List of crime films of the 1950s

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A list of crime films released in the 1950s.

TitleDirectorCastCountryNotes
1950
Armored Car RobberyRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William TalmanUnited States[1]
The Asphalt JungleJohn HustonSterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James WhitmoreUnited States[2]
The Blue LampBasil DeardenJack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk BogardeUnited Kingdom[3]
The File on Thelma JordonRobert SiodmakBarbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul KellyUnited StatesCrime drama[4]
Gunman in the StreetsFrank Tuttle, Boris LewinSimone Signoret, Dane Clark, Fernand GraveyFrance[5]
House by the RiverFritz LangLouis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane WyattUnited StatesCrime drama[6]
In a Lonely PlaceNicholas RayHumphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank LovejoyUnited StatesCrime drama[7]
Kiss Tomorrow GoodbyeGordon DouglasJames Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena CarterUnited States[8]
Night and the CityJules DassinRichard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie WithersUnited Kingdom[9]
No Way OutJoseph L. MankiewiczRichard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNallyUnited StatesCrime drama[10]
Los OlvidadosLuis BuñuelAlfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela IndaMexicoJuvenile delinquency film[11]
Side StreetAnthony MannFarley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James CraigUnited States[12]
Where the Sidewalk EndsOtto PremingerDana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary MerrillUnited StatesCrime drama[13]
1951
Another Man's PoisonIrving RapperBette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn WilliamsUnited Kingdom[14]
La Città si difendePietro GermiGina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta GrecoItaly[15]
Detective StoryWilliam WylerKirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William BendixUnited StatesCrime drama[16]
The EnforcerBretaigne WindustHumphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de CorsiaUnited States[17]
The Family SecretHenry LevinJohn Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody LawranceUnited States[18]
Green Grow the RushesDerek N. TwistRoger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard BurtonUnited Kingdom[19]
He Ran All the WayJohn BerryJohn Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace FordUnited States[20]
His Kind of WomanJohn FarrowRobert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent PriceUnited States[21]
The Lavender Hill MobCharles CrichtonAlec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid JamesUnited Kingdom[22]
RashomonAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko KyōJapanCrime drama[23]
RoadblockHarold DanielsCharles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell GilmoreUnited States[24]
Strangers on a TrainAlfred HitchcockFarley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth RomanUnited StatesCrime thriller[25]
1952
Angel FaceOtto PremingerRobert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona FreemanUnited States[26]
Casque d'orJacques BeckerSimone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude DauphinFranceCrime drama[27]
Rancho NotoriousFritz LangArthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel FerrerUnited StatesCrime thriller[28]
We Are All MurderersAndré CayatteMarcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude LayduFrance
Italy		Prison film[29]
1953
The Big HeatFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn BrandoUnited States[30]
The Blue GardeniaFritz LangAnne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann SothernUnited StatesCrime drama[31]
The Hitch-HikerIda LupinoEdmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William TalmanUnited StatesCrime thriller[32]
I ConfessAlfred HitchcockMontgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl MaldenUnited StatesCrime drama[33]
Man in the DarkLew LandersEdmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de CorsiaUnited States[34]
1954
Dial M for MurderAlfred HitchcockRay Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert CummingsUnited StatesCrime thriller[35]
Human DesireFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick CrawfordUnited StatesCrime drama[36]
Jail BaitEdward D. Wood, Jr.Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Herbert RawlinsonUnited States[37]
Naked AlibiJerry HopperSterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene BarryUnited States[38]
Private Hell 36Don SiegelIda Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard DuffUnited StatesCrime drama[39]
Rogue CopRoy RowlandRobert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George RaftUnited States[40]
The Runaway BusVal GuestMargaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George CoulourisUnited KingdomCaper film[41]
SuddenlyLewis AllenFrank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James GleasonUnited States[42]
Touchez pas au grisbiJacques BeckerJean Gabin, René Dary, Paul FrankeurFrance
