Rancho Notorious (1952)
Synopsis: After his fiancee is brutally raped and murdered by a bandit, cowhand Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy, Peyton Place) sets out to find the man responsible for the death of […]
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Rawhide (1952)
Synopsis: In a remote mail outpost, a stagecoach employee (Tyron Power, The Black Swan), his boss (Edgar Buchanan, Ride the High Country) and a woman (Susan Hayward, Tulsa) traveling with a baby are held hostage by […]
Umberto D. (1952)
Synopsis: An older retired ex-government employee, Umberto Domenico Ferrari (Carlo Battisti), tries to survive on a miserable pension. When his landlady finally realizes that he cannot afford his rent, Umberto […]
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Synopsis: Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) is Captain Vallo, an 18th century pirate known across the high seas as “The Crimson Pirate,” who inadvertently gets involved in an elaborate plan to […]
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Synopsis: Charismatic and ruthless film producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas, Spartacus) will stop at nothing in order to achieve success in Hollywood, even if it means ruining the personal lives […]
High Noon (1952)
Synopsis: On the day of his wedding and last day as the town’s top lawman, Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper, Sergeant York) finds out that a criminal he put in […]
Director’s Spotlight: David Lean’s The Sound Barrier (1952, aka Breaking the Sound Barrier)
Synopsis: British magnate, Sir John Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson, Doctor Zhivago) is determined to break the sound barrier. Ridgefield has already lost his son to his dream, and his daughter, Susan […]
