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The Rebel Set
The Rebel Set (1959) on 28 june 1959
, 1h12
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, Heist films
Actors Gregg Palmer, Kathleen Crowley, Edward Platt, John Rollin Lupton, Ned Glass, I. Stanford Jolley
Rating31% 1.573331.573331.573331.573331.57333
Mr. Tucker (Platt), proprietor of a Los Angeles coffee house, hires three down-on-their-luck patrons - out-of-work actor John Mapes (Palmer); struggling writer Ray Miller (Lupton); and George Leland (Sullivan), the wayward son of a movie star - to participate in an armored car robbery to take place during a four-hour stopover in Chicago during the trio's train trip from Los Angeles to New York. Tucker and his henchman Sidney (Glass) fly ahead to set up the robbery, which goes off without a hitch. However, once back on the train, Leland's greed gets the better of him, but Tucker double crosses the trio, eliminating Leland and Miller, leaving Mapes as the only one left to stop Tucker from getting away with murder - along with the entire haul.
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) on 25 june 1959
, 1h25
Directed by Bernhard Grzimek
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Environmental films, Documentaire animalier, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about nature
Actors Bernhard Grzimek
Rating77% 3.860463.860463.860463.860463.86046
Le documentaire est un plaidoyer pour l'importance de la préservation de l'écosystème du Parc national du Serengeti en Tanzanie, rendu célèbre dans le monde entier grâce à Bernhard Grzimek.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) on 24 june 1959
, 1h51
Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike
Rating69% 3.4925453.4925453.4925453.4925453.492545
Irish-American Kerry O'Shea (Don Murray) is studying at the College of Surgeons in 1921 Dublin, Ireland, during a guerrilla war - the Irish War of Independence. Apolitical and sick of killing after fighting in World War I, he is drawn into the struggle between the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the British Black and Tans.
Donald in Mathmagic Land
Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959) on 26 june 1959
, 27minutes
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Les Clark, Joshua Meador
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about mathematics, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films
Actors Clarence Nash, Paul Frees
Rating77% 3.8844053.8844053.8844053.8844053.884405
Donald Duck explique, grâce à plusieurs aventures dans le monde de l'animation, l'avantage des mathématiques dans le quotidien ainsi que quelques applications pratiques des mathématiques.
The Giant Gila Monster
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) on 25 june 1959
, 1h14
Directed by Edgar Ray Kellogg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films
Actors Fred Graham, Shug Fisher
Rating36% 1.8072451.8072451.8072451.8072451.807245
The movie opens with a young couple parked in a bleak, rural locale overlooking a ravine. A giant gila monster attacks the car, sending it into the ravine and killing the couple. Later, some friends of the couple decide to assist the local sheriff (Fred Graham) in his search for the missing teens. Chase Winstead (Sullivan), a young mechanic and hot rod racer, locates the crashed car in the ravine and finds evidence of the giant lizard. However, it is only when the hungry reptile attacks a train (a model train set substituted as a low-budget effect) that the authorities realize they are dealing with a (roughly) 70-foot poisonous lizard. By this time, emboldened by its attacks and hungry for prey, the creature attacks the town. It makes straight for the local dance hall where all the teenagers had gathered for a sock hop. However, Chase packs his prized hot rod with nitroglycerin and rigs it to speed straight into the monster, terminating the lizard in a fiery explosion and heroically saving the town.
The Killer Shrews
The Killer Shrews (1959) on 25 june 1959
, 1h9
Directed by Edgar Ray Kellogg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films
Actors James Best, Ken Curtis, Baruch Lumet
Rating41% 2.054782.054782.054782.054782.05478
Captain Thorne Sherman and first mate Rook Griswold deliver supplies by boat to a group on a remote island. The group, consisting of scientist Marlowe Cragis, his research assistant Radford Baines, the scientist's daughter Ann, her recent fiancé Jerry Farrel, and a servant Mario, welcome the captain and his first mate, but subtly resist the visitors staying overnight, even though a hurricane approaches. Thorne goes with the group to their compound. Griswold stays with the boat, to come ashore later.
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1959) on 24 june 1959
, 2h18
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Rating69% 3.4937153.4937153.4937153.4937153.493715
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.