1959 in science fiction

The year 1959 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

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Births

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Deaths

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Literary releases

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First editions

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Short stories

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Juveniles

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Movies

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Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock Sidney Miller Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale Gordon United States Comedy
4D Man Irvin Shortess Yeaworth Jr. Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon United States Action Horror Romance Thriller
The Angry Red Planet Ib Melchior Gerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Nora Hayden United States Adventure Horror
The Atomic Submarine Spencer Gordon Bennet Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey United States Thriller
Attack of the Giant Leeches Bernard Kowalski Jan Shepard, Gene Roth, Yvette Vickers United States Horror
Battle Beyond the Sun Mikhail Kozyry Aleksandr Shvorin, Ivan Pereverzhev Soviet Union Adventure
Battle in Outer Space (a.k.a Uchû sai sensô) Ishirō Honda Ryō Ikebe, Koreya Senda Japan Action
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster (a.k.a Caltiki, il mostro immortale) Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava John Merivale,Didi Perego,Gérard Herter,Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Italy Horror
The Cosmic Man Herbert Greene Bruce Bennett, John Carradine, Angela Greene United States Adventure Thriller [1]
First Man into Space Robert Day Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards United Kingdom Drama Horror [2]
The Giant Gila Monster Ray Kellogg Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone, Fred Graham United States Horror Thriller
Have Rocket, Will Travel David Lowell Rich Jerome Cowan, Anna-Lisa, Curly Joe DeRita United States Comedy Family
The Head (a.k.a Die Nackte und der Satan) Victor Trivas Michel Simon, Horst Frank, Christiane Maybach West Germany Horror [3][4]
The Incredible Petrified World Jerry Warren John Carradine, Phyllis Coates, Robert Clarke United States Action Adventure Thriller
Invisible Invaders Edward L. Cahn John Agar, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton, John Carradine United States Horror
Journey to the Center of the Earth Henry Levin Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker United States Adventure Family Fantasy Romance
The Killer Shrews Ray Kellogg James Best, Ken Curtis, Ingrid Goude United States Horror
The Manster George Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Satoshi Nakamura, Terri Zimmern Japan
United States
Horror (released in U.S. in 1962)[5][6][7]
The Man Who Could Cheat Death Terence Fisher Anton Diffring, Christopher Lee United Kingdom Drama Horror [nb 2]
The Monster of Piedras Blancas Irvin Berwick Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Harmon United States Horror
Nebo Zovyot (a.k.a Battle Beyond the Sun) Mikhail Karyukov, Aleksandr Kozyr Ivan Pereverzev Soviet Union Adventure
On the Beach Stanley Kramer Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire United States Drama Romance
Plan 9 from Outer Space Edward D. Wood Jr. Bela Lugosi, Mona McKinnon, Gregory Walcott, Vampira United States Horror
Return of the Fly Edward Bernds Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, John Sutton United States Drama Fantasy Horror
Invasion of the Animal People (a.k.a Terror in the Midnight Sun) Virgil W. Vogel Bengt Blomgren, John Carradine United States
Sweden
Horror
Teenagers from Outer Space Tom Graeff David Love, Dawn Anderson, Harvey B. Dunn United States Horror Thriller
The Tingler William Castle Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman United States Horror [8]
The Giant Behemoth (a.k.a. Behemoth, the Sea Monster or The Behemoth) Eugène Lourié, Douglas Hickox Gene Evans, André Morell United States Horror
The Ugly Duckling Lance Comfort Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee, Reginald Beckwith United Kingdom Comedy
The Wasp Woman Roger Corman Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Michael Mark, Bruno Ve Sota United States Horror
The World, the Flesh and the Devil Ranald MacDougall Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer United States Drama Romance

Awards

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Notes

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  1. ^ First published in Dynamic Science Fiction in August 1953.
  2. ^ Remake of The Man in Half Moon Street.

References

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  1. ^ Horwath, Alexander; Elsaesser, Thomas; King, Noel (2004). The last great American picture show: new Hollywood cinema in the 1970s. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 168–169. ISBN 90-5356-631-7.
  2. ^ Pomerance, Murray (2004). Bad: Infamy, Darkness, Evil, and Slime on Screen. SUNY Press. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-7914-5940-3.
  3. ^ Frayling, Christopher (2005). Mad, bad and dangerous?: the scientist and the cinema. Reaktion Books. p. 27. ISBN 1-86189-255-1.
  4. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor (2008). "The Head". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  5. ^ Hogan, David J. (1997). Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film. McFarland. p. 13. ISBN 0-7864-0474-4.
  6. ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Manster". AllMovie. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  7. ^ "双頭の殺人鬼 : 作品情報".
  8. ^ "The Tingler (1959) - William Castle | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  9. ^ "1959 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-19.