House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Screenplay byHarry Kleiner
Samuel Fuller
Produced byBuddy Adler
StarringRobert Ryan
Robert Stack
Shirley Yamaguchi
Cameron Mitchell
CinematographyJoseph MacDonald
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byLeigh Harline
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • July 1, 1955 (1955-07-01) (New York City)
  • July 13, 1955 (1955-07-13) (Los Angeles)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,380,000[1]
Box office$1.7 million (US)[2]

House of Bamboo is a 1955 American film noir shot in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color, directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller,[3] and starring Robert Ryan. The other co-screenwriter was Harry Kleiner. The cinematographer was Joseph MacDonald.

  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989, p 249.
  2. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956.
  3. ^ House of Bamboo at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films