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The Beat Generation

Year:
Duration:
95 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.5
Director:
Charles F. Haas
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1959-07-03
Cast
Actor
Character
Steve Cochran
Dave Culloran
Mamie Van Doren
Georgia Altera
Ray Danton
Stan Hess
Fay Spain
Francee Culloran
Louis Armstrong
Himself
Margaret Hayes
Joyce Greenfield (as Maggie Hayes)
Jackie Coogan
Jake Baron
James Mitchum
Art Jester (as Jim Mitchum)
Cathy Crosby
The Singer
Ray Anthony
Harry Altera
Dick Contino
Singing Beatnik
Irish McCalla
Marie Baron
Vampira
The Poetess
Billy Daniels
Dr. Elcott
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom
The Wrestling Beatnik (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
Charles Chaplin Jr.
Lover Boy
Norman Grabowski
The Beat Beatnik (as Grabowski)
Anne Anderson
Meg (uncredited)
Bara Byrnes
Dancer (uncredited)
Paul Cavanagh
Will Belmont - Stan's Father (uncredited)
Gerry Cohen
Joseph Baron (uncredited)
Phyllis Douglas
Beatnik (uncredited)
Fred Engelberg
Beatnik (uncredited)
Diane Fredrick
Beatnik (uncredited)
Melody Gale
Angel Baron (uncredited)
Paul Genge
Police Capt. Wilson (uncredited)
Fred Hansen
Beatnik (uncredited)
Shirley Haven
Mrs. Grant (uncredited)
Darlene Hendricks
Nurse (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Man in Lineup (uncredited)
Carolyn Hughes
Jayne Belmont - Will's New Wife (uncredited)
Nancy Kay
Anna Baron (uncredited)
Johnny Melfi
Beatnik (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Lovers Lane Bandit (uncredited)
Hamil Petroff
Beatnik (uncredited)
Kathy Reed
Beatnik (uncredited)
William Schallert
Father Dinelli (uncredited)
Cole Simpson
Beatnik (uncredited)
Phyllis Standish
Beatnik (uncredited)
Guy Stockwell
Hank - Police Detective (uncredited)
Larri Thomas
Beatnik (uncredited)
Renata Vanni
Mrs. Rosa Costa (uncredited)
William Vaughn
Police Officer Crenshaw (uncredited)
Camille Williams
Beatnik (uncredited)
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Trivia
Audience members were given free "beatnik dictionaries", which humorously defined "beat" terms and catch-phrases.
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Irish McCalla was offered the lead role, but turned it down because of the violent rape scenes. She took the much smaller role of Marie Baron.
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In-joke: Ray Danton, playing a serial rapist, finds one of his victims by seeing her street address on an envelope. The street is named Danton.
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Quotes
Georgia Altera: Would you rather be dead with him or alive with me?
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Photos from cast
Sid Melton
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