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Subgenre Sampler

 
Monkey BusinessMonkey Business (1952)
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn
Scientist Cary Grant discovers a rejuvenation serum which has screwball side–effects. Stars include the director and writing team – Ben…
Monsieur Leguignon, lampistelMonsieur Leguignon, lampistel (1952)
Dir. Maurice Labro
Feat. Yves Deniaud, Louis de Funès
Spirited and screwball–esque, this 'workers' comedy concerns a down–on–his–luck railway labourer who discovers treasure…
Moulin RougeMoulin Rouge (1952)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jose Ferrer, Colette Marchand, Suzanne Flon
Opulently staged fictional biopic of Toulouse–Lautrec, highlighted by a dazzling can–can sequence. The pint–sized French painter is…
MutinyMutiny (1952)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Angela Lansbury, Mark Stevens
Adventure movie set during the War of 1812, where a captain collecting a war loan of gold finds that his crew have plotted a mutiny to try to obtain…
Narrow MarginNarrow Margin (1952) Recommended
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
NiagaraNiagara (1952) Recommended
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters
This bold film provided Marilyn with her first big part, and it's possibly her best. She's a scheming, faithless wife who plots to murder her husband…
On The BeatOn The Beat (1952)
Dir. Robert Asher
Feat. Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne, Raymond Huntley
Wisdom returns to his most popular role as Norman Pitkin, and more trouble ensues when he takes to the streets dressed in his father's police uniform.
OthelloOthello (1952) Recommended
Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Suzanne Cloutier
Dir. Welles filmed Shakespeare's great tragedy over four years in Europe and North Africa, and despite some patchy moments, turned in probably the…
Planter's Wife, ThePlanter's Wife, The (Outpost in Malaya) (1952)
Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel
Claudette Colbert and Jack Hawkins star in this fiery actioner as plantation owners under siege from commie bandits. Colbert is a dab hand with a…
Prisoner of Zenda, ThePrisoner of Zenda, The (1952)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason
Second version of Anthony Hope's archetypal swashbuckler, sees King of Ruritania Stewart Granger deposed by his half–brother and…

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