List of crime films of the 1950s explained

This is a list of crime films released in the 1950s.

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
	1950
Armored Car Robbery	Richard Fleischer	Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman	United States	^[1]
The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston		United States	^[2]
The Blue Lamp	Basil Dearden	Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde		^[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, Boris Lewin		France	^[5]
House by the River	Fritz Lang	Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt	United States	Crime drama^[6]
Black Hand	Richard Thorpe	Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli,	United States	Crime drama^[7]
In a Lonely Place	Nicholas Ray		United States	Crime drama^[8]
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	Gordon Douglas	James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter	United States	^[9]
Night and the City	Jules Dassin	Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers	United Kingdom	^[10]
No Way Out	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally	United States	Crime drama^[11]
Los Olvidados	Luis Buñuel	Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda	Mexico	Juvenile delinquency film^[12]
Side Street	Anthony Mann	Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig	United States	^[13]
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Otto Preminger	Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill	United States	Crime drama^[14]
	1951
Another Man's Poison	Irving Rapper	Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams	United Kingdom	^[15]
La Città si difende	Pietro Germi	Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta Greco	Italy	^[16]
Detective Story	William Wyler	Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix	United States	Crime drama^[17]
The Enforcer	Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh	Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia	United States	^[18]
The Family Secret	Henry Levin	John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance	United States	^[19]
Green Grow the Rushes	Derek N. Twist	Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton	United Kingdom	^[20]
He Ran All the Way	John Berry	John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford	United States	^[21]
His Kind of Woman	John Farrow	Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price	United States	^[22]
The Lavender Hill Mob	Charles Crichton	Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James	United Kingdom	^[23]
Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō	Japan	Crime drama^[24]
Roadblock	Harold Daniels	Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore	United States	^[25]
Strangers on a Train	Alfred Hitchcock	Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman	United States	Crime thriller^[26]
	1952
Angel Face	Otto Preminger	Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman	United States	^[27]
Casque d'or	Jacques Becker	Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin	France	Crime drama^[28]
Rancho Notorious	Fritz Lang	Arthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer	United States	Crime thriller^[29]
We Are All Murderers	André Cayatte	Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude Laydu	France Italy	Prison film^[30]
	1953
The Big Heat	Fritz Lang	Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando	United States	^[31]
The Blue Gardenia	Fritz Lang	Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern	United States	Crime drama^[32]
The Hitch-Hiker	Ida Lupino	Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman	United States	Crime thriller^[33]
I Confess	Alfred Hitchcock	Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden	United States	Crime drama^[34]
Man in the Dark	Lew Landers	Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia	United States	^[35]
	1954
Dial M for Murder	Alfred Hitchcock	Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings	United States	Crime thriller^[36]
Human Desire	Fritz Lang	Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford	United States	Crime drama^[37]
Jail Bait	Edward D. Wood, Jr.	Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Herbert Rawlinson	United States	^[38]
Naked Alibi	Jerry Hopper	Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry	United States	^[39]
Private Hell 36	Don Siegel	Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff	United States	Crime drama^[40]
Rogue Cop	Roy Rowland	Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft	United States	^[41]
The Runaway Bus	Val Guest	Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris	United Kingdom	Caper film^[42]
Suddenly	Lewis Allen	Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason	United States	^[43]
Touchez pas au grisbi	Jacques Becker	Jean Gabin, René Dary, Paul Frankeur	France Italy	^[44]
	1955
The Big Combo	Joseph H. Lewis	Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy	United States	Gangster film^[45]
Bob le flambeur	Jean-Pierre Melville	Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy	France	^[46]
The Desperate Hours	William Wyler		United States	^[47]
King of the Carnival	Franklin Adreon	Fran Bennett, Robert Clarke, George de Normand	United States	^[48]
The Ladykillers	Alexander MacKendrick	Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom	United Kingdom	^[49]
The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish	United States	Crime thriller^[50]
The Phenix City Story	Phil Karlson	John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant	United States	^[51]
Razzia sur la chnouf	Henri Decoin	Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali Noël	France	^[52]
Rififi	Jules Dassin	Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel	France	^[53]
	1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Fritz Lang	Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer	United States	Crime drama^[54]
The Harder They Fall	Mark Robson	Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling	United States	Crime drama^[55]
The Killing	Stanley Kubrick	Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor	United States	^[56]
Ransom!	Alex Segal	Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen	United States	^[57]
Slightly Scarlet	Allan Dwan	John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda Fleming	United States	^[58]
The Wrong Man	Alfred Hitchcock		United States	Crime drama^[59]
Yield to the Night	J. Lee Thompson	Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig	United Kingdom	^[60]
	1957
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin	Jacques Becker	Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, Daniel Ceccaldi	France Italy	^[61]
The Brothers Rico	Phil Karlson	Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant	United States	^[62]
The Burglar	Paul Wendkos	Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers	United States	^[63]
Crime of Passion	Gerd Oswald	Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr	United States	^[64]
The Devil Strikes at Night	Robert Siodmak	Mario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes Messemer	West Germany	^[65]
Porte des Lilas	René Clair	Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal	France Italy	Crime drama^[66]
The River's Edge	Allan Dwan	Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget	United States	^[67]
Speaking of Murder	Gilles Grangier	Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura	France	^[68]
Time Without Pity	Joseph Losey	Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern	United Kingdom	Crime thriller^[69]
	1958
Big Deal on Madonna Street	Mario Monicelli	Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale	Italy	^[70]
The Cry Baby Killer	Jus Addiss	Harry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn Mitchell	United States	^[71]
Elevator to the Gallows	Louis Malle	Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly	France	^[72]
I Want to Live!	Robert Wise		United States	Crime drama^[73]
I, Mobster	Roger Corman		United States	^[74]
The Lineup	Don Siegel	Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson	United States	^[75]
Machine-Gun Kelly	Roger Corman	Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam	United States	^[76]
Stakeout on Dope Street	Irvin Kershner	Herschel Bernardi	United States	^[77]
Thunder Road	Arthur Ripley	Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith	United States	^[78]
Touch of Evil	Orson Welles	Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles	United States	^[79]
Underworld Beauty	Seijun Suzuki	Rajo To Kenju	Japan	^[80]
	1959
Al Capone	Richard Wilson	Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory	United States	^[81]
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti	Nanni Loy	Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale	France Italy
Beast from Haunted Cave	Monte Hellman	Michael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank Wolff	United States	Crime thriller^[82]
Compulsion	Richard Fleischer	Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman	United States	Crime drama^[83]
Crime & Punishment, USA	Denis Sanders	George Hamilton, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Eve McVeagh	United States	^[84]
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England	John Guillermin	Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh Griffith	United Kingdom	^[85]
Odds Against Tomorrow	Robert Wise		United States	^[86]
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson	Martin Lasalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie	France	Crime drama^[87]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armored Car Robbery: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
