List of American films of 1955
A list of American films released in 1955.
The United Artists film Marty won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1955.
A–B
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
5 Against the House |
Phil Karlson |
Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Guy Madison |
Crime |
Columbia
|
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops |
Charles Lamont |
Abbott and Costello, Mack Sennett, Lynn Bari |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy |
Charles Lamont |
Abbott and Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara |
Horror comedy |
Abbott and Costello's last Universal film
|
African Manhunt |
Seymour Friedman |
Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg |
Adventure |
Republic
|
Ain't Misbehavin' |
Edward Buzzell |
Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson |
Musical |
Universal
|
Air Strike |
Cy Roth |
Richard Denning, Gloria Jean, Don Haggerty |
Drama |
Lippert Pictures
|
All That Heaven Allows |
Douglas Sirk |
Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead |
Romance |
Universal
|
The Americano |
William Castle |
Glenn Ford, Cesar Romero, Ursula Thiess |
Western |
RKO
|
An Annapolis Story |
Don Siegel |
John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Angela |
Dennis O'Keefe |
Mara Lane, Rossano Brazzi, Dennis O'Keefe |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. Co-production with Italy
|
Apache Ambush |
Fred F. Sears |
Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Movita Castaneda |
Western |
Columbia
|
Apache Woman |
Roger Corman |
Joan Taylor, Lloyd Bridges, Lance Fuller |
Western |
AIP
|
Artists and Models |
Frank Tashlin |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone |
Comedy |
Paramount; 14th Martin and Lewis film
|
At Gunpoint |
Alfred L. Werker |
Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Bad Day at Black Rock |
John Sturges |
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan |
Western Drama |
MGM; 3 Oscar nominations; based on story Bad Day at Hondo
|
Battle Cry |
Raoul Walsh |
Van Heflin, Aldo Ray Mona Freeman, Tab Hunter |
War |
Warner Bros.; based on the Leon Uris novel
|
Battle Taxi |
Herbert L. Strock |
Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson |
War drama |
United Artists
|
Bedevilled |
Mitchell Leisen |
Anne Baxter, Steve Forrest, Simone Renant |
Crime |
MGM
|
Bengazi |
John Brahm |
Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen, Mala Powers |
Adventure |
RKO
|
The Big Bluff |
Lee Wilder |
Martha Vickers, John Bromfield, Robert Hutton |
Crime |
United Artists
|
The Big Combo |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
|
Big House, U.S.A. |
Howard W. Koch |
Broderick Crawford, William Talman, Charles Bronson |
Crime |
United Artists
|
The Big Knife |
Robert Aldrich |
Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters |
Drama |
United Artists; story by Clifford Odets
|
Blackboard Jungle |
Richard Brooks |
Glenn Ford, Louis Calhern, Anne Francis |
Drama |
MGM; 4 Oscar nominations
|
Blood Alley |
William A. Wellman |
John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Anita Ekberg |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
Bowery to Bagdad |
Edward Bernds |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Eric Blore |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Bride of the Monster |
Ed Wood |
Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Loretta King |
Science fiction |
Independent
|
Bring Your Smile Along |
Blake Edwards |
Frankie Laine, Constance Towers, Keefe Brasselle |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
A Bullet for Joey |
Lewis Allen |
Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
C–D
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Canyon Crossroads |
Alfred L. Werker |
Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk, Stephen Elliott |
Western |
United Artists
|
Captain Lightfoot |
Douglas Sirk |
Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow |
Period drama |
Universal
|
Carolina Cannonball |
Charles Lamont |
Judy Canova, Andy Clyde, Sig Ruman |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Cell 2455, Death Row
|
Fred F. Sears
|
William Campbell, Kathryn Crosby, Vince Edwards
|
Film noir
|
Columbia
|
Chicago Syndicate |
Fred F. Sears |
Dennis O'Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Chief Crazy Horse |
George Sherman |
Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund |
Western |
Universal
|
City of Shadows |
William Witney |
Victor McLaglen, Kathleen Crowley, Anthony Caruso |
Crime drama |
Republic
|
The Cobweb |
Vincente Minnelli |
Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer |
Drama |
MGM
|
Conquest of Space |
Byron Haskin |
Walter Brooke, Mickey Shaughnessy, Eric Fleming |
Sci-fi |
Paramount
|
Count Three and Pray |
George Sherman |
Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell |
Otto Preminger |
Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Montgomery |
Drama, Biography |
Warner Bros.
