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American films released in 1959
Imitation of Life starring Lana Turner .
The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959 . The film Ben-Hur won the Academy Award for Best Picture , among winning a record-setting eleven Oscars .
A–B
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
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Jack Webb
Jack Webb , William Conrad , Nancy Valentine
Drama
Warner Bros.
4D Man
Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Robert Lansing , Lee Meriwether , Robert Strauss
Science fiction
Universal
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Sidney Miller
Lou Costello , Dorothy Provine , Gale Gordon
Comedy
Columbia ; released after Costello's death
Alaska Passage
Edward Bernds
Lyn Thomas , Bill Williams , Naura Hayden
Drama
20th Century Fox
Al Capone
Richard Wilson
Rod Steiger , Nehemiah Persoff , Fay Spain
Biography
Allied Artists
Alias Jesse James
Norman Z. McLeod
Bob Hope , Rhonda Fleming , Gloria Talbott
Comedy
United Artists
The Alligator People
Roy Del Ruth
Beverly Garland , Bruce Bennett , Lon Chaney Jr.
Horror
20th Century Fox
Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger
James Stewart , Lee Remick , George C. Scott
Crime
Columbia Pictures ; based on a book by Robert Traver ; 7 Oscar nominations
The Angry Hills
Robert Aldrich
Robert Mitchum , Stanley Baker , Gia Scala
War
MGM
The Angry Red Planet
Ib Melchior
Gerald Mohr , Naura Hayden , Les Tremayne
Science fiction
AIP
Arson for Hire
Thor L. Brooks
Steve Brodie , Lyn Thomas , Lyn Osborn
Crime
Allied Artists
The Atomic Submarine
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Arthur Franz , Dick Foran , Brett Halsey
Science fiction
Allied Artists
Ask Any Girl
Charles Walters
David Niven , Shirley MacLaine , Gig Young
Comedy
MGM
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Bernard L. Kowalski
Ken Clarke , Yvette Vickers , Jan Shepard
Science fiction
AIP
The Bat
Crane Wilbur
Vincent Price , Agnes Moorehead , Darla Hood
Mystery thriller
Allied Artists . Hood's final screen appearance
Battle Flame
R. G. Springsteen
Scott Brady , Elaine Edwards , Robert Blake
War
Allied Artists
Battle of the Coral Sea
Paul Wendkos
Cliff Robertson , Gia Scala , Patricia Cutts
War
Columbia
Beast from Haunted Cave
Monte Hellman
Michael Forest , Frank Wolff , Linné Ahlstrand
Science fiction
Allied Artists
The Beat Generation
Charles F. Haas
Mamie Van Doren , Ray Danton , Fay Spain
Crime
MGM
Behemoth, the Sea Monster
Eugène Lourié
Gene Evans , André Morell , John Turner
Science fiction
Allied Artists
Beloved Infidel
Henry King
Gregory Peck , Deborah Kerr , Eddie Albert
Biography
20th Century Fox ; life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ben-Hur
William Wyler
Charlton Heston , Stephen Boyd , Jack Hawkins
Epic
MGM ; won a record 11 Academy Awards ; remake of 1925 silent film
The Best of Everything
Jean Negulesco
Diane Baker , Stephen Boyd , Hope Lange
Drama
20th Century Fox ; 2 Oscar nominations
The Big Circus
Joseph M. Newman
Victor Mature , Red Buttons , Rhonda Fleming
Drama
Allied Artists
The Big Fisherman
Frank Borzage
Howard Keel , Susan Kohner , John Saxon
Drama
Buena Vista
The Big Operator
Charles F. Haas
Mickey Rooney , Steve Cochran , Mamie Van Doren
Crime
MGM
The Black Orchid
Martin Ritt
Sophia Loren , Anthony Quinn , Virginia Vincent
Drama
Paramount
Blood and Steel
Bernard L. Kowalski
John Lupton , Ziva Rodann , James Edwards
War
20th Century Fox
The Blue Angel
Edward Dmytryk
May Britt , Curt Jurgens , Theodore Bikel
Drama
20th Century Fox ; remake of 1930 film
Blue Denim
Philip Dunne
Carol Lynley , Macdonald Carey , Brandon deWilde
Drama
20th Century Fox
Born to Be Loved
Hugo Haas
Carol Morris , Barbara Jo Allen , Dick Kallman
Comedy
Universal
A Bucket of Blood
Roger Corman
Dick Miller , Ed Nelson , Barboura Morris
Horror
AIP
But Not for Me
Walter Lang
Clark Gable , Carroll Baker , Lilli Palmer
Comedy
Paramount
C–D
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Career
Joseph Anthony
Dean Martin , Tony Franciosa , Shirley MacLaine
Drama
Paramount ; written by Dalton Trumbo ; 3 Oscar nominations
Cast a Long Shadow
Thomas Carr
Audie Murphy , Terry Moore , John Dehner
Western
United Artists
City of Fear
Irving Lerner
Vince Edwards , Lyle Talbotm John Archer
Film noir
Columbia
Compulsion
Richard Fleischer
Dean Stockwell , Diane Varsi , Orson Welles
Crime drama
20th Century Fox . Based on Leopold and Loeb
The Cosmic Man
Herbert S. Greene
John Carradine , Bruce Bennett , Angela Greene
Science fiction
Allied Artists
Count Your Blessings
Jean Negulesco
Deborah Kerr , Rossano Brazzi , Maurice Chevalier
Comedy drama
MGM
Counterplot
Kurt Neumann
Forrest Tucker , Allison Hayes , Miguel Ángel Álvarez
Crime
United Artists
Crime and Punishment U.S.A.
