Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Curt Jurgens - Maritime adventure in which Orson Welles portrays a reluctant sea captain forced to take a shady rogue deportee from Hong Kong onboard his vessel…
Five Pennies, The (1959)- Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong… - Cheery Red Nichols biopic with Danny Kaye turning in a heartfelt performance as the famed jazz trumpter. Contains many soapy moments between Kaye…
Floating Weeds (Ukigusa) (1959)
- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura - An aging actor who returns with his troupe to his provincial town, and becomes caught between his long–lost family and his jealous…
Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Henry Daniell - Beware–the–family–curse is the theme in this low–budget take on Orville H. Hampton's tale about a family whose members are…
Fugitive Kind, The (1959)- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani… - A directionless, but quirky version of Tennesse Williams' play 'Orpheus Descending' with Brando playing a troublesome hobo who spreads romantic…
Giant Behemoth, The (Behemoth the Sea Monster) (1959)- Dir. Eugene Lourie, Douglas Hickox
Feat. Gene Evans, Andre Morell - Cult low–budget creature feature where a dormant dinosaur is resurrected during botched nuclear testing, and rampages through the city of…
Gidget (1959)
- Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson - Cute–as–a–button Sandra Dee goes all out to prove she can hang with surf bums James Darren and Cliff Robertson, in the first and…
Girls Town (1959)- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Paul Anka… - Wayward teen Mamie Van Doren is sent to a girls' home after being ratted out by 'greaser' Mel Torme. Loaded with rock'n'roll.
Good Morning (Ohayo) (1959)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Shimazu Masahiko, Koji Shidara, Chishu Ryu… - Ozu’s most accessible and scathing film amuses with its deceptively light–hearted tale of two boys’ vow of silence after being refused a…
Great St Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)- Feat. Steve McQueen, David Clarke
- A little known noir gem starring a young Steve McQueen as a getaway driver for a group of criminals plotting to rob a bank in St Louis. Based on…
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