Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Rulers of the Sea (Paramount) A-I Rumble on the Docks (Col.) B Objection: Tends to glamorize criminal activities and to lower respect for established law and order. Run for Cover (Paramount) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Run for the Sun (UA) A-H Run for Your Money, A (British) (Universal-International) A-I Runaround, The (Universal) A-II Runaway Daughters (Am. Intl.) B Objection: Low moral tone. Running Target (UA) A-II Run of the Arrow (U-I) A-II Run Silent, Run Deep (UA) A-I Running Wild (U-I) B Objection: Excessive brutality; suggestive sequence. Rustlers (RKO) A-I Rustlers' Hideout (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I Rustlers of Devil's Canyon (Republic) A-I Rustlers of the Badlands (Columbia) A-I Rustlers on Horseback (Republic) A-I Rustler's Roundup (Universal) A-I Rustlers' Valley (Paramount) A-I Rusty Leads the Way (Columbia) A-I Rusty Saves a Life (Columbia) A-I Rusty's Birthday (Columbia) A-I Ruthless (Eagle Lion) B Objection: Light treatment of marriage; reflects the acceptability of divorce. Ruy Bias (Queen's Lover) (Revised Version) (French) (Discina International Films Corp.) B Note: The classification of this film has been changed from C — Condemned (1948) to B — Morally Objectionable in Part for All. Reason for the objection is as follows: Tends to condone immoral actions; suicide in plot solution. Revisions made in this film are deemed sufficient to warrant a change in classification. This classification, however, is applicable only to prints exhibited in continental U.S.A., Hawaii and Alaska. RX Murder (Fox) A-III Year of Review 1938-39 1956-57 1954-55 1955-56 1949-50 1945-46 1956-57 1956-57 1956-57 1957-58 1955-56 1948-49 1943-44 1946-47 1944-45 1950-51 1945-46 1936-37 1947-48 1948-49 1948-49 1947-48 1948-49 1957-58 S.O.S. Coast Guard (Republic) A-I 1941-42 S.O.S. Submarine (Italian) (Screen Guild Prod.) A-I 1948-49 S.O.S. Tidal Wave (Republic) A-II 1938-39 Saadia (MGM) A-I 1953-54 Sabaka (United Artists) A-II 1954-55 Sabotage (Republic) A-I 1938-39 Sabotage Squad (Columbia) A-I 1941-42 Saboteur, The (Universal) A-II 1941-42 Sabre Jet (United Artists) A-I 1952-53 201