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Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (TV Series)Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (TV Series) (1959)
The classic family cartoon series. Join the titular reindeer and chipmunk, plus Snidley, Horse, Nell, Dudley, Mr Peabody, Sherman and the rest for…
Samurai SagaSamurai Saga (Aru kengo no shogai) (1959)
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa
Feudal Japanese retelling of Rostand's 'Cyrano de Bergerac', with the charismatic Toshiro Mifune as the shogun–poet with a…
SapphireSapphire (1959)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig
Scandalous subject–wise for post–war Britain, where a murdered black woman is discovered to have been posing as white. Obviously dated…
Serious ChargeSerious Charge (1959)
Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Anthony Quayle, Cliff Richard, Sarah Churchill
Cliff Richard's film debut is a slight melodrama about a parish priest attempting to tame a young petty criminal. Cliff sings "Living Doll" in a…
ShadowsShadows (1959)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni
Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
Shaggy Dog, TheShaggy Dog, The (1959)
Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk
Fred MacMurray excels in this Disney live–actioner, playing a postman whose son accidentally transforms himself into a talking sheepdog with…
Sleeping BeautySleeping Beauty (1959) Recommended
Dir. Clyde Geronimi
Classic animated feature interprets the fairy tale material with Disney's usual flair for storytelling and impeccable production values.
Smiley Gets A GunSmiley Gets A Gun (1959)
Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert
Sequel to the 1956 Aussie family movie, with Archer and Rafferty again appearing, as young hero and local constable respectively. Likeable,…
Solomon and ShebaSolomon and Sheba (1959)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida
Colourful biblical epic with Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida as the noble rulers of Israel.
Some Like It HotSome Like It Hot (1959) Aro Favourite
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
One of the great comedies, in which Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women and join an all–girl travelling jazz band in order to escape the…

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