|
Crashout |
Lewis R. Foster |
William Bendix, William Talman, Arthur Kennedy |
Film noir |
|
Creature with the Atom Brain |
Edward L. Cahn |
Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, Michael Granger |
Sci-fi |
Columbia
|
The Crooked Web |
Nathan Juran |
Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Cross Channel |
R. G. Springsteen |
Wayne Morris, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Allen |
Crime |
Republic
|
Cult of the Cobra |
Francis D. Lyon |
Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson |
Sci-fi |
Universal
|
Daddy Long Legs |
Jean Negulesco |
Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
The Dark Avenger |
Henry Levin |
Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Yvonne Furneaux |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
Day the World Ended |
Roger Corman |
Richard Denning, Adele Jergens |
Sci-fi |
AIP
|
Desert Sands |
Lesley Selander |
Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
The Desperate Hours |
William Wyler |
Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Gig Young, Martha Scott |
Film noir |
Paramount; remade in 1990
|
Devil Goddess |
Spencer G. Bennet |
Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, William Tannen |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
Dial Red O |
Daniel B. Ullman |
Bill Elliott, Helene Stanley, Keith Larsen |
Crime |
Allied Artists
|
Double Jeopardy |
R. G. Springsteen |
Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes |
Drama |
Republic
|
Duel on the Mississippi |
William Castle |
Lex Barker, Patricia Medina, Craig Stevens |
Western |
Columbia
|
E–H
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
East of Eden |
Elia Kazan |
Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey |
Drama |
Warner Bros. Based on John Steinbeck novel; Oscar for Van Fleet
|
The End of the Affair |
Edward Dmytryk |
Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills |
Drama |
Columbia. Based on Graham Greene novel; remade in 1999
|
Escape to Burma |
Allan Dwan |
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar |
Adventure |
RKO
|
The Eternal Sea |
John H. Auer |
Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Dean Jagger |
War |
Republic
|
The Far Country |
Anthony Mann |
James Stewart, Walter Brennan, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet |
Western |
Universal
|
The Far Horizons |
Rudolph Maté |
Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed |
Western |
Paramount
|
Female Jungle |
Bruno VeSota |
Lawrence Tierney, Kathleen Crowley, Jayne Mansfield |
Film noir |
AIP
|
Female on the Beach |
Joseph Pevney |
Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling |
Film noir |
Universal
|
The Fighting Chance |
William Witney |
Julie London, Rod Cameron, Taylor Holmes |
Drama |
Republic
|
Finger Man |
Harold D. Schuster |
Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
|
Fort Yuma |
Lesley Selander |
Peter Graves, Joan Vohs, John Hudson |
Western |
United Artists
|
Foxfire |
Joseph Pevney |
Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea |
Drama |
Universal
|
Francis in the Navy |
Arthur Lubin |
Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Clint Eastwood |
Comedy |
Universal; 6th of series
|
The Gamma People |
John Gilling |
Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips |
Sci-fi |
Columbia
|
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes |
Richard Sale |
Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young |
Musical |
United Artists
|
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing |
Richard Fleischer |
Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Girl Rush |
Robert Pirosh |
Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Glass Slipper |
Charles Walters |
Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Elsa Lanchester |
Musical |
MGM
|
Good Morning, Miss Dove |
Henry Koster |
Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Robert Douglas |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Gun That Won the West |
William Castle |
Dennis Morgan, Paula Raymond, Richard Denning |
Western |
Columbia
|
Guys and Dolls |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine |
Musical |
MGM; based on 1950 stage musical; 4 Oscar nominations
|
Headline Hunters |
William Witney |
Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper |
Crime |
Republic
|
Hell's Horizon |
Tom Gries |
John Ireland, Marla English, Hugh Beaumont |
War |
Columbia
|
Hell's Island |
Phil Karlson |
John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan |
Film noir |
Paramount Pictures
|
High Society |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Amanda Blake |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Hit the Deck |
Roy Rowland |
Ann Miller, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin |
Musical |
MGM; based on 1927 stage musical
|
Hold Back Tomorrow |
Hugo Haas |
John Agar, Cleo Moore, Frank DeKova |
Drama |
Universal
|
House of Bamboo |
Samuel Fuller |
Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
How to Be Very, Very Popular |
Nunnally Johnson |
Betty Grable, Sheree North, Bob Cummings |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox; final film role for Grable
|
I–L
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
I Cover the Underworld |
R. G. Springsteen |
Sean McClory, Joanne Jordan, Ray Middleton |
Crime |
Republic
|
I Died a Thousand Times |
Stuart Heisler |
Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros. Remake of High Sierra
|
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
Daniel Mann |
Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert |
Drama |
MGM
|
Illegal |
Lewis Allen |
Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Jayne Mansfield |
Film noir |
Warner Bros.
