More than 254 American feature films were released in 1955.Industry Statistics 1956 Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily pp105Features 1956 Year Book of Motion Pictures The Film Daily p173–215
The United Artists film Marty won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1955.
A–B Title Director Cast Genre Notes 5 Against the House Phil Karlson Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Guy Madison Crime Columbia Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Charles Lamont Abbott and Costello, Mack Sennett, Lynn Bari Comedy Universal Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Charles Lamont Abbott and Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara Horror comedy Abbott and Costello's last Universal film African Manhunt Seymour Friedman Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg Adventure Republic Ain't Misbehavin' Edward Buzzell Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson Musical Universal Air Strike Cy Roth Richard Denning, Gloria Jean, Don Haggerty Drama Lippert Pictures All That Heaven Allows Douglas Sirk Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead Romance Universal The Americano William Castle Glenn Ford, Cesar Romero, Ursula Thiess Western RKO An Annapolis Story Don Siegel John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy Drama Allied Artists Angela Dennis O'Keefe Mara Lane, Rossano Brazzi, Dennis O'Keefe Drama 20th Century Fox. Co-production with Italy Apache Ambush Fred F. Sears Bill Williams, Richard Jaeckel, Movita Castaneda Western Columbia Apache Woman Roger Corman Joan Taylor, Lloyd Bridges, Lance Fuller Western AIP Artists and Models Frank Tashlin Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone Comedy Paramount; 14th Martin and Lewis film At Gunpoint Alfred L. Werker Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan Western Allied Artists Bad Day at Black Rock John Sturges Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan Western Drama MGM; 3 Oscar nominations; based on story Bad Day at Hondo Battle Cry Raoul Walsh Van Heflin, Aldo Ray Mona Freeman, Tab Hunter War Warner Bros.; based on the Leon Uris novel Battle Taxi Herbert L. Strock Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson War drama United Artists Bedevilled Mitchell Leisen Anne Baxter, Steve Forrest, Simone Renant Crime MGM Bengazi John Brahm Richard Conte, Victor McLaglen, Mala Powers Adventure RKO The Big Bluff Lee Wilder Martha Vickers, John Bromfield, Robert Hutton Crime United Artists The Big Combo Joseph H. Lewis Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy Film noir Allied Artists Big House, U.S.A. Howard W. Koch Broderick Crawford, William Talman, Charles Bronson Crime United Artists The Big Knife Robert Aldrich Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters Drama United Artists; story by Clifford Odets Blackboard Jungle Richard Brooks Glenn Ford, Louis Calhern, Anne Francis Drama MGM; 4 Oscar nominations Blood Alley William A. Wellman John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Anita Ekberg Adventure Warner Bros. Bowery to Bagdad Edward Bernds Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Eric Blore Comedy Allied Artists Bride of the Monster Ed Wood Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Loretta King Science fiction Independent Bring Your Smile Along Blake Edwards Frankie Laine, Constance Towers, Keefe Brasselle Comedy Columbia A Bullet for Joey Lewis Allen Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter Film noir United Artists
C–D Title Director Cast Genre Notes Canyon Crossroads Alfred L. Werker Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk, Stephen Elliott Western United Artists Captain Lightfoot Douglas Sirk Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow Period drama Universal Carolina Cannonball Charles Lamont Judy Canova, Andy Clyde, Sig Ruman Comedy RepublicCell 2455, Death RowFred F. SearsWilliam Campbell, Kathryn Crosby, Vince EdwardsFilm noirColumbia Chicago Syndicate Fred F. Sears Dennis O'Keefe, Abbe Lane, Paul Stewart Film noir Columbia Chief Crazy Horse George Sherman Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund Western Universal City of Shadows William Witney Victor McLaglen, Kathleen Crowley, Anthony Caruso Crime drama Republic The Cobweb Vincente Minnelli Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer Drama MGM Conquest of Space Byron Haskin Walter Brooke, Mickey Shaughnessy, Eric Fleming Sci-fi Paramount Count Three and Pray George Sherman Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey Western Columbia The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell Otto Preminger Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Montgomery Drama, Biography Warner Bros. Crashout Lewis R. Foster William Bendix, William Talman, Arthur Kennedy Film