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Carlton Browne of the F.O. / HoffmanCarlton 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.
Danger Within (1959)
Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Richard Attenborough
In an Italian POW camp in WW2, 400 plan to escape but one plans to betray. Can you spot the traitor? Richard Attenborough leads the cast of suspects.
FBI Story, The (1959)
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton
This official ‘biopic’ of the FBI, seen through the eyes of career agent James Stewart from 1924 to the late 1950s, has sturdy…
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…
GidgetGidget (1959) Aro Favourite
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 TownGirls 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.
Horrors of the Black MuseumHorrors of the Black Museum (1959)
Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Michael Gough, Shirley Anne Field, Geoffrey Keen
Well–acted Hammer horror about a writer who uses his hypnotised helper to commit a series of inventively gruesome killings.
Horse Soldiers, TheHorse Soldiers, The (1959)
Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers
Set around a Yankee incursion into Rebel territory during the American Civil War, this rates about average against Dir. Ford's other action films. …
Manster, TheManster, The (1959)
Dir. George P. Breakson
Feat. Peter Dyneley
An American correspondent in Japan becomes an unwitting human guinea pig while trying to get the scoop on the work of a reclusive scientist. His…
ShadowsShadows (1959)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni
Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…

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