1952
by moimoi2 | created - 28 Jul 2016 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicMovies I've watched that were released in 1952. Listed alphabetically.
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1. Ain't She Tweet (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Sylvester Cat discovers Tweety Bird in a pet store window. Tweety is taken to be delivered by truck to a new owner - Granny. Sylvester chases the delivery truck to Granny's home, where ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 695
2. Beep, Beep (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
The Coyote chases the Road Runner through a maze of mine shafts, with their positions made visible only by the lamps on their helmets.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 1,831
3. Bend of the River (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams
Votes: 9,906
4. A Bird in a Guilty Cage (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a display window of an after-hours department store and sneaks inside through a mail server chute. Tweety flees Sylvester by hiding in a hat pile and a ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 645
5. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes she's dangerous.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran
Votes: 8,500
6. Duck and Cover (1952)
Not Rated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Family
Instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.
Director: Anthony Rizzo | Stars: George Winslow, Leo M. Langlois III, Ray J. Mauer, Robert Middleton
Votes: 1,101
7. Feed the Kitty (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bulldog, charmed by a kitten, tries to keep her hidden from his human guardian.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc
Votes: 3,550
8. Forbidden Games (1952)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Votes: 13,112 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Gift Wrapped (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Sylvester gets a rubber mouse for Christmas, but he much prefers Granny's gift: a new Tweety Bird.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Daws Butler
Votes: 879
10. Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
The Coyote makes various attempts to get the Road Runner with an explosive-tipped arrow, by shooting himself out of a sling shot and by covering the road with quick drying cement.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Paul Julian
Votes: 1,010
11. High Noon (1952)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
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.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 110,239 | Gross: $9.45M
12. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd
Votes: 6,373
13. Ivanhoe (1952)
Approved | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
Votes: 10,235
14. Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1951)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A mix-up by Mr. Stork finds a little lion cub in the care of a gentle flock of sheep. But when a hungry wolf begins to stalk the herd, will Lambert find the courage to protect his mama?
Directors: Jack Hannah, Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Sterling Holloway, June Foray, Stan Freberg, James MacDonald
Votes: 2,609
15. Le grand Méliès (1952)
Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Biography, Drama
A biography of the pioneer film director Georges Méliès, featuring his son André playing Georges, and with shots of his second wife, aged 90.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, André Méliès, Marie-Georges Méliès, François Lallement
Votes: 360
16. The Life of Oharu (1952)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 7,649
17. Limelight (1952)
G | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton
Votes: 22,148 | Gross: $1.00M
18. Magical Maestro (1952)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
A magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Tex Avery, Carlos Ramírez
Votes: 1,229
19. Monkey Business (1952)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Votes: 15,579
20. Neighbours (1952)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
Director: Norman McLaren | Stars: Grant Munro, Jean Paul Ladouceur
Votes: 3,887
21. The Quiet Man (1952)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond
Votes: 42,421 | Gross: $10.55M
22. Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Daffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Votes: 4,725
23. Rabbit's Kin (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Bugs rescues a young rabbit from Pete Puma and gives lessons on how to heckle.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg
Votes: 1,408
24. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 260,834 | Gross: $8.82M
25. The Two Mouseketeers (1952)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 17th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in the King's castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Francoise Brun-Cottan, Arthur Q. Bryan, William Hanna, The King's Men
Votes: 1,824
26. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,218 | Gross: $0.07M
27. Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole floods, causing him to float to the laboratory of an evil scientist who wants to use his brain for a robot.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, John T. Smith
Votes: 2,296
28. The Winning Team (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Nebraska farmboy Grover Cleveland Alexander achieves baseball stardom before war injuries and alcoholism derail his career, but through his wife's faithful efforts he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Miller
Votes: 1,113
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