List of adventure films of the 1950s

A list of adventure films released in the 1950s.

Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
1950
The Elusive PimpernelMichael Powell, Emeric PressburgerDavid Niven, Margaret Leighton, Jack HawkinsUnited Kingdom[1]
The Flame and the ArrowJacques TourneurBurt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert DouglasUnited StatesFantasy adventure[2]
Fortunes of Captain BloodGordon M. DouglasLouis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George MacreadyUnited States[3]
King Solomon's MinesCompton Bennett, Andrew MartonStewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson United States Romantic adventure[4]
Treasure IslandByron Haskin United States United Kingdom Sea adventure[5]
1951
The African QueenJohn HustonHumphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert MorleyUnited States United Kingdom [6]
Captain Horatio HornblowerRaoul WalshGregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert BeattyUnited Kingdom[7]
Caroline CherieRichard PottierMartine Carol, Marie Déa, Alfred AdamFrance[8]
Mask of the AvengerPhil KarlsonJohn Derek, Anthony Quinn, Jody LawranceUnited States[9]
1952
Against All FlagsGeorge ShermanErrol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony QuinnUnited StatesSea adventure[10]
Blackbeard the PirateRaoul WalshRobert Newton, Linda Darnell, William BendixUnited StatesSea adventure[11]
Un Caprice de Caroline CherieJean Devaivre Martine Carol, Jean Pascal, Jacques DacqmineFranceRomantic adventure[12]
The Crimson PirateRobert SiodmakBurt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick CravatUnited KingdomUnited StatesAdventure comedy[13]
Fanfan la TulipeChristian-JaqueGérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel HerrandFranceItalyRomantic adventure[14]
The Golden CoachJean RenoirAnna Magnani, Duncan Lamont, Riccardo RioliFranceItalyRomantic adventure[15]
IvanhoeRichard ThorpeRobert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan FontaineUnited KingdomUnited StatesRomantic adventure[16]
King of the Khyber RiflesHenry KingTyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael RennieUnited StatesRomantic adventure[17]
The Prisoner of ZendaRichard ThorpeStewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James MasonUnited StatesRomantic adventure[18]
The Three MusketeersAndré HunebelleGeorges Marchal, Gino Cervi, Yvonne SansonFranceItaly[19]
ScaramoucheGeorge SidneyStewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet LeighUnited States[20]
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie MenKen AnnakinRichard Todd, Peter FinchUnited Kingdom[21]
1953
Beat the DevilJohn HustonHumphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina LollobrigidaUnited StatesUnited KingdomItalyAdventure comedy[22]
Cat Women of the MoonArthur D. HiltonSonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie WindsorUnited StatesSpace adventure[23]
Jungle Drums of AfricaFred C. BrannonDon Blackman, John Cason United States [24]
Knights of the Round TableRichard ThorpeAva Gardner, Robert Taylor, Mel FerrerUnited KingdomUnited StatesRomantic adventure[25]
Little FugitiveMorris Engel, Ray Ashley, Ruth OrkinRicky Brewster, Richie Andrusco, Winifred CushingUnited StatesAdventure drama[26]
MogamboJohn FordClark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace KellyUnited States[27]
Plunder of the SunJohn FarrowGlenn Ford, Diana Lynn, Patricia MedinaUnited StatesAdventure drama[28]
SadkoAlexander PtushkoSergei Stolyarov, Alla Larionova, Mikhail TroyanovskySoviet Union[29]
The Three MusketeersAndré HunebelleGeorges Marchal, Gino Cervi, Yvonne SansonFranceItaly[30]
The Wages of FearHenri-Georges ClouzotYves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter Van EyckFranceItalyAdventure drama[31]
1954
The Adventures of Hajji BabaDon WeisJohn Derek, Elaine Stewart, Rosemarie BoweUnited StatesRomantic adventure[32]
Adventures of Robinson CrusoeLuis BuñuelDan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernandez, Felipe de AlbaMexicoUnited States[33]
Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesJacques BeckerFernandel, Dieter Borsche, Samia GamalFrance[34]
The Black Shield of FalworthRudolph MatéTony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David FarrarUnited StatesRomantic adventure[35]
Captain Kidd and the Slave GirlLew LandersAnthony Dexter, Eva GaborUnited StatesRomantic adventure[36]
Long John SilverByron HaskinRobert Newton, Kit Taylor, Connie GilchristAustraliaFamily-oriented adventure[37]
The Naked JungleByron HaskinEleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham SofaerUnited StatesAdventure drama[38]
Secret of the IncasJerry HopperCharlton Heston, Yma Sumac, Robert YoungUnited StatesAdventure, treasure hunt, drama[39]
Valley of the KingsRobert PiroshRobert Taylor, Eleanor ParkerUnited StatesAdventure, treasure hunt, drama[40]
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaRichard FleischerKirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter LorreUnited StatesAdventure, science fiction[41]
1955
African ManhuntSeymour FriedmanRay BennettUnited States[42]
Captain LightfootDouglas SirkRock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff MorrowUnited StatesRomantic adventure[43]
Le Fils de Caroline Cherie Magali Noël, Brigitte Bardot, Jean PascalFranceRomantic adventure[44]
MoonfleetFritz LangStewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan GreenwoodUnited States[45]
UlyssesMario CameriniKirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony QuinnItalyFantasy adventure[46]
1956
Around the World in Eighty DaysMichael AndersonDavid Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaineUnited States United KingdomRomantic adventure, adventure comedy[47]
Les Aventures de Till L'EspiègleGérard Philipe, Joris IvensGérard Philipe, Jean Vilar, Jean CarmetFranceEast Germany[48]
Congo CrossingJoseph PevneyGeorge Nader, Virginia Mayo, Peter LorreUnited StatesAdventure drama[49]
The Court JesterMelvin Frank, Norman PanamaDanny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil RathboneUnited StatesAdventure comedy[50]
Death in the GardenLuis BuñuelSimone Signoret, Charles Vanel, Georges MarchalFranceMexicoAdventure drama[51]
Forbidden PlanetFred WilcoxWalter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie NielsenUnited StatesSpace adventure[52]
The Great Locomotive ChaseFrancis D. LyonFess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff YorkUnited States[53]
Ilya MurometsAlexander PtushkoBoris Andreyev, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya MedvedevaSoviet UnionFantasy adventure[54]
The MountainEdward DmytrykSpencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire TrevorUnited States[55]
1957
Legend of the LostHenry HathawayJohn Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rossano BrazziItalyUnited StatesPanamaAdventure drama[56]
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea SerpentRoger CormanLynn Bernay, Susan Cabot, Gary ConwayUnited States[57]
1958
The 7th Voyage of SinbadNathan H. JuranKerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer, Torin ThatcherUnited States Fantasy adventure[58]
The Hidden FortressAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune, Misa Uehara, Kamatari FujiwaraJapan[59]
Missile to the MoonRichard E. CunhaNina Bara, Gary Clarke, Tommy CookUnited StatesSpace adventure[60]
Queen of Outer SpaceEdward BerndsZsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Laurie MitchellUnited StatesSpace adventure[61]
La TempestaAlberto LattuadaVan Heflin, Viveca Lindfors, Silvana ManganoItalyFranceSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRomantic adventure[62]
1959
The Angry Red PlanetIb MelchiorGerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Nora HaydenUnited StatesSpace adventure[63]
Ferry to Hong KongLewis GilbertCurd Jürgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia SymsUnited KingdomSea adventure[64]
The Indian TombFritz LangDebra Paget, Paul Christian, Paul HubschmidFranceWest GermanyItalyUnited StatesRomantic adventure[65]
Journey to the Center of the EarthHenry LevinJames Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene DahlUnited StatesAdventure, fantasy[66]
Kapitanskaya DochkaVladimir KaplunovskyOleg Strizhenov, Sergei Lukyanov, Iya ArepinaSoviet UnionRomantic adventure[67]
Prisonniers De La BrousseWilly RozierGeorges Marchal, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Nadine AlariFrance[68]
The Tiger of EschnapurFritz LangDebra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Claus HolmWest GermanyFranceItalyAdventure drama[69]