Italy		[43]
1955
The Big ComboJoseph H. LewisCornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian DonlevyUnited StatesGangster film[44]
Bob le flambeurJean-Pierre MelvilleRoger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel CauchyFrance[45]
The Desperate HoursWilliam WylerHumphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur KennedyUnited States[46]
King of the CarnivalFranklin AdreonFran Bennett, Robert Clarke, George de NormandUnited States[47]
The LadykillersAlexander MacKendrickAlec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert LomUnited Kingdom[48]
The Night of the HunterCharles LaughtonRobert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian GishUnited StatesCrime thriller[49]
The Phenix City StoryPhil KarlsonJohn McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn GrantUnited States[50]
Razzia sur la chnoufHenri DecoinJean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali NoëlFrance[51]
RififiJules DassinJean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert ManuelFrance[52]
1956
Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFritz LangDana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney BlackmerUnited StatesCrime drama[53]
The Harder They FallMark RobsonHumphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan SterlingUnited StatesCrime drama[54]
The KillingStanley KubrickSterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie WindsorUnited States[55]
Ransom!Alex SegalGlenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie NielsenUnited States[56]
Slightly ScarletAllan DwanJohn Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda FlemingUnited States[57]
The Wrong ManAlfred HitchcockHenry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony QuayleUnited StatesCrime drama[58]
Yield to the NightJ. Lee ThompsonDiana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael CraigUnited Kingdom[59]
1957
The Adventures of Arsène LupinJacques BeckerRobert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, Daniel CeccaldiFrance
Italy		[60]
The Brothers RicoPhil KarlsonRichard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn GrantUnited States[61]
The BurglarPaul WendkosDan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha VickersUnited States[62]
Crime of PassionGerd OswaldBarbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond BurrUnited States[63]
The Devil Strikes at NightRobert SiodmakMario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes MessemerWest Germany[64]
Porte des LilasRené ClairPierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri VidalFrance
Italy		Crime drama[65]
The River's EdgeAllan DwanRay Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra PagetUnited States[66]
Speaking of MurderGilles GrangierJean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino VenturaFrance[67]
Time Without PityJoseph LoseyMichael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKernUnited KingdomCrime thriller[68]
1958
Big Deal on Madonna StreetMario MonicelliVittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia CardinaleItaly[69]
The Cry Baby KillerJus AddissHarry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn MitchellUnited States[70]
Elevator to the GallowsLouis MalleJeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges PoujoulyFrance[71]
I Want to Live!Robert WiseSusan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia VincentUnited StatesCrime drama[72]
I, MobsterRoger CormanSteve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert StraussUnited States[73]
The LineupDon SiegelEli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner AndersonUnited States[74]
Machine-Gun KellyRoger CormanCharles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey AmsterdamUnited States[75]
Stakeout on Dope StreetIrvin KershnerHerschel BernardiUnited States[76]
Thunder RoadArthur RipleyRobert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely SmithUnited States[77]
Touch of EvilOrson WellesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson WellesUnited States[78]
Underworld BeautySeijun SuzukiRajo To KenjuJapan[79]
1959
Al CaponeRichard WilsonRod Steiger, Fay Spain, James GregoryUnited States[80]
Audace colpo dei soliti ignotiNanni LoyVittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia CardinaleFrance
Italy		[80]
Beast from Haunted CaveMonte HellmanMichael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank WolffUnited StatesCrime thriller[81]
CompulsionRichard FleischerOrson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford DillmanUnited StatesCrime drama[82]
Crime & Punishment, USADenis SandersGeorge Hamilton, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Eve McVeaghUnited States[83]
The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandJohn GuillerminAldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh GriffithUnited Kingdom[84]
Odds Against TomorrowRobert WiseHarry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley WintersUnited States[85]
PickpocketRobert BressonMartin Lasalle, Marika Green, Pierre LeymarieFranceCrime drama[86]

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