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A list of crime films released in the 1950s.
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes | ||
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1950 | ||||||
Armored Car Robbery | Richard Fleischer | Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman | United States | [1] | ||
The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston | Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore | United States | [2] | ||
The Blue Lamp | Basil Dearden | Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde | United Kingdom | [3] | ||
The File on Thelma Jordon | Robert Siodmak | Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly | United States | Crime drama[4] | ||
Gunman in the Streets | Frank Tuttle, | Simone Signoret, Dane Clark, Fernand Gravey | France | [5] | ||
House by the River | Fritz Lang | Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt | United States | Crime drama[6] | ||
In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy | United States | Crime drama[7] | ||
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Gordon Douglas | James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter | United States | [8] | ||
Night and the City | Jules Dassin | Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers | United Kingdom | [9] | ||
No Way Out | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally | United States | Crime drama[10] | ||
Los Olvidados | Luis Buñuel | Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda | Mexico | Juvenile delinquency film[11] | ||
Side Street | Anthony Mann | Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig | United States | [12] | ||
Where the Sidewalk Ends | Otto Preminger | Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill | United States | Crime drama[13] | ||
1951 | ||||||
Another Man's Poison | Irving Rapper | Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams | United Kingdom | [14] | ||
La Città si difende | Pietro Germi | Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta Greco | Italy | [15] | ||
Detective Story | William Wyler | Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix | United States | Crime drama[16] | ||
The Enforcer | Bretaigne Windust | Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia | United States | [17] | ||
The Family Secret | Henry Levin | John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance | United States | [18] | ||
Green Grow the Rushes | Derek N. Twist | Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton | United Kingdom | [19] | ||
He Ran All the Way | John Berry | John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford | United States | [20] | ||
His Kind of Woman | John Farrow | Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price | United States | [21] | ||
The Lavender Hill Mob | Charles Crichton | Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James | United Kingdom | [22] | ||
Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō | Japan | Crime drama[23] | ||
Roadblock | Harold Daniels | Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore | United States | [24] | ||
Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman | United States | Crime thriller[25] | ||
1952 | ||||||
Angel Face | Otto Preminger | Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman | United States | [26] | ||
Casque d'or | Jacques Becker | Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin | France | Crime drama[27] | ||
Rancho Notorious | Fritz Lang | Arthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer | United States | Crime thriller[28] | ||
We Are All Murderers | André Cayatte | Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude Laydu | France Italy |
Prison film[29] | ||
1953 | ||||||
The Big Heat | Fritz Lang | Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando | United States | [30] | ||
The Blue Gardenia | Fritz Lang | Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern | United States | Crime drama[31] | ||
The Hitch-Hiker | Ida Lupino | Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman | United States | Crime thriller[32] | ||
I Confess | Alfred Hitchcock | Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden | United States | Crime drama[33] | ||
Man in the Dark | Lew Landers | Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia | United States | [34] | ||
1954 | ||||||
Dial M for Murder | Alfred Hitchcock | Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings | United States | Crime thriller[35] | ||
Human Desire | Fritz Lang | Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford | United States | Crime drama[36] | ||
Jail Bait | Edward D. Wood, Jr. | Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Herbert Rawlinson | United States | [37] | ||
Naked Alibi | Jerry Hopper | Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry | United States | [38] | ||
Private Hell 36 | Don Siegel | Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff | United States | Crime drama[39] | ||
Rogue Cop | Roy Rowland | Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft | United States | [40] | ||
The Runaway Bus | Val Guest | Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris | United Kingdom | Caper film[41] | ||
Suddenly | Lewis Allen | Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason | United States | [42] | ||
Touchez pas au grisbi | Jacques Becker | Jean Gabin, René Dary, Paul Frankeur | France Italy |
[43] | ||
1955 | ||||||
The Big Combo | Joseph H. Lewis | Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy | United States | Gangster film[44] | ||
Bob le flambeur | Jean-Pierre Melville | Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy | France | [45] | ||
The Desperate Hours | William Wyler | Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy | United States | [46] | ||
King of the Carnival | Franklin Adreon | Fran Bennett, Robert Clarke, | United States | [47] | ||
The Ladykillers | Alexander MacKendrick | Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom | United Kingdom | [48] | ||
The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish | United States | Crime thriller[49] | ||
The Phenix City Story | Phil Karlson | John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant | United States | [50] | ||
Razzia sur la chnouf | Henri Decoin | Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali Noël | France | [51] | ||
Rififi | Jules Dassin | Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel | France | [52] | ||
1956 | ||||||
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer | United States | Crime drama[53] | ||
The Harder They Fall | Mark Robson | Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling | United States | Crime drama[54] | ||
The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor | United States | [55] | ||
Ransom! | Alex Segal | Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen | United States | [56] | ||
Slightly Scarlet | Allan Dwan | John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda Fleming | United States | [57] | ||
The Wrong Man | Alfred Hitchcock | Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle | United States | Crime drama[58] | ||
Yield to the Night | J. Lee Thompson | Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig | United Kingdom | [59] | ||
1957 | ||||||
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin | Jacques Becker | Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, Daniel Ceccaldi | France Italy |
[60] | ||
The Brothers Rico | Phil Karlson | Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant | United States | [61] | ||
The Burglar | Paul Wendkos | Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers | United States | [62] | ||
Crime of Passion | Gerd Oswald | Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr | United States | [63] | ||
The Devil Strikes at Night | Robert Siodmak | Mario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes Messemer | West Germany | [64] | ||
Porte des Lilas | René Clair | Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal | France Italy |
Crime drama[65] | ||
The River's Edge | Allan Dwan | Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget | United States | [66] | ||
Speaking of Murder | Gilles Grangier | Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura | France | [67] | ||
