Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Crimson Key, The (20th Century-Fox) A-II Crimson Pirate (Warners) A-I Cripple Creek (Columbia) A-I Crise est Fini, La (French) (Nero) A-II Crisis (MGM) A-II Crisis Mundial (Spanish) (Estudios Sonoros C.E.A.) A-I Criss Cross (Universal-International) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce; method of crime minutely detailed. Crooked Circle (Rep.) A-I Crooked River (Lippert Prod.) A-I Crooked Road (Republic) A-II Crooked Trail (Supreme) A-I Crooked Way, The (United Artists) B Objection: Excessive brutality. Crooked Web (Col.) A-II Cross Channel (Br.) (Rep.) A-I Cross Country Romance (RKO) A-II Cross Fire (RKO) A-II Cross My Heart (Paramount) B Objection: Lack of moral compensation. Cross of Lorraine, The (MGM) B Objection: Excessive brutality. Crossed Swords (United Artists) A-II Crossed Trails (Monogram) A-II Crossroads (MGM) A-II Crossroads (Carrefour) (French) (B.U.P. Francaise-Tri-National) B Cross-Up (UA) A-II Crosswinds (Paramount) A-II Crouching Beast, The (Olympia) A-II Crowd Roars, The (MGM) A-I Crowded Paradise (Tudor) A-II Crucible, The (Was: Witches of Salem) (Fr.) (Kingsley) A-III Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. Cruel Sea, The (Universal-International) A-I Cruel Tower (AA) B Objection: Low moral tone; suggestive sequence. Cruisin' Down the River (Columbia) A-I Cry Baby Killer (AA) A-H Cry Danger (RKO) B Objection: Tends to condone immoral actions. Cry From the Streets (Br.) (Tudor) A-II Cry "Havoc" (MGM) A-II Cry in the Night (War.) A-II Cry Murder (Film Classics, Inc.) A-II Cry of the City (20th Century-Fox) A-II Cry of the Hunted (MGM) A-II Cry of the Werewolf (Columbia) B Objection: Dialogue and treatment in this fantasy indicate some acceptance of the possibility of changing a human being into an animal. 48 Year of Review 1946-47 1951-52 1951-52 1936-37 1949-50 1936-37 1948-49 1957-58 1950-51 1939-40 1936-37 1948-49 1955-56 1955-56 1939-40 1946-47 1945-46 1943-44 1954-55 1947-48 1941-42 1938-39 1957-58 1950-51 1936-37 1937-38 1955-56 1958-59 1952-53 1956-57 1952-53 1957-58 1949-50 1958-59 1943-44 1955-56 1947-48 1947-48 1952-53 1943-44