Best Crime TV Series of the 1950s
95 Crime series that started in the 1950s, ranked by popularity
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
21K 268 1955–1962
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Perry Mason
13K 271 1957–1966
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Adventures of Superman
5K 104 1952–1958
Action · Adventure · Crime
The Untouchables
3K 119 1959–1963
Action · Crime · Drama
Dragnet
3K 276 1951–1959
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Peter Gunn
2K 114 1958–1961
Action · Crime · Drama
77 Sunset Strip
2K 206 1958–1964
Action · Crime · Drama
Highway Patrol
2K 156 1955–1959
Action · Crime · Drama
Naked City
2K 138 1958–1963
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Sherlock Holmes
1K 39 1954–1955
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Hawaiian Eye
783 134 1959–1963
Action · Adventure · Crime
Suspicion
580 42 1957–1958
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Edge of Night
531 7318 1956–1984
Crime · Drama · Mystery
M Squad
489 117 1957–1960
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Playhouse 90
481 134 1956–1961
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Decoy
395 39 1957–1958
Crime · Drama
Dixon of Dock Green
390 432 1955–1976
Crime · Drama
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
376 26 1954–1956
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Mike Hammer
366 78 1958–1959
Action · Crime · Drama
Man with a Camera
365 29 1958–1960
Crime · Drama
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
324 78 1956–1960
Action · Crime · Drama
Johnny Staccato
306 27 1959–1960
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Four Star Playhouse
291 130 1952–1956
Comedy · Crime · Drama
The Detectives
264 97 1959–1962
Action · Crime · Drama