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British films released in 1952
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1952 (see 1952 in film ): Leading British production or distribution companies included General Film Distributors , Associated British and British Lion . Hollywood studios also invested in British-based productions.
A–H
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
13 East Street
Robert S. Baker
Patrick Holt , Sandra Dorne , Sonia Holm
Thriller
[ 1]
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Victor Saville
Merle Oberon , Richard Todd , Leo Genn
Drama
Angels One Five
George More O'Ferrall
Jack Hawkins , Michael Denison , Dulcie Gray
World War II
The Armchair Detective
Brendan J. Stafford
Ernest Dudley , Hartley Power , Derek Elphinstone
Mystery
Blind Man's Bluff
Charles Saunders
Zena Marshall , Sydney Tafler , Russell Napier
Crime
Brandy for the Parson
John Eldridge
Kenneth More , James Donald , Jean Lodge
Comedy
The Brave Don't Cry
Philip Leacock
John Gregson , Andrew Keir , Fulton Mackay
Drama
The Card
Ronald Neame
Alec Guinness , Petula Clark , Glynis Johns
Romantic comedy
Castle in the Air
Henry Cass
David Tomlinson , Helen Cherry , Margaret Rutherford
Comedy
Circumstantial Evidence
Daniel Birt
Rona Anderson , Patrick Holt , John Warwick
Crime
Come Back Peter
Charles Saunders
Patrick Holt , Peter Hammond , Humphrey Lestocq
Comedy
The Crimson Pirate
Robert Siodmak
Burt Lancaster , Eva Bartok , Torin Thatcher
Adventure
Crow Hollow
Michael McCarthy
Donald Houston , Natasha Parry , Patricia Owens
Drama
Curtain Up
Ralph Smart
Robert Morley , Margaret Rutherford , Kay Kendall
Comedy
Death of an Angel
Charles Saunders
Patrick Barr , Jane Baxter , Jean Lodge
Crime
[ 2]
Derby Day
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle , Michael Wilding , Googie Withers
Drama
Distant Trumpet
Terence Fisher
Derek Bond , Derek Elphinstone Keith Pyott
Drama
Down Among the Z Men
Maclean Rogers
Peter Sellers , Harry Secombe , Spike Milligan
Comedy
Emergency Call
Lewis Gilbert
Jack Warner , Anthony Steel , Joy Shelton
Drama
Escape Route
Seymour Friedman , Peter Graham Scott
George Raft , Sally Gray , Clifford Evans
Thriller
Father's Doing Fine
Henry Cass
Richard Attenborough , Heather Thatcher , Virginia McKenna
Comedy
The Floating Dutchman
Vernon Sewell
Dermot Walsh , Sydney Tafler , Mary Germaine
Crime
Folly to Be Wise
Frank Launder
Alastair Sim , Elizabeth Allan , Roland Culver
Comedy
The Frightened Man
John Gilling
Dermot Walsh , Barbara Murray , Charles Victor
Crime
The Gentle Gunman
Basil Dearden
John Mills , Dirk Bogarde , Elizabeth Sellars
Drama
Ghost Ship
Vernon Sewell
Dermot Walsh , Hazel Court , Hugh Latimer
Horror, Thriller
Gift Horse
Compton Bennett
Trevor Howard , Richard Attenborough , James Donald
War
Girdle of Gold
Montgomery Tully
Esmond Knight , Maudie Edwards , Meredith Edwards
Comedy
[ 3]
Hammer the Toff
Maclean Rogers
John Bentley , Patricia Dainton , Valentine Dyall
Crime
The Happy Family
Muriel Box
Stanley Holloway , Kathleen Harrison , Naunton Wayne
Comedy
Hindle Wakes
Arthur Crabtree
Lisa Daniely , Brian Worth , Sandra Dorne
