1952 Movies

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Directed by: Scott Derrickson

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith

Country: United States of America

Outline: A remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

High Noon

Directed by: Fred Zinnemann

Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges

Country: United States of America

Outline: A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.

The Quiet Man

Directed by: John Ford

Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond

Country: United States of America

Outline: A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love.

Moulin Rouge

Directed by: John Huston

Starring: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier

Country: United States of America

Outline: Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Hans Christian Andersen

Directed by: Charles Vidor

Starring: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire, Joseph Walsh

Country: United States of America

Outline: The opening scene of the movie describes it best: "Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen. This is not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about the great spinner of fairy tales."

Ivanhoe

Directed by: Richard Thorpe

Starring: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders

Country: United States of America

Outline: A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.

Sailor Beware

Directed by: Hal Walker

Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall

Outline: Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.

Jumping Jacks

Directed by: Norman Taurog

Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore

Outline: Nightclub comic Hap Smith assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner Chuck Allen.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Directed by: Henry King, Roy Ward Baker

Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef

Country: United States of America

Outline: Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.

Singin' in the Rain

Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen

Country: United States of America

Outline: A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Ikiru

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka

Country: United States of America

Outline: A bureaucrat tries to find a meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

Limelight

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton

Country: United States of America

Outline: A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives.

Forbidden Games

Directed by: René Clément

Starring: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie

Country: United States of America

Outline: A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

The Bad and the Beautiful

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Starring: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell

Country: United States of America

Outline: An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

5 Fingers

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden

Country: United States of America

Outline: During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

The Narrow Margin

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Starring: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert

Country: United States of America

Outline: A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Come Back, Little Sheba

Directed by: Daniel Mann

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel

Country: United States of America

Outline: An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.

The Overcoat

Directed by: Alberto Lattuada

Starring: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia

Outline: Based on Nikolai Gogol's story with the location changed from Russia to Italy and the time changed to the present (1952), the story is about a poor city-hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose ...

Scaramouche

Directed by: George Sidney

Starring: Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, Mel Ferrer

Country: United States of America

Outline: In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Directed by: Anthony Asquith

Starring: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd

Country: United States of America

Outline: When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.

Sudden Fear

Directed by: David Miller

Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett

Country: United States of America

Outline: After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

Europe '51

Directed by: Roberto Rossellini

Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Alexander Knox, Ettore Giannini, Giulietta Masina

Outline: Irene Girard is an ambassador's wife and used to living in luxury. After the dramatic death of her son, she feels guilty of having neglected him and feels compelled to help people in need ...

Viva Zapata!

Directed by: Elia Kazan

Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman

Country: United States of America

Outline: The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Diaz in the early 20th century.

El ceniciento

Directed by: Gilberto Martínez Solares

Starring: Germán Valdés, Alicia Caro, Andrés Soler, Marcelo Chávez

Baiju Bawra

Directed by: Vijay Bhatt

Starring: Meena Kumari, Bharat Bhushan, Surendra, Kuldip Kaur

Outline: A young singer, in the time of Emperor Akbar the Great, sets out to avenge his father, killed in a disturbance near the house of a member of the Court.