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Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) on 1 october 1959
, 1h22Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Denny Miller, Joanna Barnes, Cesare Danova, Robert Douglas
Rating38%
The plot of the film reprises that of the 1932 version, with James Parker (Douglas) Harry Holt (Danova) and Parker's daughter Jane (Barnes) on an expedition in Africa in which they encounter Tarzan, a wild man raised by apes. Various adventures ensue.
Counterplot (1959) on 1 october 1959
, 1h16Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Miguel Ángel Álvarez, Raúl Dávila
Rating49%
This script must be run from the command line
The Man Who Understood Women (1959) on 2 october 1959
, 1h41Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La provence, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy, Marcel Dalio, Cesare Danova, Conrad Nagel
Rating44%
Willie Bauche, a Hollywood producer, becomes so obsessed with turning his wife, Ann Garantier, into the sexiest star in Hollywood that he neglects her real needs. Feeling lonely and tired of Tinseltown, Ann returns to her native France and finds herself attracted to Marco Ranieri, a handsome and very attentive pilot. When Willie hears about the budding affair, he flies into a rage and hires assassins to kill his rival. Unfortunately for him, the killers are romantics and decide that Ann and Marco are so in love that both must die so they can be together always. When Willie finds out, he rushes over to France to try and save his wife.
The FBI Story (1959) on 1 october 1959
, 1h53Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Ann Doran, Nick Adams
Rating64%
John Michael ('Chip') Hardesty (James Stewart) narrates the story of a murder, which the viewer sees in a flashback. Young Jack Graham (Nick Adams), takes out life insurance on his mother and plants a bomb in her luggage for a flight that she was taking from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, November 1, 1955.
The Scavengers (1959) on 1 october 1959
Directed by John Cromwell
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Actors Vince Edwards, Carol Ohmart, Richard Loo, Vic Díaz
Rating57%
Former Korean War pilot Stuart Allison has been searching the Orient for his wife who deserted him six years ago. Now running a smuggling operation in Hong Kong, he sights his wife Marian boarding a ferry to Macau. Allison is pursued by both the Royal Hong Kong Police and a mystery man named O'Hara who inform him that his wife is now a cocaine addict and involved in smuggling stolen bonds embezzled by a missing former Nationalist Chinese general.
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) on 1 october 1959
, 1h2Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films
Actors Ken Clark, Tyler McVey, Susan Cabot, Gene Roth, Dan White, George Cisar
Rating37%
In the Florida Everglades, a pair of larger-than-human, intelligent leeches are living in an underwater cave. They begin dragging local people down to their cave where they hold them prisoner and slowly drain them of blood.