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American films released in 1952
Singin' in the Rain.
A list of American films released in 1952.
The Greatest Show on Earth won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| 5 Fingers |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick |
Claude Binyon |
Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Adele Jergens |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd |
Charles Lamont |
Abbott and Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| About Face |
Roy Del Ruth |
Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken, Virginia Gibson |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Above and Beyond |
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama |
Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore |
War |
MGM
|
| Actors and Sin |
Ben Hecht |
Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Affair in Trinidad |
Vincent Sherman |
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Torin Thatcher |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
| African Treasure |
Ford Beebe |
Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Lyle Talbot |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
| Against All Flags |
George Sherman |
Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Aladdin and His Lamp |
Lew Landers |
Johnny Sands, Patricia Medina, Richard Erdman |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
| Androcles and the Lion |
Chester Erskine |
Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Alan Young |
Historical Epic |
RKO. Based on the play
|
| Anything Can Happen |
George Seaton |
José Ferrer, Kim Hunter, Kurt Kasznar |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| Apache Country |
George Archainbaud |
Gene Autry, Carolina Cotton, Harry Lauter |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Apache War Smoke |
Harold F. Kress |
Gilbert Roland, Glenda Farrell, Robert Horton |
Western |
MGM
|
| April in Paris |
David Butler |
Ray Bolger, Doris Day, Claude Dauphin |
Musical |
Warner Bros.
|
| Arctic Flight |
Lew Landers |
Wayne Morris, Lola Albright, Alan Hale Jr. |
Drama |
Monogram
|
| Army Bound |
Paul Landres |
Stanley Clements, Karen Sharpe, Steve Brodie |
Action |
Monogram
|
| Assignment – Paris! |
Phil Karlson |
Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders |
Spy drama |
Columbia
|
| At Sword's Point |
Lewis Allen |
Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Gladys Cooper |
Adventure |
RKO
|
| The Atomic City |
Jerry Hopper |
Gene Barry, Lydia Clarke, Nancy Gates |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| Babes in Bagdad |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, John Boles |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| Back at the Front |
George Sherman |
Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck, Mari Blanchard |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The Bad and the Beautiful |
Vincente Minnelli |
Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame |
Drama |
MGM. Winner of 5 Academy Awards
|
| Bal Tabarin |
Philip Ford |
Claire Carleton, Steve Brodie, Steven Geray |
Drama |
Republic
|
| Barbed Wire |
George Archainbaud |
Gene Autry, Leonard Penn, Pat Buttram |
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Battle at Apache Pass |
George Sherman |
John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot |
Western |
Universal
|
| Battles of Chief Pontiac |
Felix E. Feist |
Lex Barker, Helen Westcott, Lon Chaney Jr. |
Western |
Realart
|
| Battle Zone |
Lesley Selander |
John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Stephen McNally |
War |
Allied Artists
|
| Because of You |
Joseph Pevney |
Loretta Young, Jeff Chandler, Frances Dee |
Drama |
Universal
|
| Because You're Mine |
Alexander Hall |
Mario Lanza, Doretta Morrow, James Whitmore |
Musical |
MGM
|
| Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla |
William Beaudine |
Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo |
Comedy |
Realart
|
| The Belle of New York |
Charles Walters |
Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main |
Musical comedy |
MGM
|
| Belles on Their Toes |
Henry Levin |
Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Bend of the River |
Anthony Mann |
James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy |
Western |
Universal
|
| Beware, My Lovely |
Harry Horner |
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes |
Film noir |
RKO
|
| Big Jim McLain |
Edward Ludwig |
John Wayne, James Arness, Nancy Olson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Big Sky |
Howard Hawks |
Kirk Douglas, Elizabeth Threatt, Dewey Martin |
Western |
RKO
|
| The Big Trees |
Felix E. Feist |
Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Black Castle |
Nathan H. Juran |
Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally |
Horror |
Universal
|
| Blackbeard the Pirate |
Raoul Walsh |
Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix |
Adventure |
RKO
|
| Black Hills Ambush |
Harry Keller |
Allan Lane, Leslie Banning, Eddy Waller |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Black Lash |
Ron Ormond |
Lash LaRue, Peggy Stewart, Kermit Maynard |
