List of adventure films of the 1950s

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A list of adventure films released in the 1950s.

Title Director Cast Country Sub-Genre/Notes
1950
The Elusive Pimpernel Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins [1]
The Flame and the Arrow Jacques Tourneur Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas Fantasy adventure[2]
Fortunes of Captain Blood Gordon M. Douglas Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready [3]
King Solomon's Mines Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson Romantic adventure[4]
Treasure Island Byron Haskin Sea adventure[5]
1951
The African Queen John Huston Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley Romantic adventure[6]
Captain Horatio Hornblower Raoul Walsh Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty [7]
Caroline Cherie Richard Pottier Martine Carol, Marie Déa, Alfred Adam [8]
Mask of the Avenger Phil Karlson John Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody Lawrance [9]
1952
Against All Flags George Sherman Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn Sea adventure[10]
Blackbeard the Pirate Raoul Walsh Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix Sea adventure[11]
Un Caprice de Caroline Cherie Jean Devaivre Martine Carol, Jean Pascal, Jacques Dacqmine Romantic adventure[12]
The Crimson Pirate Robert Siodmak Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat Adventure comedy[13]
Fanfan la Tulipe Christian-Jaque Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand Romantic adventure[14]
The Golden Coach Jean Renoir Anna Magnani, Duncan Lamont, Riccardo Rioli Romantic adventure[15]
Ivanhoe Richard Thorpe Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine Romantic adventure[16]
King of the Khyber Rifles Henry King Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie Romantic adventure[17]
The Prisoner of Zenda Richard Thorpe Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason Romantic adventure[18]
The Three Musketeers André Hunebelle Georges Marchal, Gino Cervi, Yvonne Sanson [19]
Scaramouche George Sidney Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh [20]
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Ken Annakin Richard Todd, Peter Finch [21]
1953
Beat the Devil John Huston Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida Adventure comedy[22]
Cat Women of the Moon Arthur D. Hilton Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor Space adventure[23]
Jungle Drums of Africa Fred C. Brannon Don Blackman, John Cason [24]
Knights of the Round Table Richard Thorpe Ava Gardner, Robert Taylor, Mel Ferrer Romantic adventure[25]
Little Fugitive Morris Engel, Ray Ashley, Ruth Orkin Ricky Brewster, Richie Andrusco, Winifred Cushing Adventure drama[26]
Mogambo John Ford Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly [27]
Plunder of the Sun John Farrow Glenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia Medina Adventure drama[28]
Sadko Alexander Ptushko Sergei Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Mikhail Troyanovsky [29]
The Three Musketeers André Hunebelle Georges Marchal, Gino Cervi, Yvonne Sanson [30]
The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van Eyck Adventure drama[31]
1954
The Adventures of Hajji Baba Don Weis John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Rosemarie Bowe Romantic adventure[32]
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Luis Buñuel Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernandez, Felipe de Alba [33]
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Jacques Becker Fernandel, Dieter Borsche, Samia Gamal [34]
The Black Shield of Falworth Rudolph Maté Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar Romantic adventure[35]
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl Lew Landers Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor Romantic adventure[36]
Long John Silver Byron Haskin Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, Connie Gilchrist Family-oriented adventure[37]
The Naked Jungle Byron Haskin Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham Sofaer Adventure drama[38]
1955
African Manhunt Seymour Friedman Ray Bennett [39]
Captain Lightfoot Douglas Sirk Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow Romantic adventure[40]
Le Fils de Caroline Cherie Magali Noël, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Pascal Romantic adventure[41]
Moonfleet Fritz Lang Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood [42]
Ulysses Mario Camerini Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn Fantasy adventure[43]
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days Michael Anderson David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine Romantic adventure, adventure comedy[44]
Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle Gérard Philipe, Joris Ivens Gérard Philipe, Jean Vilar, Jean Carmet [45]
Congo Crossing Joseph Pevney George Nader, Virginia Mayo, Peter Lorre Adventure drama[46]
The Court Jester Melvin Frank, Norman Panama Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone Adventure comedy[47]
Death in the Garden Luis Buñuel Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel, Georges Marchal Adventure drama[48]
Forbidden Planet Fred Wilcox Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen Space adventure[49]
The Great Locomotive Chase Francis D. Lyon Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York [50]
Ilya Muromets Alexander Ptushko Boris Andreyev, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva Fantasy adventure[51]
The Mountain Edward Dmytryk Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor [52]
1957
Legend of the Lost Henry Hathaway John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi Adventure drama[53]
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent Roger Corman Lynn Bernay, Susan Cabot, Gary Conway [54]
1958
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Nathan H. Juran Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin Thatcher Fantasy adventure[55]
The Hidden Fortress Akira Kurosawa Toshirō Mifune, Misa Uehara, Kamatari Fujiwara [56]
Missile to the Moon Richard E. Cunha Nina Bara, Gary Clarke, Tommy Cook Space adventure[57]
Queen of Outer Space Edward Bernds Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Laurie Mitchell Space adventure[58]
La Tempesta Alberto Lattuada Van Heflin, Viveca Lindfors, Silvana Mangano Romantic adventure[59]
1959
The Angry Red Planet Ib Melchior Gerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Nora Hayden Space adventure[60]
Ferry to Hong Kong Lewis Gilbert Curd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms Sea adventure[61]
The Indian Tomb Fritz Lang Debra Paget, Paul Christian, Paul Hubschmid Romantic adventure[62]
Kapitanskaya Dochka Vladimir Kaplunovsky Oleg Strizhenov, Sergei Lukyanov, Iya Arepina Romantic adventure[63]
Prisonniers De La Brousse Willy Rozier Georges Marchal, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Nadine Alari [64]
The Tiger of Eschnapur Fritz Lang Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Claus Holm Adventure drama[65]
Third Man on the Mountain Ken Annakin Michael Rennie, Janet Munro, James Donald Family-oriented adventure[66]
Watusi Kurt Neumann George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar [67]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. "Overview: The Elusive Pimpernel". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-elusive-pimpernel-15645. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Flame and the Arrow". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-flame-and-the-arrow-17706. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Fortunes of Captain Blood". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/fortunes-of-captain-blood-92153. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: King Solomon's Mines". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/king-solomons-mines-27415. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Overview: Treasure Island". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/treasure-island-50862. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  6. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The African Queen". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-african-queen-1159. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  7. ^ Deming, Mark. "Overview: Captain Horatio Hornblower". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/captain-horatio-hornblower-8093. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  8. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Caroline Cherie". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/caroline-cherie-86730. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  9. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Mask of the Avenger". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/mask-of-the-avenger-101812. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  10. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Against All Flags". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/against-all-flags-1204. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  11. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Blackbeard the Pirate". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/blackbeard-the-pirate-5969. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  12. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Un Caprice de Caroline Cherie". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/un-caprice-de-caroline-cherie-146241. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  13. ^ Deming, Mark. "Overview:The Crimson Pirate". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-crimson-pirate-11546. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  14. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Fanfan la Tulipe". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/fanfan-la-tulipe-90996. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  15. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Golden Coach". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-golden-coach-20167. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  16. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ivanhoe". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/ivanhoe-25622. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  17. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: King of the Khyber Rifles". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-prisoner-of-zenda-39279. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  18. ^ Deming, Mark. "Overview: The Prisoner of Zenda". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-prisoner-of-zenda-39279. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  19. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Three Musketeers". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/les-trois-mousquetaires-147553. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  20. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Scaramouche". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/scaramouche-43070. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  21. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-story-of-robin-hood-47101. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  22. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Beat the Devil". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/beat-the-devil-4481. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  23. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Cat Women of the Moon". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/cat-women-of-the-moon-8598. Retrieved 5 February 2010. 
