Subgenre Sampler
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Serious 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…
Shadows (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, 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 Beauty (1959)
- 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 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 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 Hot (1959)
- 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…
Square Peg, The (1959)
- Dir. John Paddy Carstairs
Feat. Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, Edward Chapman…
- Chaotic comedy with Wisdom as an an inept council workman whose road mending gets him into conflict with the Army. Arguably Wisdom's best film with…
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift
- A kitsch classic in which Elizabeth Taylor is in finest neurotic form as a young woman trying to fight her vindictive aunt's will to have her…
Summer Place, A (1959)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue…
- Lush melodrama set on a remote isle with the two couples of different generations trapped in romantic asides and anxieties.