Subgenre Sampler
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Quiet Man, The (1952)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
- Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
- Dir. Fred C. Brannon
Feat. George Wallace, Roy Barcroft, Aline Towne…
- Cracking Republic serial has Commando Cody taking on the baddies – including future Lone Ranger Moore – armed with his trusty aluminum…
Rancho Notorious (1952)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer
- Lively and interesting Western about a vengeful gunman who search brings him to the ranch of sultry saloon mistress Marlene Dietrich.
Road To Bali (1952)
- Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
- The only Technicolor Road picture they made, this time the comic and the crooner star as two song–and–dance men who set out to rescue a…
Scandal Sheet (1952)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek
- When the editor of a sensationalist newspaper commits an accidental murder, his own staff start to report on the case, and gradually inch closer to…
Singin' in the Rain (Singing in the Rain) (1952)
- Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Feat. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds…
- The quintessential Hollywood musical happens to be about the movie biz. Its blend of vivacious style and humour, catchy numbers and dazzling…
Snows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952)
- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward
- One of the more convincing attempts to adapt Ernest Hemingway for the screen, this follows the deathbed reverie of an American writer (Peck) from his…
Sound Barrier, The (1952)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick…
- Ralph Richardson excels as an aircraft manufacturer aiming to break the titular barrier with a newly developed jet, but exacting a bitter cost on his…
Stalag 17 (1952)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger…
- Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
Sudden Fear (1952)
- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame…
- Enjoyable potboiler with Palance as an ambitious young actor who sets out to seduce and destroy wealthy playwright Crawford. Rollicking…