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Movie Mirrors Index

Best Movies of 1959

Movie Mirrors

by Sanderson Beck

Movie Mirrors Introduction

Abbreviations
 Title

Min.

c S M H P V En Ed
 Al Capone 105   7  5  6  6  6  6  6
 Anatomy of a Murder 161  b 7 8  6  7 8 7 7
 Ben-Hur 222  c 8 6 9 8  9  9
 Compulsion 103  b 6 7 5 6 7  7  7
 Devil's Disciple, The 82  b 7 5 5 6 6  6  6
 Diary of Anne Frank, The 180  b 7 7 6 8 7  7  8
 Floating Weeds (Japanese) 119  c 8 7        6  6
 Imitation of Life 125  c 5 6 5 6 6  6  6
 Last Angry Man, The 100  b 6 6 5 6 7  6  7
 Mouse That Roared, The 83  c 7 7 6 7 6  7  7
 Naked Maja, The 113  c 4 4 4 3 4  6  6
 North By Northwest 136  c 8 8 8 9 8  8  7
 Nun's Story, The 151  c 8 7 7 5 7  7  7
 Odds Against Tomorrow 96  b 7 6 5   6  6  6
 Pork Chop Hill 97  b 6 6 5 7 6  6  7
 Rio Bravo 141  c 7 7 6 8 7  7  6
 Room at the Top 115  b 8 8 7 9 7  7  8
 Shake Hands with the Devil 111  b 6 6 5 7 6  6  6
 Some Like It Hot 120  b 8 8 8 9 8  8  7
 Suddenly, Last Summer 114  b 6 7 5 5 7  7  7
 Summer Place, A 130  c 3 6 4 4 4  6  6
 Young Philadelphians, The 137  b 6 6 5 7 6  7  7

Abbreviations
b = black and white
c = color
S = Scheuer's rating
M = Maltin's rating
H = Halliwell's rating
P = Martin & Porter's rating
V = Videohound's rating
En = Beck's entertainment value
Ed = Beck's educational value

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