List of British films of 1952

British films released in 1952

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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

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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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

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* 1952 in British music
* 1952 in British television
* 1952 in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "13 East Street (1952)".
2. ^ "Death of an Angel (1952)". IMDb.
3. ^ "Girdle of Gold". www.bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2019-02-22.
4. ^ "My Death is a Mockery (1952)". Archived from the original on February 28, 2018.

## External links

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* British films of 1952 at IMDb

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Production companies
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* Aardman Animations
* Arborfield Studios
* BBC Film
* Big Talk Studios
* British Lion Films
* DNA Films
* DNEG
* Ealing Studios
* Elstree Studios
* Eon Productions
* Film4 Productions
* Framestore
* Goldcrest Films
* Hammer Film Productions
* HandMade Films
* Heyday Films
* The Imaginarium
* London Films
* Longcross Studios
* Mister Smith Entertainment
* Number 9 Films
* Passion Pictures
* Pinewood Group
* Pinewood Studios
* Shepperton Studios
* Recorded Picture Company
* Scott Free Productions
* Shinfield Studios
* Syncopy Inc.
* S4C
* Thin Man Films
* Vertigo Films
* Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden
* Warp Films
* Wimbledon Studios
* Working Title Films

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Former|

* Amicus Productions
* Associated British Picture Corporation
* Astra Films
* British and Dominions
* British Instructional Films
* British National Films Company
* Butcher's Film Service
* Clapham Studios
* Clarendon Film Company
* Craven Park Studios
* Bryanston Films
* The Danzigers
* Denham Film Studios
* Eagle-Lion Films
* Eros Films
* Esher Studios
* G. B. Samuelson Productions
* Gainsborough Pictures
* Gate Studios
* General Film Distributors
* Halas and Batchelor
* Hemdale Film Corporation
* Hepworth Pictures
* Holmfirth Studios
* Ideal Film Company
* Jellyfish Pictures
* Kensington Studios
* London Film Company
* Mancunian Films
* MGM-British Studios
* Merton Park Studios
* The Rank Organisation
* Rock Studios
* Southall Studios
* Stoll Pictures
* Surbiton Studios
* Tempean Films
* Tigon British Film Productions
* Warwick Films
* Woodfall Film Productions
* Woolf & Freedman Film Service

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* British New Wave
* Horror films of Britain
* Documentary Film Movement
* Ealing comedies
* Free Cinema
* Kitchen sink realism
* Gainsborough melodramas

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* British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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* Children's Film Foundation
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