Denis Sanders
George Hamilton , Mary Murphy , Marian Seldes
Crime
Allied Artists
The Crimson Kimono
Samuel Fuller
Victoria Shaw , Glenn Corbett , James Shigeta
Film noir
Columbia
Cry Tough
Paul Stanley
John Saxon , Linda Cristal , Joseph Calleia
Crime
United Artists
Cuban Rebel Girls
Barry Mahon
Errol Flynn , Beverly Aadland , John McKay
Drama
Independent
Curse of the Undead
Edward Dein
Eric Fleming , Kathleen Crowley , John Hoyt
Horror western
Universal
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Robert Stevenson
Albert Sharpe , Janet Munro , Sean Connery
Adventure
Walt Disney
Date with Death
Harold Daniels
Gerald Mohr , Liz Renay , Harry Lauter
Crime
Independent
Day of the Outlaw
André de Toth
Robert Ryan , Burl Ives , Tina Louise
Western
United Artists
Desert Desperadoes
Steve Sekely
Ruth Roman , Akim Tamiroff , Otello Toso
Drama
RKO
The Devil's Disciple
Guy Hamilton
Burt Lancaster , Kirk Douglas , Laurence Olivier
Drama
United Artists ; based on George Bernard Shaw play
The Diary of Anne Frank
George Stevens
Joseph Schildkraut , Ed Wynn , Shelley Winters
Biography
20th Century Fox ; won 3 Academy Awards
A Dog of Flanders
James B. Clark
David Ladd , Donald Crisp , Theodore Bikel
Drama
20th Century Fox
A Dog's Best Friend
Edward L. Cahn
Bill Williams , Marcia Henderson , Roger Mobley
Drama
United Artists
Don't Give Up the Ship
Norman Taurog
Jerry Lewis , Dina Merrill , Gale Gordon
Comedy
Paramount
E–H
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Edge of Eternity
Don Siegel
Cornel Wilde , Victoria Shaw , Mickey Shaughnessy
Crime Drama
Columbia
Escort West
Francis D. Lyon
Victor Mature , Elaine Stewart , Faith Domergue
Western
United Artists
The FBI Story
Mervyn LeRoy
James Stewart , Vera Miles , Murray Hamilton
Drama
Warner Bros.
Face of a Fugitive
Paul Wendkos
Fred MacMurray , Myrna Fahey , James Coburn
Western
Columbia
Face of Fire
Albert Band
Cameron Mitchell , Bettye Ackerman , James Whitmore
Drama
Allied Artists
First Man into Space
Robert Day
Marshall Thompson , Marla Landi , Robert Ayres
Science fiction
MGM
Five Gates to Hell
James Clavell
Patricia Owens , Dolores Michaels , Neville Brand
War Drama
20th Century Fox
The Five Pennies
Melville Shavelson
Danny Kaye , Barbara Bel Geddes , Louis Armstrong
Musical
Paramount . Story of musician Red Nichols ; 4 Oscar nominations
The Flying Fontaines
George Sherman
Michael Callan , Joan Evans , Joe De Santis
Drama
Columbia
For the First Time
Rudolph Mate
Mario Lanza , Johanna von Koczian , Zsa Zsa Gabor
Musical
MGM . Co-production with West Germany.