Third Man on the MountainKen AnnakinMichael Rennie, Janet Munro, James DonaldUnited StatesUnited KingdomFamily-oriented adventure[70]
WatusiKurt NeumannGeorge Montgomery, Taina Elg, David FarrarUnited States[71]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Overview: The Elusive Pimpernel". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Flame and the Arrow". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Fortunes of Captain Blood". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: King Solomon's Mines". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Overview: Treasure Island". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The African Queen". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Overview: Captain Horatio Hornblower". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  8. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Caroline Cherie". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  9. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Mask of the Avenger". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  10. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Against All Flags". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  11. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Blackbeard the Pirate". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  12. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Un Caprice de Caroline Cherie". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  13. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Overview:The Crimson Pirate". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  14. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Fanfan la Tulipe". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  15. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Golden Coach". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  16. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ivanhoe". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  17. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: King of the Khyber Rifles". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  18. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Overview: The Prisoner of Zenda". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  19. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Three Musketeers". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  20. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Scaramouche". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  21. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  22. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Beat the Devil". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  23. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Cat Women of the Moon". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  24. ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Overview: Jungle Drums of Africa". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  25. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Knights of the Round Table". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  26. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Overview: Little Fugitive". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  27. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Mogambo". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  28. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Plunder of the Sun". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  29. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Sadko". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  30. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Three Musketeers". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  31. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Wages of Fear". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  32. ↑ Whitener, Brian. "Overview: The Adventures of Hajji Baba". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  33. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Adventures of Robinson Crusoe". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  34. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ali Baba". Allmovie. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  35. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Black Shield of Falworth". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  36. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  37. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Long John Silver". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  38. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Naked Jungle". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  39. ↑ "Overview: Secret of the Incas". Allmovie.
  40. ↑ "Overview: Valley of the Kings". Allmovie.
  41. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Allmovie. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  42. ↑ Brennan, Sandral. "Overview: African Manhunt". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  43. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Overview: Captain Lightfoot". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  44. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview:Le Fils de Caroline Cherie". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  45. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Moonfleet". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  46. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ulysses". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  47. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Around the World in Eighty Days". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  48. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  49. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Congo Crossing". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  50. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Overview: The Court Jester". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  51. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Death in the Garden". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  52. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Forbidden Planet". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  53. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Great Locomotive Chase". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  54. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Ilya Muromets". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  55. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Mountain". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  56. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Legend of the Lost". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  57. ↑ "Overview: The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  58. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Overview: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  59. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: The Hidden Fortress". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  60. ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Overview: Missile to the Moon". Allmovie. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  61. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Overview: Queen of Outer Space". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  62. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: La Tempesta". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
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  65. ↑ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: The Indian Tomb". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  66. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Journey to the Center of the Earth". Allmovie. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  67. ↑ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: Kapitanskaya Dochka". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  68. ↑ "Overview: Prisonniers de la Brousse". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  69. ↑ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Overview: The Tiger of Eschnapur". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  70. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Overview: Third Man on the Mountain". Allmovie. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
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