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1. 13 East Street (1952)
72 min | Thriller
A cop robs a store to go undercover in a gang. In prison he meets a member and escapes. Now inside, he identifies the boss and thieves, but not the informant. As a big heist nears, the cop is distracted by the boss's girlfriend.
Director: Robert S. Baker | Stars: Patrick Holt, Sandra Dorne, Sonia Holm, Robert Ayres
Votes: 175
2. Affair in Monte Carlo (1952)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Merle Oberon, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Stephen Murray
Votes: 193
3. A Killer Walks (1952)
Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama
In order to inherit his grandmother's farm, Ned Harsten plans to kill her and blame the murder on his younger brother, Frankie, who is a notorious sleep-walker.
Director: Ronald Drake | Stars: Susan Shaw, Laurence Harvey, Trader Faulkner, Laurence Naismith
Votes: 74
4. Angels One Five (1952)
TV-G | 98 min | Drama, War
The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Andrew Osborn, Cyril Raymond
Votes: 1,276
5. Babes in Bagdad (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Hassan, the Kadi of Bagdad, has a harem housing twelve beauties, but concentrates his attention on Zohara. A newcomer, Kyra, introduces rebellion into the by the unheard of act of ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Ney, John Boles
Votes: 131
6. Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
67 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Zena Marshall, Sydney Tafler, Anthony Pendrell, Russell Napier
7. Brandy for the Parson (1952)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A young couple get involved with a smuggler.
Director: John Eldridge | Stars: James Donald, Kenneth More, Jean Lodge, Frederick Piper
Votes: 207
8. Castle in the Air (1952)
89 min | Comedy
The near-bankrupt Earl of Locharne must contend with a government agent trying to requisition his ancestral Scottish castle, as well as a beautiful American woman who wants to buy the place - to say nothing of the resident ghost.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: David Tomlinson, Helen Cherry, Margaret Rutherford, Barbara Kelly
Votes: 284
9. Circumstantial Evidence (1952)
61 min | Crime, Drama
Linda Harrison is about to divorce her husband for desertion so that she will be free to marry a young doctor.
Director: Daniel Birt | Stars: Rona Anderson, Patrick Holt, Frederick Leister, Ronald Adam
Votes: 117
10. Come Back Peter (1952)
80 min | Comedy
Pandemonium is created in a home when relatives come to stay.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Patrick Holt, Peter Hammond, Kathleen Boutall, Charles Lamb
Votes: 63
11. Crow Hollow (1952)
69 min | Thriller
1952. Drama. Directed by Michael McCarthy. Starring Natasha Parry & Donald Houston. In a spooky mansion, one of three sinister spinsters tries to poison her nephew's wife to steal a large inheritance.
Director: Michael McCarthy | Stars: Donald Houston, Natasha Parry, Patricia Owens, Esma Cannon
Votes: 331
12. Curtain Up (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
In a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall, Michael Medwin
Votes: 296
13. Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952)
82 min | Comedy
An American woman arrives to a small French town where she has inherited a chateau, only to discover it is already inhabited by squatters.
Director: Marcel Cravenne | Stars: Merle Oberon, Paul Henreid, Jim Gérald, Maximilienne
Votes: 20
14. Death of an Angel (1952)
64 min | Crime, Drama
An older doctor in a rural area takes on a younger physician as his partner. When the older doctor's wife is found murdered, the man becomes the chief suspect, especially when he suddenly ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Patrick Barr, Jane Baxter, Julie Somers, Raymond Young
Votes: 66
15. Derby Day (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, John McCallum
Votes: 226
16. Distant Trumpet (1952)
63 min | Drama
David Anthony, Harley Street physician swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Derek Bond, Jean Patterson, Derek Elphinstone, Anne Brooke
Votes: 42
18. Down Among the Z Men (1952)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
The cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines.
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers
Votes: 403
19. The Hundred Hour Hunt (1952)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Scotland Yard is mobilised in the hunt for blood donors in a race to save a dying girl.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton, Freddie Mills
Votes: 210
20. I'll Get You (1952)
78 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After leading nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.
