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American films released in 1954
Poster for Dial M for Murder directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Eva Marie Saint as Edie Doyle and Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront
A list of American films released in 1954.
On the Waterfront won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| 3 Ring Circus |
Joseph Pevney |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joanne Dru |
Musical comedy |
Paramount
|
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
Richard Fleischer |
Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre |
Adventure |
Disney; based on the novel by Jules Verne; winner of 2 Academy Awards
|
| About Mrs. Leslie |
Daniel Mann |
Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| The Adventures of Hajji Baba |
Don Weis |
John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Rosemarie Bowe |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Alaska Seas |
Jerry Hopper |
Robert Ryan, Brian Keith, Jan Sterling |
Crime |
Paramount
|
| Apache |
Robert Aldrich |
Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles Bronson |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Arrow in the Dust |
Lesley Selander |
Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Keith Larsen |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| Athena |
Richard Thorpe |
Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson |
Musical |
MGM
|
| The Atomic Kid |
Leslie H. Martinson |
Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss, Elaine Devry |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Bait |
Hugo Haas |
Cleo Moore, John Agar, John Agar |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| The Bamboo Prison |
Lewis Seiler |
Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith |
War drama |
Columbia[1]
|
| The Barefoot Contessa |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Rossano Brazzi, Edmond O'Brien |
Drama |
United Artists. Oscar for O'Brien
|
| The Battle of Rogue River |
William Castle |
George Montgomery, Martha Hyer, Richard Denning |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Beachhead |
Stuart Heisler |
Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy |
War |
United Artists
|
| Beau Brummell |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov |
Biography |
MGM; remake of 1924 film
|
| Beautiful Stranger |
David Miller |
Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stanley Baker |
Mystery |
United Artists
|
| Bengal Brigade |
Lazlo Benedek |
Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Betrayed |
Gottfried Reinhardt |
Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature |
Drama |
MGM
|
| The Big Chase |
Arthur Hilton |
Glenn Langan, Adele Jergens, Lon Chaney Jr. |
Crime |
Lippert
|
| Bitter Creek |
Thomas Carr |
Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, Carleton Young |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| The Black Dakotas |
Ray Nazarro |
Wanda Hendrix, Gary Merrill, John Bromfield, Fay Roope, Jay Silverheels, John War Eagle, Noah Beery Jr. |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Black Horse Canyon |
Jesse Hibbs |
Joel McCrea, Mari Blanchard, Murvyn Vye |
Western |
Universal
|
| The Black Knight |
Tay Garnett |
Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, Peter Cushing |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| The Black Pirates |
Allen H. Miner |
Anthony Dexter, Martha Roth, Lon Chaney Jr. |
Adventure |
Lippert
|
| The Black Shield of Falworth |
Rudolph Mate |
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Barbara Rush |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Black Tuesday |
Hugo Fregonese |
Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker |
Crime drama |
United Artists
|
| Black Widow |
Nunnally Johnson |
Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Bob Mathias Story |
Francis D. Lyon |
Bob Mathias, Ward Bond, Diane Jergens |
Biography |
Allied Artists
|
| Border River |
George Sherman |
Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Pedro Armendáriz |
Western |
Universal
|
| The Bounty Hunter |
Andre DeToth |
Randolph Scott, Marie Windsor, Dolores Dorn |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters |
Edward Bernds |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
| The Boy from Oklahoma |
Michael Curtiz |
Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Anthony Caruso |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
Mark Robson |
William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney |
War |
Paramount; Oscar for Best Visual Effects
|
| Brigadoon |
Vincente Minnelli |
Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse |
Musical |
MGM; 3 Oscar nominations
|
| Bright Road |
Gerald Mayer |
Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Barbara Randolph |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Broken Lance |
Edward Dmytryk |
Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado |
Western |
20th Century Fox; won Oscar for Best Story
|
| A Bullet Is Waiting |
John Farrow |
Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun, Brian Aherne |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
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| The Caine Mutiny |
Edward Dmytryk |
Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson |
War, Drama |
Columbia; based on Herman Wouk novel; 7 Oscar nominations
