A list of thriller films released in the 1950s.
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1950Armored Car RobberyRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William TalmanUnited StatesCrime thrillerThe Asphalt JungleJohn HustonSterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James WhitmoreUnited StatesCrime thrillerThe Killer That Stalked New YorkEarl McEvoyEvelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, William BishopUnited StatesCrime thrillerThe Man Who Cheated HimselfFelix E. FeistLee J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane WyattUnited StatesPsychological thrillerMystery StreetJohn SturgesRicardo Montalbán, Sally Forrest, Bruce BennettUnited StatesPanic in the StreetsElia KazanRichard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel GeddesUnited StatesSeven Days to NoonJohn Boulting, Roy Boulting Barry Jones, Olive Sloane Side StreetAnthony MannFarley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James CraigUnited StatesCrime thrillerStage FrightAlfred HitchcockJane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael WildingUnited StatesWhere Danger LivesJohn FarrowRobert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude RainsUnited StatesWhere the Sidewalk EndsOtto PremingerDana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary MerrillUnited StatesWoman on the RunNorman FosterAnn Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith United States 1951Cause for Alarm!Tay GarnettLoretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce CowlingUnited StatesFourteen HoursHenry HathawayRichard Basehart, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel GeddesUnited StatesStrangers on a TrainAlfred HitchcockFarley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman United States 1952Don't Bother to KnockRoy Ward BakerRichard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft United StatesThe Narrow MarginRichard FleischerCharles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon GeberlUnited StatesSudden FearDavid MillerJoan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria GrahameUnited StatesWithout Warning!Arnold LavenAdam Williams, Meg RandallFranceUnited States 1953The Big HeatFritz LangGlenn Ford, Gloria Grahame United StatesThe Hitch-HikerIda LupinoEdmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William TalmanUnited StatesThe Limping ManCy Raker EndfieldLloyd BridgesUnited KingdomCrime thrillerVickiHarry HornerJeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott ReidUnited StatesThe Wages of FearHenri-Georges ClouzotYves Montand, Charles VanelFranceItaly 1954Les DiaboliquesHenri-Georges ClouzotSimone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse FranceDial M for MurderAlfred HitchcockRay Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert CummingsUnited StatesRear WindowAlfred HitchcockJames Stewart, Grace KellyUnited StatesWitness to MurderRoy RowlandBarbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary MerrillUnited States 1955Bad Day at Black RockJohn SturgesSpencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis United StatesCast a Dark ShadowLewis GilbertDirk Bogarde, Mona Washbourne, Margaret LockwoodUnited KingdomThe Desperate HoursWilliam WylerHumphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy United StatesKiller's KissStanley KubrickFrank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene KaneUnited StatesA Kiss Before DyingGerd OswaldRobert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Joanne WoodwardUnited StatesKiss Me DeadlyRobert AldrichRalph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul StewartUnited StatesMr. ArkadinOrson WellesOrson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watling, Patricia Medina FranceSpainUnited KingdomPsychological thrillerThe Night of the HunterCharles LaughtonRobert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian GishUnited StatesRififiJules DassinJean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert ManuelFranceCrime thriller 1956The KillingStanley KubrickSterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie WindsorUnited StatesCrime thrillerThe Man Who Knew Too MuchAlfred Hitchcock James Stewart, Doris Day United StatesPlease Murder MePeter GodfreyMadge Blake, Raymond BurrUnited StatesWhile the City SleepsFritz LangDana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda FlemingUnited States 1957The Devil Strikes at NightRobert SiodmakMario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Claus HolmGermanyLes EspionsHenri-Georges ClouzotCurd Jürgens, Véra Clouzot, Gerard SetyFranceItalyPsychological thrillerQuatermass 2Val Guest Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sid James United KingdomUnited States 1958Elevator to the GallowsLouis MalleJeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges PoujoulyFranceIt Happened in Broad DaylightLadislao VajdaHeinz Rühmann, Gert Fröbe, Michel SimonSwitzerlandGermanySpainThe Quiet AmericanJoseph L. MankiewiczAudie Murphy, Michael Redgrave, Claude DauphinUnited StatesThe Screaming SkullAlex NicolJohn Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ ConwayUnited StatesPsychological thrillerTouch of EvilOrson WellesCharlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson WellesUnited StatesPsychological thrillerVertigoAlfred HitchcockJames Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes United StatesPsychological thriller 1959Jack the RipperMonty Berman, Robert S. BakerLee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Betty McDowallUnited KingdomNight TrainJerzy KawalerowiczLeon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielowna, Zbigniew CybulskiPolandPsychological thrillerNorth by Northwest Alfred HitchcockCary Grant, Eva Marie Saint United StatesThe Testament of Dr. CordelierJean RenoirJean-Louis Barrault, Jean Topart, Michel VitoldFrance
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