Forbidden Island
Charles B. Griffith
Jon Hall , Jonathan Haze , John Farrow
Adventure
Columbia
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Edward L. Cahn
Eduard Franz , Valerie French , Henry Daniell
Science fiction
United Artists
The Fugitive Kind
Sidney Lumet
Marlon Brando , Joanne Woodward , Anna Magnani
Drama
United Artists
Gangster Story
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau , Carol Grace , Garry Walberg
Crime drama
Independent
The Gazebo
George Marshall
Glenn Ford , Debbie Reynolds , Carl Reiner
Comedy
MGM ; based on the play
The Gene Krupa Story
Don Weis
Sal Mineo , Susan Oliver , James Darren
Biography
Columbia . Story of drummer Gene Krupa
The Giant Gila Monster
Ray Kellogg
Fred Graham , Shug Fisher , Don Sullivan
Science fiction
Independent
Gidget
Paul Wendkos
Sandra Dee , Cliff Robertson , James Darren
Comedy
Columbia . 4 film sequels; 2 TV series
Girls Town
Charles F. Haas
Mamie van Doren , Mel Torme , Paul Anka
Drama
MGM . Anka sings Lonely Boy
Good Day for a Hanging
Nathan H. Juran
Fred MacMurray , Margaret Hayes , Robert Vaughn
Western
Columbia
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
Charles Guggenheim
Steve McQueen , Crahan Denton , David Clarke
Crime
United Artists
Green Mansions
Mel Ferrer
Audrey Hepburn , Anthony Perkins , Lee J. Cobb
Drama
MGM . Based on W. H. Hudson novel
The Gunfight at Dodge City
Joseph M. Newman
Joel McCrea , Julie Adams , John McIntire
Western
United Artists
Gunmen from Laredo
Wallace MacDonald
Robert Knapp , Maureen Hingert , Walter Coy
Western
Columbia
Guns, Girls and Gangsters
Edward L. Cahn
Mamie Van Doren , Gerald Mohr , Lee Van Cleef
Crime
United Artists
The Hanging Tree
Delmer Daves
Gary Cooper , Maria Schell , Karl Malden
Western
Warner Bros. ; Scott's first film
The Hangman
Michael Curtiz
Robert Taylor , Tina Louise , Fess Parker
Western
Paramount
Happy Anniversary
David Miller
David Niven , Mitzi Gaynor , Monique van Vooren
Comedy
United Artists
Have Rocket, Will Travel
David Lowell Rich
Three Stooges , Anna-Lisa , Jerome Cowan
Comedy
Columbia
Here Come the Jets
Gene Fowler Jr.
Steve Brodie , Lyn Thomas , Jean Carson
Drama
20th Century Fox
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
David Lowell Rich
Louis Prima , Keely Smith , James Gregory
Musical
Columbia
A Hole in the Head
Frank Capra
Frank Sinatra , Edward G. Robinson , Eleanor Parker
Comedy drama
United Artists ; Oscar for song "High Hopes "
Holiday for Lovers
Henry Levin
Clifton Webb , Jane Wyman , Jill St. John
Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Horse Soldiers
John Ford
John Wayne , William Holden , Constance Towers
War
United Artists
Hound-Dog Man
Don Siegel
Fabian , Carol Lynley , Stuart Whitman
Musical
20th Century Fox
House on Haunted Hill
William Castle
Vincent Price , Carol Ohmart , Alan Marshal
Horror
Allied Artists . Remade in 1999
I–N
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Imitation of Life
Douglas Sirk
Lana Turner , Sandra Dee , Juanita Moore
Drama
Universal . 2 Oscar nominations; Sirk's final film
Inside the Mafia
Edward L. Cahn
Cameron Mitchell , Grant Richards , Robert Strauss
Crime
United Artists
Invisible Invaders
Edward L. Cahn
John Agar , Jean Byron , Robert Hutton
Science fiction
United Artists
Island of Lost Women
Frank Tuttle
Jeff Richards , Venetia Stevenson , Diane Jergens
Science fiction
Warner Bros.
It Happened to Jane
Richard Quine
Doris Day , Jack Lemmon , Ernie Kovacs
Comedy
Columbia
It Started with a Kiss
George Marshall
Glenn Ford , Debbie Reynolds , Eva Gabor
Romantic comedy
MGM
The Jayhawkers!
