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Viva Zapata! (1952)

March 12, 2021by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: In 1909, Mexico, illiterate rancher Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire) and his brother Eufemio (Anthony Quinn, Zorba The Greek) reluctantly take up arms against the corrupt […]

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1952

The Star (1952)

February 18, 2018by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: Oscar-winning actress Margaret Elliot’s (Bette Davis) film career is on life support. Broke and unwanted, careerist Elliot is convinced that all she needs is a good role to return […]

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1952

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

January 25, 2018by Eric Binford 7 Comments

Synopsis: After finding out that his wife has been unfaithful, a lawyer (Gary Merrill, All About Eve) takes a late-night flight out-of-town. After the plane crashes and all die except […]

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1952

Rancho Notorious (1952)

June 20, 2017by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: After his fiancée 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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1952

Rawhide (1952)

August 16, 2016by Eric Binford Leave a comment

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, I Want to Live!) traveling with a baby […]

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1952

Umberto D. (1952)

April 19, 2016by Eric Binford Leave a comment

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 […]

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1952

The Crimson Pirate (1952)

November 3, 2015by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: Burt Lancaster (Brute Force) plays Captain Vallo, an eighteenth century pirate known across the Caribbean Sea as “The Crimson Pirate,” who gets involved in a dangerous plan to free […]

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1952

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

May 18, 2015by Eric Binford 8 Comments

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 […]

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1952

High Noon (1952)

April 17, 2015by Eric Binford 3 Comments

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 man he helped put in […]

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1952

The Sound Barrier (1952, aka Breaking the Sound Barrier)

January 2, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: A British magnate, Sir John Ridgefield (Ralph Richardson, The Heiress), is determined to break the sound barrier. Ridgefield has already lost his son to his dream, and his daughter […]

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