This is a list of crime films released in the 1950s.
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1950Armored Car RobberyRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William TalmanUnited StatesThe Asphalt JungleJohn HustonSterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore United StatesThe Blue LampBasil DeardenJack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk BogardeThe File on Thelma JordonRobert SiodmakBarbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul KellyUnited StatesCrime dramaGunman in the StreetsFrank Tuttle, Boris LewinSimone Signoret, Dane Clark, Fernand Gravey FranceHouse by the RiverFritz LangLouis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane WyattUnited StatesCrime dramaBlack HandRichard ThorpeGene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli, United StatesCrime dramaIn a Lonely PlaceNicholas RayHumphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy United StatesCrime dramaKiss Tomorrow GoodbyeGordon DouglasJames Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena CarterUnited StatesNight and the CityJules DassinRichard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie WithersUnited KingdomNo Way OutJoseph L. MankiewiczRichard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNallyUnited StatesCrime dramaLos OlvidadosLuis BuñuelAlfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela IndaMexicoJuvenile delinquency filmSide StreetAnthony MannFarley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James CraigUnited StatesWhere the Sidewalk EndsOtto PremingerDana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary MerrillUnited StatesCrime drama 1951Another Man's PoisonIrving RapperBette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn WilliamsUnited KingdomLa Città si difendePietro GermiGina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta GrecoItalyDetective StoryWilliam WylerKirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William BendixUnited StatesCrime dramaThe EnforcerBretaigne Windust, Raoul WalshHumphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de CorsiaUnited StatesThe Family SecretHenry LevinJohn Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody LawranceUnited StatesGreen Grow the RushesDerek N. TwistRoger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard BurtonUnited KingdomHe Ran All the WayJohn BerryJohn Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace FordUnited StatesHis Kind of WomanJohn FarrowRobert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent PriceUnited StatesThe Lavender Hill MobCharles CrichtonAlec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid JamesUnited KingdomRashomonAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko KyōJapanCrime dramaRoadblockHarold DanielsCharles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell GilmoreUnited StatesStrangers on a TrainAlfred HitchcockFarley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth RomanUnited StatesCrime thriller 1952Angel FaceOtto PremingerRobert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona FreemanUnited StatesCasque d'orJacques BeckerSimone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude DauphinFranceCrime dramaRancho NotoriousFritz LangArthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel FerrerUnited StatesCrime thriller We Are All MurderersAndré CayatteMarcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude LayduFranceItalyPrison film 1953The Big HeatFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn BrandoUnited StatesThe 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 1954Dial 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 StatesNaked AlibiJerry HopperSterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene BarryUnited StatesPrivate Hell 36Don SiegelIda Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard DuffUnited StatesCrime dramaRogue CopRoy RowlandRobert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George RaftUnited StatesThe Runaway BusVal GuestMargaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George CoulourisUnited KingdomCaper filmSuddenlyLewis AllenFrank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James GleasonUnited StatesTouchez pas au grisbiJacques BeckerJean Gabin, René Dary, Paul FrankeurFranceItaly 1955The Big ComboJoseph H. LewisCornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian DonlevyUnited StatesGangster filmBob le flambeurJean-Pierre MelvilleRoger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel CauchyFranceThe Desperate HoursWilliam WylerHumphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy United StatesKing of the CarnivalFranklin AdreonFran Bennett, Robert Clarke, George de NormandUnited StatesThe LadykillersAlexander MacKendrickAlec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert LomUnited KingdomThe Night of the HunterCharles LaughtonRobert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian GishUnited StatesCrime thrillerThe Phenix City StoryPhil KarlsonJohn McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn GrantUnited StatesRazzia sur la chnoufHenri DecoinJean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali NoëlFranceRififiJules DassinJean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert ManuelFrance 1956Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFritz LangDana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney BlackmerUnited StatesCrime dramaThe Harder They FallMark RobsonHumphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan SterlingUnited StatesCrime dramaThe KillingStanley KubrickSterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie WindsorUnited StatesRansom!Alex SegalGlenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie NielsenUnited StatesSlightly ScarletAllan DwanJohn Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda FlemingUnited StatesThe Wrong ManAlfred HitchcockHenry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle United StatesCrime dramaYield to the NightJ. Lee ThompsonDiana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael CraigUnited Kingdom 1957The Adventures of Arsène LupinJacques BeckerRobert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, Daniel CeccaldiFranceItalyThe Brothers RicoPhil KarlsonRichard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn GrantUnited StatesThe BurglarPaul WendkosDan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha VickersUnited StatesCrime of PassionGerd OswaldBarbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond BurrUnited StatesThe Devil Strikes at NightRobert SiodmakMario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes MessemerWest GermanyPorte des LilasRené ClairPierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri VidalFranceItalyCrime dramaThe River's EdgeAllan DwanRay Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra PagetUnited StatesSpeaking of MurderGilles GrangierJean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino VenturaFranceTime Without PityJoseph LoseyMichael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKernUnited KingdomCrime thriller 1958Big Deal on Madonna StreetMario MonicelliVittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia CardinaleItalyThe Cry Baby KillerJus AddissHarry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn MitchellUnited StatesElevator to the GallowsLouis MalleJeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges PoujoulyFranceI Want to Live!Robert WiseSusan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent United StatesCrime dramaI, MobsterRoger CormanSteve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss United StatesThe LineupDon SiegelEli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner AndersonUnited StatesMachine-Gun KellyRoger CormanCharles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey AmsterdamUnited StatesStakeout on Dope StreetIrvin KershnerHerschel BernardiUnited StatesThunder RoadArthur RipleyRobert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely SmithUnited StatesTouch of EvilOrson WellesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson WellesUnited StatesUnderworld BeautySeijun SuzukiRajo To KenjuJapan 1959Al CaponeRichard WilsonRod Steiger, Fay Spain, James GregoryUnited StatesAudace colpo dei soliti ignotiNanni LoyVittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia CardinaleFranceItalyBeast from Haunted CaveMonte HellmanMichael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank WolffUnited StatesCrime thrillerCompulsionRichard FleischerOrson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford DillmanUnited StatesCrime dramaCrime & Punishment, USADenis SandersGeorge Hamilton, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Eve McVeaghUnited StatesThe Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandJohn GuillerminAldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh GriffithUnited KingdomOdds Against TomorrowRobert WiseHarry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters United StatesPickpocketRobert BressonMartin Lasalle, Marika Green, Pierre LeymarieFranceCrime drama
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