|
| Cannibal Attack |
Lee Sholem |
Johnny Weissmuller, David Bruce, Bruce Cowling |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl |
Lew Landers |
Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, Alan Hale Jr. |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Carmen Jones |
Otto Preminger |
Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey |
Musical |
20th Century Fox; won Golden Globe
|
| Carnival Story |
Kurt Neumann |
Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Casanova's Big Night |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Basil Rathbone |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Cattle Queen of Montana |
Allan Dwan |
Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans |
Western |
RKO
|
| Charge of the Lancers |
William Castle |
Paulette Goddard, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Karin Booth |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| The Command |
David Butler |
Guy Madison, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Country Girl |
George Seaton |
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden |
Drama |
Paramount; Oscars for Kelly, screenplay
|
| Creature from the Black Lagoon |
Jack Arnold |
Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning |
Science fiction |
Universal; 2 sequels
|
| Crime Wave |
André de Toth |
Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Ted de Corsia, Phyllis Kirk |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Crossed Swords |
Milton Krims |
Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray |
Swashbuckler |
United Artists. Co-produced with Italy
|
| Cry Vengeance |
Mark Stevens |
Mark Stevens, Skip Homeier, Martha Hyer |
Crime |
Allied Artists
|
| Dangerous Mission |
Louis King |
Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix |
Thriller |
RKO
|
| Dawn at Socorro |
George Sherman |
Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, David Brian, Kathleen Hughes |
Western |
Universal
|
| Deep in My Heart |
Stanley Donen |
José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Walter Pidgeon |
Musical, Biography |
MGM; story of Sigmund Romberg
|
| Demetrius and the Gladiators |
Delmer Daves |
Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Désirée |
Henry Koster |
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon |
Historical |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Desperado |
Thomas Carr |
Wayne Morris, Beverly Garland, Jimmy Lydon |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| Destry |
George Marshall |
Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Lyle Bettger |
Western |
Universal
|
| Dial M for Murder |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson |
Suspense |
Warner Bros.; based on play by Frederick Knott
|
| Down Three Dark Streets |
Arnold Laven |
Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer |
Crime drama |
United Artists
|
| Dragnet |
Jack Webb |
Jack Webb, Richard Boone, Ann Robinson |
Film noir |
Warner Bros.
|
| Dragon's Gold |
Aubrey Wisberg |
John Archer, Hillary Brooke, Philip Van Zandt |
Crime |
United Artists
|
| Dragonfly Squadron |
Lesley Selander |
John Hodiak, Barbara Britton, Bruce Bennett |
War |
Allied Artists
|
| Drive a Crooked Road |
Richard Quine |
Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster, Kevin McCarthy |
Crime |
Columbia
|
| Drum Beat |
Delmer Daves |
Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| Drums Across the River |
Nathan H. Juran |
Audie Murphy, Lisa Gaye, Walter Brennan |
Western |
Universal
|
| Drums of Tahiti |
William Castle |
Patricia Medina, Dennis O'Keefe, Francis L. Sullivan |
Adventure
3-D |
Columbia
|
| Duffy of San Quentin |
Walter Doniger |
Joanne Dru, Louis Hayward, Maureen O'Sullivan |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The Egyptian |
Michael Curtiz |
Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox; based on the book
|
| Elephant Walk |
William Dieterle |
Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Executive Suite |
Robert Wise |
William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, June Allyson, Walter Pidgeon, |
Drama |
MGM. 4 Oscar nominations; a rare film with no music
|
| Fangs of the Wild |
William F. Claxton |
Charles Chaplin Jr., Onslow Stevens, Margia Dean |
Adventure
Western |
Lippert
|
| The Fast and the Furious
|
John Ireland
|
John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Iris Adrian
|
Crime
|
AIP
|
| Fireman Save My Child |
Leslie Goodwins |
Hugh O'Brian, Buddy Hackett, Adele Jergens |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Flame and the Flesh |
Richard Brooks |
Lana Turner, Pier Angeli, Carlos Thompson |
Drama |
MGM
|
| The Forty-Niners |
Thomas Carr |
Bill Elliott, Virginia Grey, Harry Morgan |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| Four Guns to the Border |
Richard Carlson |
Rory Calhoun, Colleen Miller, Nina Foch |
Western |
Universal
|
| Francis Joins the WACS |
Arthur Lubin |
Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, Mamie Van Doren |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The French Line |
Lloyd Bacon |
Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt |
Musical |
RKO. Made in 3D
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
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| The Gambler from Natchez |
Henry Levin |
Dale Robertson, Debra Paget, Lisa Daniels |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Garden of Evil |
