Netflix Movies Starring Sam Levene

Sam Levene was the actor who originated "craps-shooter extraordinaire" Nathan Detroit in the seminal American musical "Guys and Dolls" on the Great White Way in the original 1950 production. Levene was not a good singer and had trouble staying in key, so his solo number "Sue Me" had to be written in one octave to compensate for his lack of pipes. Singing great Frank Sinatra played the Nathan Detroit role in the movie version of the musical Guys and Dolls (1955)) after producer Samuel Goldwyn cast non-singer Marlon Brando as Sky Masterston. Many critics noted that Sinatra -- who would not use the character's New York, ethnic accent when singing -- would have been perfect as Sky and rued the lack of "Jewish wry" the Italian-American crooner brought to the role, openly wishing that Levene had been cast as Nathan Detroit to Old Blue Eyes' Masterson. Read more on iMDB

Brute Force 1947 • 98 min
...And Justice For All 1979 • 119 min
Sweet Smell Of Success 1957 • 96 min
God Told Me To 1976 • 91 min
The Killers 1946 • 103 min
After The Thin Man 1936 • 112 min
Such Good Friends 1971 • 101 min