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In a death row cell block nine inmates are scheduled for execution. Then "Killer" John Mears (Rooney) comes along. His viciousness infects the environment and his plans to break out of prison are the catalyst for tragedy. Cast. Mickey Rooney as John "Killer John" Mears, Cell 3; Frank Overton as Father O'Connors; Michael Constantine as Ed Werner ...
The Last Voyage is a 1960 Metrocolor American disaster film starring Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, George Sanders, and Edmond O'Brien. It was written and directed by Andrew L. Stone. The film centers on the sinking of an aged ocean liner in the Pacific Ocean following an explosion in its boiler room.
Anatomy of a Murder. Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama [2] film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Wendell Mayes was based on the 1958 novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name of Robert Traver. Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in ...
Korean War. Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 – April 14, 1965) was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. [1] [2] Along with Richard Hickock ...
English. The Last Mile is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by Samuel Bischoff and starring Preston Foster . The picture is based on John Wexley 's 1930 Broadway play, The Last Mile. [1] Actor Howard Phillips appeared in both the play and the film but in different roles. In 1959, the play was adapted a second time into a film ...
Box office. $180,000 [3] A Bucket of Blood (1959) by Roger Corman. A Bucket of Blood is a 1959 American comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman. It starred Dick Miller and was set in the West Coast beatnik culture of the late 1950s. The film, produced on a $50,000 budget, was shot in five days [2] and shares many of the low-budget ...
English. Budget. $943,000 [1] Box office. $1,195,000 [1] The Scapegoat is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness, Nicole Maurey and Bette Davis. [2] [3] [4] The screenplay was by Hamer and Gore Vidal based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier .
English. Budget. GBP £84,000. The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, and Christopher Lee. Jimmy Sangster adapted the screenplay from the play The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré Lyndon, which had been previously filmed in 1945.