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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related filmsreleased 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.
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 |
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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Calamity Jane | David Butler | United States | Musical, comedy | Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Francis McDonald, Monte Montague, Bess Flowers | Explores an alleged romance between American frontierswoman of the same name and Wild Bill Hickok |
Glen or Glenda | Edward D. Wood Jr. | United States | Drama | Ed Wood, Timothy Farrell, Dolores Fuller, Bela Lugosi | |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Howard Hawks | United States | Musical, comedy | Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, George Winslow, Steven Geray | Based on the musical of the same name by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, which itself is based on Loos' novel of the same name |
I Vitelloni | Federico Fellini | Italy | Drama, comedy | Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Franco Interlenghi, Leopoldo Trieste |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |