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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.
Death of an Angel is a 1952 British 'B' [1] crime drama film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Patrick Barr, Jane Baxter and Jean Lodge. [2] The screenplay was by Reginald Long based on the play This is Mary's Chair by Frank King.
Crow Hollow is a 1952 British second feature ('B') [1] mystery film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Donald Houston, Natasha Parry and Patricia Owens. [2] [3] It was written by Vivian Milroy based on the 1950 novel Crow Hollow by Dorothy Eden. Newlywed Ann Amour survives a number of murder attempts, while her maid is found stabbed to ...
Never Look Back is a 1952 British second feature ('B') [1] drama film directed by Francis Searle and starring Rosamund John, Hugh Sinclair and Guy Middleton. [2] [3] The screenplay concerns a newly appointed female barrister whose career is threatened by a former lover. [4] It was made by Hammer Films at the Mancunian Studios in Manchester. [1] [5]
It was one of 15 films selected by Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane in The British 'B' Film, as among the most meritorious of the B films made in Britain between World War II and 1970. They noted that it "develops its issue with the venalities of local government and sub-standard housing in calm and sufficient detail to establish its ...
Miss Robin Hood is a 1952 British second feature ('B') [1] comedy film directed by John Guillermin and starring Margaret Rutherford and Richard Hearne. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was written by Val Valentine and Patrick Campbell from a story by Reed De Rouen .
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957), from Universal, was the final installment of the last "B series" put out by a major studio.. In 1948, a Supreme Court ruling in a federal antitrust suit against the leading Hollywood studios, the so-called Big Five, outlawed block booking and led to the divestiture of the majors' theater chains over the next few years.
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote: "It was not the most plausible of plots, but it was effectively handled." [1] In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Compact low-budget thriller." [5] TV Guide called the film "a taut and action-filled programmer." [6]