Henry Hathaway |
Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Glenn Miller Story |
Anthony Mann |
James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Harry Morgan |
Biography, Musical |
Universal; 3 Oscar nominations
|
| Go Man Go |
James Wong Howe |
Dane Clark, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee |
Sports |
United Artists
|
| Gog |
Herbert L. Strock |
Richard Egan, Herbert Marshall, Constance Dowling |
Sci-fi |
United Artists
|
| The Golden Idol |
Ford Beebe |
Johnny Sheffield, Anne Kimbell, Paul Guilfoyle |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
|
| The Golden Mistress |
Abner Biberman |
John Agar, Rosemarie Bowe |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Gorilla at Large |
Harmon Jones |
Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Great Diamond Robbery |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Red Skelton, James Whitmore, Cara Williams |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Green Fire |
Andrew Marton |
Grace Kelly, Stewart Granger, Paul Douglas |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| Gypsy Colt |
Andrew Marton |
Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond, Frances Dee |
Family |
MGM
|
| Hansel and Gretel |
John Paul |
Anna Russell, Mildred Dunnock (voices) |
Animation |
RKO
|
| Hell and High Water |
Samuel Fuller |
Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Hell Below Zero |
Mark Robson |
Alan Ladd, Stanley Baker, Joan Tetzel |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Hell's Half Acre |
John H. Auer |
Evelyn Keyes, Wendell Corey, Marie Windsor |
Crime |
Republic
|
| Hell's Outpost |
Joseph Kane |
Rod Cameron, Joan Leslie, John Russell |
Drama |
Republic
|
| Her Twelve Men |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Greer Garson, Robert Ryan, Barry Sullivan |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| The High and the Mighty |
William Wellman |
John Wayne, Robert Stack, Laraine Day, Claire Trevor |
Drama |
Warner Bros. 6 Oscar nominations; won for Best Musical Score
|
| Highway Dragnet |
Nathan Juran |
Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix |
Crime drama |
Allied Artists
|
| His Majesty O'Keefe |
Byron Haskin |
Burt Lancaster, Joan Rice, André Morell |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
| Human Desire |
Fritz Lang |
Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford |
Suspense |
Columbia
|
| The Human Jungle |
Joseph M. Newman |
Gary Merrill, Jan Sterling, Regis Toomey |
Crime |
Allied Artists
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| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The Iron Glove |
William Castle |
Robert Stack, Ursula Thiess, Richard Stapley |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| It Should Happen to You |
George Cukor |
Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon |
Comedy |
Columbia. Lemmon's first film
|
| Jail Bait |
Ed Wood |
Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller, Steve Reeves |
Drama |
Independent
|
| Jesse James vs. the Daltons |
William Castle |
Brett King, Barbara Lawrence, James Griffith |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Jesse James' Women |
Don "Red" Barry |
Peggie Castle, Don "Red" Barry, Lita Baron |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Jivaro |
Edward Ludwig |
Fernando Lamas, Rhonda Fleming, Brian Keith |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Johnny Dark |
George Sherman |
Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Johnny Guitar |
Nicholas Ray |
Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge |
Western |
Republic
|
| Jubilee Trail |
Joseph Kane |
John Russell, Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker |
Western |
Republic
|
| Jungle Gents |
Edward Bernds |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Laurette Luez |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
| Jungle Man-Eaters |
Sam Katzman |
Johnny Weissmuller, Karin Booth, Richard Stapley |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Khyber Patrol |
Seymour Friedman |
Richard Egan, Dawn Addams, Raymond Burr |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Killer Leopard |
Ford Beebe |
Johnny Sheffield, Beverly Garland, Leonard Mudie |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
|
| Killers from Space |
W. Lee Wilder |
Peter Graves, James Seay, Steve Pendleton |
Sci-fi |
RKO
|
| King Richard and the Crusaders |
David Butler |
Rex Harrison, Virginia Mayo, George Sanders |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
| Knock on Wood |
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The Last Time I Saw Paris |
Richard Brooks |
Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Donna Reed |
Romance |
MGM
|
| The Law vs. Billy the Kid |
William Castle |
Scott Brady, Betta St. John, Paul Cavanagh |
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Lawless Rider |
Yakima Canutt |
Johnny Carpenter, Noel Neill, Frankie Darro |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Living It Up |
Norman Taurog |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh |
Comedy |
Paramount. 11th Martin and Lewis film
|
| The Lone Gun |
Ray Nazarro |
George Montgomery, Dorothy Malone, Frank Faylen |
Western |
United Artists
|
| The Long, Long Trailer |
Vincente Minnelli |
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| The Long Wait |
Victor Saville |
Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Peggie Castle |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Loophole |
Harold Schuster |
Barry Sullivan, Dorothy Malone, Charles McGraw |
Film noir |
Monogram
|
| Lucky Me |
Jack Donohue |
Doris Day, Phil Silvers, Robert Cummings |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
|
| Ma and Pa Kettle at Home |
Charles Lamont |
Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The Mad Magician |
John Brahm |
Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
| Make Haste to Live |
William A. Seiter |
Dorothy McGuire, Stephen McNally |
Suspense |
Republic
|
| Magnificent Obsession |
Douglas Sirk |
Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Barbara Rush |
Drama |
Universal. Remake of 1935 film; Oscar nomination for Wyman
|
| Massacre Canyon |
Fred F. Sears |
Philip Carey, Audrey Totter, Douglas Kennedy |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Masterson of Kansas |
William Castle |
George Montgomery, Nancy Gates, James Griffith |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Men of the Fighting Lady |
Andrew Marton |
Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Lovejoy |
War |
MGM
|
| The Miami Story |
Fred F. Sears |
Barry Sullivan, Luther Adler, Adele Jergens |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
| Miss Robin Crusoe |
Eugene Frenke |
Amanda Blake, George Nader |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Monster from the Ocean Floor |
Wyott Ordung |
Anne Kimbell, Stuart Wade, Inez Palange |
Science fiction |
Lippert
|
| Naked Alibi |
Jerry Hopper |
Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry |
Film noir |
Universal
|
| The Naked Jungle |
Byron Haskin |
Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| New Faces |
Harry Horner |
Ronny Graham, Eartha Kitt, Robert Clary |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Night People |
Nunnally Johnson |
Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork, Rita Gam |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
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| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| On the Waterfront |
Elia Kazan |
Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb |
Drama |
Columbia. Based on novel by Budd Schulberg; Oscars for Brando, Saint, Best Picture
|
| The Other Woman |
Hugo Haas |
Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Lucille Barkley |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Outcast |
William Witney |
John Derek, Joan Evans, Jim Davis |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Outlaw's Daughter |
Wesley Barry |
Bill Williams, Jim Davis, George Cleveland |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Outlaw Stallion |
Fred F. Sears |
Philip Carey, Dorothy Patrick, Billy Gray |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Overland Pacific |
Fred F. Sears |
Jock Mahoney, Peggie Castle, Adele Jergens |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Paris Playboys |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Steven Geray |
Comedy |
Allied Artists
|
| Passion |
Allan Dwan |
Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr |
Western |
RKO
|
| Phantom of the Rue Morgue |
Roy Del Ruth |
Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina |
Mystery |
Warner Bros.; based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe
|
| Phantom Stallion |
Harry Keller |
Rex Allen, Carla Balenda, Harry Shannon |
Western |
Republic
|
| Phffft! |
Mark Robson |
Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson |
Romantic comedy |
Columbia
|
| Playgirl |
Joseph Pevney |
Shelley Winters, Colleen Miller, Barry Sullivan |
Film noir |
Universal
|
| Port of Hell |
Harold D. Schuster |
Dane Clark, Carole Mathews, Wayne Morris |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Pride of the Blue Grass |
William Beaudine |
Lloyd Bridges, Vera Miles, Margaret Sheridan |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Prince Valiant |
Henry Hathaway |
James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox; based on the comic strip
|
| Princess of the Nile |
Harmon Jones |
Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Prisoner of War |
Andrew Marton |
Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Oscar Homolka |
War drama |
MGM
|
| Private Hell 36 |
Don Siegel |
Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Dorothy Malone |
Film noir |
Independent
|
| Pushover |
Richard Quine |
Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Philip Carey, Dorothy Malone |
Film noir |
Columbia; Novak's 1st film
|
| Racing Blood |
Wesley Barry |
Bill Williams, Jean Porter, George Cleveland |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Raid |
Hugo Fregonese |
Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Lee Marvin |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Rails Into Laramie |
Jesse Hibbs |
John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea |
Western |
Universal
|
| Rear Window |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr |
Film noir |
Universal, 4 Oscar nominations
|
| Red Garters |
George Marshall |
Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Gene Barry |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Return from the Sea |
Lesley Selander |
Jan Sterling, Neville Brand, John Doucette |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Return to Treasure Island |
Ewald André Dupont |
