The Beat Generation (1959)
Note: this print runs 81 minutes against a recorded 95 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Fay Spain, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, Margaret Hayes, Ray Anthony, Ray Danton
Directed by Charles F. Haas
The Beat Generation is a 1959 American crime film 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" (and is sometimes considered one of the last films noir to be produced.) 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.
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