Time Without Pity | Joseph Losey | Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern | United Kingdom | Crime thriller[68] | ||
1958 | ||||||
Big Deal on Madonna Street | Mario Monicelli | Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale | Italy | [69] | ||
The Cry Baby Killer | Jus Addiss | Harry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn Mitchell | United States | [70] | ||
Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle | Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly | France | [71] | ||
I Want to Live! | Robert Wise | Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent | United States | Crime drama[72] | ||
I, Mobster | Roger Corman | Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss | United States | [73] | ||
The Lineup | Don Siegel | Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson | United States | [74] | ||
Machine-Gun Kelly | Roger Corman | Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam | United States | [75] | ||
Stakeout on Dope Street | Irvin Kershner | Herschel Bernardi | United States | [76] | ||
Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith | United States | [77] | ||
Touch of Evil | Orson Welles | Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles | United States | [78] | ||
Underworld Beauty | Seijun Suzuki | Japan | [79] | |||
1959 | ||||||
Al Capone | Richard Wilson | Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory | United States | [80] | ||
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti | Nanni Loy | Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale | France Italy |
[80] | ||
Beast from Haunted Cave | Monte Hellman | Michael Forest, , Frank Wolff | United States | Crime thriller[81] | ||
Compulsion | Richard Fleischer | Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman | United States | Crime drama[82] | ||
Crime & Punishment, USA | Denis Sanders | George Hamilton, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Eve McVeagh | United States | [83] | ||
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | John Guillermin | Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh Griffith | United Kingdom | [84] | ||
Odds Against Tomorrow | Robert Wise | Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters | United States | [85] | ||
Pickpocket | Robert Bresson | , Marika Green, | France | Crime drama[86] |
References[]
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Armored Car Robbery: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Asphalt Jungle: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Blue Lamp: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The File on Thelma Jordon: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Gunman in the Streets: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "House by the River: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "In a Lonely Place: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Press, Steve. "Night and the City: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "No Way Out: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Los Olvidados: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Side Street: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Where the Sidewalk Ends: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Another Man's Poison: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "La Citta si difende: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Detective Story: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Enforcer: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The Family Secret: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Green Grow the Rushes: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "He Ran All the Way: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "His Kind of Woman: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Brenner, Paul. "The Lavender Hill Mob: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Rashomon: Overview - Allmovie". Allmovie. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Roadblock: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Strangers on a Train: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Angel Face: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Casque d'or: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Rancho Notorious: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "We Are All Murderers: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "The Big Heat: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Press, Steve. "The Blue Gardenia: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Hobart, Tana. "The Hitch-Hiker: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "I Confess: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Man in the Dark: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Dial M for Murder: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "Human Desire: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Jail Bait: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Naked Alibi: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Private Hell 36: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Rogue Cop: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Runaway Bus: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Suddenly: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Touchez Pas au Grisbi: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ Press, Steve. "The Big Combo: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ German, Yuri. "Bob le Flambeur: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Desperate Hours: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Crow, Jonathan. "King of the Carnival: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Ladykillers: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Night of the Hunter: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Phenix City Story: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Razzia Sur la Chnouf: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Brenner, Paul. "Rififi: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Harder They Fall: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Killing: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Ransom: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Slightly Scarlet: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Wrong Man: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Yield to the Night: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Adventures of Arsène Lupin: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Brothers Rico: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Burglar: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Crime of Passion: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Devil Came at Night: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Porte des Lilas: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The River's Edge: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Le Rouge Est Mis: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Time Without Pity: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Seibert, Perry. "Big Deal on Madonna Street: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The Cry Baby Killer: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "I Want to Live!: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "I, Mobster: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Lineup: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Machine Gun Kelly: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Stakeout on Dope Street: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Thunder Road: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Touch of Evil: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Underworld Beauty: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Erickson, Hal. "Al Capone: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Beast from Haunted Cave: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "Compulsion: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "Crime and Punishment, USA: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Odds Against Tomorrow: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Pickpocket: Overview - Allmovie". Retrieved May 12, 2010.
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