Tab Hunter, Dawn Addams, Porter Hall |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Rhapsody |
Charles Vidor |
Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, Louis Calhern |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Ricochet Romance |
Charles Lamont |
Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Alfonso Bedoya |
Western comedy |
Universal
|
| Ride Clear of Diablo |
Jesse Hibbs |
Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot, Russell Johnson |
Western |
Universal
|
| Riders to the Stars |
Richard Carlson |
William Lundigan, Martha Hyer, Dawn Addams |
Science fiction |
United Artists
|
| Riding Shotgun |
Andre DeToth |
Randolph Scott, Joan Weldon, Wayne Morris |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| Ring of Fear |
James Edward Grant |
Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O'Brien |
Mystery |
Warner Bros.
|
| Riot in Cell Block 11 |
Don Siegel |
Neville Brand, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon |
Film noir |
Allied Artists
|
| River of No Return |
Otto Preminger |
Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Robinson Crusoe |
Luis Buñuel |
Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba |
Adventure |
United Artists. From Daniel Defoe novel
|
| The Rocket Man |
Oscar Rudolph |
Charles Coburn, Anne Francis, Spring Byington |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Rogue Cop |
Roy Rowland |
Robert Taylor, George Raft, Janet Leigh |
Film noir |
MGM
|
| Roogie's Bump |
Harold Young |
Ruth Warrick, Olive Blakeney, Robert F. Simon |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Rose Marie |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas |
Musical, Western |
MGM; Remake of 1936 film
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| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Sabaka |
Frank Ferrin |
Boris Karloff, June Foray, Reginald Denny |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Sabrina |
Billy Wilder |
Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden |
Romantic comedy |
Paramount; 6 Oscar nominations; remade in 1995
|
| Salt of the Earth |
Herbert J. Biberman |
Rosaura Revueltas, Will Geer, David Bauer |
Drama |
Independent. Subject of One of the Hollywood Ten
|
| The Saracen Blade |
William Castle |
Ricardo Montalbán, Betta St. John, Carolyn Jones |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Saskatchewan |
Raoul Walsh |
Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
Universal
|
| Secret of the Incas |
Jerry Hopper |
Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Security Risk |
Harold D. Schuster |
John Ireland, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Donlon |
Thriller |
Allied Artists
|
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
Stanley Donen |
Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Richards, Julie Newmar, Ruta Lee |
Musical |
MGM; 5 Oscar nominations
|
| The Shanghai Story |
Frank Lloyd |
Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel |
Drama |
Republic
|
| She Couldn't Say No |
Lloyd Bacon |
Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt |
Comedy |
RKO. Bacon's final film
|
| Shield for Murder |
Edmond O'Brien |
Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Siege at Red River |
Rudolph Mate |
Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Sign of the Pagan |
Douglas Sirk |
Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Rita Gam |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Silent Raiders |
Richard Bartlett |
Richard Bartlett, Dean Fredericks |
War |
Lippert
|
| The Silver Chalice |
Victor Saville |
Paul Newman, Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; first film for Newman
|
| Silver Lode |
Allan Dwan |
Dan Duryea, John Payne, Lizabeth Scott |
Western |
RKO
|
| Sitting Bull |
Sidney Salkow |
Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
United Artists
|
| The Snow Creature |
W. Lee Wilder |
Paul Langton, Teru Shimada, William Phipps |
Science fiction |
United Artists
|
| Southwest Passage |
Ray Nazarro |
Joanne Dru, Rod Cameron, John Ireland |
Western |
United Artists
|
| A Star Is Born |
George Cukor |
Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson, Tommy Noonan |
Musical |
Warner Bros. remake of 1937 film; 6 Oscar nominations; remade in 1976
|
| The Steel Cage |
Walter Doniger |
Maureen O'Sullivan, Lawrence Tierney, Paul Kelly |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| The Student Prince |
Richard Thorpe |
Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Edmund Gwenn, Betta St. John |
Musical |
MGM; vocals by Mario Lanza; based on the operetta
|
| Suddenly |
Lewis Allen |
Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates |
Crime drama |
United Artists
|
| Susan Slept Here |
Frank Tashlin |
Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Anne Francis |
Romantic comedy |
RKO; Powell's final film
|
| Tanganyika |
André de Toth |
Van Heflin, Ruth Roman, Howard Duff |
Action |
Universal
|
| Target Earth |
Sherman A. Rose |
Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Virginia Grey |
Sci-fi |
Allied Artists
|
| Taza, Son of Cochise |
Douglas Sirk |
Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Rex Reason |
Western |
Universal
|
| Tennessee Champ |
Fred M. Wilcox |
Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Them! |
Gordon Douglas |
James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon |
Science fiction |
Warner Bros.