Directors: Seymour Friedman, Peter Graham Scott | Stars: George Raft, Sally Gray, Clifford Evans, Reginald Tate
Votes: 429
21. Folly to Be Wise (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Newly arrived Army chaplin Captain Paris (Alastair Sim) attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver, Colin Gordon
Votes: 360
22. Father's Doing Fine (1952)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A domestic comedy based on the play "Little Lambs Eat Ivy", dealing with the adventures of an impoverished upper-class family consisting of a widowed mother and her four daughters.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: Heather Thatcher, Diane Hart, Virginia McKenna, Mary Germaine
Votes: 126
23. The Gambler and the Lady (1952)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A social-climbing American with a business in illegal gambling falls in love with a blue blood, but gangsters and a jealous ex-girlfriend stand in the way of happiness.
Directors: Patrick Jenkins, Sam Newfield | Stars: Dane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards
Votes: 353
24. Ghost Ship (1952)
Approved | 74 min | Horror
A luxury ship is haunted by the ghosts of a crew that had disappeared off the ship years before.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hugh Burden, John Robinson
Votes: 928
25. Glory at Sea (1952)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Sonny Tufts, James Donald
Votes: 756
26. Girdle of Gold (1952)
66 min | Comedy
Comedy centred on the adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset in which, unbeknown to her, a fortune has been stashed by her husband, drunken, money-loving Griffiths the Hearse.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Esmond Knight, Maudie Edwards, Meredith Edwards, Petra Davies
Votes: 75
27. Hammer the Toff (1952)
71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Robinson, Valentine Dyall
Votes: 140
28. Holiday Week (1952)
82 min | Drama, Romance
A cotton mill worker in Lancashire falls for her boss's son while on a Wakes Week holiday in Blackpool but enlists the aid of her girlfriend to keep it a secret to hide it from her interfering parents.
Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Leslie Dwyer, Lisa Daniely, Brian Worth, Sandra Dorne
Votes: 210
29. His Excellency (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
The post-war Labour government appoints an ex-docker as Governor of a Mediterranean colony.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Eric Portman, Cecil Parker, Helen Cherry, Susan Stephen
Votes: 115
30. Murder on Monday (1952)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
David Preston, a banker, has a 24-hour memory lapse. Accused of robbery and murder, he can't account for his lost time. With no alibi, police press him to explain the missing hours, jeopardizing his freedom.
Director: Ralph Richardson | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Campbell Singer
Votes: 805
31. Hot Ice (1952)
65 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Kenneth Hume | Stars: John Justin, Barbara Murray, Ivor Barnard, John Penrose
32. The Stranger in Between (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sellars, Kay Walsh
Votes: 1,421
33. I Believe in You (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Drama
When a retired colonial serviceman takes a job as a probation officer he finds it a challenge. He and his colleague attempt to reform a hardened criminal and a juvenile delinquent from the London slums.
Directors: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph | Stars: Cecil Parker, Celia Johnson, Harry Fowler, Joan Collins
Votes: 292
34. I'm a Stranger (1952)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
George Westcott arrives in London from India to claim a sizeable inheritance, only to discover his grandfather's will is missing. A film star, a window cleaner and a police inspector help ... See full summary »
Director: Brock Williams | Stars: Greta Gynt, James Hayter, Hector Ross, Patric Doonan
Votes: 65
35. It Started in Paradise (1952)
88 min | Drama
As she rises in the fashion world, a talented dress designer loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Jane Hylton, Ian Hunter, Terence Morgan, Muriel Pavlow
Votes: 62
36. 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: 10,237
38. Judgment Deferred (1952)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A group of very strange men, refugees and casualties of the war, rally round when one of their number is framed by a drug racketeer. Co-opting a well-known journalist to their cause, they ... See full summary »
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler, Abraham Sofaer, Leslie Dwyer
Votes: 33
39. King of the Underworld (1952)
82 min | Crime, Drama
A crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds and secret formula and murder.
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Tucker McGuire, Ingeborg von Kusserow
Votes: 74
40. Scotland Yard Inspector (1952)
Not Rated | 73 min | Mystery
An English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer.
