Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1952
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Singin' in the Rain
(1952) A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. Dir: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly With: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds Comedy | Musical | Romance United States-PASSED 103 mins. |
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High Noon
(1952) A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. Dir: Fred Zinnemann With: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly Drama | Western United States-PASSED 85 mins. |
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The Quiet Man
(1952) A disgraced American boxer retires to Ireland, where he finds love. Dir: John Ford With: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara Drama | Romance United States-APPROVED 129 mins. |
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Above and Beyond
(1952) Story of Col. Paul Tibbetts, the man who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2. Dir: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama With: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore Action | Biography | Drama 122 mins. |
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Moulin Rouge
(1952) Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Dir: John Huston With: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor Biography | Drama | Music | Romance United States-APPROVED 119 mins. |
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Ikiru
(1952) Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing... Dir: Akira Kurosawa With: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko Drama United States-NOT-RATED 143 mins. |
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The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952) An actress, a director, and a writer are asked to help revive the career of ruthless Hollywood studio bigwig Jonathan Shields. However, all three are reluctant because they have all been used and betrayed by him in the past. Dir: Vincente Minnelli With: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon Drama | Romance United States-APPROVED 118 mins. |
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The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952) The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer against a background of circus spectacle. Dir: Cecil B. DeMille With: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton Drama | Family | Romance United States-APPROVED 152 mins. |
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Forbidden Games
(1952) 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. Dir: René Clément With: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey Drama | War 86 mins. |
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Umberto D.
(1952) Umberto Ferrari, aged government-pensioner, attends a street demonstration held by his fellow pensioners... Dir: Vittorio De Sica With: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio Drama 89 mins. |
