Thunder in the East

1952

English

6.3

♡ 5

Charles Vidor Director

Jill St. John as English Girl

John Williams as General Sir Henry Harrison

Queenie Leonard as Miss Huggins

John Abbott as Nitra Puta

During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifist Prime Minister Singh hopes to reach an agreement with guerilla leader Khan, the maharajah is a fool, and the British residents are living in the past. Steve's love interest is Joan Willoughby, the blind daughter of a parson.

Botany Bay

1952

English

6.1

♡ 6

18th century

Adventure

australia

based on novel or book

John Farrow Director

Patrick Whyte as Guard

Frank Hagney as Guard

Sean McClory as Marine Sergeant

Noel Drayton as Second Mate Spencer

Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving the torturous voyage with other prisoners to the new penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.

The Black Castle

1952

English

6.3

♡ 6

32%

Nathan Juran Director

Michael Pate as Count Ernst von Melcher

Henry Corden as Fender

John Roy as Guard

Tudor Owen as Romley

A man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952

English

6.5

♡ 11

50%

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Gloria Grahame as Angel

Edmond O'Brien as Midway Barker at End

Lester Dorr as Midway Game Barker

John Roy as Roustabout

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Ivanhoe

1952

English

6.7

♡ 11

79%

64%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Richard Thorpe Director

Michael Brennan as Baldwin

Robert Taylor as Ivanhoe

Guy Rolfe as Prince John

Joan Fontaine as Rowena

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

Hoodlum Empire

1952

English

5.9

♡ 4

Joseph Kane Director

Douglas Kennedy as Brinkley - Henchman

Forrest Tucker as Charley Pignatalli

Don Beddoe as Sen. Blake

Gene Lockhart as Sen. Tower

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.

Radar Men from the Moon

1952

English

4.5

♡ 3

82%

Action

alien invasion

extraterrestrial technology

Fred C. Brannon Director

Dale Van Sickel as Alon

Peter Brocco as Krog

Carey Loftin as Motorist Transporting Pursuit Cop [Ch. 4]

William Bakewell as Ted Richards

Commando Cody, 'Sky Marshal of the Universe', works with American scientists Joan Gilbert and Ted Richards in the development of a flying suit and a rocket to the Moon. When the nation's defences are being sabotaged and destroyed, Cody learns that an atomic-gun is being used and that the men on the moon are the culprits.

The Little World of Don Camillo

1952

Italian

7.6

♡ 2

Julien Duvivier Director

Barbara Florian as Bit part

Giorgio Albertazzi as Don Pietro

Orson Welles as Narrator

Emilio Cigoli as Narrator

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked each other, politics still divided them as it is dividing the country. And when the mayor wants his "People's House"; the priest wants his "Garden City" for the poor. Division exist between the richest and the poorest, the pious and the atheists and even between lovers. But if the people are hard as the country, they are good in the bottom of there heart.

Singin' in the Rain

1952

English

8.3

♡ 95

100%

Stanley Donen Director

Gloria Dea as Chorus Girl

Shirley Jean Rickert as Chorus Girl

Robert Foulk as Matt - Policeman

Douglas Fowley as Roscoe Dexter

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

1952

English

6.5

♡ 2

65%

Ken Annakin Director

Anthony Eustrel as Archbishop of Canterbury

Patrick Barr as King Richard

James Robertson Justice as Little John

Bill Owen as Stutely

Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.

Retreat, Hell!

1952

English

6.4

♡ 2

Joseph H. Lewis Director

Richard Carlson as Capt. Paul Hansen

Fred Stromsoe as Jeep Driver

Russ Tamblyn as Jimmy W. McDermid

Mack Williams as Marine General

During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.

O. Henry's Full House

1952

English

7.2

♡ 3

68%

Henry King Director

Robert Foulk as Cop

Irving Bacon as Ebenezer Dorset

Thomas Browne Henry as Manager

Norman Leavitt as Yokel

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

Flat Top

1952

English

5.9

♡ 5

35%

Drama

u.s. navy

War

Lesley Selander Director

Phyllis Coates as Dorothy Collier

Todd Karns as Judge

James Best as Radio Operator

Alvy Moore as Sailor

A rock hard commander trains Navy Carrier Pilots during the Second World War

Forbidden Games

1952

French

8.0

♡ 12

100%

René Clément Director

Jacques Marin as Georges Dollé

Denise Péronne as Jeanne Gouard

Bernard Musson as Le deuxième gendarme

Brigitte Fossey as Paulette

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.

The Moment of Truth

1952

French

6.9

♡ 1

Drama

Jean Delannoy Director

Daniel Gélin as Daniel Prévost

Michèle Morgan as Madeleine Richard

Walter Chiari as Un client du cabaret

Marcel Rouzé as Un locataire voisin de Daniel

After attending to a suicidal young man, Dr Richard learns that his wife has been unfaithful for years. This comes as a shock after 10 years of supposedly happy marriage. Back home, he demands answers from Madeleine. A long night of explanations ensues.

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

English

6.9

♡ 13

100%

76%

Action

babysitter

based on novel or book

Roy Ward Baker Director

Robert Foulk as Doorman

Vic Perrin as Elevator Operator

Don Beddoe as Mr. Ballew

Verna Felton as Mrs. Ballew

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Limelight

1952

English

♡ 41

88%

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as Calvero

Curt Furburg as Empire Theatre Patron

Geraldine Chaplin as Little Girl in Opening Scene

Marjorie Bennett as Mrs. Alsop

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Belles on Their Toes

1952

English

6.5

♡ 2

75%

Henry Levin Director

Myrna Loy as Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth

Robert Adler as Harper's Chauffeur

Charlotte Austin as Student

Merry Anders as Student

The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.

The Olympic Elk

1952

English

6.7

♡ 2

Documentary

James Algar Director

Winston Hibler as Narrator

Join the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the fertile grazing grounds of its towering peaks.