Directors: Sam Newfield, Pat Jackson | Stars: Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell, Bernadette O'Farrell, Geoffrey Keen
Votes: 209
41. Little Big Shot (1952)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
A boy tries to get himself a police record to impress the gang of criminals headed by his father.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ronald Shiner, Marie Lohr, Derek Farr, Manning Whiley
Votes: 16
42. The Caretaker's Daughter (1952)
89 min | Comedy
A theatre producer and an actor try and have a quiet month in a country cottage. Their efforts are thwarted by the arrival of a variety of wives, girlfriends and scoutmasters.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Hugh Wakefield, Derek Bond, Michael Medwin, Zena Marshall
Votes: 47
43. Made in Heaven (1952)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy
A young couple enter the Dunmow Flitch Trial, in which a side of bacon can be won if a couple do not regret their marriage after a year, but the arrival of an attractive new housemaid throws everything into chaos.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: David Tomlinson, Petula Clark, Sonja Ziemann, A.E. Matthews
Votes: 137
44. Manchas de sangre en la luna (1952)
80 min | Drama
A man wanted by the police who, on arriving in Tangier, finds a corpse from which he steals the money and documents, after which he escapes to Mallorca. He'll think he's safe there, but a woman follows in his footsteps.
Directors: Edward Dein, Luis Marquina | Stars: Honor Blackman, José Bódalo, Gérard Tichy, Francisco Viñals
Votes: 9
45. Crash of Silence (1952)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
Mandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 1,023
46. Tonight at 8:30 (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
An omnibus of three Noel Coward tales: the first, "The Red Peppers" (featuring Kay Walsh, Ted Ray, Martita Hunt, Frank Pettingell and Bill Fraser) about a bickering vaudeville couple who ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Pelissier | Stars: Ted Ray, Kay Walsh, Martita Hunt, Bill Fraser
Votes: 191
47. Miss Robin Hood (1952)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Crime
Henry Wrigley (Richard Hearne) is happy writing stories for a children's' comic. Then he meets Miss Honey (Dame Margaret Rutherford), who encourages him to go into minor crime.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, Edward Lexy, Fanny Rowe
Votes: 327
48. Monsoon (1952)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father and brother. Hospitality proves in short supply and things take a turn for the worse when Julia's seductive younger sister arrives.
Director: Rod Amateau | Stars: Ursula Thiess, Diana Douglas, George Nader, Ellen Corby
Votes: 53
49. Vampire Over London (1952)
Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Horror
The mysterious figure known as the Vampire comes to England to complete experiments in his mad bid to gain control of the world. When the radar-controlled Robot which he had ordered shipped... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Bela Lugosi, Dora Bryan, Philip Leaver
Votes: 984
50. Moulin Rouge (1952)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Director: John Huston | Stars: José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Suzanne Flon, Claude Nollier
Votes: 6,530 | Gross: $11.81M
51. Murder at Scotland Yard (1952)
75 min | Mystery, Thriller
A private detective pursues a gang leader who has escaped from prison, stolen some diamonds and is responsible for a number of murders.
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Tucker McGuire, Dorothy Bramhall
Votes: 12
52. My Death Is a Mockery (1952)
75 min | Crime, Drama
A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling.
Director: Anthony Young | Stars: Donald Houston, Kathleen Byron, Bill Kerr, Eddie Leslie
Votes: 39
53. My Wife's Lodger (1952)
80 min | Comedy
A soldier comes home from the war expecting a warm welcome, but he finds that his wife had taken in a lodger during his absence, and now she and his somewhat dingy daughter seem to be paying much more attention to the lodger than to him.
Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane, Diana Dors, Leslie Dwyer
Votes: 114
54. Never Look Back (1952)
73 min | Drama
A female lawyer hears a knock on her door one night and discovers that it is an old boyfriend, whose current girlfriend has thrown him out, and he needs a place to stay the night. She ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Rosamund John, Hugh Sinclair, Guy Middleton, Henry Edwards
Votes: 71
55. No Haunt for a Gentleman (1952)
58 min | Comedy
On a rural estate, the ghost of a long-dead ancestor takes a dislike to the owner's mother-in-law, and decides to make things tough for her.
