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Subgenre Sampler
Compulsion (1959)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles… - As distinctive a rendition of the infamous Leopold–Loeb murder case as ROPE and SWOON, Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman playing the…
Crimson Kimono, The (1959)- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta - Two detectives, one of Japanese heritage, both fall in love with the key witness in a murder case. Noted for its inclusion of an interracial romance…
Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)- Dir. Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Feat. Steve McQueen - This noir thriller is one of McQueen's best early roles, and although somewhat obscure has a cult reputation for its shootout scenes and intense,…
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones… - Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
North by Northwest (1959)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason… - Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters… - Injecting race problems into a surefire thriller formula, this has an unstable criminal trio – ex–convict (Ryan), crooked cop (Begley)…
One Step Beyond (TV Series) (1959)- Feat. John Newland
- Classic television series billed as 'your guide to the supernatural' serves half–hour docudramas of unexplained, paranormal 'true events'.…
Sapphire (1959)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig… - Scandalous subject–wise for post–war Britain, where a murdered black woman is discovered to have been posing as white. Obviously dated…
Tiger Bay (1959)- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. John Mills, Hayley Mills, Horst Buchholz - Haley Mills’ breakthrough is a memorable and mature British thriller; she plays witness to a murder by a Polish sailor, who she subsequent…
Untouchables, The (TV Series) (1959-1963)
- Feat. Robert Stack, Paul Picerni
- An iconic crime series that once baited controversy for its escalation of television violence, this pulled out the stops to authentically…
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