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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway Went Thataway | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire | Comedy | Also known as The Star Said No |
| Call Me Mister | Lloyd Bacon | Betty Grable, Dan Dailey | Musical | Based on the Broadway Musical |
| Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Raoul Walsh | Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo | Adventure | Based on Horatio Hornblower novels |
| Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren, Larry Stewart | Serial | |
| Casanova Cat | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Cat Napping | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Cattle Drive | Kurt Neumann | Joel McCrea, Dean Stockwell | Western | |
| Cause for Alarm! | Tay Garnett | Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling | Film Noir | |
| Chained for Life | Harry L. Fraser | Hilton Twins | Exploitation | |
| Cheese Chasers | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| China Corsair | Ray Nazarro | Jon Hall, Ernest Borgnine | Adventure | |
| Chow Hound | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Close to My Heart | William Keighley | Gene Tierney, Ray Milland | Drama | |
| Come Fill the Cup | Gordon Douglas | James Cagney, Gig Young | Drama | Oscar nomination for Young |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Charles Lamont | Abbott and Costello | Comedy | |
| Cruise Cat | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animation | |
| Cry Danger | Robert Parrish | Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming | Film Noir | Shot in 22 days |
| David and Bathsheba | Henry King | Gregory Peck. Susan Hayward | Historical | from 2nd Old Testament book of Samuel |
| Day of the Fight | Stanley Kubrick | Walter Cartier | Documentary | First picture directed by Kubrick |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Robert Wise | Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal | Science Fiction | Remade in 2008 |
| Death of a Salesman | László Benedek | Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock | Drama | Based on Arthur Miller play |
| Decision Before Dawn | Anatole Litvak | Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill | War | From the novel Call It Treason |
| The Desert Fox | Henry Hathaway | James Mason, Cedric Hardwicke | Biographical | Based on the book Rommel |
| Destination Meatball | Walter Lantz | Woody Woodpecker | Animation | |
| Detective Story | William Wyler | Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Wiseman, Lee Grant | Film Noir | Based on Sidney Kingsley play |
| Distant Drums | Raoul Walsh | Gary Cooper, Richard Webb | Western | |
| Don Daredevil Rides Again | Fred C. Brannon | Ken Curtis, Aline Towne | Serial | |
| Don't Throw That Knife | Jules White | Three Stooges | Comedy | |
| Double Dynamite | Irving Cummings | Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell | Musical Comedy | |
| Drip-Along Daffy | Chuck Jones | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Duck and Cover | Anthony Rizzo | Propaganda |
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