|
The Indian Fighter |
Andre DeToth |
Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau |
Western |
United Artists
|
Interrupted Melody |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore |
Drama |
MGM
|
It Came from Beneath the Sea |
Robert Gordon |
Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis |
Science fiction |
Columbia
|
It's Always Fair Weather |
Gene Kelly |
Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd |
Musical |
MGM; 2 Oscar nominations
|
It's a Dog's Life |
Herman Hoffman |
Edmund Gwenn, Dean Jagger, Jarma Lewis |
Drama |
MGM
|
Jail Busters |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Barton MacLane |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
Joe MacBeth |
Ken Hughes |
Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Bonar Colleano |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Jump into Hell |
David Butler |
Kurt Kasznar, Patricia Blair, Peter van Eyck |
War |
Warner Bros.
|
Jungle Moon Men |
Charles S. Gould |
Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Myron Healey |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
Jupiter's Darling |
George Sidney |
Esther Williams, Howard Keel, George Sanders |
Musical |
MGM
|
The Kentuckian |
Burt Lancaster |
Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Kentucky Rifle |
Carl K. Hittleman |
Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, Lance Fuller |
Western |
Independent
|
Killer's Kiss |
Stanley Kubrick |
Frank Silvera, Irene Kane, Felice Orlandi |
Drama |
United Artists
|
The King's Thief |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Ann Blyth, David Niven, George Sanders |
Adventure |
MGM
|
Kismet |
Vincente Minnelli |
Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray |
Musical |
MGM
|
Kiss Me Deadly |
Robert Aldrich |
Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Gaby Rodgers, Cloris Leachman |
Film noir |
United Artists; from Mickey Spillane novel
|
Kiss of Fire |
Joseph M. Newman |
Jack Palance, Barbara Rush, Martha Hyer |
Western |
Universal
|
Lady and the Tramp |
Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson |
Peggy Lee, Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts |
Animation |
Disney
|
Lady Godiva of Coventry |
Arthur Lubin |
Maureen O'Hara, George Nader, Victor McLaglen |
Historical |
Universal
|
Land of the Pharaohs |
Howard Hawks |
Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
Las Vegas Shakedown |
Sidney Salkow |
Dennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger |
Crime |
Allied Artists
|
The Last Command |
Frank Lloyd |
Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Ernest Borgnine |
War western |
Republic
|
The Last Frontier |
Anthony Mann |
Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft |
Western |
Columbia
|
A Lawless Street |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson |
Western |
Columbia
|
Lay That Rifle Down |
Charles Lamont |
Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Richard Deacon |
Comedy |
Republic
|
The Left Hand of God |
Edward Dmytryk |
Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
A Life at Stake |
Paul Guilfoyle |
Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglas Dumbrille |
Film noir |
Independent
|
A Life in the Balance |
Harry Horner |
Ricardo Montalbán, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
The Long Gray Line |
John Ford |
Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Looters |
Abner Biberman |
Rory Calhoun, Julie Adams, Ray Danton |
Western |
Universal
|
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
Henry King |
Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Torin Thatcher |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Love Me or Leave Me |
Charles Vidor |
Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell |
Musical biography |
MGM; story of Ruth Etting; 8 Oscar nominations
|
Lucy Gallant |
Robert Parrish |
Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor |
Drama |
Paramount
|
M–N
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki |
Lee Sholem |
Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson |
Comedy |
Universal 7th of series
|
Magic Fire |
William Dieterle |
Alan Badel, Valentina Cortese, Rita Gam, Yvonne De Carlo |
Biography |
story of Richard Wagner
|
The Magnificent Matador |
Budd Boetticher |
Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Richard Denning, Lola Albright |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Mambo |
Robert Rossen |
Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Shelley Winters |
Drama |
Paramount. Co-produced with Italy
|
A Man Alone |
Ray Milland |
Ray Milland, Mary Murphy, Raymond Burr |
Western |
Republic
|
A Man Called Peter |
Henry Koster |
Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Jill Esmond |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
The Man from Bitter Ridge |
