FILM-NOIR Watchlist: 1952
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- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsJames MasonDanielle DarrieuxMichael RennieDuring WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsLoretta YoungJeff ChandlerAlex NicolA female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
- DirectorHarry HornerStarsIda LupinoRobert RyanTaylor HolmesA mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918.
- DirectorEdmond AngeloStarsAnn RichardsWilliam BishopAnne GwynneFramed for murder, heavyweight boxer Terry Williams is sent to prison, but is released after a few years on good behavior. He becomes a championship contender and then, on the eve of the big fight, finds the man who can prove that he was framed for the crime for which he served time.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJohn ForsytheJoan CamdenHarold J. KennedyA small town newspaperman's investigation into a local bookie operation turns up a web of organized crime.
- DirectorHarry L. FraserStarsViolet HiltonDaisy HiltonMario LavalA Siamese twin kills the husband who left her. The courts have to decide if she is convicted of murder, how can they punish her sister, who had nothing to do with the crime?
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsTom ConwayHillary BrookeEddie MarrTwo conartists swindle a Los Angeles department store out of a mink coat, cheat a pawnbroker out of $8000 and leave the police baffled.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleMichael WildingGoogie WithersThe stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsTyrone PowerPatricia NealStephen McNallyA US State Department courier tangles with Soviet agents and seductive women in post WW2 Europe.
- DirectorHerbert KlineStarsRichard ConteVanessa BrownLee J. CobbIn Mexico, a young boxer uses his winnings to buy guns to avenge his family's murder.
- DirectorPatrick JenkinsSam NewfieldStarsDane ClarkKathleen ByronNaomi ChanceA 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.
- DirectorMaclean RogersStarsJohn BentleyPatricia DaintonJohn RobinsonA detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsBrian DonlevyClaire TrevorForrest TuckerAfter WW2, ex-mobster war hero Joe Gray goes straight, to the dismay of his New York mob boss uncle who's afraid that his nephew will testify against his outfit before a Grand Jury.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsDirk BogardeJon WhiteleyElizabeth SellarsA violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJane RussellVictor MatureVincent PriceThe arrival in Las Vegas of a businessman and his glamorous wife creates a complex web of murder and deceit.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsGeorge BrentMarguerite ChapmanRaymond HuntleyThe 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.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsGeorge RaftDorothy HartPaul StewartAt the request of factory owners and union leaders, a tough ex-con infiltrates a gang of loan sharks who are preying on financially desperate factory workers.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsErrol FlynnRuth RomanRaymond BurrAn American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsHoward DuffColeen GrayJohn HowardA young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsBette DavisShelley WintersGary MerrillWhile awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead friends.
- DirectorGerald MayerStarsWalter PidgeonJohn HodiakAudrey TotterDuring the 1950s, a small-town newspaper editor and a state assistant attorney-general fight corrupt local officials from one rotten county.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsArthur FranzAdolphe MenjouGerald MohrA sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsAnn SheridanJohn LundHoward DuffSteve Kostain (Lund), nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red" (Sheridan), who is already involved with another steelworker, Jim (Duff.) Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJoseph CottenTeresa WrightJonathan HaleA Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPaul HenreidLizabeth ScottAndré MorellA 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.
- DirectorHugo HaasStarsCleo MooreHugo HaasMona BarrieMiddle-aged European pianist Paul Marvan (Hugo Haas) is brought to America by wealthy widow Diana Fowler (Mona Barrie) and he meets and weds a canary-blonde named Margo (Cleo Moore), who is a nightclub dancing partner to Carlo (Rick Vallin). Margo's trampy and flirty behavior inflames Marvan, who is also disturbed over increasing financial and professional straits, since Diana, his wealthy sponsor was more than a little perturbed after Marvan married the little tramp. He thrusts one hand into a printing press in hopes of collecting $50,000 insurance, but payment is refused when it is disclosed his mishap wasn't an accident. Margo returns to Carlo, and Marvan finds refuge in a Salvation Army shelter, now playing the piano with one hand.
- DirectorDavid BradleyStarsGeorge MurphyNancy ReaganBilly GrayIn an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsRay MillandMartin GabelHarry BronsonA chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJoan CrawfordDennis MorganDavid BrianA tough lady gangster learns that she will be totally blind within a week. She seeks help from the one eye surgeon who may be able to save her sight. In the process, he also causes her to have a change of heart.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsMichael WildingMargaret LockwoodOrson WellesAfter a wealthy businessman is found dead, reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsAdam WilliamsMeg RandallEdward BinnsQuiet, unobtrusive LA citizen Carl Martin picks up look-alikes for his estranged blonde wife and murders them with garden shears.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsPenny EdwardsRoss ElliottRick VallinFollowing a news report that a fabulous jewel collection, called "Unclaimed Cargo", will be on display at the Waldorf Jewelry Company, a city alderman and secret underworld gang leader, Nick Petzik (Peter Brocco), plans a gigantic jewel robbery. Petzik intends to sell the jewels back to the insurance company; and to force the insurance company to play ball with him, Petzik enlists the aid of Gino Morello ('Richard Benedict'), a young and reckless Italian boy, whose brother Phil (Rick Vallin') is the lawyer for the insurance company. Petzik is sure that once Phil learns that his brother is one of the thieves, he will do business with the gang without asking any questions. But...Anna Reichardt (Penny Edwards (I)'), an Austrian girl, who runs a pastry shop on the ground floor of the Morello apartment building...is a witness to the robbery and spots Gino as one of the robbers. Complications arise.