Western |
Realart
|
| The Blazing Forest |
Edward Ludwig |
John Payne, Agnes Moorehead, William Demarest |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Bloodhounds of Broadway |
Harmon Jones |
Mitzi Gaynor, Scott Brady, Marguerite Chapman |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Blue Canadian Rockies |
George Archainbaud |
Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Carolina Cotton |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Bomba and the Jungle Girl |
Ford Beebe |
Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
| Bonzo Goes to College |
Frederick de Cordova |
Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Boots Malone |
William Dieterle |
William Holden, Stanley Clements, Basil Ruysdael |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| Border Saddlemates |
William Witney |
Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
| Brave Warrior |
Spencer Bennet |
Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Michael Ansara, |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Breakdown |
Edmond Angelo |
Ann Richards, William Bishop, Anne Gwynne |
Film noir |
Realart
|
| The Brigand |
Phil Karlson |
Anthony Dexter, Jody Lawrence, Gale Robbins |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Bronco Buster |
Budd Boetticher |
John Lund, Scott Brady, Joyce Holden |
Western |
Universal[1]
|
| Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory |
Bernard B. Ray |
Clayton Moore, Rodd Redwing, Chief Yowlachie |
Western |
United Artists
|
| Bugles in the Afternoon |
Roy Rowland |
Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Bushwackers |
Rod Amateau |
John Ireland, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone |
Western |
Realart
|
| Bwana Devil |
Arch Oboler |
Robert Stack, Nigel Bruce, Barbara Britton |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| California Conquest |
Lew Landers |
Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright, Lisa Ferraday |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Canyon Ambush |
Lewis D. Collins |
Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, Lee Roberts |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Captain Pirate |
Ralph Murphy |
Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| The Captive City |
Robert Wise |
John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Victor Sutherland |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Captive of Billy the Kid |
Fred C. Brannon |
Allan Lane, Grant Withers, Penny Edwards |
Western |
Republic
|
| Captive Women |
Stuart Gilmore |
Ron Randell, Margaret Field, Gloria Saunders |
Science Fiction |
RKO
|
| Carbine Williams |
Richard Thorpe |
James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey |
Biography |
MGM
|
| Caribbean Gold |
Edward Ludwig |
Arlene Dahl, John Payne, Cedric Hardwicke |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Carrie |
William Wyler |
Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, Miriam Hopkins |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| Carson City |
André de Toth |
Randolph Scott, Raymond Massey, Lucille Norman |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| Cattle Town |
Noel M. Smith |
Dennis Morgan, Amanda Blake, Rita Moreno |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Cimarron Kid |
Budd Boetticher |
Audie Murphy, Beverly Tyler, Yvette Dugay |
Western |
Universal
|
| Clash by Night |
Fritz Lang |
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Colorado Sundown |
William Witney |
Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens |
Western |
Republic
|
| Come Back, Little Sheba |
Daniel Mann |
Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore |
Drama |
Paramount. Oscar for Booth
|
| Confidence Girl |
Andrew L. Stone |
Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Jack Kruschen |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| The Crimson Pirate |
Robert Siodmak |
Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartók, Nick Cravat |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
| Cripple Creek |
Ray Nazarro |
George Montgomery, Jerome Courtland, Karin Booth |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Deadline – U.S.A. |
Richard Brooks |
Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Dead Man's Trail |
Lewis D. Collins |
Johnny Mack Brown, Barbara Woodell, James Ellison |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Denver and Rio Grande |
Byron Haskin |
Edmond O'Brien, Sterling Hayden, Dean Jagger |
Western |
Paramount
|
| Desert Passage |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Dorothy Patrick |
Western |
RKO
|
| Desert Pursuit |
George Blair |
Wayne Morris, Virginia Grey, George Tobias |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Desperadoes' Outpost |
Philip Ford |
Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Claudia Barrett |
Western |
Republic
|
| Desperate Search |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Keenan Wynn |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| The Devil Makes Three |
Andrew Marton |
Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli, Richard Egan |
Thriller |
MGM
|