Director: Leonard Reeve | Stars: Anthony Pendrell, Sally Newton, Jack McNaughton, Patience Rentoul
56. Bombay Waterfront (1952)
71 min | Crime, Mystery
The Temples investigate a series of gruesome murders attributed to a mysterious figure known as "The Marquis".
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, Grey Blake, Peter Gawthorne
Votes: 190
57. Penny Princess (1952)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
An ordinary young American woman learns that she has become the owner of a tiny European country.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde, A.E. Matthews, Reginald Beckwith
Votes: 310
58. Private Information (1952)
65 min | Drama
Charlotte suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.
Director: Fergus McDonell | Stars: Jill Esmond, Jack Watling, Carol Marsh, Gerard Heinz
Votes: 127
59. Salute the Toff (1951)
75 min | Crime, Drama
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer.
Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: John Bentley, Carol Marsh, Roddy Hughes, Wally Patch
Votes: 105
60. Island of Desire (1952)
Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Romance, War
In 1943, an Allied hospital ship is sunk by the Japanese in the South Pacific where a nurse and a Marine become marooned on an island abandoned by natives.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray, John Laurie
Votes: 278
61. Secret People (1952)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani, Charles Goldner, Audrey Hepburn
Votes: 799
62. Sing Along with Me (1952)
78 min | Musical
David Parry, a humble grocer wins a radio song-writing contest, but gets well out of his depth when he is introduced to the high-life of London.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Donald Peers, Dodo Watts, Dennis Vance, Jill Clifford
63. So Little Time (1952)
88 min | Drama, Romance, War
During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Maria Schell, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 267
64. Something Money Can't Buy (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
A British Army Officer returns to civilian life after WWII. He finds that his wife is running a successful employment agency so he must become a "house husband". He doesn't find this at all... See full summary »
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Patricia Roc, Anthony Steel, Moira Lister, A.E. Matthews
Votes: 72
65. Bachelor in Paris (1952)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
English businessman in Paris battles a French count for the heart of a cabaret artist.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Dennis Price, Anne Vernon, Mischa Auer, Hermione Baddeley
Votes: 126
66. Stolen Face (1952)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
A doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Mary Mackenzie
Votes: 836
67. Stop the Merry-Go-Round (1952)
Drama
Director: Desmond Davis | Stars: Jane Carr, Gordon Edwards, Jessie Evans, Harry Lane
68. The Frightened Bride (1952)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
A family struggles to try to put their life back together after the eldest son is convicted of, and then executed for, murder.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Michael Denison, Flora Robson, Dennis Price
Votes: 75
69. The Armchair Detective (1952)
Director: Brendan J. Stafford | Stars: Ernest Dudley, Hartley Power, Sally Newton, Derek Elphinstone
71. The Brave Don't Cry (1952)
89 min | Drama
A story about a true mining accident.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: John Gregson, Meg Buchanan, John Rae, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 115
72. The Promoter (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy
Edward Machin, an Edwardian-era young rogue of lowly origin, decides he must do what he can to raise his living standards in order to see the world and shape his own destiny.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, Petula Clark
Votes: 1,845
73. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 6,994
74. The Floating Dutchman (1954)
76 min | Crime, Drama
In England, two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find the dead body of a man floating in the River Thames. They call the local police who later identify the body to ... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Sydney Tafler, Mary Germaine, Guy Verney
Votes: 109
76. The Frightened Man (1952)
Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama
The hidden life of a second-hand dealer inadvertently ensnares his son. Julius Rosselli (Dermot Walsh), whose expulsion from Oxford and subsequent participation with jewel thieves breaks ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray, Charles Victor, John Blythe
Votes: 197
77. The Gentle Gunman (1952)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars
Votes: 475
78. Mr. Lord Says No (1952)
86 min | Comedy
After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are ... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 130
79. The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 2,000
80. The Hour of 13 (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A jewel thief tries to mislead police who suspect that his theft of a valuable emerald is related to the serial murder of 11 policemen.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond
Votes: 388
81. 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: 6,374
82. Man Bait (1952)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama
The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds
Votes: 877
83. The Big Frame (1952)
67 min | Mystery
During a London reunion of a World War II RAF unit, an American pilot gets into a fight with one of his buddies, who is drunk and belligerent. The next day the pilot wakes up in a strange ... See full summary »
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Mark Stevens, Jean Kent, Garry Marsh, John Bentley
Votes: 202
84. The Paris Express (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Claude Rains, Michael Nightingale, Felix Aylmer, Herbert Lom
Votes: 720
85. The Night Won't Talk (1952)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An artist's model is murdered. Police suspect her fiancé and his new lover.
