film stars Kermit Maynard, Eleanor Hunt, Russell Hopton, J. Farrell MacDonald, LeRoy Mason, Gertrude Astor, Ben Hendricks J ...

'' (1935) *'' Timber War'' (1935) * '' His Fighting Blood'' (1935) *'' Aces and Eights'' (1936) *'' Ghost Patrol'' (1936) *''

Border Caballero ''Border Caballero'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Undercover lawman Tim Ross is working his way across the country as a sharpshooter in a medicine show. He runs into a former colleague working undercover to ...

'' (1936) * '' The Lion's Den'' (1936) *''

Lightnin' Bill Carson ''Lightnin' Bill Carson'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot summary A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes – then starts to have doubts as to whether the Kid actually ...

'' (1936) * '' The Traitor'' (1936) *'' Crashing Through Danger'' (1938) *'' Torture Ship'' (1939) * '' The Invisible Killer'' (1939) *'' Marked Men'' (1940) *''

Riders of Black Mountain ''Riders of Black Mountain'' is a 1940 Western film directed by Sam Newfield, under his pseudonym of Peter Stewart. It stars Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, and Rex Lease. Plot A US Marshal is dispatched to solve a string of hold-ups. Disguising hi ...

'' (1940) *''

I Take This Oath ''I Take This Oath'' is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Sam Newfield under the pseudonym of Sherman Scott. Featuring Gordon Jones and Joyce Compton, it was the first release by Producers Releasing Corporation. In 1952, Pictorial F ...

'' (1940) * '' Gun Code'' (1940) * ''

Frontier Crusader ''Frontier Crusader'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Dorothy Short and Lou Fulton.Darby p.200 Cast * Tim McCoy as Trigger Tim Rand * Dorothy Short as Jenny Mason * Lou Fulton as 'Lanky' Lint ...

'' (1940) *''

Outlaws of Boulder Pass ''Outlaws of Boulder Pass'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. The film stars George Houston as the "Lone Rider" and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, and Dennis Moore as Sheriff Smoky Hammer, with Marjorie Ma ...

'' (1942) *'' The Mad Monster'' (1942) *'' Dead Men Walk'' (1943) *''

The Black Raven ''The Black Raven'' is a 1943 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield. It was produced and released by Producers Releasing Corporation, a leading Poverty Row studio. Plot A heavy storm catches everybody, nearly all with good reasons for ...

'' (1943) *'' The Monster Maker'' (1944) *''

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'' (1944) *'' Apology for Murder'' (1945) *'' Rustlers' Hideout'' (1945) *'' Shadows of Death'' (1945) *''

White Pongo ''White Pongo'', also known as ''Adventure Unlimited'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1945 American film directed by Sam Newfield released by Producers Releasing Corporation. Plot summary In the jungles of the Belgian Congo, a group of natives ...

'' (1945) *''

His Brother's Ghost ''His Brother's Ghost'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot When a group of gunmen are running sharecroppers off their land, rancher Andy Jones sends for his friend Billy Carson to organise the sharecroppers to figh ...

'' (1945) * '' Gas House Kids'' (1946) * '' Lady Chaser'' (1946) * '' Outlaws of the Plains'' (1946) * ''

Three on a Ticket ''Three on a Ticket'' is a 1947 American crime film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. It is based on the 1942 novel ''The Corpse Came Calling'' by Brett Halliday. The film stars Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker (actress), Cheryl Wal ...

'' (1947) *'' Money Madness'' (1948) * ''

Miraculous Journey ''Miraculous Journey'' is a 1948 film about seven airplane passengers who find themselves stranded in an African jungle after their plane crashes. It was directed by Sam Newfield, under the pseudonym of Peter Stewart. The film stars Rory Calhoun ...

'' (1948) *'' State Department: File 649'' (1949) * '' Western Pacific Agent'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' Fingerprints Don't Lie'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' Three Desperate Men'' (1951) * '' Leave It to the Marines'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) * '' Mask of the Dragon'' (1951) * '' Sins of Jezebel'' (1953) * '' Last of the Desperados'' (1955) * '' The Wild Dakotas'' (1956) * '' The Three Outlaws'' (1956) * '' Frontier Gambler'' (1956)

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