The Beat Generation
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The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation (1959)

Genres - Crime, Drama, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Film Noir  |   Release Date - Jul 3, 1959  |   Run Time - 95 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |  
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The Beat Generation is a 1959 American crime film noir from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren, with Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, James Mitchum, Vampira, and Ray Anthony. It is a sensationalistic interpretation of the beatnik counterculture of the "Beat Generation" The movie was also shown under the title This Rebel Age. The movie is about a "beatnik" who is a serial rapist, who is pursued by a police detective. The director was Charles F. Haas. Richard Matheson and Lewis Meltzer are credited with the screenplay.

Movie Info

Box Office

$750,000

Themes

Justice

Tags

Beat Generation, Beatnik, Justice, Poetry, Rapist

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Alternate Titles

A Noite dos Malditos
BR
De verdwaalden
BE
Die Haltlosen
AT, DE
Generación de rebeldes
MX
Les Beatniks
FR
Les disciples du mal
BE
O drakos me ta mavra gantia
GR
The Beat Generation
GB, US
This Rebel Age
US
悪いやつ
JP