Subgenre Sampler
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Knights of the Round Table (1953)
- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer…
- Sumptuous retelling of the legends of Camelot was MGM's first Cinemascope production. Tayloris excellent as Lancelot while Ava Gardner is inspired…
Life of Oharu (1953)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune
- The prolific, though rarely seen dir. Mizoguchi came to attention with this chronicled downfall of a court–concubine in 17th century Japan,…
Lion Is in the Streets, The (1953)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Barbara Hale
- Political parable based on Southern governor Huey Long stars James Cagney as the populist peddler–turned–politico who yields to…
Titanic (1953)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner…
- The infamous maritime disaster goes down here in grand Hollywood style, reflecting the onboard marital downswing of Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyk.…
Deadline U.S.A. (1952)
- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Humphrey Bogart
- Tightly scripted account of the newspaper business. Editor–in–Chief: Humphrey Bogart.
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark
- Marilyn Monroe in her first leading role plays a psychotic babysitter who lures an unwitting Richard Widmark into her world of delusion.
Gentle Gunman, The (1952)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, John Mills
- Dirk Bogarde and John Mills are Irish brothers sent to London by the IRA during the Blitz, but one succumbs to pacifism.
Ghost Ship (1952)
- Dir. Vernon Sewell
Feat. Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden…
- Small–budget supernatural yarn with a uniquely British flavour about a couple that purchase a haunted yacht.
Ivanhoe (1952)
- Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine…
- Boisterous Middle–Ages spectacular featuring brutal action scenes.
Jumping Jacks (1952)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin
- The comic duo of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin make an unlikely pair of paratroopers.