Drama
His Excellency
Robert Hamer
Eric Portman , Cecil Parker , Susan Stephen
Drama
The Holly and the Ivy
George More O'Ferrall
Ralph Richardson , Celia Johnson , Margaret Leighton
Drama
Home at Seven
Ralph Richardson
Ralph Richardson , Margaret Leighton , Jack Hawkins
Drama
Hot Ice
Kenneth Hume
John Justin , Barbara Murray , Ivor Barnard
Comedy crime
The Hour of 13
Harold French
Peter Lawford , Dawn Addams , Roland Culver
Mystery
Hunted
Charles Crichton
Dirk Bogarde , Jon Whiteley , Elizabeth Sellars , Kay Walsh
Crime/drama
Golden Leopard winner at Locarno International Film Festival
I–Z
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
I Believe in You
Basil Dearden
Celia Johnson , Cecil Parker , Harry Fowler
Drama
I'm a Stranger
Brock Williams
Greta Gynt , James Hayter , Hector Ross
Comedy
The Importance of Being Earnest
Anthony Asquith
Michael Redgrave , Michael Denison , Edith Evans
Comedy
Adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde
It Started in Paradise
Compton Bennett
Jane Hylton , Muriel Pavlow , Martita Hunt
Drama
Ivanhoe
Richard Thorpe
Robert Taylor , Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Fontaine
Historical
Judgment Deferred
John Baxter
Hugh Sinclair , Joan Collins Helen Shingler
Drama
A Killer Walks
Ronald Drake
Laurence Harvey , Susan Shaw , Laurence Naismith
Crime
King of the Underworld
Victor M. Gover
Tod Slaughter , Patrick Barr , Tucker McGuire
Crime
Lady in the Fog
Sam Newfield
Cesar Romero , Lois Maxwell , Bernadette O'Farrell
Mystery
The Last Page
Terence Fisher
George Brent , Marguerite Chapman , Diana Dors
Crime
Little Big Shot
Jack Raymond
Ronald Shiner , Marie Lohr , Derek Farr
Comedy
The Lost Hours
David MacDonald
Mark Stevens , Jean Kent , Garry Marsh
Mystery
Love's a Luxury
Francis Searle
Hugh Wakefield , Derek Bond , Zena Marshall
Comedy
Made in Heaven
John Paddy Carstairs
David Tomlinson , Petula Clark , Sonja Ziemann
Comedy
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Harold French
Claude Rains , Marius Goring , Märta Torén
Crime
Mandy
Alexander Mackendrick , Fred Sears
Phyllis Calvert , Jack Hawkins , Terence Morgan
Drama
Ealing Studios
Men Against the Sun
Brendan J. Stafford
John Bentley , Zena Marshall
Adventure
Meet Me Tonight
Anthony Pelissier
Valerie Hobson , Nigel Patrick , Stanley Holloway
Comedy
Miss Robin Hood
John Guillermin
Margaret Rutherford , Richard Hearne , Michael Medwin
Comedy
Monte Carlo Baby
Jean Boyer
Audrey Hepburn , Cara Williams , Philippe Lemaire
Comedy
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
John Gilling
Arthur Lucan , Bela Lugosi , Dora Bryan
Comedy
Moulin Rouge
John Huston
José Ferrer , Zsa Zsa Gabor , Suzanne Flon
Biopic
My Death Is a Mockery
Tony Young
Donald Houston , Kathleen Byron , Bill Kerr
Crime drama
[ 4]
My Wife's Lodger
Maurice Elvey
Dominic Roche , Olive Sloane , Diana Dors
Comedy
Never Look Back
Francis Searle
Rosamund John , Hugh Sinclair , Guy Middleton
Drama
The Night Won't Talk
Daniel Birt
John Bailey , Hy Hazell , Mary Germaine
Crime
Paul Temple Returns
Maclean Rogers
John Bentley , Patricia Dainton , Peter Gawthorne
Thriller
