Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Ballad of a Soldier (1959)- Dir. Grigori Chukhrai
Feat. Vladimir Ivashov - Soviet poetic realism brings a contemplative tone to the theatre of war, following a soldier’s pilgrimage back home after being granted leave for…
Battle of the Sexes, The (1959)- Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings… - An archly engaging comedy based upon a James Thurber story in which the head clerk (Sellers) of a tweed manufacturer resists the efforts of the…
Beat Generation, The (1959)- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Steve Cochran, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong… - Steve Cochran and Jackie Coogan are the fuzz who drop in to the beatnik world of cool jazz, dope and Kerouac on the trail of a sexual assaulter.…
Ben-Hur (1959)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd - Spectacular production of the Jews plight against the Roman empire, complete with landmark chariot race, awesome sea battle and a cast of thousands…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1959)- Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke - An astronaut on a space mission is unwittingly catapulted into a plague–ridden Earth of the distant year 2024. While not quite living up to the…
Black Orpheus (1959)- Dir. Marcel Camus
Feat. Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes De Oliveira - Get caught up in the rhythms and colour of Rio De Janiero at Carnival time for an exotic, utterly unique spin on the Greek legend of doomed lovers…
Brand (1959)- Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Patrick McGoohan - Spellbinding BBC version of Henrik Ibsen's great play, with Patrick McGoohan playing a young priest who idealistically adopts a doctrine that one…
Brel (Jacques Brel - Comme Quand On Était Beau) (1959-1973)- Feat. Jacques Brel
- Comprehensive French boxed set of the television performances of the ground–breaking and influential Belgian singer and songwriter, Jacques…
Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Ed Nelson - This has the twin distinction of being both a hilarious send–up of 'beat' culture and a ripping black comedy. Dick Miller is Walter Paisley, a…
Carlton Browne of the F.O. / Hoffman (1959-1969)- Dir. Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting, Alvin Rakoff
Feat. Peter Sellers - A pair of eclectic, little known comedies starring Peter Sellers on one cassette.
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