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The Best Spy Films of the 1950s

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41

Bowery Battalion 1951, 69 min.

William Beaudine • Starring: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Donald MacBride

Action • Action Comedy • Comedy

Down by 3 in the past 45 days

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42

The 49th Man 1953, 73 min.

Fred F. Sears • Starring: John Ireland, Richard Denning, Suzanne Dalbert

Political Thriller • Spy Film • Thriller

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2

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43

Fort Algiers 1953, 78 min.

Lesley Selander • Starring: Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Raymond Burr

Action • Drama • Spy Film

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44

5 Steps to Danger 1957, 81 min.

Henry S. Kesler • Starring: Sterling Hayden, Ruth Roman, Werner Klemperer

Action • Spy Film

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45

Spy in the Sky! 1958, 75 min.

W. Lee Wilder • Starring: Steve Brodie, Sandra Francis, Andrea Domburg

Action • Mystery • Spy Film

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46

I Was an American Spy 1951, 85 min.

Lesley Selander • Starring: Ann Dvorak, Gene Evans, Douglas Kennedy

Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Spy Film

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47

The Angry Hills 1959, 105 min.

Robert Aldrich • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Müller

Action • Drama • Spy Film

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48

Foreign Intrigue 1956, 100 min.

Sheldon Reynolds • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page, Ingrid Thulin

Film Noir • Mystery • Spy Film

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49

The Two-Headed Spy 1958, 93 min.

André De Toth • Starring: Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann

Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-a-True-Story

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50

Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard 1950, 67 min.

Seymour Friedman • Starring: Howard St. John, Ron Randell, Amanda Blake

Mystery • Spy Film

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51

Million Dollar Manhunt 1956, 79 min.

Maclean Rogers • Starring: Richard Denning, Carole Mathews, Ronald Adam

Action • Crime • Mystery

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52

The Teckman Mystery 1954, 86 min.

Wendy Toye • Starring: Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver

British Noir • Female-Directed Film • Film Noir

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53

Paris Playboys 1954, 62 min.

William Beaudine • Starring: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

Action • Action Comedy • Comedy

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54

Deadly Nightshade 1953, 59 min.

John Gilling • Starring: Emrys Jones, John Horsley, Joan Hickson

Action Thriller • Action • British Noir

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55

Der Andere 1959, 198 min.

Joachim Hoene • Starring: Wolf Frees, Heinz Klingenberg, Albert Lieven

Adventure • Crime Thriller • Crime

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56

Journey to Freedom 1957, 60 min.

Robert C. Dertano • Starring: Jacques Scott, Genevieve Aumont, George Graham

Romance • Spy Film • Thriller

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57

This Can't Happen Here 1950, 84 min.

Ingmar Bergman • Starring: Signe Hasso, Alf Kjellin, Ulf Palme

Drama • Foreign Language Film • Spy Film

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58

Looking for Danger 1957, 62 min.

Austen Jewell • Starring: Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Lili Kardell

Comedy • Spy Comedy • Spy Film

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59

The Whip Hand 1951, 82 min.

William Cameron Menzies • Starring: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier

Adventure Drama • Adventure • Crime Drama

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60

Doublecross 1956, 71 min.

Anthony Squire • Starring: Donald Houston, Fay Compton, Anton Diffring

Action • Action Thriller • Drama

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