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List of British films of 1959
Summary
This film-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.
(
August 2008
)
A
list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1959
(see
1959 in film
):
1959
edit
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
1959
The 39 Steps
Ralph Thomas
Kenneth More
,
Taina Elg
,
Barry Jones
Thriller
Remake of the
1935 film
Alive and Kicking
Cyril Frankel
Sybil Thorndike
,
Kathleen Harrison
,
Stanley Holloway
Comedy
The Bandit of Zhobe
John Gilling
Victor Mature
,
Anne Aubrey
,
Anthony Newley
Adventure
The Battle of the Sexes
Charles Crichton
Peter Sellers
,
Robert Morley
,
Constance Cummings
Comedy
Behemoth, the Sea Monster
Eugène Lourié
,
Douglas Hickox
Gene Evans
,
André Morell
,
Jack MacGowran
Sci-fi
Blind Date
Joseph Losey
Hardy Krüger
,
Stanley Baker
,
Micheline Presle
Crime
Bobbikins
Robert Day
Shirley Jones
,
Max Bygraves
,
Billie Whitelaw
Comedy
The Boy and the Bridge
Kevin McClory
Ian Maclaine,
Liam Redmond
Drama
Breakout
Peter Graham Scott
Lee Patterson
,
Hazel Court
Drama
The Bridal Path
Frank Launder
Bill Travers
,
George Cole
Comedy
The Captain's Table
Jack Lee
John Gregson
,
Peggy Cummins
Comedy
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Roy Boulting
,
Jeffrey Dell
Terry-Thomas
,
Peter Sellers
Comedy
Carry On Nurse
Gerald Thomas
Kenneth Williams
,
Joan Sims
Comedy
Carry On Teacher
Gerald Thomas
Kenneth Williams
,
Kenneth Connor
Comedy
The Cat Gang
Darrell Catling
Francesca Annis
, John Pike
Family/adventure
Crash Drive
Max Varnel
Dermot Walsh
,
Wendy Williams
Drama
The Crowning Touch
David Eady
Ted Ray
,
Greta Gynt
Comedy
Danger List
Leslie Arliss
Philip Friend
,
Honor Blackman
Drama
Short film
Danger Within
Don Chaffey
Richard Todd
,
Bernard Lee
World War II
The Dawn Killer
Donald Taylor
Jeremy Bulloch
, Sally Bulloch
Thriller
Deadly Record
Lawrence Huntington
Lee Patterson
,
Barbara Shelley
Mystery
[1]
Desert Mice
Michael Relph
Alfred Marks
,
Sid James
World War II comedy
The Desperate Man
Peter Maxwell
Conrad Phillips
,
Jill Ireland
Crime
Devil's Bait
Peter Graham Scott
Geoffrey Keen
,
Jane Hylton
,
Gordon Jackson
Drama
[2]
The Devil's Disciple
Guy Hamilton
Burt Lancaster
,
Kirk Douglas
,
Laurence Olivier
Drama
Adaption of the play by
George Bernard Shaw
Don't Panic Chaps!
George Pollock
Dennis Price
,
George Cole
Comedy
Express Bongo
Val Guest
Laurence Harvey
,
Cliff Richard
Musical
Ferry to Hong Kong
Lewis Gilbert
Curd Jürgens
,
Orson Welles
,
Sylvia Syms
Adventure
First Man into Space
Robert Day
Marshall Thompson
,
Marla Landi
Sci Fi/Horror
Floods of Fear
Charles Crichton
Howard Keel
,
Anne Heywood
Thriller
Follow a Star
Robert Asher
Norman Wisdom
,
June Laverick
Comedy/musical
Friends and Neighbours
Gordon Parry
Arthur Askey
,
Megs Jenkins
Comedy
The Heart of a Man
Herbert Wilcox
Frankie Vaughan
,
Anne Heywood
Drama
Hidden Homicide
Tony Young
Griffith Jones
,
Patricia Laffan
Mystery
[3]
Honeymoon
Michael Powell
Anthony Steel
,
Ludmilla Tchérina
Drama
Horrors of the Black Museum
Arthur Crabtree
Michael Gough
, June Cunningham
Horror
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Terence Fisher
Peter Cushing
,
André Morell
Mystery
The House of the Seven Hawks
Richard Thorpe
Robert Taylor
,
Nicole Maurey
Mystery
Idol on Parade
John Gilling
Anthony Newley
,
Sid James
Comedy
I'm All Right Jack
John Boulting
Ian Carmichael
,
Peter Sellers
,
Richard Attenborough
Comedy
Number 47 in the list of
BFI Top 100 British films
In the Wake of a Stranger
David Eady
Tony Wright
,
Shirley Eaton
Thriller
Jack the Ripper
Robert S. Baker
,
Monty Berman
Lee Patterson
,
Eddie Byrne
Crime
Jet Storm
Cy Endfield
Richard Attenborough
,
Stanley Baker
,
Diane Cilento
Thriller
Killers of Kilimanjaro
Richard Thorpe
Robert Taylor
,
Anthony Newley
,
Anne Aubrey
African Adventure
The Lady Is a Square
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle
,
Frankie Vaughan
,
Janette Scott
Musical/romance
Left Right and Centre
Sidney Gilliat
Ian Carmichael
Comedy/romance
Libel
Anthony Asquith
Dirk Bogarde
,
Olivia de Havilland
Drama
Life in Danger
Terry Bishop
Derren Nesbitt
, Julie Hopkins
Crime
[4]
Life in Emergency Ward 10
Robert Day
Michael Craig
,
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Drama
Look Back in Anger
Tony Richardson
Richard Burton
,
Claire Bloom
