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  1. The Beat Generation

    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 culture of the "Beat Generation" (and is sometimes considered one of the very last films noir to be produced.) The movie was also shown under the title This Rebel Age. The director was Charles F. Haas. Richard Matheson and Lewis Meltzer are credited with the screenplay.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of the beat generation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of the beat generation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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