Best 24 Mystery Movies Must-Watch Released in 1955

A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation. More about To Catch a Thief / IMDB / YouTube

The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi. Learn about Diabolique / IMDB / YouTube

Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body. See more about The Trouble with Harry / IMDB / YouTube

Following World War II, a one-armed stranger arrives in a tiny California desert town, but finds the residents hostile and protecting a terrible secret they want to keep hidden, by violent means if necessary. Read about Bad Day at Black Rock / IMDB / YouTube

A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit. Look into Kiss Me Deadly / IMDB / YouTube

Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war. See more about This Island Earth / IMDB / YouTube

This film, with no dialogue at all, follows a psychotic young woman's nightmarish experiences through one skid-row night. Info on Dementia / IMDB / YouTube

On a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare. Find out about The Night My Number Came Up / IMDB / YouTube

Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives. Check out Female on the Beach / IMDB / YouTube

This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback. Details on Interrupted Melody / IMDB / YouTube

A trilogy of fantastic stories involving murder and the supernatural. Find out about Three Cases of Murder / IMDB / YouTube

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw (Farley Granger). More about The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing / IMDB / YouTube

A police detective helps a singer heading to prison for the murder of a man she claims is still alive. Find out about Murder Is My Beat / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well. Get info on The Prodigal / IMDB / YouTube

The police investigates five possible suspects in the murder of a greedy and scheming woman who wronged them. Read about No Man's Woman / IMDB / YouTube

When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions. See more about The Big Bluff / IMDB / YouTube

Several persons, including an off duty policeman and a weird rich guy, are suspects in the murder of a beautiful actress. Info on Female Jungle / IMDB / YouTube

Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly in love with him, and a date at Carnegie Hall. On concert night, disease deafens him. While medical science works on a cure, he must find other ventures. He learns lip reading and, u. Info on Sincerely Yours / IMDB / YouTube

Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see The Starving Man, a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved. Info on The Glass Tomb / IMDB / YouTube

J. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Everleigh begins to suspect the stamp is a counterfeit and hires private-detective Tom Martin to investigate. In London, Martin, assisted by Barney Wilson, a reformed crook, learns that the real stamp is still in the hands of . More about Murder on Approval / IMDB / YouTube

In Mexico City, a poor single father is mistaken for a serial killer by the local cops, but the man's son stumbles upon the real killer and tries to warn the police after being abducted. See more about A Life in the Balance / IMDB / YouTube

A woman who heads a sportswear manufacturing company is found dead. Although it is ruled a suicide, the police detective in charge believes she was murdered, and his subsequent investigation begins to focus on the woman's son, who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Check out Sudden Danger / IMDB / YouTube

A wrongly accused convict returns home, only to be maligned again. Learn about The Long Rope / IMDB / YouTube

A senior civil servant is condemned to hang for murder but he claims to have top secret security information... More about They Can't Hang Me / IMDB / YouTube