| Diplomatic Courier |
Henry Hathaway |
Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Hildegard Knef |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Don't Bother to Knock |
Roy Ward Baker |
Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Dreamboat |
Claude Binyon |
Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Duel at Silver Creek |
Don Siegel |
Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Susan Cabot |
Western |
Universal
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Eight Iron Men |
Edward Dmytryk |
Bonar Colleano, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley |
War |
Columbia
|
| Everything I Have Is Yours |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Dennis O'Keefe |
Musical |
MGM
|
| The Fabulous Senorita |
R. G. Springsteen |
Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Clarke, Rita Moreno |
Musical comedy |
Republic
|
| Face to Face |
John Brahm |
James Mason, Robert Preston, Gene Lockhart |
Drama |
RKO
|
| Fargo |
Lewis D. Collins |
Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Fearless Fagan |
Stanley Donen |
Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Feudin' Fools |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Anne Kimbell |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| The Fighter |
Herbert Kline |
Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown, Lee J. Cobb |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Finders Keepers |
Frederick De Cordova |
Tom Ewell, Julie Adams, Evelyn Varden |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The First Time |
Frank Tashlin |
Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Jeff Donnell |
Comedy Drama |
Columbia
|
| Flaming Feather |
Ray Enright |
Sterling Hayden, Barbara Rush, Forrest Tucker |
Western |
Paramount
|
| Flat Top |
Lesley Selander |
Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, John Bromfield |
Drama |
Allied Artists
|
| Flesh and Fury |
Joseph Pevney |
Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman |
Film noir |
Universal
|
| For Men Only |
Paul Henreid |
Paul Henreid, Margaret Field, Kathleen Hughes |
Drama |
Lippert
|
| Fort Osage |
Lesley Selander |
Rod Cameron, Jane Nigh, Morris Ankrum |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Four Poster |
Irving Reis |
Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer |
Comedy Drama |
Columbia. Based on The Fourposter
|
| Francis Goes to West Point |
Arthur Lubin |
Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The Frontier Phantom |
Ron Ormond |
Lash LaRue, Al St. John, Virginia Herrick |
Western |
Realart
|
| Geisha Girl |
George Breakston |
Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Tetsu Nakamura |
Adventure |
Realart
|
| A Girl in Every Port |
Chester Erskine |
Groucho Marx, Marie Wilson, William Bendix |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| The Girl in White |
John Sturges |
June Allyson, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred Dunnock |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Glory Alley |
Raoul Walsh |
Ralph Meeker, Leslie Caron, Gilbert Roland |
Musical Drama |
MGM
|
| Gobs and Gals |
R. G. Springsteen |
Robert Hutton, Cathy Downs, George Bernard |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| The Golden Hawk |
Sidney Salkow |
Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden, Helena Carter |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Gold Fever |
Leslie Goodwins |
Ralph Morgan, Gene Roth, John Calvert |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Greatest Show on Earth |
Cecil B. DeMille |
Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, James Stewart, Cornel Wilde, Dorothy Lamour, Henry Wilcoxon |
Drama |
Paramount. Won 2 Academy Awards including Best Picture
|
| The Green Glove |
Rudolph Maté |
Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Cedric Hardwicke |
Film noir |
United Artists. Co-production with France
|
| The Gunman |
Lewis D. Collins |
Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Fuzzy Knight |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| The Half-Breed |
Stuart Gilmore |
Robert Young, Janis Carter, Barton MacLane |
Western |
RKO
|
| Hangman's Knot |
Roy Huggins |
Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Claude Jarman |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Hans Christian Andersen |
Charles Vidor |
Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire |
Musical, Biography |
RKO; 6 Oscar nominations
|
| The Happy Time |
Richard Fleischer |
Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, |
Comedy drama |
Columbia
|
| Harem Girl |
Edward Bernds |
Joan Davis, Peggie Castle, Arthur Blake |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| Has Anybody Seen My Gal? |
Douglas Sirk |
Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn |
Romance |
Universal
|
| The Hawk of Wild River |
Fred F. Sears |
Charles Starrett, Clayton Moore, Jock Mahoney |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Hellgate |
Charles Warren |
Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond |
Western |
Lippert
|
| Here Come the Marines |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Myrna Dell |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Here Come the Nelsons |
