Top 24 Adventure Movies Must-Watch Released in 1952

In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship. Look into The African Queen / IMDB / YouTube

When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them. Explore Bend of the River / IMDB / YouTube

During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo. Look into The Crimson Pirate / IMDB / YouTube

In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman. Check out Scaramouche / IMDB / YouTube

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro. See more about The Snows of Kilimanjaro / IMDB / YouTube

Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble. Details on Road to Bali / IMDB / YouTube

The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet. More about The Big Sky / IMDB / YouTube

Daffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back. Look into Rabbit Seasoning / IMDB / YouTube

An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king, after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped. Look into The Prisoner of Zenda / IMDB / YouTube

Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson? Learn about Macao / IMDB / YouTube

When King Richard the Lionheart leaves England to lead a crusade to the Holy Land, his treacherous brother conspires to bring himself to power. Explore The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men / IMDB / YouTube

Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. Get info on The Sound Barrier / IMDB / YouTube

In 1850 San Francisco, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska. Info on The World in His Arms / IMDB / YouTube

Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure. Explore Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd / IMDB / YouTube

In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists. More about Big Jim McLain / IMDB / YouTube

Two firemen rescue a gold miner from suicide. However, discovering the police want them for murder, they travel with the miner to Alaska to help chase his girl. There, they discover that the town wants the miner dead. Explore Lost in Alaska / IMDB / YouTube

Trials and tribulations beset the one hundred odd settlers that journey to Virginia in 1620 including unexpectedly arriving in Plymouth, Massachusetts. More about Plymouth Adventure / IMDB / YouTube

A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post. Explore Outcast of the Islands / IMDB / YouTube

A parole violator in early 19th Century France is relentlessly pursued and persecuted by an obsessive policeman. More about Les Miserables / IMDB / YouTube

In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime, and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police. Look into The Wild North / IMDB / YouTube

During the Riff War in Morocco, the French Foreign Legion's outpost of Tarfa is threatened by Khalif Hussein's tribes but Sergeant Mike Kincaid devises a plan of survival until the arrival of French reinforcements. Read about Ten Tall Men / IMDB / YouTube

Kashma Baba, the son of the famed Baghdad thief Ali Baba is a cadet in a medieval Persian military academy where he runs afoul of his rival Hussein, the evil Caliph's son. Find out about Son of Ali Baba / IMDB / YouTube

In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader. More about Way of a Gaucho / IMDB / YouTube

In 1648 France, it's the sons (and daughter) of the Three Musketeers to the rescue! Find out about At Sword's Point / IMDB / YouTube