Melvin Frank
Jeff Chandler , Nicole Maurey , Fess Parker
Western
Paramount
Jet Over the Atlantic
Byron Haskin
Guy Madison , Virginia Mayo , George Raft
Drama
Inter-Continent Films
John Paul Jones
John Farrow
Robert Stack , Bette Davis , Marisa Pavan
Biography
Warner Bros.
The Journey
Anatole Litvak
Yul Brynner , Deborah Kerr , Robert Morley
Drama
MGM
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Henry Levin
James Mason , Pat Boone , Diane Baker
Science fiction
20th Century Fox ; from novel by Jules Verne
Juke Box Rhythm
Arthur Dreifuss
Jo Morrow , Jack Jones , Brian Donlevy
Musical
Columbia
The Killer Shrews
Ray Kellogg
Ken Curtis , Ingrid Goude , James Best
Science fiction
Independent
King of the Wild Stallions
R. G. Springsteen
George Montgomery , Diane Brewster , Edgar Buchanan
Western
Allied Artists
The Last Angry Man
Daniel Mann
Paul Muni , David Wayne , Betsy Palmer
Drama
Columbia . 2 Oscar nominations
The Last Blitzkrieg
Arthur Dreifuss
Van Johnson , Dick York , Kerwin Mathews
War
Columbia
The Last Mile
Howard W. Koch
Mickey Rooney , Frank Overton , Michael Constantine
Crime drama
United Artists
Last Train from Gun Hill
John Sturges
Kirk Douglas , Anthony Quinn , Carolyn Jones
Western
Paramount
The Legend of Tom Dooley
Ted Post
Michael Landon , Jo Morrow , Jack Hogan
Western
Columbia
Li'l Abner
Melvin Frank
Peter Palmer , Leslie Parrish , Stella Stevens ,
Musical comedy
Paramount . Based on Al Capp comic strip and stage musical
The Little Savage
Byron Haskin
Pedro Armendáriz , Christiane Martel , Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Adventure
20th Century Fox
Lone Texan
Paul Landres
Willard Parker , Audrey Dalton , Grant Williams
Western
20th Century Fox
The Man in the Net
Michael Curtiz
Alan Ladd , Carolyn Jones , Diane Brewster
Film noir
United Artists
The Man Who Understood Women
Nunnally Johnson
Henry Fonda , Leslie Caron , Cesare Danova
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Mating Game
George Marshall
Debbie Reynolds , Tony Randall , Paul Douglas
Comedy
MGM
Middle of the Night
Delbert Mann
Fredric March , Kim Novak , Glenda Farrell
Drama
Columbia
The Miracle
Irving Rapper
Carroll Baker , Roger Moore , Walter Slezak
Historical
Warner Bros.
The Miracle of the Hills
Paul Landres
Rex Reason , Betty Lou Gerson , Nan Leslie
Western
20th Century Fox
Never So Few
John Sturges
Frank Sinatra , Steve McQueen , Gina Lollobrigida
War
MGM
Never Steal Anything Small
Charles Lederer
James Cagney , Shirley Jones , Cara Williams
Drama
Universal
Night of the Ghouls
Ed Wood
Kenne Duncan , Duke Moore , Valda Hansen
Horror
Independent
Night of the Quarter Moon
Hugo Haas
Julie London , Dean Jones , John Drew Barrymore
Drama
MGM
No Name on the Bullet
Jack Arnold
Audie Murphy , Charles Drake , Joan Evans
Western
Universal
North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint , James Mason
Thriller
MGM ; 3 Oscar nominations
The Nun's Story
Fred Zinnemann
Audrey Hepburn , Peter Finch , Edith Evans
Drama
Warner Bros. ; 8 Oscar nominations
O–S
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Odds Against Tomorrow
Robert Wise
Harry Belafonte , Shelley Winters , Robert Ryan
Film noir
United Artists
On the Beach
Stanley Kramer
Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire
Science fiction
United Artists ; 2 Oscar nominations; BAFTA award for Kramer
Operation Dames
Louis Clyde Stoumen
Eve Meyer , Byron Morrow , Cindy Girard
War
AIP
Operation Petticoat
Blake Edwards
Cary Grant , Tony Curtis , Joan O'Brien
Comedy
Universal
The Oregon Trail
Gene Fowler Jr.
