Best Crime TV Series of the 1950s

95 Crime series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

★ 8.5
21K 268 1955–1962
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Perry Mason

★ 8.3
13K 271 1957–1966
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Adventures of Superman

★ 7.7
5K 104 1952–1958
Action · Adventure · Crime

The Untouchables

★ 8.0
3K 119 1959–1963
Action · Crime · Drama

Dragnet

★ 7.5
3K 276 1951–1959
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Peter Gunn

★ 8.0
2K 114 1958–1961
Action · Crime · Drama

77 Sunset Strip

★ 7.7
2K 206 1958–1964
Action · Crime · Drama

Highway Patrol

★ 7.7
2K 156 1955–1959
Action · Crime · Drama

Naked City

★ 8.2
2K 138 1958–1963
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Sherlock Holmes

★ 7.5
1K 39 1954–1955
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Hawaiian Eye

★ 7.6
783 134 1959–1963
Action · Adventure · Crime

Suspicion

★ 8.1
580 42 1957–1958
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Edge of Night

★ 7.7
531 7318 1956–1984
Crime · Drama · Mystery

M Squad

★ 8.1
489 117 1957–1960
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Playhouse 90

★ 8.3
481 134 1956–1961
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Decoy

★ 7.6
395 39 1957–1958
Crime · Drama

Dixon of Dock Green

★ 6.9
390 432 1955–1976
Crime · Drama

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

★ 7.1
376 26 1954–1956
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Mike Hammer

★ 8.0
366 78 1958–1959
Action · Crime · Drama

Man with a Camera

★ 7.3
365 29 1958–1960
Crime · Drama

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

★ 7.6
324 78 1956–1960
Action · Crime · Drama

Johnny Staccato

★ 7.9
306 27 1959–1960
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Four Star Playhouse

★ 7.5
291 130 1952–1956
Comedy · Crime · Drama

The Detectives

★ 7.5
264 97 1959–1962
Action · Crime · Drama