  24. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Overview: Jungle Drums of Africa". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/jungle-drums-of-africa-serial-129747. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  25. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Knights of the Round Table". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/knights-of-the-round-table-27589. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  26. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Overview: Little Fugitive". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-little-fugitive-99782. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  27. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Mogambo". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/mogambo-33043. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  28. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Plunder of the Sun". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/plunder-of-the-sun-106281. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  29. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Sadko". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/sadko-100928. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  30. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Three Musketeers". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/les-trois-mousquetaires-147553. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  31. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Wages of Fear". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-wages-of-fear-53139. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  32. ^ Whitener, Brian. "Overview: The Adventures of Hajji Baba". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-adventures-of-hajji-baba-83196. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  33. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Adventures of Robinson Crusoe". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/robinson-crusoe-83213. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  34. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ali Baba". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/ali-baba-83383. Retrieved 18 February 2010. 
  35. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Black Shield of Falworth". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-black-shield-of-falworth-85249. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  36. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/captain-kidd-and-the-slave-girl-86627. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  37. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Long John Silver". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/long-john-silver-29928. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  38. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Naked Jungle". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-naked-jungle-34394. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  39. ^ Brennan, Sandral. "Overview: African Manhunt". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/african-manhunt-83267. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  40. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Overview: Captain Lightfoot". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/captain-lightfoot-86631. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  41. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Le Fils de Caroline Cherie". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/le-fils-de-caroline-cherie-148516. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  42. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Moonfleet". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/moonfleet-33273. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  43. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ulysses". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/ulysses-51635. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  44. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Around the World in Eighty Days". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/around-the-world-in-80-days-2884. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  45. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/les-aventures-de-till-lespiegle-149065. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  46. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Congo Crossing". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/congo-crossing-87772. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  47. ^ Deming, Mark. "Overview: The Court Jester". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-court-jester-11236. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  48. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Death in the Garden". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/la-mort-en-ce-jardin-88998. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  49. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Forbidden Planet". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/forbidden-planet-18166. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  50. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Great Locomotive Chase". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-great-locomotive-chase-20698. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  51. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ilya Muromets". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/ilya-muromets-48209. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  52. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Mountain". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-mountain-33487. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  53. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Legend of the Lost". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/legend-of-the-lost-28877. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  54. ^ "Overview: The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-saga-of-the-viking-women-and-their-voyage-to-the-waters-of-the-great-sea-serpent-108657. Retrieved 5 February 2010. 
  55. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Overview: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-7th-voyage-of-sinbad-43875. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  56. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Hidden Fortress". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-hidden-fortress-22325. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  57. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Overview: Missile to the Moon". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/missile-to-the-moon-32886. Retrieved 5 February 2010. 
  58. ^ Deming, Mark. "Overview: Queen of Outer Space". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/queen-of-outer-space-39821. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  59. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: La Tempesta". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/la-tempesta-112843. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  60. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Overview: The Angry Red Planet". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-angry-red-planet-2402. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  61. ^ Erickso, Hal. "Overview: Ferry to Hong Kong". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/ferry-to-hong-kong-17079. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  62. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: The Indian Tomb". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-indian-tomb-96526. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  63. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: Kapitanskaya Dochka". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/kapitanskaya-dochka-162420. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  64. ^ "Overview: Prisonniers de la Brousse". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/prisonniers-de-la-brousse-167064. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  65. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: The Tiger of Eschnapur". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/der-tiger-von-eschnapur-113797. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  66. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Third Man on the Mountain". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/the-third-man-on-the-mountain-49492. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  67. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: Watusi". Allmovie. http://allmovie.com/work/watusi-116067. Retrieved 5 February 2010. 
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