List of Paramount Pictures films (1950–1959)

The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1950s.

## 1950[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 5, 1950 | The File on Thelma Jordon | produced by Wallis-Hazen
February 2, 1950 | Captain China | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
February 15, 1950 | Paid in Full |
February 21, 1950 | No Man of Her Own |
February 21, 1950 | Captain Carey, U.S.A. |
April 12, 1950 | Riding High |
May 30, 1950 | The Eagle and the Hawk | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 9, 1950 | The Lawless
July 4, 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West |
July 19, 1950 | Fancy Pants |
July 21, 1950 | The Furies |
August 10, 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Starring Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond.[1] Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[2]
September 8, 1950 | Union Station |
October 3, 1950 | Cassino to Korea | produced by CNI Cinema
October 6, 1950 | Dark City | produced by Hal Wallis Productions
October 10, 1950 | Trio |
October 18, 1950 | September Affair |
November 9, 1950 | Tripoli | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
November 15, 1950 | Copper Canyon |
November 29, 1950 | Let's Dance |
December 8, 1950 | Mr. Music |
December 23, 1950 | Branded |
December 23, 1950 | The Goldbergs |

## 1951[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 12, 1951 | The Mating Season |
January 17, 1951 | At War with the Army | distribution only; produced by Fred F. Finklehoffe Productions, Screen Associates Inc. & York Pictures Corporation[N 1]
March 15, 1951 | The Redhead and the Cowboy |
March 15, 1951 | Quebec |
April 2, 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises[N 2]
April 4, 1951 | The Last Outpost | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
April 7, 1951 | The Great Missouri Raid |
May 9, 1951 | Appointment with Danger |
May 30, 1951 | Dear Brat |
May 31, 1951 | That's My Boy |
June 29, 1951 | Ace in the Hole |
July 18, 1951 | Peking Express |
August 8, 1951 | Darling, How Could You! |
August 14, 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture[3]
August 30, 1951 | Passage West | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
August 1951 | Warpath |
September 20, 1951 | Here Comes the Groom |
September 27, 1951 | Rhubarb |
November 6, 1951 | Detective Story |
November 15, 1951 | When Worlds Collide |
November 1951 | Red Mountain |
December 1, 1951 | Silver City |
December 6, 1951 | Crosswinds | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
December 25, 1951 | My Favorite Spy |

## 1952[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 10, 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
January 18, 1952 | Submarine Command |
January 12, 1952 | Hong Kong | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
February 9, 1952 | Sailor Beware |
February 1952 | Flaming Feather |
March 7, 1952 | Something to Live For |
April 1, 1952 | Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick |
April 2, 1952 | Encore |
April 3, 1952 | Anything Can Happen |
April 8, 1952 | My Son John |
May 1, 1952 | The Atomic City |
May 16, 1952 | Denver and Rio Grande |
June 11, 1952 | Jumping Jacks |
July 14, 1952 | Son of Paleface | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises[N 2]
July 17, 1952 | Carrie |
September 24, 1952 | Somebody Loves Me |
September 1952 | The Savage |
Caribbean Gold | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
Just for You |
October 3, 1952 | Hurricane Smith |
November 14, 1952 | The Turning Point |
December 24, 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba |
December 25, 1952 | Road to Bali | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises; The sixth of the Road films[N 1][N 2]
December 31, 1952 | The Stooge |
December 1952 | The Blazing Forest | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions

## 1953[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 1953 | Tropic Zone
February 3, 1953 | Thunder in the East |
March 11, 1953 | The Stars Are Singing |
March 26, 1953 | Off Limits |
April 1, 1953 | The Girls of Pleasure Island |
April 22, 1953 | Jamaica Run | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
April 23, 1953 | Shane | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture
April 27, 1953 | Scared Stiff |
May 27, 1953 | Sangaree | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 3, 1953 | The Vanquished | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 5, 1953 | Pony Express |
June 6, 1953 | Stalag 17 |
July 2, 1953 | Houdini |
August 3, 1953 | Arrowhead |
August 10, 1953 | The Caddy |
August 26, 1953 | The War of the Worlds |
September 2, 1953 | Roman Holiday | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture
October 7, 1953 | Botany Bay |
October 16, 1953 | Those Redheads from Seattle | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
October 22, 1953 | Here Come the Girls |
October 1953 | Little Boy Lost |
November 21, 1953 | Flight to Tangier |
November 24, 1953 | Cease Fire |
November 28, 1953 | Forever Female |
December 31, 1953 | Money from Home |

## 1954[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 27, 1954 | Alaska Seas |
February 12, 1954 | Jivaro |
March 3, 1954 | The Naked Jungle |
March 26, 1954 | Red Garters |
April 7, 1954 | Casanova's Big Night |
April 14, 1954 | Knock on Wood |
April 21, 1954 | Elephant Walk |
June 6, 1954 | Secret of the Incas |
July 23, 1954 | Living It Up |
August 3, 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie |
September 1, 1954 | Rear Window | distribution only; produced by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions[N 3]
October 14, 1954 | White Christmas |
October 15, 1954 | Sabrina |
December 22, 1954 | 3 Ring Circus |

