31. Rancho Notorious
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, Gloria Henry, William Frawley, Jack Elam
Plot: After his wife is killed during a robbery, a man vows revenge. The quest leads him to Chuck-a-luck, a ranch set up specifically to hide criminals and even though he finds the men responsible, he may be in over his head.
32. The Importance of Being Earnest
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anthony Asquith
Actors: Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood
Plot: Two men escape social obligations by pretending to be someone they're not, often when its most inconvenient for the other.
33. The Narrow Margin
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, David Clarke, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert, Paul Maxey
Plot: Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to protect a gangster's widow
willing to testify against the mob. They board a train in Chicago bound
for Los Angels with some killers also aboard.
34. enfants terribles, Les
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Actors: Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Jacques Bernard, Melvyn Martin, Maria Cyliakus
Plot: The symbiotic, often funny, ultimately tragic relationship between a teenage brother and sister is examined in this classic French tale.
35. Another Man's Poison
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray, Reginald Beckwith
36. Pony Soldier
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Actors: Tyrone Power, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Gomez, Penny Edwards, Robert Horton, Anthony Numkena
37. Children of Hiroshima ( Gembaku no ko )
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa, Niwa Saito, Tsuneko Yamanaka, Shinya Ofuji, Takashi Ito
38. Jour de fête
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Guy Decomble, Jacques Tati, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli, Maine Vallée, Roger Rafal
Plot: Mayhem ensues when a French village postman decides to adopt urban American methods of efficiency.
39. Macao
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame, Brad Dexter
40. The Star
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stuart Heisler
Actors: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis
