List of crime films of the 1950s


A list of crime films released in the 1950s.
TitleDirectorCastCountryNotes
1950----
Armored Car RobberyRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William TalmanUnited States
The Asphalt JungleJohn HustonSterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James WhitmoreUnited States
The Blue LampBasil DeardenJack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde
The File on Thelma JordonRobert SiodmakBarbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul KellyUnited StatesCrime drama
Gunman in the StreetsFrank Tuttle, Boris LewinSimone Signoret, Dane Clark, Fernand GraveyFrance
House by the RiverFritz LangLouis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane WyattUnited StatesCrime drama
In a Lonely PlaceNicholas RayHumphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank LovejoyUnited StatesCrime drama
Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeGordon DouglasJames Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena CarterUnited States
Night and the CityJules DassinRichard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie WithersUnited Kingdom
No Way OutJoseph L. MankiewiczRichard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNallyUnited StatesCrime drama
Los OlvidadosLuis BuñuelAlfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela IndaMexicoJuvenile delinquency film
Side StreetAnthony MannFarley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James CraigUnited States
Where the Sidewalk EndsOtto PremingerDana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary MerrillUnited StatesCrime drama
1951----
Another Man's PoisonIrving RapperBette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn WilliamsUnited Kingdom
La Città si difendePietro GermiGina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta GrecoItaly
Detective StoryWilliam WylerKirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William BendixUnited StatesCrime drama
The EnforcerBretaigne WindustHumphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de CorsiaUnited States
The Family SecretHenry LevinJohn Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody LawranceUnited States
Green Grow the RushesDerek N. TwistRoger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard BurtonUnited Kingdom
He Ran All the WayJohn BerryJohn Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace FordUnited States
His Kind of WomanJohn FarrowRobert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent PriceUnited States
The Lavender Hill MobCharles CrichtonAlec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid JamesUnited Kingdom
RashomonAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko KyōJapanCrime drama
RoadblockHarold DanielsCharles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell GilmoreUnited States
Strangers on a TrainAlfred HitchcockFarley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth RomanUnited StatesCrime thriller
1952----
Angel FaceOtto PremingerRobert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona FreemanUnited States
Casque d'orJacques BeckerSimone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude DauphinFranceCrime drama
Rancho NotoriousFritz LangArthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel FerrerUnited StatesCrime thriller
We Are All MurderersAndré CayatteMarcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude LayduFrance
Italy		Prison film
1953----
The Big HeatFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn BrandoUnited States
The Blue GardeniaFritz LangAnne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann SothernUnited StatesCrime drama
The Hitch-HikerIda LupinoEdmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William TalmanUnited StatesCrime thriller
I ConfessAlfred HitchcockMontgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl MaldenUnited StatesCrime drama
Man in the DarkLew LandersEdmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de CorsiaUnited States
1954----
Dial M for MurderAlfred HitchcockRay Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert CummingsUnited StatesCrime thriller
Human DesireFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick CrawfordUnited StatesCrime drama
Jail BaitEdward D. Wood, Jr.Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Herbert RawlinsonUnited States
Naked AlibiJerry HopperSterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene BarryUnited States
Private Hell 36Don SiegelIda Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard DuffUnited StatesCrime drama
Rogue CopRoy RowlandRobert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George RaftUnited States
The Runaway BusVal GuestMargaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George CoulourisUnited KingdomCaper film
SuddenlyLewis AllenFrank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James GleasonUnited States
Touchez pas au grisbiJacques BeckerJean Gabin, René Dary, Paul FrankeurFrance
Italy
1955----
The Big ComboJoseph H. LewisCornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian DonlevyUnited StatesGangster film
Bob le flambeurJean-Pierre MelvilleRoger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel CauchyFrance
The Desperate HoursWilliam WylerHumphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur KennedyUnited States
King of the CarnivalFranklin AdreonFran Bennett, Robert Clarke, George de NormandUnited States
The LadykillersAlexander MacKendrickAlec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert LomUnited Kingdom
The Night of the HunterCharles LaughtonRobert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian GishUnited StatesCrime thriller
The Phenix City StoryPhil KarlsonJohn McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn GrantUnited States
Razzia sur la chnoufHenri DecoinJean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali NoëlFrance
RififiJules DassinJean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert ManuelFrance
1956----
Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFritz LangDana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney BlackmerUnited StatesCrime drama
The Harder They FallMark RobsonHumphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan SterlingUnited StatesCrime drama
The KillingStanley KubrickSterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie WindsorUnited States
Ransom!Alex SegalGlenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie NielsenUnited States
Slightly ScarletAllan DwanJohn Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda FlemingUnited States
The Wrong ManAlfred HitchcockHenry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony QuayleUnited StatesCrime drama
Yield to the NightJ. Lee ThompsonDiana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael CraigUnited Kingdom
1957----
The Adventures of Arsène LupinJacques BeckerRobert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, Daniel CeccaldiFrance
Italy
The Brothers RicoPhil KarlsonRichard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn GrantUnited States
The BurglarPaul WendkosDan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha VickersUnited States
Crime of PassionGerd OswaldBarbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond BurrUnited States
The Devil Strikes at NightRobert SiodmakMario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes MessemerWest Germany
Porte des LilasRené ClairPierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri VidalFrance
Italy		Crime drama
The River's EdgeAllan DwanRay Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra PagetUnited States
Speaking of MurderGilles GrangierJean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino VenturaFrance
Time Without PityJoseph LoseyMichael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKernUnited KingdomCrime thriller
1958----
Big Deal on Madonna StreetMario MonicelliVittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia CardinaleItaly
The Cry Baby KillerJus AddissHarry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn MitchellUnited States
Elevator to the GallowsLouis MalleJeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges PoujoulyFrance
I Want to Live!Robert WiseSusan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia VincentUnited StatesCrime drama
I, MobsterRoger CormanSteve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert StraussUnited States
The LineupDon SiegelEli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner AndersonUnited States
Machine-Gun KellyRoger CormanCharles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey AmsterdamUnited States
Stakeout on Dope StreetIrvin KershnerHerschel BernardiUnited States
Thunder RoadArthur RipleyRobert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely SmithUnited States
Touch of EvilOrson WellesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson WellesUnited States
Underworld BeautySeijun SuzukiRajo To KenjuJapan
1959----
Al CaponeRichard WilsonRod Steiger, Fay Spain, James GregoryUnited States
Audace colpo dei soliti ignotiNanni LoyVittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia CardinaleFrance
Italy
Beast from Haunted CaveMonte HellmanMichael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank WolffUnited StatesCrime thriller
CompulsionRichard FleischerOrson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford DillmanUnited StatesCrime drama
Crime & Punishment, USADenis SandersGeorge Hamilton, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Eve McVeaghUnited States
The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandJohn GuillerminAldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh GriffithUnited Kingdom
Odds Against TomorrowRobert WiseHarry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley WintersUnited States
PickpocketRobert BressonMartin Lasalle, Marika Green, Pierre LeymarieFranceCrime drama