--- title: 'The Beat Generation (1959)' type: 'film' director: 'Charles F. Haas' released: '1959-01-01' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-beat-generation-1959' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052610/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Beat Generation (1959) 1959 · 95 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis 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" 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Charles F. Haas](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-f-haas) - **Screenplay:** [Richard Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-matheson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Albert Glasser](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-glasser) - **Producer:** [Albert Zugsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-zugsmith) - **Editor:** [Ben Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lewis) ## Cast - [Ray Anthony](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-anthony) - [Ray Danton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-danton) - [Fay Spain](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-spain) - [Jackie Coogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-coogan) - [Margaret Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hayes) - [Mamie Van Doren](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamie-van-doren) - [Renata Vanni](https://cinepixo.com/people/renata-vanni) - [Louis Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-armstrong) - [Steve Cochran](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-cochran) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-beat-generation-1959 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7716096); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.