Jack Arnold |
Mara Corday, Lex Barker, Stephen McNally |
Western |
Universal
|
The Man from Laramie |
Anthony Mann |
James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Cathy O'Donnell |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Man with the Golden Arm |
Otto Preminger |
Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak |
Drama |
United Artists; from Nelson Algren novel; 3 Oscar nominations
|
Man with the Gun |
Richard Wilson |
Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe |
Western |
United Artists
|
Man Without a Star |
King Vidor |
Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, Richard Boone |
Western |
Universal
|
Many Rivers to Cross |
Roy Rowland |
Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen |
Western |
MGM
|
The Marauders |
Gerald Mayer |
Dan Duryea, Keenan Wynn, Jarma Lewis |
Western |
MGM
|
Marty |
Delbert Mann |
Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Karen Steele |
Drama |
United Artists. Based on teleplay; Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Actor
|
The McConnell Story |
Gordon Douglas |
Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore |
Biography |
Warner Bros.
|
Mister Roberts |
John Ford |
Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, William Powell |
War |
Warner Bros. Oscar for Lemmon; based on 1946 novel and 1948 play
|
Moonfleet |
Fritz Lang |
George Sanders, Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood |
Drama |
MGM
|
Murder Is My Beat |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Barbara Payton, Paul Langton, Robert Shayne |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
|
My Sister Eileen |
Richard Quine |
Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh |
Musical |
Columbia; Remake of 1942 film
|
The Naked Dawn |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Arthur Kennedy, Betta St. John, Eugene Iglesias |
Western |
Universal
|
The Naked Street |
Maxwell Shane |
Farley Granger, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Quinn |
Drama |
United Artists
|
New Orleans Uncensored |
William Castle |
Beverly Garland, Arthur Franz, Helene Stanton |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
New York Confidential |
Russell Rouse |
Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, |
Film noir |
Warner Bros.
|
The Night Holds Terror |
Andrew L. Stone |
Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, Hildy Parks |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Night of the Hunter |
Charles Laughton |
Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish |
Suspense |
United Artists; based on novel by Davis Grubb
|
No Man's Woman |
Franklin Adreon |
Marie Windsor, John Archer, Patric Knowles |
Crime |
Republic
|
No Place to Hide |
Josef Shaftel |
Marsha Hunt, David Brian |
Thriller |
Allied Artists
|
Not as a Stranger |
Stanley Kramer |
Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra |
Drama |
United Artists
|
O–R
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Oklahoma! |
Fred Zinnemann |
Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame |
Musical |
RKO. Based on stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein; 4 Oscar nominations
|
One Desire |
Jerry Hopper |
Anne Baxter, Rock Hudson, Julie Adams |
Romantic drama |
Universal
|
Outlaw Treasure |
Oliver Drake |
Adele Jergens, Johnny Carpenter, Glenn Langan |
Western |
AIP
|
Paris Follies of 1956 |
Leslie Goodwins |
Forrest Tucker, Margaret Whiting, Martha Hyer |
Musical |
Allied Artists
|
Pearl of the South Pacific |
Allan Dwan |
Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Pete Kelly's Blues |
Jack Webb |
Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues |
Dan Milner |
Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen |
Science fiction |
AIP
|
The Phenix City Story |
Phil Karlson |
John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Picnic |
Joshua Logan |
William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Rosalind Russell |
Drama |
Columbia; based on play by William Inge; 6 Oscar nominations
|
Pirates of Tripoli |
Felix E. Feist |
Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Paul Newlan |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
Prince of Players |
Philip Dunne |
Richard Burton, John Derek, Raymond Massey |
Historical |
20th Century Fox
|
The Private War of Major Benson |
Jerry Hopper |
Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, William Demarest |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Prodigal |
Richard Thorpe |
Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Purple Mask |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Angela Lansbury |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Queen Bee |
Ranald MacDougall |
Joan Crawford, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Racers |
Henry Hathaway |
Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland |
