1954 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1954

Notable Films Released in 1954

U.S.A. unless stated

  • 3 Ring Circus, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, starring Kirk Douglas and James Mason

A

  • Aar Paar (This or That), directed by and starring Guru Dutt - (India)
  • About Mrs. Leslie, starring Shirley Booth
  • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
  • L'affaire Maurizius (Il caso Mauritius), directed by Julien Duvivier - (France/Italy)
  • Alaska Seas, starring Robert Ryan and Jan Sterling
  • An American in Rome (Un americano a Roma), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy)
  • Andha Naal (That Day) - (India)
  • Animal Farm, an animated film - (Britain)
  • Apache, starring Burt Lancaster
  • Attila, starring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren - (France/Italy)

B

  • The Back of Beyond - (Australia)
  • The Barefoot Contessa, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi
  • Beachhead, starring Tony Curtis and Mary Murphy
  • Beau Brummell, starring Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov
  • Beautiful Stranger, aka Twist of Fate, starring Ginger Rogers - (Britain/U.S.)
  • The Belles of St Trinian's, starring Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole - (Britain)
  • Betrayed, fourth and final film co-starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner
  • A Big Family (Bolshaya semya) - (USSR)
  • The Black Knight, starring Alan Ladd - (Britain/U.S.)
  • The Black Shield of Falworth, starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
  • Black Tuesday, starring Edward G. Robinson and Peter Graves
  • Black Widow, starring Ginger Rogers, Gene Tierney, Peggy Ann Garner, Van Heflin, George Raft
  • Boot Polish - (India)
  • Boris Godunov - (USSR)
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri, directed by Mark Robson, starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney
  • Brigadoon, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson
  • Broken Lance, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Katy Jurado

C

  • The Caine Mutiny, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, José Ferrer, Robert Francis, May Wynn, Tom Tully, Jerry Paris, E.G. Marshall, Lee Marvin
  • Carmen Jones, starring Dorothy Dandridge (first African-American to be Oscar-nominated for Best Actress)
  • Casanova's Big Night, starring Bob Hope
  • Chronicle of Poor Lovers (Cronache di poveri amanti) - (Italy)
  • The Country Girl, directed by George Seaton, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon, directed by Jack Arnold
  • Crime Wave, directed by André de Toth, starring Sterling Hayden and Phyllis Kirk
  • The Crucified Lovers (Chikamatsu Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kazuo Hasegawa - (Japan)

D

  • Dangerous Mission, starring Victor Mature and Piper Laurie
  • Deep in My Heart, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Jose Ferrer and Merle Oberon
  • Demetrius and the Gladiators, starring Victor Mature and Susan Hayward
  • Désirée, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons
  • Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Grace Kelly
  • Doctor in the House, starring Dirk Bogarde, first of "Doctor" series - (Britain)
  • Down Three Dark Streets, starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman
  • Drive a Crooked Road, starring Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster
  • Drum Beat, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Alan Ladd

E-F

  • The Egyptian, starring Jean Simmons, Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Bella Darvi, Edmund Purdom
  • Eight O'Clock Walk, starring Richard Attenborough and Cathy O'Donnell
  • Elephant Walk, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Finch
  • Executive Suite, starring William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson, Fredric March, Louis Calhern, Walter Pidgeon, Nina Foch
  • Father Brown, starring Alec Guinness - (Britain)
  • Fear (La Paura), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman - (Germany/Italy)
  • Flame and the Flesh, starring Lana Turner
  • French Cancan, starring Jean Gabin - (France/Italy)
  • The French Line, starring Jane Russell

G-H

  • Garden of Evil, starring Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark
  • The Glenn Miller Story, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson
  • Godzilla (Gojira), directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
  • The Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli), directed by Vittorio de Sica, starring Silvana Mangano and Sophia Loren - (Italy)
  • The Good Die Young, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Stanley Baker and Laurence Harvey - (Britain)
  • Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy, a Stop motion animated film
  • Happy Ever After, starring David Niven and Yvonne De Carlo - (Britain)
  • Hell and High Water, directed by Samuel Fuller, starring Richard Widmark
  • Hell Below Zero, starring Alan Ladd
  • The High and the Mighty, starring John Wayne, Robert Stack, Laraine Day, Claire Trevor, Phil Harris
  • Highway Dragnet, starring Richard Conte and Joan Bennett
  • Hobson's Choice, directed by David Lean, starring Charles Laughton and John Mills - (Britain)
  • The House Across the Lake, aka Heat Wave, starring Alex Nicol and Hillary Brooke - (Britain)
  • Human Desire, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford

I-J

  • Illusion Travels by Streetcar (La ilusión viaja en tranvía), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Lilia Prado - (Mexico)
  • An Inspector Calls, with Alastair Sim, based on the J.B. Priestley play - (Britain)
  • It Should Happen to You, starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon
  • Jagriti (The Awakening) - (India)
  • Johnny Guitar, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge
  • Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders - (France/Italy)