Frederick de Cordova |
Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Rock Hudson |
Comedy |
Universal; based on the TV series
|
| Hiawatha |
Kurt Neumann |
Vince Edwards, Keith Larsen, Yvette Dugay |
Adventure |
Allied Artists; based on the poem
|
| High Noon |
Fred Zinnemann |
Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado |
Western |
United Artists; won 4 Oscars
|
| Hold That Line |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Veda Ann Borg |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| Holiday for Sinners |
Gerald Mayer |
Gig Young, Janice Rule, Janice Rule |
Romance |
MGM
|
| Hong Kong |
Lewis R. Foster |
Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| Hoodlum Empire |
Joseph Kane |
Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Vera Ralston |
Film noir |
Republic
|
| Horizons West |
Budd Boetticher |
Robert Ryan, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson |
Western |
Universal
|
| Hurricane Smith |
Jerry Hopper |
Yvonne de Carlo, John Ireland, Forrest Tucker |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
| I Dream of Jeanie |
Allan Dwan |
Ray Middleton, Bill Shirley, Lynn Bari |
Musical, biography |
Republic; story of Stephen Foster
|
| Indian Uprising |
Ray Nazarro |
George Montgomery, Audrey Long, Carl Benton Reid |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Invasion U.S.A. |
Alfred Green |
Gerald Mohr, Dan O'Herlihy, Peggie Castle |
Cold War |
Columbia
|
| Invitation |
Gottfried Reinhardt |
Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman |
Drama |
MGM
|
| The Iron Mistress |
Gordon Douglas |
Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Phyllis Kirk |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| It Grows on Trees |
Arthur Lubin |
Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans |
Comedy |
Universal. Dunne's final film
|
| Ivanhoe |
Richard Thorpe |
Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders |
Adventure |
MGM. Based on Sir Walter Scott novel; 2 Oscar nominations
|
| Jack and the Beanstalk |
Jean Yarbrough |
Abbott and Costello, Dorothy Ford, Buddy Baer |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Japanese War Bride |
King Vidor |
Shirley Yamaguchi, Don Taylor, Marie Windsor |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Jazz Singer |
Michael Curtiz |
Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz |
Musical drama |
Warner Bros.; remake of 1927 film; remade in 1980
|
| Jet Job |
William Beaudine |
Stanley Clements, John Litel, Elena Verdugo |
Action |
Allied Artists
|
| Jumping Jacks |
Norman Taurog |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Junction City |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Kathleen Case, Jock Mahoney |
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Jungle |
William Berke |
Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor |
Adventure |
Lippert
|
| Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land |
Lew Landers |
Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Greene, Jean Willes |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Just Across the Street |
Joseph Pevney |
Ann Sheridan, John Lund, Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Just for You |
Elliott Nugent |
Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Just This Once |
Don Weis |
Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Kangaroo |
Lewis Milestone |
Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Kansas City Confidential |
Phil Karlson |
John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Kansas Territory |
Lewis D. Collins |
Bill Elliott, Peggy Stewart, Lane Bradford |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Kid from Broken Gun |
Fred F. Sears |
Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Angela Stevens |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Kid Monk Baroni |
Harold D. Schuster |
Bruce Cabot, Leonard Nimoy, Allene Roberts |
Film noir |
Realart
|
| Lady in the Iron Mask |
Ralph Murphy |
Patricia Medina, Louis Hayward, John Sutton |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox. Three Musketeers story
|
| Lady Possessed |
Roy Kellino, William Spier |
James Mason, June Havoc, Stephen Dunne |
Film noir |
Republic
|
| Laramie Mountains |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Marshall Reed |
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Last Musketeer |
William Witney |
Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens |
Western |
Republic
|
| Last Train from Bombay |
Fred F. Sears |
Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Lisa Ferraday |
Drama |
Columbia
|
| The Las Vegas Story |
Robert Stevenson |
Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price |
Film noir |
RKO
|
| Leadville Gunslinger |
Harry Keller |
Allan Lane, Elaine Riley, Grant Withers |
Western |
Republic
|
| Limelight |
Charles Chaplin |
Charlie Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce |
Comedy |
United Artists; belated Oscar for Best Score
|
| The Lion and the Horse |
Louis King |
Steve Cochran, Ray Teal, Bob Steele |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| Loan Shark |
