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1950s Adventure Movies

Public list by WPS with 218 movies or TV shows/series

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The Hidden Fortress(1958)

2h 19min | Adventure, Drama, Action, Comedy
4.0/5 (with 243 votes)

Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota is a general and Yuki is a princess, the peasants agree to accompany the pair to safety in return for gold. Along the way, the general must prove his expertise in battle while also hiding his identity.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa - With Toshirō Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita, ...
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Moby Dick(1956)

1h 56min | Adventure, Drama
3.5/5 (with 163 votes)

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service abroad the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.

Directed by John Huston - With Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, ...
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The Littlest Hobo(1963-1965)

TV-G
| Action & Adventure, Kids & Family
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A German Shepherd roams ceaselessly, pausing solely to perform acts of kindness or assist those in distress, before resuming his never-ending journey.

King Solomon's Mines(1950)

1h 43min | Adventure
3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.

Directed by Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton - With Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, John Banner, Lowell Gilmore, ...
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Prince Valiant(1954)

NR
| 1h 40min | Adventure
2.9/5 (with 21 votes)

A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.

Directed by Henry Hathaway - With James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen, ...
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Knights of the Round Table(1953)

NR
| 1h 55min | Romance / Love, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
3.1/5 (with 33 votes)

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.

Directed by Richard Thorpe - With Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Stanley Baker, Laurence Harvey, Patricia Owens, ...
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Blood Alley(1955)

NR
| 1h 50min | Adventure, Action, Thriller, Drama
3.0/5 (with 16 votes)

A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.

Directed by William Augustus Wellman - With John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Mike Mazurki, Anita Ekberg, James Hong, Paul Fix, ...
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Secret of the Incas(1954)

1h 40min | Action, Adventure
2.8/5 (with 17 votes)

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Directed by Jerry Hopper - With Charlton Heston, Robert Young, Nicole Maurey, Thomas Mitchell, Glenda Farrell, Yma Sumac, ...

Island in the Sky(1953)

NR
| 1h 49min | Adventure, Drama
3.2/5 (with 24 votes)

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.

Directed by William Augustus Wellman - With John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness, Andy Devine, Harry Carey, Walter Abel, ...
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Untamed(1955)

NR
| 1h 51min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love, Western
2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised land is South Africa and make their way there. Once there, they discover the hardships that are the reality of the homesteader experience.

Directed by Henry King - With Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter, Henry O'Neill, ...
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Yankee Buccaneer(1952)

1h 26min | Adventure, History, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on the seas; but the arrival of one of Porter's ex-students, the willful and independent Lieutenant David Farragut, brings a new mission: to disguise the ship and crew as a pirate ship and help the Navy locate the criminals who have been robbing America's merchant fleet. But as Farragut's disobedience threatens the safety of the crew, they stumble upon an international conspiracy.

Directed by Fred de Cordova - With Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Joseph Calleia, David Janssen, Michael Ansara, George Mathews, ...
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Soldier of Fortune(1955)

1h 36min | Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 13 votes)

An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Tom Tully, Anna Sten, ...
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Run for the Sun(1956)

1h 39min | Adventure, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, Katie, has tracked him down in the hope of getting the biggest scoop of her career. Mike falls for Katie. On a flight to Mexico City, their plane crashes near a remote hideaway of Nazi war criminals in hiding. The Nazis want to stay hidden and plan to dispose of their new guests.

Directed by Roy Boulting - With Richard Widmark, Jane Greer, Trevor Howard, Peter van Eyck

Fire Down Below(1957)

NR
| 1h 56min | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.

Directed by Robert Parrish - With Rita Hayworth, Jack Lemmon, Robert Mitchum, Herbert Lom, Bernard Lee, Peter Illing, ...

The Barbarian and the Geisha(1958)

NR
| 1h 45min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.

Directed by John Huston - With John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, Sō Yamamura, Hiroshi Yamato
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The Naked Hills(1956)

1h 12min | Western
2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.

Directed by Josef Shaftel - With Keenan Wynn, Myrna Dell, Frank Fenton, Fuzzy Knight, Kermit Maynard, Frances Morris, ...

Boy on a Dolphin(1957)

NR
| 1h 51min | Adventure, Romance / Love, Drama
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.

Directed by Jean Negulesco - With Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Laurence Naismith, Charles Fernley Fawcett, Jorge Mistral, ...
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Mutiny(1952)

NR
| 1h 17min | Adventure
2.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew...who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there'll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge's former sweetheart Leslie, who's fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on?

Directed by Edward Dmytryk - With Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans, Clayton Moore, Denver Pyle, ...
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Macao(1952)

1h 21min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 15 votes)

A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray - With Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame, Thomas Gomez, Brad Dexter, ...
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Long John Silver(1954)

1h 46min | Adventure, Action
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.

Directed by Byron Haskin - With Robert Newton, Connie Gilchrist, Rod Taylor

The Black Rose(1950)

1h 56min | War, Adventure, History
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.

Directed by Henry Hathaway - With Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Laurence Harvey, Michael Rennie, Herbert Lom, ...
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Campbell's Kingdom(1957)

NR
| 1h 42min | Adventure, Drama, Western
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there is oil on the land, Campbell must face up to a ruthless contractor and work against the clock to find oil before "Campbell's Kingdom" is flooded by a new power dam.

Directed by Ralph Thomas - With Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, Athene Seyler, Finlay Currie, ...

The Admirable Crichton(1957)

NR
| 1h 34min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert - With Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes

The River's Edge(1957)

NR
| 1h 27min | Thriller, Drama, Crime
3.0/5 (with 12 votes)

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.

Directed by Allan Dwan - With Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Chubby Johnson, Harry Carey, Byron Foulger, ...

The Beast of Hollow Mountain(1956)

1h 21min | Horror, Science Fiction, Western
2.1/5 (with 23 votes)

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.

Directed by Edward Nassour, Ismael Rodríguez - With Guy Madison, Patricia Medina, Carlos Rivas

The Treasure of Bengal(1953)

1h 30min | Adventure, Action
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A fun fantasy classic for the entire family! In this exotic adventure, young hero Ainur played by Sabu is living in a remote Hindu village. There he must protect the town treasure, the world's largest ruby, from being stolen.

Directed by Gianni Vernuccio - With Sabu Dastagir, Luisella Boni, Luigi Tosi, Carla Calò, Nino Marchetti, Raf Pindi, ...

Beyond Mombasa(1956)

NR
| 1h 30min | Action, Adventure
3.6/5 (with 3 votes)

An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.

Directed by George Marshall - With Cornel Wilde, Christopher Lee, Donna Reed, Leo Genn, Ron Randell

The Black Knight(1954)

NR
| 1h 25min | Action, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.

Directed by Tay Garnett - With Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, André Morell, Peter Cushing, Harry Andrews, Anthony Bushell, ...
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Manina, the Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter(1953)

1h 26min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Gerard, a 25-year-old student, decides to find a treasure Troilus lost in the sea after the Peloponnesian War. His meeting with Manina jeopardises his plans of finding the treasure.

Directed by Willy Rozier - With Brigitte Bardot, Jean-François Calvé, Howard Vernon, Espanita Cortez, Henry Djanik, Jean Droze, ...

The Men of Sherwood Forest(1954)

1h 17min | Adventure, History
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.

Directed by Val Guest - With Don Taylor, Douglas Wilmer, John Kerr, John Stuart, Patrick Holt, Peter Arne, ...
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