Sports drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Rage at Dawn |
Tim Whelan |
Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers |
Western |
RKO
|
The Rains of Ranchipur |
Jean Negulesco |
Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, Michael Rennie |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; remake of 1939 film The Rains Came
|
Rebel Without a Cause |
Nicholas Ray |
James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; 3 Oscar nominations
|
Revenge of the Creature |
Jack Arnold |
John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
The Road to Denver |
Joseph Kane |
John Payne, Mona Freeman, Lee J. Cobb |
Western |
Republic
|
Robbers' Roost |
Sidney Salkow |
Richard Boone, George Montgomery, Bruce Bennett |
Western |
United Artists
|
The Rose Tattoo |
Daniel Mann |
Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan |
Drama |
Paramount. From Tennessee Williams play; Oscar for Magnani; 8 nominations
|
Run for Cover |
Nicholas Ray |
James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek |
Western |
Paramount
|
Running Wild |
Abner Biberman |
William Campbell, Mamie van Doren, Keenan Wynn, Kathleen Case |
Film noir |
Universal
|
S–T
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Sabaka |
Frank Ferrin |
Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, June Foray |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Santa Fe Passage |
William Witney |
John Payne, Faith Domergue, Rod Cameron |
Western |
Republic
|
The Scarlet Coat |
John Sturges |
Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, Anne Francis |
Historical |
MGM
|
The Sea Chase |
John Farrow |
Lana Turner, John Wayne, David Farrar |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
The Second Greatest Sex |
George Marshall |
Jeanne Crain, Kitty Kallen, Mamie van Doren, Kathleen Case |
Western |
Universal
|
Seminole Uprising |
Earl Bellamy |
George Montgomery, Karin Booth, William Fawcett |
War western |
Columbia
|
Seven Angry Men |
Charles Marquis Warren |
Raymond Massey, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
Seven Cities of Gold |
Robert D. Webb |
Richard Egan, Jeffrey Hunter, Rita Moreno |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
The Seven Little Foys |
Melville Shavelson |
Bob Hope, James Cagney, Milly Vitale |
Comedy biography |
Paramount; story of Eddie Foy
|
The Seven Year Itch |
Billy Wilder |
Tom Ewell, Marilyn Monroe, Evelyn Keyes |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox; based on 1952 play
|
Shack Out on 101 |
Edward Dein |
Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
|
Shotgun |
Lesley Selander |
Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo, Zachary Scott |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
The Shrike |
José Ferrer |
José Ferrer, June Allyson, Joy Page |
Drama |
Universal
|
Sincerely Yours |
Gordon Douglas |
Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Six Bridges to Cross |
Joseph Pevney |
Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Smoke Signal |
Jerry Hopper |
Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason |
Western |
Universal
|
So This Is Paris |
Richard Quine |
Tony Curtis, Gloria DeHaven, Corinne Calvet |
Musical |
Universal
|
Soldier of Fortune |
Edward Dmytryk |
Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
Son of Sinbad |
Ted Tetzlaff |
Dale Robertson, Sally Forrest, Vincent Price |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Special Delivery |
John Brahm |
Joseph Cotten, Eva Bartok, René Deltgen |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
The Spoilers |
Jesse Hibbs |
Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun |
Western |
Universal; Remake of 1942 film
|
Spy Chasers |
Edward Bernds |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Sig Ruman |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
The Square Jungle |
Jerry Hopper |
Tony Curtis, Patricia Crowley, Ernest Borgnine |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Storm Fear |
Cornel Wilde |
Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Lee Grant |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
Strange Lady in Town |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Greer Garson, Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitchell |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Stranger on Horseback |
Jacques Tourneur |
Joel McCrea, Miroslava Stern, Nancy Gates |
Western |
United Artists
|
Strategic Air Command |
Anthony Mann |
James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Sudden Danger |
Hubert Cornfield |
Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, Tom Drake |
Suspense |
Allied Artists
|
Summertime |
David Lean |
Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Isa Miranda |
Drama |
United Artists; 2 Oscar nominations
|
Swamp Women |
Roger Corman |
Beverly Garland, Marie Windsor, Carole Mathews |
Science fiction |
Woolner
|
Tall Man Riding |
Lesley Selander |
Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, Peggie Castle |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
The Tall Men |
Raoul Walsh |
Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Tarantula |
Jack Arnold |
Leo G. Carroll, John Agar, Mara Corday |
Science fiction |
Universal
|
Target Zero |
Harmon Jones |
Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle |
Harold D. Schuster |
Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter van Eyck |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Teen-Age Crime Wave |
Fred F. Sears |
Sue England, Tommy Cook, James Bell |
Crime |
Columbia
|
The Tender Trap |
Charles Walters |
Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Celeste Holm |
Romantic comedy |
MGM; based on the 1954 play
|
Tennessee's Partner |
Allan Dwan |
John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming |
Western |
RKO
|
Ten Wanted Men |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone |
Western |
Columbia
|
Texas Lady |
Tim Whelan |
Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins |
Western |
RKO
|
This Island Earth |
Joseph M. Newman |
Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue |
Science fiction |
Universal; inspired Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
|
Three for the Show |
H. C. Potter |
Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion |
Musical |
Columbia
|
Three Stripes in the Sun |
Richard Murphy |
Aldo Ray, Philip Carey, Dick York |
War |
Columbia
|
Tight Spot |
Phil Karlson |
Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Timberjack |
Joseph Kane |
Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston, Adolphe Menjou |
Western |
Republic
|
To Catch a Thief |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, John Williams |
Suspense |
Paramount; 3 Oscar nominations
|
To Hell and Back |
Jesse Hibbs |
Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake |
Biographical |
Universal
|
Top Gun |
Ray Nazarro |
Sterling Hayden, Karin Booth, William Bishop |
Western |
United Artists
|
Top of the World |
Lewis R. Foster |
Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Toughest Man Alive |
Sidney Salkow |
Dane Clark, Lita Milan, Anthony Caruso |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
The Treasure of Pancho Villa |
George Sherman |
Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters, Gilbert Roland |
Western |
RKO
|
Treasure of Ruby Hills |
Frank McDonald |
Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews, Barton MacLane |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Trial |
Mark Robson |
Glenn Ford, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Trouble with Harry |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, Jerry Mathers |
Comedy |
Paramount; first film for MacLaine
|
The Twinkle in God's Eye |
George Blair |
Mickey Rooney, Coleen Gray, Hugh O'Brian |
Western |
Republic
|
U–Z
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Unchained |
Hall Bartlett |
Barbara Hale, Elroy Hirsch, Chester Morris |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Underwater! |
John Sturges |
Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Gilbert Rowland |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Untamed |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
The Violent Men |
Rudolph Mate |
Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Vanishing American |
Joseph Kane |
Audrey Totter, Scott Brady, Forrest Tucker |
Western |
Republic; Remake of 1925 film
|
The View from Pompey's Head |
Philip Dunne |
Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Violent Saturday |
Richard Fleischer |
Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin |
Crime |
20th Century Fox
|
The Virgin Queen |
Henry Koster |
Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins |
Historical |
20th Century Fox
|
We're No Angels |
Michael Curtiz |
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
White Feather |
Robert D. Webb |
Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, John Lund |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Wichita |
Jacques Tourneur |
Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
Wiretapper |
Dick Ross |
Bill Williams, Douglas Kennedy, Stanley Clements |
Western |
Independent
|
Women's Prison |
Lewis Seiler |
Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Howard Duff |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
Yellowneck |
R. John Hugh |
Lin McCarthy |
Drama |
Republic
|
You're Never Too Young |
Norman Taurog |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn |
Comedy |
13th Martin and Lewis film; Paramount
|
Documentaries
Serials
See also
External links
American films of the 1950s |
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