Merrill Pye was nominated for an Academy Award for what 1959 American thriller that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock?
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Merrill Pye Merrill Pye (August 14, 1902 – November 17, 1975) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film "North by Northwest".
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North by Northwest North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures".
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Experiment in Terror Experiment in Terror is a 1962 suspense-thriller released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based on their 1961 novel "Operation Terror". The film stars Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, and Ross Martin.
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Death in Captivity Death in Captivity is a mystery novel by the British crime writer Michael Gilbert, first published in the United Kingdom in 1952 by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Harper & Brothers as "The Danger Within". It was Gilbert's sixth novel and, unlike his previous ones, does not feature Chief Inspector Hazlerigg in any way. Nor is it set in Gilbert's usual locales of London, the English countryside, or France. Instead, while it has many of the elements of the classic detective story, it is also a gripping novel of mounting suspense that takes place in a 1943 prisoner of war camp for British officers in northern Italy—it was the first of Gilbert's numerous later works that would feature suspense and danger as much or more as elements of detection. Gilbert himself had been a British officer during the war, was captured, and interned in an Italian camp. He escaped and spent several months making his way through the Italian countryside trying to reach the British lines. Much of this book apparently reflects his own experiences. It was the basis of a 1959 British film, Danger Within (Breakout in the United States), that closely followed the events in the book. H.R.F. Keating, who wrote Gilbert's obituary for The Guardian, said that "Gilbert's time as a PoW prompted Death In Captivity (1952), surely the only whodunnit set in a prisoner-of-war camp."
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The Alligator People The Alligator People is a 1959 CinemaScope science fiction horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett and Lon Chaney Jr. This film was the penultimate feature directed by Del Ruth and quite different than those of his days at Warner Bros.
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Buick-Electra Playhouse Buick-Electra Playhouseis a 90 minute dramatic anthology series produced by and aired on CBS from 1959–1960. It was sponsored by Buick Motors. There were a total of four episodes, all based on Ernest Hemingway's works, "The Killers", "The Fifth Column", "The Snows of Kilimanjaro", and "The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio".
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Jet Storm Jet Storm (also known as Jetstream and Killing Urge) is a 1959 British thriller film directed and co-written by Cy Endfield. Richard Attenborough stars with Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley and Diane Cilento. The film has many of the characteristics of the later aviation disaster film genre such as "Airport" (1970).
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Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology – Volume 4 Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology – Volume 4 is the fourth installment of "Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology", one of the many Alfred Hitchcock story collection books; edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Originally published in hardcover as "Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Scare You Stiff" in 1978, the book includes 26 short stories and a short novel called "The Graveyard Shift" by William P. McGivern. Also, within the 26 short stories is "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie which was made into the 1971 film "A New Leaf".
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Procesado 1040 Procesado 1040 is a 1958 Argentine thriller film directed by Rubén W. Cavalloti. The film is an honest man wrongly imprisoned and explores the horror of within the cold walls of the prison.
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The Hole (1960 film) The Hole (French: Le Trou ) is a 1960 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It is an adaptation of José Giovanni's 1957 book "The Break". It was called The Night Watch when first released in the United States, but is released under its French title today. The film is based on a true event concerning five prison inmates in La Santé Prison in France in 1947. Director Becker, who died just weeks after shooting had wrapped, used mostly non-actors for the film's main roles, including one man (Jean Keraudy) who was actually involved in the 1947 escape attempt, and who introduces the film. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
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Killer's Kiss Killer's Kiss is a 1955 American crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second film directed by Kubrick, the first being his 1953 debut feature "Fear and Desire". The film stars Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, and Frank Silvera.
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Terror Is a Man Terror Is a Man is a 1959 Filipino/American horror film directed by Gerardo de Leon. The film was also known as Blood Creature when rereleased in the US.
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Tormented (1960 film) Tormented is a 1960 American horror film directed and produced by Bert I. Gordon for Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, and starring Richard Carlson. The film was featured in the fourth season of the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K").
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring Peter Lorre, and released by Gaumont British. It was one of the most successful and critically acclaimed films of Hitchcock's British period.
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On the Beach (1959 film) On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, that stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins. This black-and-white film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike the novel, no blame is placed on whoever started the war; it is hinted in the film that the threat of annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment.
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1959 in film The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with "Ben-Hur" winning a record 11 Academy Awards.
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Face in the Night Face in the Night is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni and Vincent Ball. It was based on the novel "Suspense" by prolific crime writer Bruce Graeme. The film was known in the U.S. as "Menace in the Night".
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Witness to Murder Witness to Murder is a 1954 suspense film starring Barbara Stanwyck. While the film received moderately positive reviews, it ended up as an also-ran to Alfred Hitchcock's somewhat similar "Rear Window", which opened less than a month later. The latter picture was a box-office hit.
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Woman's Temptation A Woman's Temptation is a low budget 1959 British crime film.
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17th Golden Globe Awards The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960.
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Topaz (1969 film) Topaz is a 1969 American espionage thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Based on the 1967 Cold War novel "Topaz" by Leon Uris, the film is about a French intelligence agent who becomes entangled in the Cold War politics of the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and later the breakup of an international Soviet spy ring in France. The story is closely based on the 1962 Sapphire Affair, which involved the head of French Intelligence SDECE in the United States, and spy Philippe Thyraud de Vosjoli—a friend of Leon Uris—who played an important role in "helping the U.S. discover the presence of Russian offensive missiles in Cuba". The film stars
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Model for Murder Model for Murder is a 1959 British crime film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Keith Andes, Hazel Court and Jean Aubrey.