1955 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1955

Notable Films Released in 1955

U.S.A. unless stated

• 5 Against the House, starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith

A

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Above Us the Waves, starring John Mills - (Britain)
• The Adventures of Quentin Durward, starring Robert Taylor and Kay Kendall
• Ain't Misbehavin', starring Piper Laurie, Rory Calhoun, Mamie Van Doren
• All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
• The Americano, starring Glenn Ford
• Le Amiche (The Girlfriend), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni - (Italy)
• Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Apache Ambush, starring Richard Jaeckel
• Artists and Models, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine

B

• Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Anne Francis
• Battle Cry, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray and Anne Francis
• Battle Taxi starring Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz and Marshall Thompson
• Bedevilled, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest
• The Big Combo, starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace
• The Big Knife, starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters
• Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow
• Blood Alley, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall
• The Brain Machine, directed by Ken Hughes - (Britain)
• A Bullet for Joey, starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft

C

• Captain Lightfoot, starring Rock Hudson
• Carrington V.C., starring David Niven - (Britain)
• Cast a Dark Shadow, starring Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
• Chief Crazy Horse, starring Victor Mature
• Cinerama Holiday
• Ciske de rat (aka A Child Needs Love) - (Netherlands)
• The Cobweb, directed by Vincente Minelli, starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish
• The Cockleshell Heroes, directed by and starring José Ferrer, with Trevor Howard - (Britain)
• The Colditz Story, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills and Eric Portman - (Britain)
• Confession, directed by Ken Hughes, starring Sydney Chaplin - (Britain)
• Confidential Report, starring Orson Welles and Michael Redgrave - (France/Spain/Switzerland)
• The Constant Husband, starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall - (Britain)
• Continente Perduto (aka Lost Continent), a documentary from (Italy)
• Count Three and Pray, starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Raymond Burr
• The Counterfeit Coin (Istoria mias kalpikis liras) - (Greece)
• The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Elizabeth Montgomery
• Crashout, starring Arthur Kennedy and William Bendix
• The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)

D

• Daddy Long Legs, starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron
• The Dam Busters, starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave - (Britain)
• Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
• Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem - (Spain)
• The Deep Blue Sea, staring Vivien Leigh - (Britain)
• The Desperate Hours, starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
• Devdas, based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen - (India)
• Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret - (France)
• Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck - (Sweden)

E-F

• East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey
• The Enchanted Boy (Zakoldovanyy malchik) - (USSR)
• Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)
• The Far Country, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Walter Brennan
• The Far Horizons, starring Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
• The Fast and the Furious, starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone
• Female on the Beach, starring Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling
• Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) - (Norway)
• Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) - (Japan)
• Footsteps in the Fog, starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons - (Britain)
• Foxfire, starring Jane Russell
• Francis in the Navy, starring Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer

G-H

• Galapagos, a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl - (Norway)
• A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda - (Poland)
• The Girl Rush, starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven
• Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) - (Japan)
• Good Morning, Miss Dove, starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack
• Guys and Dolls, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine
• Hell on Frisco Bay, starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson
• Hell's Island, starring John Payne and Mary Murphy
• The Hidden One (La Escondida), starring Pedro Armendáriz - (Mexico)
• Hit the Deck, directed by Roy Rowland, starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Vic Damone
• House of Bamboo, starring Robert Ryan
• How to Be Very, Very Popular, starring Betty Grable in her final film role

I-J

• I Am a Camera, starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey - (Britain)
• I Died a Thousand Times, starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin
• I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by Akira Kurosawa - (Japan)
• I'll Cry Tomorrow, starring Susan Hayward
• Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield
• Interrupted Melody, starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford
• It Came from Beneath the Sea, starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue
• It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki - (Austria)
• It's Always Fair Weather, starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse
• Jedda, directed by Charles Chauvel - (Australia)
• John and Julie, starring Moira Lister and Sid James - (Britain)
• Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Jupiter's Darling, directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel

K-L

• Kanyasulkam, starring N.T. Rama Rao - (India)
• Killer's Kiss, directed by Stanley Kubrick
• Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker
• Lady and the Tramp, an animated Disney musical featuring the voice of Peggy Lee
• The Ladykillers, directed by Alexander MacKendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers - (Britain)
• Land of the Pharaohs, starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins
• The Last Frontier, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft
• The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by G.W. Pabst - (Austria/West Germany)
• The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
• Little Red Monkey, directed by Ken Hughes - (Britain)
• Lola Montès, directed by Max Ophüls - (France)
• The Long Gray Line, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
• Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones
• Love Me or Leave Me, starring Doris Day and James Cagney
• Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) - (Argentina)
• Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring Jane Wyman