|
| There's No Business Like Show Business |
Walter Lang |
Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray |
Musical |
20th Century Fox; 3 Academy Award nominations
|
| They Rode West |
Phil Karlson |
Robert Francis, Donna Reed, Philip Carey, May Wynn, John War Eagle |
Western |
Columbia
|
| They Were So Young |
Kurt Neumann |
Raymond Burr, Scott Brady, Johanna Matz |
Drama |
Lippert
|
| This Is My Love |
Stuart Heisler |
Linda Darnell, Faith Domergue, Dan Duryea |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Three Coins in the Fountain |
Jean Negulesco |
Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Rossano Brazzi |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; Oscars for Cinematography and Song
|
| Three Hours to Kill |
Alfred L. Werker |
Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Three Young Texans |
Henry Levin |
Jeffrey Hunter, Keefe Brasselle, Mitzi Gaynor |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Thunder Pass |
Frank McDonald |
Dane Clark, Dorothy Patrick, Andy Devine |
Western |
Lippert
|
| Tobor the Great |
Lee Sholem |
Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Steven Geray |
Sci-fi |
Republic
|
| Top Banana |
Alfred E. Green |
Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Judy Lynn |
Musical |
United Artists. Based on stage musical
|
| Track of the Cat |
William Wellman |
Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Diana Lynn |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
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| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Untamed Heiress |
Charles Lamont |
Judy Canova, George Cleveland, George Cleveland |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Two Guns and a Badge |
Lewis D. Collins |
Wayne Morris, Beverly Garland, Morris Ankrum |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| Valley of the Kings |
Robert Pirosh |
Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Carlos Thompson |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| Vera Cruz |
Robert Aldrich |
Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Cesar Romero, Sara Montiel, Denise Darcel |
Western |
United Artists
|
| War Arrow |
George Sherman |
Maureen O'Hara, Jeff Chandler, John McIntire |
Western |
Universal
|
| White Christmas |
Michael Curtiz |
Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger |
Musical |
Paramount; title song by Irving Berlin originally in 1942's Holiday Inn
|
| The White Orchid |
Reginald Le Borg |
William Lundigan, Peggie Castle, Rosenda Monteros |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Witness to Murder |
Roy Rowland |
Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill |
Suspense |
United Artists
|
| Woman's World |
Jean Negulesco |
Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| World for Ransom |
Robert Aldrich |
Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Patric Knowles |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Wyoming Renegades |
Fred F. Sears |
Phil Carey, Gene Evans, Martha Hyer |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Yankee Pasha |
Joseph Pevney |
Rhonda Fleming, Jeff Chandler, Mamie Van Doren |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| The Yellow Mountain |
Jesse Hibbs |
Lex Barker, Mala Powers, Howard Duff |
Western |
Universal
|
| The Yellow Tomahawk |
Lesley Selander |
Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Warner Anderson |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Young at Heart |
Gordon Douglas |
Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gig Young |
Musical, Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Yukon Vengeance |
William Beaudine |
Kirby Grant, Mary Ellen Kay, Monte Hale |
Adventure |
Allied Artists
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 American films of the 1950s |
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