Director: Daniel Birt | Stars: John Bailey, Hy Hazell, Mary Germaine, Sarah Lawson
Votes: 65
86. The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly ... See full summary »
Director: Noel Langley | Stars: James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Joyce Grenfell
Votes: 623
87. Outpost in Malaya (1952)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1950s, in British-controlled Malaya, rubber-tree planters face many difficulties and dangers, including bandit attacks and nationalist guerrilla ambushes.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Ram Gopal
Votes: 359
88. The Promise (1952)
45 min | Drama
A much loved Prison Missioner has died. His replacement struggles to live up to his predecessor's saintly reputation until he receives inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Lesley Dudley, Harry Fowler, Everley Gregg, Henry Oscar
Votes: 26
89. The Ringer (1952)
78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A criminal master of disguise nicknamed The Ringer is out for deadly revenge against a treacherous London lawyer who is under police protection.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt
Votes: 319
90. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1952)
75 min | Drama
Director: Dallas Bower | Stars: Pamela Brown, Hugh Sinclair, Ronald Ward, Virginia McKenna
91. The Sound Barrier (1952)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin
Votes: 2,326
92. The Starfish (1952)
45 min | Family, Horror
Three children, holidaying in a small Cornish fishing village, become intrigued by the locals' tales of an elusive witch.
Directors: Alan Cooke, John Schlesinger | Stars: Kenneth Griffith, Nigel Finzi, Susan Maryott, Christopher Finzi
Votes: 47
93. The Stolen Plans (1952)
57 min | Family
Director: James Hill | Stars: Mavis Sage, Lance Secretan, Peter Neil, Pamela Edmunds
94. The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When King Richard the Lionheart leaves England to lead a crusade to the Holy Land, his treacherous brother conspires to bring himself to power.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch, James Hayter
Votes: 2,337 | Gross: $4.58M
95. Murder Will Out (1952)
83 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The story of four people directly and indirectly involved in the murder of a female blackmailer. The three male suspects are the girl's employer (publisher Henry Kendall); an up-and-coming ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Valerie Hobson, Edward Underdown, James Robertson Justice, Henry Kendall
Votes: 294
96. The Wallet (1952)
64 min | Crime
Director: Morton M. Lewis | Stars: John Longden, Chili Bouchier, Roberta Huby, Alfred Farrell
97. The Woman's Angle (1952)
86 min | Drama, Romance
The head of a family of musicians has a complicated love life.
Director: Leslie Arliss | Stars: Ernest Thesiger, Lois Maxwell, Anthony Nicholls, Peter Reynolds
Votes: 58
98. Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the village of Little Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Eddie Byrne, Jane Barrett, Robert Brown, Raymond Lovell
Votes: 301
99. Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952)
93 min | Comedy
A British sanitary engineer accidentally takes plans for a secret weapon on vacation thinking they're plumbing designs. Russians recruit him for the plans. He falls for a Russian agent, unaware the plans are for a dangerous weapon.
Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: George Cole, Oscar Homolka, Nadia Gray, Frederick Valk
Votes: 184
100. Tread Softly (1952)
Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The star of a London musical walks out before the curtain up, but the show must go on in a haunted theatre, The Regency. 40 years previously, the star of Hamlet was murdered, and more are dying to keep a dark secret.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: John Bentley, Patricia Dainton, John Laurie, Olaf Olsen
Votes: 113
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