An Interview with Writer/Director/Producer Penelope Lawson
We chat with Penelope Lawson about her short film, The Dinner Party, her experience founding her own production company, and fun cinema.
The Beat Generation (1959)
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
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A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
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Genre:Crime
Written By:Lewis Meltzer, Richard Matheson
In Theaters:7/3/1959
Box Office:$750,000
Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Albert Zugsmith Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Charles F. Haas
Director
Steve Cochran
Dave Culloran
Mamie Van Doren
Georgia Altera
Ray Danton
Stanley Belmont
Fay Spain
Francee Culloran
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Margaret Hayes
Joyce Freenfield
Jackie Coogan
Jake Baron
James Mitchum
Art Jester
Cathy Crosby
Singer
Ray Anthony
Harry Altera
Dick Contino
Singing Beatnik
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