Seymour Friedman |
George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart |
Film noir |
Lippert
|
| Lone Star |
Vincent Sherman |
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford |
Western |
MGM
|
| Lost in Alaska |
Jean Yarbrough |
Abbott and Costello, Mitzi Green, Bruce Cabot |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Love Is Better Than Ever |
Stanley Donen |
Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Parks, Josephine Hutchinson |
Romance |
MGM
|
| Love Island |
Bud Pollard |
Paul Valentine, Eva Gabor, Malcolm Lee Beggs |
Comedy |
Astor
|
| Lovely to Look At |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel |
Musical |
MGM
|
| Lure of the Wilderness |
Jean Negulesco |
Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Lusty Men |
Nicholas Ray, Robert Parrish |
Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy |
Western |
RKO
|
| Lydia Bailey |
Jean Negulesco |
Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin |
Historical |
20th Century Fox
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair |
Charles Barton |
Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| Macao |
Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray |
Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Gloria Grahame |
Film noir |
RKO
|
| Man from the Black Hills |
Thomas Carr |
Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, Lane Bradford |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Mara Maru |
Gordon Douglas |
Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr |
Adventure |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Marrying Kind |
George Cukor |
Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| The Maverick |
Thomas Carr |
Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| Meet Danny Wilson |
Joseph Pevney |
Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol |
Drama, Musical |
Universal
|
| The Member of the Wedding |
Fred Zinnemann |
Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon deWilde |
Drama |
Columbia; based on novel by Carson McCullers
|
| The Merry Widow |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Fernando Lamas, Lana Turner, Una Merkel |
Musical |
MGM
|
| Million Dollar Mermaid |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Victor Mature, Esther Williams, Walter Pidgeon |
Musical biopic |
MGM; based on life of Annette Kellerman
|
| The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima |
John Brahm |
Gilbert Roland, Sherry Jackson, Jay Novello |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Les Misérables |
Lewis Milestone |
Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget |
Drama |
20th Century Fox; based on novel by Victor Hugo
|
| Models Inc. |
Reginald Le Borg |
Howard Duff, Coleen Gray, Marjorie Reynolds |
Film noir |
Universal
|
| Monkey Business |
Howard Hawks |
Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe |
Screwball comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Monsoon |
Rod Amateau |
Ursula Thiess, Diana Douglas, George Nader |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Montana Belle |
Allan Dwan |
Jane Russell, George Brent, Scott Brady |
Western |
RKO
|
| Montana Incident |
Lewis D. Collins |
Whip Wilson, Noel Neill, Peggy Stewart |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Montana Territory |
Ray Nazarro |
Lon McCallister, Wanda Hendrix, Preston Foster |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Mr. Walkie Talkie |
Fred Guiol |
William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Margia Dean |
Comedy |
Lippert
|
| Mutiny |
Edward Dmytryk |
Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| My Cousin Rachel |
Henry Koster |
Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
| My Man and I |
William Wellman |
Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalbán, Claire Trevor |
Drama |
MGM
|
| My Pal Gus |
Robert Parrish |
Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru, Audrey Totter |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| My Six Convicts |
Hugo Fregonese |
Gilbert Roland, Millard Mitchell, Marshall Thompson |
Comedy |
Columbia. Golden Globe for Mitchell
|
| My Son John |
Leo McCarey |
Dean Jagger, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| My Wife's Best Friend |
Richard Sale |
Anne Baxter, Macdonald Carey, Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Narrow Margin |
Richard Fleischer |
Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White |
Film noir |
RKO
|
| Night Raiders |
Howard Bretherton |
Whip Wilson, Lois Hall, Fuzzy Knight |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Night Stage to Galveston |
George Archainbaud |
Gene Autry, Virginia Huston, Thurston Hall |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Night Without Sleep |
Roy Ward Baker |
Linda Darnell, Hildegarde Neff, Gary Merrill |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox
|
| No Holds Barred |
William Beaudine |
Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Marjorie Reynolds |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
| No Room for the Groom |
Douglas Sirk |
Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Spring Byington |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| No Time for Flowers |
Don Siegel |
Viveca Lindfors, Paul Hubschmid, Ludwig Stössel |
Comedy |
RKO
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| O. Henry's Full House |
5 Directors |
Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter |
Anthology |
20th Century Fox; based on 5 stories by O. Henry
|
| Okinawa |
Leigh Jason |
Pat O'Brien, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Denning |
War |
Columbia
|
| Oklahoma Annie |
R. G. Springsteen |
Judy Canova, Grant Withers, John Russell |
Western comedy |
Republic
|
| Old Oklahoma Plains |
William Witney |
Rex Allen, Slim Pickens, Roy Barcroft |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Old West |
George Archainbaud |
Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Lyle Talbot |
Western |
Columbia
|
| One Big Affair |
Peter Godfrey |
Evelyn Keyes, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Anderson |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
| One Minute to Zero |
Tay Garnett |
Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, Charles McGraw |
War |
RKO
|
| Operation Secret |
Lewis Seiler |
Cornel Wilde, Phyllis Thaxter, Steve Cochran |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat |
Joseph M. Newman |
Miriam Hopkins, Dale Robertson, Anne Baxter |
Western |
20th Century Fox. Remake of 1919, 1937 films
|
| Outlaw Women |
Sam Newfield |
Marie Windsor, Carla Balenda, Richard Rober |
Western |
Lippert
|
| The Pace That Thrills |
Leon Barsha |
Bill Williams, Frank McHugh, Carla Balenda |
Action |
RKO
|
| Park Row |
Samuel Fuller |
Gene Evans, Herbert Heyes, Mary Welch |
Drama |
United Artists
|
| Pat and Mike |
George Cukor |
Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Aldo Ray |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| The Pathfinder |
Sidney Salkow |
George Montgomery, Helena Carter, Walter Kingsford |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Paula |
Rudolph Mate |
Loretta Young, Kent Smith, Alexander Knox |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
| Phone Call from a Stranger |
Jean Negulesco |
Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Bette Davis |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Plymouth Adventure |
Clarence Brown |
Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson |
Historical |
MGM
|
| Pony Soldier |
Joseph M. Newman |
Tyrone Power, Robert Horton, Thomas Gomez |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Pride of St. Louis |
Harmon Jones |
Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Crenna |
Biography |
20th Century Fox. Story of Dizzy Dean
|
| The Prisoner of Zenda |
Richard Thorpe |
Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason |
Adventure |
MGM. Remake of the 1937 film
|
| The Quiet Man |
John Ford |
Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Victor McLaglen |
Romantic comedy |
Republic; Oscars for Ford, cinematography
|
| The Raiders |
Lesley Selander |
Richard Conte, Barbara Britton, Barbara Britton |
Western |
Universal
|
| Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder |
Richard Quine |
Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Charlotte Austin |
Musical |
Columbia
|
| Rancho Notorious |
Fritz Lang |
Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer |
Western |
RKO
|
| Red Ball Express |
Budd Boetticher |
Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Sidney Poitier |
War |
Universal
|
| Red Planet Mars |
Harry Horner |
Peter Graves, Andrea King, Herbert Berghof |
Science fiction |
United Artists
|
| Red Skies of Montana |
Joseph M. Newman |
Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Richard Boone |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
| Red Snow |
Harry S. Franklin, Boris Petroff |
Guy Madison, Ray Mala, Carole Mathews |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| Retreat, Hell! |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Frank Lovejoy, Russ Tamblyn, Anita Louise |
War |
Warner Bros.
|
| Return of the Texan |
Delmer Daves |
Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| Ride the Man Down |
Joseph Kane |
Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Barbara Britton |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Ring |
Kurt Neumann |
Lalo Rios, Gerald Mohr, Rita Moreno |
Sports drama |
United Artists
|
| Road Agent |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Noreen Nash, Dorothy Patrick |
Western |
RKO
|
| Road to Bali |
Hal Walker |
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour |
Comedy |
Paramount; 6th of Road to... series
|
| Rodeo |
William Beaudine |
Jane Nigh, John Archer, Wallace Ford |
Sports |
Monogram
|
| Room for One More |
Norman Taurog |
Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle |
Comedy drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Rose Bowl Story |
William Beaudine |
Marshall Thompson, Vera Miles, Richard Rober |
Romance |
Monogram
|
| Rose of Cimarron |
Harry Keller |
Mala Powers, Jack Buetel, Bill Williams |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Rough, Tough West |
Ray Nazarro |