noir Creature with the Atom Brain Edward L. Cahn Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, Michael Granger Sci-fi Columbia The Crooked Web Nathan Juran Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning Film noir Columbia Cross Channel R. G. Springsteen Wayne Morris, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Allen Crime Republic Cult of the Cobra Francis D. Lyon Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson Sci-fi Universal Daddy Long Legs Jean Negulesco Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore Musical 20th Century Fox The Dark Avenger Henry Levin Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Yvonne Furneaux Adventure 20th Century Fox Day the World Ended Roger Corman Richard Denning, Adele Jergens Sci-fi AIP Desert Sands Lesley Selander Ralph Meeker, Marla English, J. Carrol Naish Adventure United Artists The Desperate Hours William Wyler Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Gig Young, Martha Scott Film noir Paramount; remade in 1990 Devil Goddess Spencer G. Bennet Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, William Tannen Adventure Columbia Dial Red O Daniel B. Ullman Bill Elliott, Helene Stanley, Keith Larsen Crime Allied Artists Double Jeopardy R. G. Springsteen Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes Drama Republic Duel on the Mississippi William Castle Lex Barker, Patricia Medina, Craig Stevens Western Columbia
E–H Title Director Cast Genre Notes East of Eden Elia Kazan Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey Drama Warner Bros. Based on John Steinbeck novel; Oscar for Van Fleet The End of the Affair Edward Dmytryk Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills Drama Columbia. Based on Graham Greene novel; remade in 1999 Escape to Burma Allan Dwan Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar Adventure RKO The Eternal Sea John H. Auer Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Dean Jagger War Republic The Far Country Anthony Mann James Stewart, Walter Brennan, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet Western Universal The Far Horizons Rudolph Maté Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed Western Paramount Female Jungle Bruno VeSota Lawrence Tierney, Kathleen Crowley, Jayne Mansfield Film noir AIP Female on the Beach Joseph Pevney Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling Film noir Universal The Fighting Chance William Witney Julie London, Rod Cameron, Taylor Holmes Drama Republic Finger Man Harold D. Schuster Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle Film noir Allied Artists Fort Yuma Lesley Selander Peter Graves, Joan Vohs, John Hudson Western United Artists Foxfire Joseph Pevney Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler, Dan Duryea Drama Universal Francis in the Navy Arthur Lubin Donald O'Connor, Martha Hyer, Clint Eastwood Comedy Universal; 6th of series The Gamma People John Gilling Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips Sci-fi Columbia Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Richard Sale Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Alan Young Musical United Artists The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing Richard Fleischer Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger Drama 20th Century Fox The Girl Rush Robert Pirosh Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven Comedy Paramount The Glass Slipper Charles Walters Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Elsa Lanchester Musical MGM Good Morning, Miss Dove Henry Koster Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Robert Douglas Drama 20th Century Fox The Gun That Won the West William Castle Dennis Morgan, Paula Raymond, Richard Denning Western Columbia Guys and Dolls Joseph L. Mankiewicz Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine Musical MGM; based on 1950 stage musical; 4 Oscar nominations Headline Hunters William Witney Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper Crime Republic Hell's Horizon Tom Gries John Ireland, Marla English, Hugh Beaumont War Columbia Hell's Island Phil Karlson John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan Film noir Paramount Pictures High Society William Beaudine Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Amanda Blake Comedy Allied Artists Hit the Deck Roy Rowland Ann Miller, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Martin Musical MGM; based on 1927 stage musical Hold Back Tomorrow Hugo Haas John Agar, Cleo Moore, Frank DeKova Drama Universal House of Bamboo Samuel Fuller Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi Drama 20th Century Fox How to Be Very, Very Popular Nunnally Johnson Betty Grable, Sheree North, Bob Cummings Comedy 20th Century Fox; final film role for Grable
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