M

• Magic Fire, starring Alan Badel
• Mambo, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters
• A Man Alone, directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy
• The Man from Laramie, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart
• The Man Who Loved Redheads, starring Moira Shearer
• The Man with the Golden Arm, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak
• Man with the Gun, starring Robert Mitchum
• Man Without a Star, starring Kirk Douglas
• Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair
• The McConnell Story, starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson
• The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') - (Romania)
• The Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) - (Spain)
• Missamma, starring N.T. Rama Rao - (India)
• Mister Roberts, directed by John Ford, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
• Moonfleet, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood
• Mr. & Mrs. '55, starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala - (India)
• Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring Orson Welles - (France/Spain/Switzerland)
• My Sister Eileen, starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett

N-O

• New York Confidential, starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft
• Night and Fog, a documentary directed by Alain Resnais - (France)
• The Night My Number Came Up, starring Michael Redgrave - (Britain)
• The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters
• Not as a Stranger, starring Olivia de Havilland, Gloria Grahame, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra
• Oklahoma! (first film shot in widescreen process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson
• Ordet, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - (Denmark)
• Othello, starring Sergei Bondarchuk - (U.S.S.R.)

P-Q

• Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
• Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien and Peggy Lee. Also features Jayne Mansfield as a cigarette girl.
• The Phenix City Story, starring Richard Kiley and John McIntire
• Picnic, directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell
• Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton
• Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) - (Japan)
• The Prisoner, directed by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins - (Britain)
• The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston
• The Prodigal, starring Lana Turner
• The Quatermass Xperiment, which probably qualifies as the first Hammer horror film - (Britain)
• Queen Bee, starring Joan Crawford

R

• The Racers, starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi
• Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) - (Spain)
• Die Ratten (The Rats), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens - (West Germany) - Golden Bear award
• Rage at Dawn, starring Randolph Scott
• The Rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton
• Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood
• Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring Arturo de Córdova - (Spain)
• Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud - (Britain)
• Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin - (France)
• A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) - (Greece)
• Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova - (USSR)
• Roots (Raíces) - (Mexico)
• The Rose Tattoo, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster
• Run for Cover, starring James Cagney

S

• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) - (Japan)
• Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren - (Italy)
• The Scarlet Coat, starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis
• The Sea Chase, starring John Wayne and Lana Turner
• Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) - (Belgium)
• Seema, starring Nutan - (India)
• The Seven Little Foys, starring Bob Hope
• The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
• Shree 420, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, with Nargis - (India)
• The Shrike, directed by and starring Jose Ferrer
• The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
• Simba, starring Dirk Bogarde - (Britain)
• Sissi, starring Romy Schneider - (Austria)
• Six Bridges to Cross, starring Tony Curtis
• Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by Ingmar Bergman - (Sweden)
• So This Is Paris, starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven
• The Spoilers, starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler
• Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart
• Stella, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri - (Greece)
• Summertime, directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn - (Britain/U.S.A.)
• The Swindlers (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford - (Italy)

T-V

• Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
• Tall Man Riding, starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone
• Tarantula, directed by Jack Arnold, starring Mara Corday
• The Tender Trap, starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm
• That Lady, starring Olivia de Havilland - (Britain/Spain)
• This Island Earth, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue
• Three for the Show, starring Betty Grable
• Tight Spot, starring Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
• To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
• To Hell and Back, starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen
• The Treasure of Pancho Villa, starring Rory Calhoun and Shelly Winters
• Trial, starring Glenn Ford
• The Trouble with Harry, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
• Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
• Unchained, starring Barbara Hale
• Underwater!, starring Jane Russell
• Untamed, starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward
• The Violent Men, starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
• Violent Saturday, starring Victor Mature
• The Virgin Queen, starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins

W-Z

• We're No Angels, starring Humphrey Bogart and Peter Ustinov
• White Feather, starring Robert Wagner
• Wichita, starring Joel McCrea
• The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) - (Italy)
• Women's Prison, starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter
• You're Never Too Young, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis