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Plymouth Adventure (1952) on 28 november 1952
, 1h45Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Barry Jones, Dawn Addams
Rating61%
The film tells a fictionalized version of the Pilgrims' voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to North America aboard the Mayflower. During the long sea voyage, Capt. Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy) falls in love with Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), the wife of William Bradford (Leo Genn). The love triangle is resolved in a tragic way at the film's conclusion. Ship's carpenter John Alden (Van Johnson) -- said to be the first person to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620—catches the eye of Priscilla Mullins (Dawn Addams), one of the young Pilgrims following William Bradford. Alden ultimately wins Priscilla in another, if subtler, triangle with Miles Standish (Noel Drayton). Lloyd Bridges provides comic relief as the first-mate Coppin, and child star Tommy Ivo gives a touching performance as young William Button, the only passenger to die on the actual voyage across the storm-swept Atlantic, who, according to this film, wanted to be the first to sight land and to become a king in the New World. “I’m going to be the first to see land. Keep me eye peeled, I will. Then I’ll be the first. It’ll be like the Garden of Eden and I’m going to be the first to see it”.
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste (1952) on 29 november 1952
, 1h45Directed by Maurice Labro, Pierre Guilbaud
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Yves Deniaud, Louis de Funès, Roland Armontel, Jean Carmet, Bernard Lajarrige, Christiane Barry
Rating62%
Les bonnes intentions de Diogène Leguignon, lampiste à la SNCF, le mènent invariablement devant le tribunal. Peinant à joindre les deux bouts, il est constamment tiraillé entre un voisin lunatique, une bande de jeunes voyous farceurs et ses tracas quotidiens.
The Ringer (1952) on 24 november 1952
, 1h18Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland
Rating63%
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.