Penny Princess
Val Guest
Yolande Donlan , Dirk Bogarde , Reginald Beckwith
Comedy
The Pickwick Papers
Noel Langley
James Hayter , Hermione Baddeley , Nigel Patrick
Comedy
The Planter's Wife
Ken Annakin
Claudette Colbert , Jack Hawkins , Anthony Steel
Adventure drama
Private Information
Fergus McDonell
Jill Esmond , Jack Watling , Carol Marsh
Drama
Reluctant Heroes
Jack Raymond
Ronald Shiner , Derek Farr , Christine Norden
Comedy
The Ringer
Guy Hamilton
Herbert Lom , Mai Zetterling , Greta Gynt
Mystery
Salute the Toff
Maclean Rogers
John Bentley , Carol Marsh , Valentine Dyall
Crime
Saturday Island
Stuart Heisler
Linda Darnell , Tab Hunter , Donald Gray
Adventure romance
The Second Mrs Tanqueray
Dallas Bower
Pamela Brown , Hugh Sinclair , Virginia McKenna
Drama
Secret People
Thorold Dickinson
Audrey Hepburn , Valentina Cortese , Serge Reggiani
Spy thriller
Sing Along with Me
Peter Graham Scott
Donald Peers , Dodo Watts , Dennis Vance
Musical
So Little Time
Compton Bennett
Marius Goring , Maria Schell , Lucie Mannheim
Romance
Something Money Can't Buy
Pat Jackson
Patricia Roc , Anthony Steel , Moira Lister
Comedy drama
Song of Paris
John Guillermin
Dennis Price , Anne Vernon , Mischa Auer
Comedy
The Sound Barrier
David Lean
Ralph Richardson , Ann Todd , Nigel Patrick
Drama
Stolen Face
Terence Fisher
Paul Henreid , Lizabeth Scott , André Morell
Drama
The Story of Robin Hood
Ken Annakin
Richard Todd , Joan Rice , Peter Finch
Adventure
The Stranger Left No Card
Wendy Toye
Alan Badel , Geoffrey Bayldon , Eileen Way
short Drama
The Tall Headlines
Terence Young
Mai Zetterling , Michael Denison , André Morell
Crime
Time Gentlemen, Please!
Lewis Gilbert
Eddie Byrne , Raymond Lovell , Hermione Baddeley
Comedy
Top Secret
Mario Zampi
George Cole , Oskar Homolka , Nadia Gray
Comedy
Tread Softly
David MacDonald
Frances Day , Patricia Dainton , John Bentley
Crime
Treasure Hunt
John Paddy Carstairs
Martita Hunt , Jimmy Edwards , Naunton Wayne
Comedy
Trent's Last Case
Herbert Wilcox
Michael Wilding , Margaret Lockwood , Orson Welles
Detective
Venetian Bird
Ralph Thomas
Richard Todd , Eva Bartok , John Gregson
Thriller
The Voice of Merrill
John Gilling
Valerie Hobson , James Robertson Justice , Garry Marsh
Mystery
The Wallet
Morton Lewis
John Longden , Chili Bouchier , Hilda Fenemore
Crime
Where's Charley?
David Butler
Ray Bolger , Allyn Ann McLerie , Margaretta Scott
Musical
Whispering Smith Hits London
Francis Searle
Richard Carlson , Greta Gynt , Herbert Lom
Mystery
Who Goes There!
Anthony Kimmins
Nigel Patrick , Valerie Hobson , George Cole
Comedy
Wide Boy
Ken Hughes
Sydney Tafler , Susan Shaw , Ronald Howard
Crime
Wings of Danger
Terence Fisher
Zachary Scott , Robert Beatty , Kay Kendall
Thriller
The Woman's Angle
Leslie Arliss
Edward Underdown , Cathy O'Donnell , Lois Maxwell
Drama
Women of Twilight
Gordon Parry
René Ray , Lois Maxwell , Freda Jackson
Drama
The Wonder Kid
Karl Hartl
Bobby Henrey , Elwyn Brook-Jones , Oskar Werner
Drama
You're Only Young Twice
Terry Bishop
Duncan Macrae , Joseph Tomelty , Diane Hart
Comedy
See also
References
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