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Tag Archives: 1959
Blind Date AKA Chance Meeting (1959) Joseph Losey, Hardy Krüger, Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacquleine Cousteau Read More »
The Miracle (1959) Irving Rapper, Gordon Douglas, Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak
During the Napoleonic era, in Spain, a young postulant falls in love with a handsome British soldier Read More »
Sweet Beat (1959) Ronnie Albert, Julie Amber, Sheldon Lawrence, Irv Bauer
An aspiring singer wins a trip to London and is promised a record deal, but when she gets there an underhanded American Read More »
The Prickly-mouthed Geisha AKA Beran me-e geisha (1959) Eiichi Koishi, Hibari Misora, Shinjirô Ebara, Takashi Shimura
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Read More »
Leda AKA À double tour (1959) Claude Chabrol, Madeleine Robinson, Antonella Lualdi, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Leda, the flirt of Monsieur Marcoux is murdered. His wife and the police think Read More »
Take a Giant Step (1959) Philip Leacock, Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee
A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood Read More »
Bobbikins (1959) Robert Day, Shirley Jones, Max Bygraves, Billie Whitelaw
Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult. Read More »
Rio Bravo (1959) Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk Read More »
The Rambling Guitarist AKA Gitaa o motta wataridori (1959) Takeichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Sanae Nakahara
Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko) Read More »
The Ugly Duckling (1959) Lance Comfort, Maudie Edwards, Reginald Beckwith, Shelagh Dey
Henry Jeckle was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon Read More »
The Hangman (1959) Michael Curtiz, Robert Taylor, Tina Louise, Fess Parker
A marshal nicknamed “The Hangman” because of his track record in hunting down Read More »
Ramuntcho (1959) Pierre Schoendoerffer, François Guérin, Mijanou Bardot, Gaby Morlay
The Basque smuggler Ramuntcho is engaged to Gracieuse, whose mother Dolorès Read More »
Maiden’s Cheek AKA To xylo vgike apo ton Paradeiso (1959) Alekos Sakellarios, Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dimitris Papamichael, Hristos Tsaganeas
Young teacher Floras arrives to teach a class at a girls’ high school in Athens. Read More »
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959) John Guillermin, Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane
After diamond hunters kill two people while stealing explosives, Tarzan sets off after them. Read More »