## 1955[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 20, 1955 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
March 25, 1955 | Strategic Air Command |
March 30, 1955 | Mambo |
April 20, 1955 | Conquest of Space |
May 14, 1955 | Run for Cover | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
May 17, 1955 | The Country Girl | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture
May 20, 1955 | The Far Horizons | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
June 23, 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | distribution only; produced by Hope Enterprises[N 2]
June 27, 1955 | Hell's Island | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
July 7, 1955 | We're No Angels |
July 20, 1955 | You're Never Too Young |
August 3, 1955 | To Catch a Thief | directed by Alfred Hitchcock
September 1955 | The Girl Rush |
October 3, 1955 | The Trouble with Harry | distribution only; produced by Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions[N 3]
October 5, 1955 | The Desperate Hours |
October 20, 1955 | Lucy Gallant | produced by Pine-Thomas Productions
October 1955 | Ulysses | distribution only; produced by Lux Film, Producciones Ponti-de Laurentiis and Zénith Films
November 7, 1955 | Artists and Models |
December 12, 1955 | The Rose Tattoo | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture

## 1956[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 27, 1956 | The Court Jester |
April 22, 1956 | The Birds and the Bees |
April 1956 | Anything Goes |
The Scarlet Hour |
June 1, 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | distribution only; produced by Filwite Productions[N 3]
June 4, 1956 | That Certain Feeling |
June 6, 1956 | The Leather Saint |
June 13, 1956 | The Proud and Profane |
July 17, 1956 | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Released in Spain
August 1, 1956 | Pardners |
August 21, 1956 | War and Peace |
August 29, 1956 | The Vagabond King |
October 1, 1956 | The Search for Bridey Murphy |
October 5, 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture. A remake of the 1923 film, in VistaVision. Annually broadcast by the ABC television network in the United States since 1973, traditionally the evening before Easter Sunday.
November 14, 1956 | The Mountain |
December 6, 1956 | Hollywood or Bust | 16th and final Martin and Lewis comedy film.
December 13, 1956 | The Rainmaker |

## 1957[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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February 9, 1957 | Three Violent People |
February 13, 1957 | Funny Face |
March 20, 1957 | Fear Strikes Out |
May 30, 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
May 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story |
June 6, 1957 | The Delicate Delinquent |
June 7, 1957 | Beau James |
July 9, 1957 | Loving You |
August 23, 1957 | Omar Khayyam |
September 26, 1957 | The Joker Is Wild |
September 1957 | Short Cut to Hell |
October 4, 1957 | The Devil's Hairpin |
October 16, 1957 | Mister Rock and Roll |
October 23, 1957 | The Tin Star |
October 25, 1957 | Spanish Affair |
October 1957 | Hear Me Good |
November 5, 1957 | Stowaway Girl |
November 10, 1957 | The Lonely Man |
November 13, 1957 | Zero Hour! | Theatrical distribution, co-production with Bartlett-Champion Productions, Carmel Productions and Delta Enterprises Inc.[N 4]
November 27, 1957 | The Sad Sack |
December 11, 1957 | Wild Is the Wind |

## 1958[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 1958 | High Hell |
March 12, 1958 | Desire Under the Elms |
March 1958 | Country Music Holiday |
April 1, 1958 | Teacher's Pet |
April 7, 1958 | St. Louis Blues |
May 2, 1958 | Another Time, Another Place |
May 9, 1958 | Vertigo | distribution only; produced by Alfred J. Hitchcook Productions[N 3]
May 21, 1958 | Maracaibo |
June 1958 | The Space Children |
Hot Spell |
July 2, 1958 | King Creole |
July 23, 1958 | Rock-A-Bye Baby |
August 12, 1958 | The Matchmaker |
September 12, 1958 | The Blob | distribution only
September 1958 | As Young as We Are |
The Party Crashers |
October 1958 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space |
November 1, 1958 | When Hell Broke Loose |
November 2, 1958 | The Geisha Boy |
November 19, 1958 | Houseboat |
The Colossus of New York |
December 1, 1958 | The Buccaneer | A remake of the 1936 version; filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision.
December 1958 | The Hot Angel |

## 1959[edit]

Release date  | Title  | Notes

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January 28, 1959 | The Trap |
February 12, 1959 | The Black Orchid |
February 1959 | The Young Captives |
Tokyo After Dark |
March 26, 1959 | Tempest |
April 8, 1959 | Thunder in the Sun |
June 16, 1959 | Don't Give Up the Ship |
June 17, 1959 | The Hangman |
June 18, 1959 | The Five Pennies |
June 1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death |
July 8, 1959 | Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | distribution only; produced by Solar Film Productions
July 29, 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill |
August 19, 1959 | But Not for Me |
September 11, 1959 | That Kind of Woman |
October 8, 1959 | Career |
October 15, 1959 | The Jayhawkers! |
December 11, 1959 | Li'l Abner | Based on the comic strip of the same name

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b In the public domain
2. ^ a b c d Owned by FremantleMedia
3. ^ a b c d Owned by Universal Pictures
4. ^ Owned by Warner Bros.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Phillips, Gene D. (2010-02-05). Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder. University Press of Kentucky. p. 112\. ISBN 978-0-8131-7367-2.
2. ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, award nominations for Sunset Boulevard Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 21, 2005.
3. ^ "REVIEW: GEORGE STEVENS' "A PLACE IN THE SUN" (1951) STARRING MONTGOMERY CLIFT AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR; PARMOUNT BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION - Cinema Retro". cinemaretro.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

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