K-L

  • King Richard and the Crusaders, starring Rex Harrison and Virginia Mayo
  • Knock on Wood, starring Danny Kaye
  • The Lady of the Camellias (La Mujer de las camelias) - (Argentina)
  • The Last Bridge (Die Letzte Brücke), starring Maria Schell and Bernhard Wicki - (Austria)
  • Late Chrysanthemums (bangiku), directed by Mikio Naruse - (Japan)
  • A Lesson in Love (En lektion i kärlek), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand - (Sweden)
  • A Life at Stake, starring Angela Lansbury
  • Liliomfi - (Hungary)
  • Living It Up, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
  • The Long, Long Trailer, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
  • The Long Wait, starring Anthony Quinn

M-N

  • Maddalena - (Italy)
  • The Maggie, directed by Alexander Mackendrick - (Britain)
  • Magnificent Obsession, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
  • The Million Pound Note, starring Gregory Peck - (Britain)
  • Nagin, starring Vyjayanthimala and Pradeep Kumar - (India)
  • Naked Alibi, starring Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame
  • The Naked Jungle, starring Eleanor Parker and Charlton Heston
  • Neelakuyil (The Blue Cuckoo) - (India)
  • Night People, directed by Nunnally Johnson, starring Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen
  • Nothing But Trouble (Aldri annet enn bråk) - (Norway)

O-P

  • On the Waterfront, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Marlon Brando with Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger -- winner of eight Oscars
  • The Outcast, starring John Derek
  • Phantom of the Rue Morgue, starring Karl Malden, Patricia Medina, Merv Griffin
  • Phffft!, starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak
  • Prince Valiant, starring Robert Wagner, James Mason, Janet Leigh
  • Prisoner of War, starring Ronald Reagan
  • Private Hell 36, directed by Don Siegel, starring Ida Lupino
  • Pushover, starring Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak (in her film debut)

Q-R

  • Radio Cab Murder, directed by Vernon Sewell, starring Jimmy Hanley and Lana Morris - (Britain)
  • The Raid, starring Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Lee Marvin
  • Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr
  • Red Garters, directed by George Marshall, starring Rosemary Clooney
  • Return to Treasure Island, starring Tab Hunter
  • Riot in Cell Block 11, directed by Don Siegel, starring Neville Brand
  • River of No Return, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe
  • Robinson Crusoe, starring Dan O'Herlihy
  • Rogue Cop, starring Robert Taylor and Janet Leigh
  • Romeo and Juliet, starring Lawrence Harvey - (Italy/Britain)

S

  • Sabrina, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden
  • Salt of the Earth, starring Rosaura Revueltas and Will Geer
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Miyamoto Musashi), directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, starring Toshirō Mifune - (Japan)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (Sanshō Dayũ), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, starring Kinuyo Tanaka - (Japan)
  • Saskatchewan, starring Alan Ladd
  • The Sea Shall Not Have Them, starring Dirk Bogarde and Michael Redgrave - (Britain)
  • Secret of the Incas, starring Charlton Heston
  • Senso, directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Alida Valli and Farley Granger - (Italy)
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel
  • Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura - (Japan)
  • Shield for Murder, starring Edmond O'Brien
  • The Silver Chalice, starring Paul Newman (in his film debut)
  • Silver Lode, starring Dan Duryea
  • Sira` Fi al-Wadi (Struggle in the Valley), directed by Youssef Chahine - (Egypt)
  • Sitting Bull, starring Dale Robertson and J. Carrol Naish
  • Sound of the Mountain (Yama no Oto), directed by Mikio Naruse - (Japan)
  • A Star Is Born, directed by George Cukor, starring Judy Garland and James Mason, musical remake of 1937 film
  • Star of India, starring Cornel Wilde and Herbert Lom
  • La strada (The Road), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Anthony Quinn - (Italy)
  • Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden
  • Susan Slept Here, starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell

T-V

  • Tanganyika, starring Van Heflin and Ruth Roman
  • Taza, Son of Cochise, starring Rock Hudson
  • Them!, starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
  • There's No Business Like Show Business, starring Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe
  • They Who Dare, starring Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
  • Three Coins in the Fountain, starring Jean Peters, Dorothy McGuire, Maggie McNamara
  • Three Young Texans, starring Jeffrey Hunter, Mitzi Gaynor, Keefe Brasselle
  • Too Bad She's Bad (Peccato che sia una canaglia), starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
  • Top Banana, starring Phil Silvers
  • Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands Off the Loot), starring Jean Gabin - (France/Italy)
  • Track of the Cat, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright
  • Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijū-shi no Hitomi) - (Japan)
  • Vera Cruz, starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster

W-Z

  • The Weak and the Wicked, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors
  • White Christmas, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger
  • Woman's World, starring June Allyson, Clifton Webb, Fred MacMurray, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Arlene Dahl
  • Wyoming Renegades, starring Phil Carey
  • Young at Heart, starring Frank Sinatra and Doris Day
  • The Young Lovers, directed by Anthony Asquith - (Britain)

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