Charles Starrett, Carolina Cotton, Jock Mahoney |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Ruby Gentry |
King Vidor |
Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Sailor Beware |
Hal Walker |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Sally and Saint Anne |
Rudolph Mate |
Ann Blyth, Edmund Gwenn, John McIntire |
Comedy |
Universal
|
| The San Francisco Story |
Robert Parrish |
Yvonne De Carlo, Joel McCrea, Sidney Blackmer |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| Saturday Island |
Stuart Heisler |
Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray |
Adventure, Romance, War |
United Artists; Alternate title Island of Desire
|
| The Savage |
George Marshall |
Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen |
Western |
Paramount
|
| Scandal Sheet |
Phil Karlson |
Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Donna Reed |
Crime drama |
Columbia
|
| Scaramouche |
George Sidney |
Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh |
Adventure |
MGM
|
| Scarlet Angel |
Sidney Salkow |
Yvonne de Carlo, Rock Hudson, Richard Denning |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Sea Tiger |
Frank McDonald |
Marguerite Chapman, Mara Corday, John Archer |
Drama |
Monogram
|
| The Sellout |
Gerald Mayer |
Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Paula Raymond |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Shadow in the Sky |
Fred M. Wilcox |
Ralph Meeker, Nancy Davis, Jean Hagen |
Drama |
MGM
|
| She's Working Her Way Through College |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Singin' in the Rain |
Gene Kelly,
Stanley Donen |
Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen |
Musical comedy |
MGM; 2 Oscar nominations; Golden Globe for O'Connor
|
| Skirts Ahoy! |
Sidney Lanfield |
Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Sky Full of Moon |
Norman Foster |
Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn |
Western |
MGM
|
| Smoky Canyon |
Fred F. Sears |
Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Columbia
|
| The Sniper |
Edward Dmytryk |
Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Marie Windsor |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro |
Henry King |
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox; from Ernest Hemingway story
|
| Somebody Loves Me |
Irving Brecher |
Betty Hutton, Ralph Meeker, Adele Jergens |
Musical |
Paramount
|
| Something for the Birds |
Robert Wise |
Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| Something to Live For |
George Stevens |
Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright |
Drama |
Paramount
|
| Son of Ali Baba |
Kurt Neumann |
Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Son of Paleface |
Frank Tashlin |
Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers |
Western comedy |
Paramount; sequel to Paleface
|
| Sound Off |
Richard Quine |
Mickey Rooney, John Archer, Gordon Jones |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
| South Pacific Trail |
William Witney |
Rex Allen, Estelita Rodriguez, Nestor Paiva |
Western |
Republic
|
| Springfield Rifle |
André de Toth |
Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, Lon Chaney Jr. |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
| The Star |
Stuart Heisler |
Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Stars and Stripes Forever |
Henry Koster |
Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget |
Musical, biography |
20th Century Fox; story of John Philip Sousa
|
| The Steel Fist |
Wesley Barry |
Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter |
Drama |
Monogram
|
| Steel Town |
George Sherman |
John Lund, Ann Sheridan, Howard Duff |
Drama |
Universal
|
| The Steel Trap |
Andrew L. Stone |
Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale |
Film noir |
20th Century Fox
|
| The Stooge |
Norman Taurog |
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
| Stop, You're Killing Me |
Roy Del Ruth |
Broderick Crawford, Claire Trevor, Virginia Gibson |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Storm Over Tibet |
John Hoffman |
Rex Reason, Diana Douglas, Myron Healey |
War |
Columbia
|
| The Story of Robin Hood |
Ken Annakin |
Richard Todd, Peter Finch, Joan Rice |
Adventure |
Disney
|
| The Story of Will Rogers |
Michael Curtiz |
Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Eve Miller |
Biography |
Warner Bros.
|
| Strange Fascination |
Hugo Haas |
Cleo Moore, Mona Barrie, Mona Barrie |
Film noir |
Columbia
|
| Sudden Fear |
David Miller |
Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame |
Film noir |
RKO
|
| Talk About a Stranger |
David Bradley |
George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Lewis Stone |
Film noir |
MGM
|
| Target |
Stuart Gilmore |
Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Lane Bradford |
Western |
RKO
|
| Tarzan's Savage Fury |
Cy Endfield |
Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles |
Adventure |
RKO
|
| Texas City |
Lewis D. Collins |
Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall, James Ellison |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Thief |
Russell Rouse |
Ray Milland, Martin Gabel, Rita Gam |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Thief of Damascus |
