1950 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1950

Notable Films Released in 1950

U.S.A. unless stated

• 47 morto che parla, starring Totò - (Italy)

A

• Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• The Admiral Was a Lady, starring Wanda Hendrix and Edmond O'Brien
• All About Eve, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe -- winner of 6 Oscars
• Ambush, starring Robert Taylor and Arlene Dahl
• Annie Get Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern
• Armored Car Robbery, starring Charles McGraw and William Talman
• The Asphalt Jungle, directed by John Huston, starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Marilyn Monroe
• The Astonished Heart, starring Celia Johnson and Noël Coward - (Britain)
• At War with the Army, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

B

• Babul (Father's House), starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis - (India)
• Backfire, starring Virginia Mayo and Gordon MacRae
• The Bandit Queen, starring Barbara Britton and Phillip Reed
• The Baron of Arizona, starring Vincent Price
• Beauty and the Devil (La Beauté du diable), directed by René Clair, starring Michel Simon - (France/Italy)
• The Big Lift, starring Montgomery Clift
• Bitter Springs, starring Tommy Trinder and Chips Rafferty - (Australia/Britain)
• The Black Rose, starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles - (Britain/U.S.)
• The Blue Lamp, starring Jack Warner and Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
• Born to Be Bad, starring Joan Fontaine and Robert Ryan
• Born Yesterday, directed by George Cukor, starring Broderick Crawford, Judy Holliday and William Holden
• The Breaking Point, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring John Garfield and Patricia Neal
• Bright Leaf, starring Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall and Patricia Neal
• Broken Arrow, starring James Stewart

C

• Café Paradis - (Denmark)
• Caged, starring Eleanor Parker
• Caiçara, directed by and starring Adolfo Celi - (Brazil)
• Captain Carey, U.S.A., starring Alan Ladd and Wanda Hendrix
• Champagne for Caesar, starring Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price and Art Linkletter
• Cheaper by the Dozen, starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy
• Cinderella, a Disney animated film
• Comanche Territory, starring Maureen O'Hara
• Convicted, starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford
• Crisis, starring Cary Grant and Jose Ferrer
• Cyrano de Bergerac, starring José Ferrer

D

• D.O.A., starring Edmond O'Brien
• Dallas, starring Gary Cooper
• The Damned Don't Cry, starring Joan Crawford
• Dance Hall, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Diana Dors and Petula Clark - (Britain)
• Dark City, starring Charlton Heston and Lizabeth Scott
• The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, starring June Haver and Gordon MacRae
• Death is a Caress (Døden er et kjærtegn) - (Norway)
• Destination Moon, starring John Archer
• The Devil Is a Woman (Doña Diabla) - (Mexico)
• Devil's Doorway, starring Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond
• Dial 1119, starring Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, William Conrad
• Dieu a besoin des hommes (God Needs Man), directed by Jean Delannoy - (France)

E-F

• The Eagle and the Hawk, starring Rhonda Fleming and John Payne
• Edge of Doom, starring Farley Granger and Mala Powers
• Les Enfants Terribles, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville - (France)
• Escape at Dawn (Akatsuki no dasso) - (Japan)
• Fancy Pants, starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball
• Father of the Bride, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
• The File on Thelma Jordon, starring Barbara Stanwyck
• The Fireball, starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien
• The Flame and the Arrow, starring Burt Lancaster and Virginia Mayo
• The Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio), directed by Roberto Rossellini - (Italy)
• For Heaven's Sake, starring Clifton Webb and Joan Bennett
• Frenchie, starring Joel McCrea and Shelley Winters
• The Furies, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston

G-H

• The Glass Menagerie, starring Jane Wyman
• Gone to Earth, starring Jennifer Jones - (Britain)
• Gun Crazy (aka Deadly is the Female), starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins
• The Gunfighter, starring Gregory Peck
• The Happiest Days of Your Life, starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford - (Britain)
• Harriet Craig, starring Joan Crawford and Wendell Corey
• Harvey, starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull
• Highly Dangerous, starring Margaret Lockwood and Dane Clark
• The Hollywood Ten, documentary by John Berry
• House by the River, starring Louis Hayward and Jane Wyatt

I-J

• I'll Get By, starring June Haver, Gloria DeHaven, Steve Allen, Dennis Day
• In a Lonely Place, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame
• I Was a Shoplifter, starring Scott Brady and Mona Freeman
• The Jackie Robinson Story, starring Robinson as himself, with Ruby Dee
• Jogan, starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis - (India)
• Johnny One-Eye, starring Pat O'Brien
• Justice is Done (Justice est faite) - (France)

K-L

• Key to the City, starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young
• The Kid (Xi lu xiang), starring 10-year-old Bruce Lee - (Hong Kong)
• Kill the Umpire, starring William Bendix, William Frawley, Una Merkel
• The Killer That Stalked New York, starring Evelyn Keyes
• Kim, starring Errol Flynn
• King Solomon's Mines, starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger
• Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, starring James Cagney
• Kon-Tiki, a documentary directed by and starring Thor Heyerdahl - (Norway)
• A Lady Without Passport, starring Hedy Lamarr and John Hodiak
• Last Holiday, starring Alec Guinness - (Britain)
• Life (Jeevitham), directed by A. V. Meiyappan, starring Vyjayanthimala in her Telugu film debut - (India)
• A Life of Her Own, starring Lana Turner and Ray Milland
• The Life of Wu Xun (Wu Xun zhuan) - (China)
• Louisa, starring Ronald Reagan
• Love Happy, starring the Marx Brothers and, in a non-speaking role, Marilyn Monroe