Fred MacMurray , Nina Shipman , Gloria Talbott
Western
20th Century Fox ; became TV series
Paratroop Command
William Witney
Richard Bakalyan , Ken Lynch , Jack Hogan
War
AIP
Pier 5, Havana
Edward L. Cahn
Cameron Mitchell , Allison Hayes , Eduardo Noriega
Crime
United Artists
Pillow Talk
Michael Gordon
Doris Day , Rock Hudson , Tony Randall
Comedy
Universal ; Oscar for screenplay, 5 nominations
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Ed Wood
Bela Lugosi , Maila Nurmi , Tor Johnson
Science fiction
Referenced in Ed Wood
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Albert Gannaway
Corinne Calvet , John Carroll , George Macready
Western
Republic
Porgy and Bess
Otto Preminger
Sidney Poitier , Dorothy Dandridge , Sammy Davis, Jr.
Musical
Columbia . Music by George Gershwin
Pork Chop Hill
Lewis Milestone
Gregory Peck , Woody Strode , Harry Guardino
War
United Artists
Prisoner of the Volga
Victor Tourjansky
John Derek , Elsa Martinelli , Dawn Addams
Adventure
Paramount
A Private's Affair
Raoul Walsh
Sal Mineo , Christine Carère , Barbara Eden
Musical
20th Century Fox
The Rabbit Trap
Philip Leacock
Ernest Borgnine , Bethel Leslie , David Brian
Drama
United Artists
The Rebel Set
Gene Fowler Jr.
Kathleen Crowley , John Lupton , Gregg Palmer
Drama
Allied Artists
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Henry Levin
Clifton Webb , Dorothy McGuire , Jill St. John
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Return of the Fly
Edward Bernds
Vincent Price , Brett Halsey , Danielle De Metz
Science fiction
20th Century Fox ; sequel to The Fly
Ride Lonesome
Budd Boetticher
Randolph Scott , Karen Steele , Pernell Roberts
Western
Columbia
Rio Bravo
Howard Hawks
John Wayne , Dean Martin , Angie Dickinson
Western
Warner Bros.
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Edward L. Cahn
Scott Marlowe , Dorothy Provine , Marcia Henderson
Drama
United Artists
The Rookie
George O'Hanlon
Tommy Noonan , Julie Newmar , Peter Marshall
Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Sad Horse
James B. Clark
Rex Reason , Patrice Wymore , David Ladd
Drama
20th Century Fox
Say One for Me
Frank Tashlin
Bing Crosby , Debbie Reynolds , Robert Wagner
Musical
20th Century Fox
Shadows
John Cassavetes
Ben Carruthers , Lelia Goldoni , Hugh Hurd
Drama
Independent
The Shaggy Dog
Charles Barton
Fred MacMurray , Tommy Kirk , Jean Hagen
Comedy
Disney
Shake Hands with the Devil
Michael Anderson
James Cagney , Don Murray , Dana Wynter
Drama
United Artists ; filmed in Ireland
Sleeping Beauty
Clyde Geronimi
Eleanor Audley , Mary Costa , Bill Shirley
Animation
Disney
Solomon and Sheba
King Vidor
Yul Brynner , Gina Lollobrigida , David Farrar
Epic
United Artists
Some Like It Hot
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe , Jack Lemmon , Tony Curtis
Comedy
United Artists ; won 3 Golden Globes ; nominated for 6 Oscars ; remake of 1939 film
The Sound and the Fury
Martin Ritt
Yul Brynner , Joanne Woodward , Margaret Leighton
Drama
20th Century Fox ; from book by William Faulkner
Speed Crazy
William J. Hole Jr.
Brett Halsey , Yvonne Lime , Baynes Barron
Crime
Allied Artists
A Stranger in My Arms
Helmut Käutner
Jeff Chandler , June Allyson , Mary Astor
Drama
Universal
The Story on Page One
Clifford Odets
Rita Hayworth , Anthony Franciosa , Gig Young
Drama
20th Century Fox
Suddenly, Last Summer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Katharine Hepburn , Elizabeth Taylor , Montgomery Clift
Drama
Columbia ; written by Tennessee Williams ; Golden Globe for Taylor
A Summer Place
Delmer Daves
Richard Egan , Sandra Dee , Troy Donahue
Drama
Warner Bros. ; based on the novel
Surrender - Hell!