2. Web site: The Asphalt Jungle: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
3. Web site: The Blue Lamp: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
4. Web site: The File on Thelma Jordon: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
5. Web site: Gunman in the Streets: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
6. Web site: House by the River: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
7. Web site: In a Lonely Place: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
8. Web site: In a Lonely Place: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
9. Web site: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
10. Web site: Night and the City: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Press, Steve.
11. Web site: No Way Out: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
12. Web site: Los Olvidados: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
13. Web site: Side Street: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
14. Web site: Where the Sidewalk Ends: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
15. Web site: Another Man's Poison: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
16. Web site: La Citta si difende: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
17. Web site: Detective Story: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
18. Web site: The Enforcer: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
19. Web site: The Family Secret: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Brennan, Sandra.
20. Web site: Green Grow the Rushes: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
21. Web site: He Ran All the Way: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
22. Web site: His Kind of Woman: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Rasmussen, Linda.
23. Web site: The Lavender Hill Mob: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Brenner, Paul.
24. Web site: Rashomon: Overview - Allmovie. Allmovie. April 18, 2010. Crow, Jonathan.
25. Web site: Roadblock: Overview - Allmovie. April 26, 2010. Wollstein, Hans J..
26. Web site: Strangers on a Train: Overview - Allmovie. April 26, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
27. Web site: Angel Face: Overview - Allmovie. April 26, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
28. Web site: Casque d'or: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
29. Web site: Rancho Notorious: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
30. Web site: We Are All Murderers: Overview - Allmovie. July 2, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
31. Web site: The Big Heat: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Deming, Mark.
32. Web site: The Blue Gardenia: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Press, Steve.
33. Web site: The Hitch-Hiker: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Hobart, Tana.
34. Web site: I Confess: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
35. Web site: Man in the Dark: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
36. Web site: Dial M for Murder: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
37. Web site: Human Desire: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Rasmussen, Linda.
38. Web site: Jail Bait: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
39. Web site: Naked Alibi: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
40. Web site: Private Hell 36: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
41. Web site: Rogue Cop: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
42. Web site: The Runaway Bus: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
43. Web site: Suddenly: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
44. Web site: Touchez Pas au Grisbi: Overview - Allmovie. May 11, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
45. Web site: The Big Combo: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Press, Steve.
46. Web site: Bob le Flambeur: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. German, Yuri.
47. Web site: The Desperate Hours: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
48. Web site: King of the Carnival: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Crow, Jonathan.
49. Web site: The Ladykillers: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
50. Web site: The Night of the Hunter: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
51. Web site: The Phenix City Story: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
52. Web site: Razzia Sur la Chnouf: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
53. Web site: Rififi: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Brenner, Paul.
54. Web site: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
55. Web site: The Harder They Fall: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
56. Web site: The Killing: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
57. Web site: Ransom: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
58. Web site: Slightly Scarlet: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Brennan, Sandra.
59. Web site: The Wrong Man: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
60. Web site: Yield to the Night: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
61. Web site: The Adventures of Arsène Lupin: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
62. Web site: The Brothers Rico: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
63. Web site: The Burglar: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
64. Web site: Crime of Passion: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
65. Web site: The Devil Came at Night: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
66. Web site: Porte des Lilas: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
67. Web site: The River's Edge: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Brennan, Sandra.
68. Web site: Le Rouge Est Mis: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
69. Web site: Time Without Pity: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
70. Web site: Big Deal on Madonna Street: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Seibert, Perry.
71. Web site: The Cry Baby Killer: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Brennan, Sandra.
72. Web site: Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Rasmussen, Linda.
73. Web site: I Want to Live!: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Rasmussen, Linda.
74. Web site: I, Mobster: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Mannikka, Eleanor.
75. Web site: The Lineup: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
76. Web site: Machine Gun Kelly: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
77. Web site: Stakeout on Dope Street: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Brennan, Sandra.
78. Web site: Thunder Road: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Eder, Bruce.
79. Web site: Touch of Evil: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
80. Web site: Underworld Beauty: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Firsching, Robert.
81. Web site: Al Capone: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.
82. Web site: Beast from Haunted Cave: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Binion, Cavett.
83. Web site: Compulsion: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Rasmussen, Linda.
84. Web site: Crime and Punishment, USA: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Rasmussen, Linda.
85. Web site: The Day They Robbed the Bank of England: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Mannikka, Eleanor.
86. Web site: Odds Against Tomorrow: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Deming, Mark.
87. Web site: Pickpocket: Overview - Allmovie. May 12, 2010. Erickson, Hal.