Drama
Make Mine a Million
Lance Comfort
Arthur Askey
,
Sid James
Comedy
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Terence Fisher
Anton Diffring
,
Christopher Lee
Horror
The Man Who Liked Funerals
David Eady
Leslie Phillips
,
Susan Beaumont
Comedy
Model for Murder
Terry Bishop
Keith Andes
,
Hazel Court
Crime
The Mouse That Roared
Jack Arnold
Peter Sellers
,
Jean Seberg
,
William Hartnell
,
Leo McKern
Comedy
The Mummy
Terence Fisher
Peter Cushing
,
Christopher Lee
Horror
Universal
; Remake of
1932 film
Naked Fury
Charles Saunders
Reed De Rouen
,
Kenneth Cope
Crime
The Navy Lark
Gordon Parry
Cecil Parker
,
Ronald Shiner
,
Leslie Phillips
Comedy
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Darcy Conyers
Brian Rix
,
Cecil Parker
Comedy
No Trees in the Street
J. Lee Thompson
Sylvia Syms
,
Herbert Lom
Thriller
North West Frontier
J. Lee Thompson
Kenneth More
,
Lauren Bacall
Adventure
Operation Amsterdam
Michael McCarthy
Peter Finch
,
Eva Bartok
World War II Action
Operation Bullshine
Gilbert Gunn
Donald Sinden
,
Barbara Murray
World War II Comedy
Our Man in Havana
Carol Reed
Alec Guinness
,
Maureen O'Hara
Spy/comedy
Please Turn Over
Gerald Thomas
Ted Ray
,
Leslie Phillips
,
Julia Lockwood
Comedy
The Price of Silence
Montgomery Tully
Gordon Jackson
,
June Thorburn
Crime
Room at the Top
Jack Clayton
Simone Signoret
,
Laurence Harvey
,
Heather Sears
,
Donald Wolfit
Drama
Number 32 in the list of
BFI Top 100 British films
; winner of two
Academy Awards
, three
BAFTAs
and an award at the
1959 Cannes Film Festival
The Rough and the Smooth
Robert Siodmak
Nadja Tiller
,
Tony Britton
Drama
Sapphire
Basil Dearden
Nigel Patrick
,
Yvonne Mitchell
Drama
The Scapegoat
Robert Hamer
Alec Guinness
,
Bette Davis
Crime
Serious Charge
Terence Young
Anthony Quayle
,
Sarah Churchill
Drama
The Shakedown
John Lemont
Terence Morgan
,
Hazel Court
Crime
The Siege of Pinchgut
Harry Watt
Aldo Ray
,
Heather Sears
Action
Filmed in Australia; entered into the
9th Berlin International Film Festival
SOS Pacific
Guy Green
Bryan Forbes
,
Richard Attenborough
Thriller
The Square Peg
John Paddy Carstairs
Norman Wisdom
,
Edward Chapman
World War II Comedy
Strictly Confidential
Charles Saunders
Richard Murdoch
,
William Kendall
Comedy
Subway in the Sky
Muriel Box
Van Johnson
,
Hildegard Knef
Crime
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Leslie Norman
Ernest Borgnine
,
Anne Baxter
Comedy/drama
Co-production with Australia
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
John Guillermin
Gordon Scott
,
Anthony Quayle
,
Sara Shane
African adventure
Tiger Bay
J. Lee Thompson
John Mills
,
Hayley Mills
,
Horst Buchholz
Crime/Thriller
Tommy the Toreador
John Paddy Carstairs
Tommy Steele
,
Janet Munro
Musical comedy
Too Many Crooks
Mario Zampi
Terry-Thomas
,
George Cole
Comedy
Top Floor Girl
Max Varnel
Kay Callard
,
Neil Hallett
Drama
A Touch of Larceny
Guy Hamilton
James Mason
,
George Sanders
Comedy
The Treasure of San Teresa
Alvin Rakoff
Eddie Constantine
,
Dawn Addams
Thriller
Also known as
Hot Money Girl
The Ugly Duckling
Lance Comfort
Bernard Bresslaw
,
Jon Pertwee
Comedy
Upstairs and Downstairs
Ralph Thomas
Michael Craig
,
Anne Heywood
Comedy
Violent Moment
Sidney Hayers
Lyndon Brook
,
Jane Hylton
Drama
Web of Evidence
Jack Cardiff
Van Johnson
,
Vera Miles
Thriller
Whirlpool
Lewis Allen
Juliette Gréco
,
Muriel Pavlow
,
Marius Goring
Drama
[5]
The Witness
Geoffrey Muller
Dermot Walsh
,
Greta Gynt
Crime
[6]
Woman's Temptation
Godfrey Grayson
Patricia Driscoll
,
Robert Ayres
,
Neil Hallett
Crime
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Michael Anderson
Gary Cooper
,
Charlton Heston
,
Michael Redgrave
Thriller
Wrong Number
Vernon Sewell
Peter Reynolds
,
Lisa Gastoni
,
Olive Sloane
Crime
Yesterday's Enemy
Val Guest
Stanley Baker
,
Guy Rolfe
,
Leo McKern
World War II
See also
edit
1959 in British music
1959 in British television
1959 in the United Kingdom
References
edit
^
"Deadly Record".
British Board of Film Classification
.
^
"Devil's Bait".
IMDb.com
.
^
"Hidden Homicide (1959)".
BFI
. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018.
^
"Life in Danger (1959)".
BFI
. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019.
^
"Whirlpool (1959)".
Film Affinity.com
.
^
"Witness, The (1959) - Overview".
Turner Classic Movies
.
External links
edit
British films of 1959 at
IMDb