John Barnwell
Keith Andes , Susan Cabot , Nestor de Villa
War
Allied Artists
T–Z
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Take a Giant Step
Philip Leacock
Johnny Nash , Estelle Hemsley , Ruby Dee
Drama
United Artists
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
John Guillermin
Gordon Scott , Anthony Quayle , Sean Connery
Adventure
Paramount
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Joseph M. Newman
Denny Miller , Joanna Barnes , Cesare Danova
Adventure
MGM
Teenage Zombies
Jerry Warren
Katherine Victor , Steve Conte , Brianne Murphy
Horror
Independent
Teenagers from Outer Space
Tom Graeff
Dawn Bender , King Moody , Harvey B. Dunn
Science fiction
Warner Bros.
Ten Seconds to Hell
Robert Aldrich
Jack Palance , Jeff Chandler , Martine Carol
War
United Artists . Co-production with UK.
Terror Is a Man
Gerardo de León
Francis Lederer , Greta Thyssen , Richard Derr
Horror
Independent . Co-production with Philippines.
That Kind of Woman
Sidney Lumet
Sophia Loren , Tab Hunter , Jack Warden
Drama
Paramount
These Thousand Hills
Richard Fleischer
Don Murray , Richard Egan , Lee Remick
Western
20th Century Fox
They Came to Cordura
Robert Rossen
Gary Cooper , Rita Hayworth , Van Heflin
Western
Columbia
Third Man on the Mountain
Ken Annakin
Michael Rennie , James MacArthur , Janet Munro
Family
Disney
This Earth Is Mine
Henry King
Rock Hudson , Jean Simmons , Dorothy McGuire
Drama
Universal
This Happy Feeling
Blake Edwards
Debbie Reynolds , Curd Jürgens , John Saxon
Comedy
Universal
Thunder in the Sun
Russell Rouse
Susan Hayward , Jeff Chandler , Jacques Bergerac
Western
Paramount
Timbuktu
Jacques Tourneur
Victor Mature , Yvonne De Carlo , George Dolenz
Adventure
United Artists
The Tingler
William Castle
Vincent Price , Judith Evelyn , Patricia Cutts
Science fiction
Columbia
Tokyo After Dark
Norman T. Herman
Richard Long , Lawrence Dobkin , Michi Kobi
Drama
Paramount
The Trap
Norman Panama
Richard Widmark , Lee J. Cobb , Tina Louise
Crime
Paramount Pictures
Up Periscope
Gordon Douglas
James Garner , Edmond O'Brien , Andra Martin
War
Warner Bros.
Verboten!
Samuel Fuller
Susan Cummings , James Best , Tom Pittman
Drama
Columbia
Warlock
Edward Dmytryk
Richard Widmark , Henry Fonda , Dorothy Malone
Western
20th Century Fox
Watusi
Kurt Neumann
George Montgomery , Taina Elg , David Farrar
Adventure
MGM
The Wasp Woman
Roger Corman
Susan Cabot , Anthony Eisley , Barboura Morris
Horror
Allied Artists
Westbound
Budd Boetticher
Randolph Scott , Virginia Mayo , Karen Steele
Western
Warner Bros.
The Wild and the Innocent
Jack Sher
Audie Murphy , Joanne Dru , Sandra Dee
Western
Universal
Woman Obsessed
Henry Hathaway
Susan Hayward , Stephen Boyd , Barbara Nichols
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Wonderful Country
Robert Parrish
Robert Mitchum , Julie London , Pedro Armendáriz ,
Western
United Artists
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Ranald MacDougall
Harry Belafonte , Inger Stevens , Mel Ferrer
Science fiction
MGM
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Michael Anderson
Gary Cooper , Charlton Heston , Michael Redgrave
Thriller
MGM . Co-production with the UK.
Yellowstone Kelly
Gordon Douglas
Clint Walker , Edd Byrnes , Ray Danton
Western
Warner Bros.
The Young Captives
Irvin Kershner
Ed Nelson , Luana Patten , Marjorie Stapp
Drama
Paramount
The Young Land
Ted Tetzlaff
Dennis Hopper , Patrick Wayne , Yvonne Craig
Western
Columbia
The Young Philadelphians
Vincent Sherman
Paul Newman , Barbara Rush , Robert Vaughn
Drama
Warner Bros.
Other films
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