M

• The Magnificent Yankee, starring Louis Calhern
• The Man Who Cheated Himself, starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt
• The Men, starring Marlon Brando in his film debut, with Teresa Wright
• The Miniver Story, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon and John Hodiak
• Mirror of Holland (Spiegel van Holland) - (Netherlands) winner of Short Film Palme d'Or
• Mister 880, starring Burt Lancaster and Edmund Gwenn
• Montana, starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith
• Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone, starring Marjorie Main and James Whitmore
• The Mudlark, starring Irene Dunne and Alec Guinness - (Britain/U.S.)
• Mussorgsky - (U.S.S.R.)
• My Blue Heaven, starring Betty Grable
• My Friend Irma Goes West, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Mystery Street, starring Ricardo Montalbán

N-O

• Nancy Goes to Rio, starring Jane Powell and Ann Sothern
• The Nevadan, starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone
• Night and the City, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney - (Britain)
• No Man of Her Own, starring Barbara Stanwyck
• No Way Out, starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell and Sidney Poitier
• Once a Thief, starring Cesar Romero and Lon Chaney, Jr.
• One Way Street, starring James Mason
• Orphée, directed by Jean Cocteau, starring Jean Marais - (France)
• Outrage, directed by Ida Lupino, starring Mala Powers

P-Q

• Panic in the Streets, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Richard Widmark and Barbara Bel Geddes
• Path of Hope (Il Cammino della speranza), directed by Pietro Germi, starring Raf Vallone - (Italy)
• Perfect Strangers, starring Ginger Rogers
• Please Believe Me, starring Deborah Kerr
• Post Office Box 1001 (Apartado de correos 1001) - (Spain)
• Prehistoric Women, directed by Gregg C. Tallas
• Prima comunione (aka Father's Dilemma), starring Aldo Fabrizi - (Italy)
• Quicksand, starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre

R

• Rashomon, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Masayuki Mori - (Japan)
• Riding High, directed by Frank Capra, starring Bing Crosby
• Right Cross, starring June Allyson and Dick Powell
• Rio Grande, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
• Rocketship X-M, starring Lloyd Bridges and Noah Beery Jr.
• Rocky Mountain, starring Errol Flynn and Patrice Wymore
• La Ronde (The Merry-Go-Round), directed by Max Ophüls, starring Simone Signoret and Anton Walbrook - (France)

S

• Scandal (Sukyandaru), directed by Akira Kurosawa - (Japan)
• The Secret Fury, starring Claudette Colbert and Robert Ryan
• September Affair, starring Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten
• Seven Days to Noon, directed by the Boulting Brothers - (Britain)
• Shadow on the Wall, starring Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Nancy Davis
• Side Street, starring Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell
• Sierra, starring Wanda Hendrix and Audie Murphy
• The Sleeping City, starring Richard Conte
• So Long at the Fair, starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
• The Sound of Fury, starring Frank Lovejoy and Lloyd Bridges
• Stage Fright, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jane Wyman, Marlene Dietrich, Michael Wilding and Richard Todd - (Britain)
• Stars in My Crown, starring Joel McCrea
• Story of a Love Affair (Cronaca di un amore), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni - (Italy)
• Stromboli, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman - (Italy/U.S.)
• Summer Stock, starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
• Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson

T-V

• También de Dolor se Canta (They Also Sing from Sadness), starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)
• Tea for Two, starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae
• Tension, starring Richard Basehart and Audrey Totter
• Three Came Home, starring Claudette Colbert
• Three Little Words, starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton
• Three Secrets, starring Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman
• A Ticket to Tomahawk, starring Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey
• The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, award-winning documentary by Robert J. Flaherty
• The Toast of New Orleans, starring Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza
• To Joy (Till glädje), directed by Ingmar Bergman - (Sweden)
• To Please a Lady, starring Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck
• Tomorrow Is Too Late (Domani è troppo tardi), starring Pier Angeli and Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
• The Trap (Past), directed by Martin Frič - (Czechoslovakia)
• Treasure Island, starring Robert Newton - (Britain/U.S.)
• Trio, starring Nigel Patrick, Wilfred Hyde-White, Jean Simmons - (Britain)
• Two Flags West, starring Joseph Cotten and Linda Darnell
• El último caballo (The Last Horse) - (Spain)
• The Underworld Story, starring Dan Duryea
• Until We Meet Again (Mata au hi made) - (Japan)
• Variety Lights (Luci del varietà), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
• Vendetta, starring Faith Domergue (filmed in 1946 but not released until 1950 due to delays from Howard Hughes)

W-Z

• Wabash Avenue, starring Betty Grable (a remake of Grable's 1943 film Coney Island)
• Wagon Master, directed by John Ford, starring Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Ward Bond
• Watch the Birdie, starring Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, Ann Miller
• The West Point Story, starring James Cagney and Doris Day
• When Willie Comes Marching Home, starring Dan Dailey
• Where Danger Lives, starring Robert Mitchum and Faith Domergue in her film debut
• Where the Sidewalk Ends, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney
• Winchester '73, starring James Stewart, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally, Dan Duryea
• The Woman in Question, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Jean Kent and Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
• Woman in Hiding, starring Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Stephen McNally
• Woman on the Run, starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe
• The Wooden Horse, starring Leo Genn and Anthony Steel - (Britain)
• The Yellow Cab Man, starring Red Skelton and Gloria DeHaven
• The Young and the Damned (Los Olvidados), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
• Young Man with a Horn, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day
• Zhukovsky - (U.S.S.R.)