The FBI Story (1959)

Night of the Ghouls (1959)

Summary: A phony spiritualist raises the dead.

Release Date: May 03, 1959

Genre: Horror

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.

Writer: Edward D. Wood Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 09 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Atomic Productions Inc.

Distributor: Lumivision, Lumière, Sinister Cinema

Country: United States

Language: English

The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)

Summary: A miner trapped in a cave-in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors.

Release Date: May 01, 1959

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Director: Ranald MacDougall

Writers: M.P. Shiel

, Ferdinand Reyher

, Ranald MacDougall

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: HarBel Productions, Sol C. Siegel Productions

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,659,000

The Crimson Kimono (1959)

Summary: Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.

Release Date: May 05, 1960

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Samuel Fuller

Writer: Samuel Fuller

Runtime: 1 h 22 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Columbia Pictures, Globe Enterprises

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twilight Time, Mill Creek Entertainment, Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)

Summary: In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance

Director: Fritz Lang

Writers: Werner Jörg Lüddecke

, Thea von Harbou

, Richard Eichberg

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

Production: Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Rizzoli Film, Regina Production

Distributor: Fantoma, Film Movement

Countries: France, Italy, West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,673

They Came to Cordura (1959)

Summary: An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommend soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.

Release Date: August 20, 1959

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Robert Rossen

Writers: Ivan Moffat

, Robert Rossen

, Glendon Swarthout

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Columbia Pictures, Goetz Pictures, Baroda Productions

Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Image Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Mill Creek Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Summary: A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.

Release Date: October 14, 1959

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Directors: Otto Preminger

, Rouben Mamoulian

Writers: Dorothy Heyward

, DuBose Heyward

, N. Richard Nash

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Carry on Nurse (1959)

Summary: An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!

Release Date: September 16, 1960

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Gerald Thomas

Writers: Patrick Cargill

, Jack Beale

, Norman Hudis

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Peter Rogers Productions, Beaconsfield Productions

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

The Indian Tomb (1959)

Summary: A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.

Genres: Adventure, Romance

Director: Fritz Lang

Writers: Werner Jörg Lüddecke

, Thea von Harbou

, Richard Eichberg

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

Production: Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Rizzoli Film, Regina Production

Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP), Fantoma, Film Movement

Countries: France, Italy, West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,673

The Untouchables (1959)

Summary: Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Release Date: January 22, 1959

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Runtime: 0 h 50 min

Production: Desilu Productions, Langford Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

The Devil's Disciple (1959)

Summary: The black sheep of a family and the local minister discover their true vocations during the Revolutionary War.

Release Date: August 20, 1959

Genres: Comedy, Romance, History

Directors: Guy Hamilton

, Alexander Mackendrick

Writers: John Dighton

, Roland Kibbee

, George Bernard Shaw

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, Brynaprod

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM Home Entertainment, Kino Lorber

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Carry on Teacher (1959)

Summary: Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gerald Thomas

Writer: Norman Hudis

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

Production: Peter Rogers Productions, Beaconsfield Productions

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)

Summary: The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Release Date: February 11, 1960

Genres: Music, Documentary

Directors: Bert Stern

, Aram Avakian

Writers: Albert D'Annibale

, Arnold Perl

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Galaxy Productions (I), Raven Films

Distributor: Galaxy Attractions, CBS

Country: United States

Language: English

Dennis the Menace (1959)

Summary: Television episodes built around the same sorts of incidents found in Hank Ketcham's long-running comic strip.

Release Date: October 04, 1959

Genres: Comedy, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-G

Production: Darriell Productions, Screen Gems

Country: United States

Language: English

Invisible Invaders (1959)

Summary: Invisible aliens from the Moon invade the Earth by occupying the bodies of recently deceased humans but a scientist, his daughter and an army Major, try to fight them.

Release Date: May 15, 1959

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Edward L. Cahn

Writer: Samuel Newman

Runtime: 1 h 07 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Premium Pictures Inc.

Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)

Summary: A young man schemes and attempts to get the "better things in life" mostly popularity, success, and most importantly, girls.

Release Date: September 29, 1959

Genres: Comedy, Family

Runtime: 0 h 30 min

MPAA: TV-Y7

Production: 20th Century Fox Television, Martin Manulis Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

One Step Beyond (1959)

Summary: A collection of tales about paranormal events, horrifying folklore, and the world of the unknown.

Release Date: January 20, 1959

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Runtime: 0 h 25 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: ABC Films, Joseph L. Schenck Enterprises

Country: United States

Language: English

TV Series budget: $ 40,000