Classic Adventure
Remember those moments where the main character finds himself in a difficult or precarious dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation, those thrill-a-minute extravaganzas, those rip-roaring spectacles, swashbuckling and derring-do action, cliff-hanger endings .... that was what Saturday Matinees were made of.
Below is a compilation of the 'essence' of this wonderful genre. See also 'Cliff-Hanger Serials'
Against All Flags (1952)
6.7/10
Director: George Sherman
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Mildred Natwick
Feigning disgrace, British naval officer Brian Hawke (Errol Flynn) makes his way to Madagascar, tasked with infiltrating the pirate crew of Roc Brasil... Read more
Son of Ali Baba (1952)
5.9/10
Director: Kurt Neumann
Starring: Hugh O'Brian, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, Tony Curtis, William Reynolds
Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie team up in this Arabian adventure. Curtis plays Kashma Baba, son of the infamous Ali Baba, who rescues the beautiful slav... Read more
Against All Flags / The Rare Breed (1952)
Director: Andrew V McLaglen, George Sherman
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Ben Johnson, Brian Keith, Errol Flynn, James Stewart, Juliet Mill...
With rapier in one hand and rope in the other, Errol Flynn swings into action as a British naval officer charged with stopping pirate Anthony Quinn, i... Read more
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
7.3/10
Director: Christian-Jaque
Starring: Genevieve Page, Gerard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida
Set in 18th-century France, this romantic farce stars Gerard Philipe as the charming peasant Fanfan. After joining King Louis XV's army in order to av... Read more
Mutiny (1952)
5.1/10
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Starring: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Gene Evans
Mark Stevens stars as Captain James Marshall of the American ship Concord in the classic period drama, set during the War of 1812. After finding himse... Read more
The Adventures of Superman: Season 1 (1952)
Director: Lee Sholem
Starring: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey, Walter Reed, J Farrell MacDonald
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound! George Reeves plays the legendary Man... Read more
The Old West (1952)
6.5/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort... Read more
Wagon Team (1952)
7.6/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Special investigator Gene Autry (Gene Autry) has himself jailed so he can work on then conscience of Dave Weldon (Dick Jones), suspected of the theft... Read more
Blue Canadian Rockies (1952)
6.7/10
Starring: Gene Autry
Montana ranch owner Cyrus Bigbee sends his foreman, Gene Autry, and Rawhide Buttram to his Canadian timber land to stop the marriage of his daughter S... Read more
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
7.3/10
Director: Robert Siodmak
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok
This rip-roaring, swashbuckling adventure (among the best) stars Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat as buccaneers in the Mediterranean. It has it all - p... Read more