List of LGBT-related films of the 1950s
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in the 1950s. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
LGBT films |
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By decade |
1950
1951
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Olivia | Jacqueline Audry | France | Drama | Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray, Suzanne Dehelly, Marina de Berg, Lesly Meynard, Danièle Delorme, Rina Rhéty, Tania Soucault, Elly Norden, Nadine Olivier | a.k.a. The Pit of Loneliness; based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy |
Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | United States | Film-noir, crime, mystery | Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll | Based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith |
1953
1954
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Air of Paris | Marcel Carné | France Italy | Drama | Jean Gabin, Arletty, Roland Lesaffre | Implicit homosexuality in the relation between the characters played by Lesaffre and Gabin |
Huis clos | Jacqueline Audry | France | Drama | Arletty, Gaby Sylvia, Frank Villard, Yves Deniaud, Nicole Courcel, Danièle Delorme, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Chabassol, Arlette Thomas | a.k.a. No Exit; co-written by Jean-Paul Sartre, based on his stage play of the same name |
Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | United States | Western | Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Frank Ferguson, Paul Fix, Rhys Williams, Ian MacDonald, Robert Osterloh | Based on the novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor |
Miss Hanafi | Fatin Abdel Wahab | Egypt | Comedy | Ismail Yassine (credited as Ismail Yasseen) | a.k.a. El Anesa Hanafy; based on an actual news article |
1955
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Rebel Without a Cause | Nicholas Ray | United States | Drama | James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper | Homosexual subtext |
The Big Combo | Joseph H. Lewis | United States | Crime | Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace | Implicit homosexual relationship between two hitmen |
1956
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Tea and Sympathy | Vincente Minnelli | United States | Drama | Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erikson, Edward Andrews | Screenplay by Robert Anderson, based on his stage play of the same name |
1957
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Different from You and Me | Veit Harlan | West Germany | Drama | Christian Wolff, Paula Wessely, Paul Dahlke, Hans Nielsen | a.k.a. Anders als du und ich (censored version title) / Das dritte Geschlecht (original title) / Bewildered Youth / The Third Sex (American alternative titles) |
1958
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Richard Brooks | United States | Drama | Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood, Larry Gates, Vaughn Taylor | Based on the play on the same name by Tennessee Williams; homosexual subtext |
Les Tricheurs | Marcel Carné | France Italy | Drama | Pascale Petit, Andréa Parisy, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Dany Saval | |
Mädchen in Uniform | Géza von Radványi | West Germany France | Drama | Hertha Thiele, Dorothea Wieck, Emilia Unda | Co-written by Christa Winsloe, based on her play of the same name |
1959
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Ben-Hur | William Wyler | United States | Action, drama | Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe | Based on the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace |
Come Dance with Me | Michel Boisrond | France | Drama, crime | Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Darío Moreno, Serge Gainsbourg | Based on the novel The Blonde Died Dancing by Kelley Roos |
Compulsion | Richard Fleischer | United States | Crime, drama | Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman | Based on the novel of the same name by Meyer Levin |
Pillow Talk | Michael Gordon | United States | Romance, comedy | Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter | |
Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder | United States | Romance, comedy | Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon | |
Suddenly, Last Summer | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | United States | Drama, horror | Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift | Based on the play of the same name by Tennessee Williams |
References
- Darren, p. 38
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