Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
Films of Charles & Ray Eames, The (1952-1982)
- A collection of the cinematic work of Charles and Ray Eames, the 20th century industrial designers and married couple, who channelled their separate…
Five Fingers (5 Fingers) (1952)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie…
- Witty espionage thriller set during the Second World War with Mason as a status–hungry valet who hawks important documents to the Germans in…
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.
Greatest Show On Earth, The (1952)
- Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. James Stewart, Charlton Heston
- Roll up for an Oscar–winning spectacle from Hollywood's greatest showmeister. The big–top excitement features a tent–load of stars.
Hangman's Knot (1952)
- Dir. Roy Huggins
Feat. Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jr. Jarman…
- Handsome technicolour western with Randolph Scott leading a band of Confederate soldiers who are unaware that the war is over, and attack a wagon of…
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Danny Kaye, Farley Granger
- A fabricated musical 'biopic' of the famed 19th century Danish fairytale writer, sees him (played by Danny Kaye) smile through a succession of…
Has Anyone Seen My Gal? (1952)
- Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Charles Coburn, Lynn Bari, Piper Laurie…
- Sirk–for–hire musical comedy finds the iconic melodramatist at his most unidentifiable: Coburn stars as an elderly money bags with no…
High Noon (1952)
- Dir. Fred Zinnemann
Feat. Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell…
- Retiring marshal Gary Cooper faces a crisis of conscience when he learns an old adversary wants revenge. A classic that derives its impact through…
Horizons West (1952)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson
- Western with shades of film noir and gangster pic, set in post–civil war Texas, where two confederate soldier brothers return to their family…