Will Jason |
Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| This Woman is Dangerous |
Felix E. Feist |
Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, Mari Aldon |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
| Three for Bedroom "C" |
Milton H. Bren |
Gloria Swanson, James Warren, Hans Conried |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
| Thunder in the East |
Charles Vidor |
Allan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer |
War drama |
Paramount
|
| Thunderbirds |
John H. Auer |
John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman |
War |
Republic
|
| Thundering Caravans |
Harry Keller |
Allan Lane, Mona Knox, Eddy Waller |
Western |
Republic
|
| Torpedo Alley |
Lew Landers |
Mark Stevens, Dorothy Malone, Charles Winninger |
War |
Allied Artists
|
| Toughest Man in Arizona |
R. G. Springsteen |
Vaughn Monroe, Joan Leslie, Edgar Buchanan |
Western |
Republic
|
| Trail Guide |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt, Frank Wilcox, Linda Douglas |
Western |
RKO
|
| The Treasure of Lost Canyon |
Ted Tetzlaff |
William Powell, Julie Adams, Rosemary DeCamp |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Tropical Heat Wave |
R.G. Springsteen |
Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Hutton, Grant Withers |
Musical comedy |
Republic
|
| The Turning Point |
William Dieterle |
William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith |
Film noir |
Paramount
|
| Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| Untamed Frontier |
Hugo Fregonese |
Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady |
Western |
Universal
|
| Untamed Women |
W. Merle Connell |
Mikel Conrad, Doris Merrick, Midge Ware |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
| Viva Zapata! |
Elia Kazan |
Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn |
Historical |
20th Century Fox; Oscar for Quinn, 5 nominations
|
| Voodoo Tiger |
Spencer G. Bennet |
Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Rick Vallin |
Adventure |
Columbia
|
| The WAC from Walla Walla |
William Witney |
Judy Canova, Stephen Dunne, June Vincent |
Comedy |
Republic
|
| Waco |
Lewis D. Collins |
Bill Elliott, Pamela Blake, Rand Brooks |
Western |
Monogram
|
| Wagon Team |
George Archainbaud |
Gene Autry, Gail Davis, Gordon Jones |
Western |
Columbia
|
| Wagons West |
Ford Beebe |
Rod Cameron, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery Jr. |
Western |
Allied Artists
|
| Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie |
Henry King |
Jean Peters, David Wayne, Hugh Marlowe |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
| Walk East on Beacon |
Alfred L. Werker |
Virginia Gilmore, George Murphy, Finlay Currie |
Film Noir |
Columbia
|
| Washington Story |
Robert Pirosh |
Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern |
Drama |
MGM
|
| Way of a Gaucho |
Jacques Tourneur |
Gene Tierney, Rory Calhoun, Richard Boone |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
| We're Not Married! |
Edmund Goulding |
Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Douglas |
Romantic comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
| What Price Glory? |
John Ford |
James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet |
War |
20th Century Fox; remake of 1926 film
|
| When in Rome |
Clarence Brown |
Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia |
Comedy drama |
MGM
|
| Wild Horse Ambush |
Fred C. Brannon |
Michael Chapin, Eilene Janssen, James Bell |
Western |
Republic
|
| The Wild North |
Andrew Marton |
Stewart Granger, Wendell Corey, Cyd Charisse |
Western |
MGM
|
| Wild Stallion |
Lewis D. Collins |
Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Martha Hyer |
Western |
Monogram
|
| The Winning Team |
Lewis Seiler |
Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy |
Sports biopic |
Warner Bros.; story of Grover Cleveland Alexander
|
| With a Song in My Heart |
Walter Lang |
Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne |
Biography |
20th Century Fox; story of Jane Froman
|
| Without Warning! |
Arnold Laven |
Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Edward Binns |
Film noir |
United Artists
|
| Woman in the Dark |
George Blair |
Penny Edwards, Ross Elliott, Rick Vallin |
Crime |
Republic
|
| Woman of the North Country |
Joseph Kane |
Ruth Hussey, Gale Storm, John Agar |
Western |
Republic
|
| The World in His Arms |
Raoul Walsh |
Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| Wyoming Roundup |
Thomas Carr |
Whip Wilson, Phyllis Coates, Tommy Farrell |
Western |
Monogram
|
| A Yank in Indo-China |
Wallace Grissell |
John Archer, Douglas Dick, Jean Willes |
War |
Columbia
|
| Yankee Buccaneer |
Frederick de Cordova |
Jeff Chandler, Scott Brady, Suzan Ball |
Adventure |
Universal
|
| You for Me |
Don Weis |
Jane Greer, Peter Lawford, Gig Young |
Romance |
MGM
|
| Young Man with Ideas |
Mitchell Leisen |
Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Nina Foch |
Comedy |
MGM
|
| Yukon Gold |
Frank McDonald |
Kirby Grant, Martha Hyer, Philip Van Zandt |
Western |
Monogram
|
Shorts and documentaries
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