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Has Anyone Seen My Gal?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 NoonHigh Noon (1952) Aro Favourite
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 WestHorizons 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…
HuntedHunted (1952)
Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Kay Walsh, Geoffrey Keen
Brit suspense trailing an orphan on the run from his foster parents wrath after an accident who is kidnapped by a wanted criminal who trys to prevent…
IkiruIkiru (1952)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
A patient meditation on life and death about a sullen yet dutiful office clerk of 30 years whose terminal illness compels him to rediscover his…
Importance of Being EarnestImportance of Being Earnest (1952) Recommended
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Dame Edith Evans
Screen version of Oscar Wilde's brilliant comedy of manners starring a host of British stage thesps.
Invasion U.S.A.Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
Dir. Alfred E. Green
Feat. Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O'Herlihy
A crudely devised, but fascinating slice of early Cold War paranoia, this has the 'Land of the Free' being invaded by hordes of Russians, with…
IvanhoeIvanhoe (1952)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Feat. Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
Boisterous Middle–Ages spectacular featuring brutal action scenes.
Jack and the BeanstalkJack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Dir. Jean Yarbrough
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Abbott and Costello romp through the fairytale passages of Jack and his Beanstalk. While their comedy doesn’t transpose so well, this is an amiable…
Jumping JacksJumping 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.

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