A carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she’s pregnant. She then marries the carnival’s barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Bomba decides he wants to know more about his parents and sets out to find out what happened to them. Read More »
Cipher Bureau (1938) Charles Lamont, Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Action, Drama
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent. Read More »
Marathon (1993) Carlos Saura, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Linford Christie, Documentary, Sport
A view of the Olympic Games at Barcelona, using the marathon race as the weaving thread. Read More »
Down the Drain (1993) Shinobu Yaguchi, Noboru Iguchi, Shigeru Izumiya, Kotaro, Comedy
The protagonist, Junko, endures a long series of remarkable misfortunes that leave her at loose ends, steering the films toward the topic of modern experiences of displacement and spiritual homelessness. Read More »
Murder! (1930) Alfred Hitchcock, Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The police find the actress, Diana Baring, near the body of her friend. All the circumstantial proofs seems to point to her and, at the end of the trial, she is condemned. Read More »
At Noon (1978) Kôichi Gotô, Kenichi Kaneda, Kôji Tamura, Shinobu Yûki, Crime, Drama
Tadao returns from Tokyo to live in his home town. Living with his parents, he gets a job fixing radios and TV sets. Read More »
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) William Clemens, Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Nancy Drew and Ted Nickerson solve a murder and save two elderly ladies from losing their family home. The old mansion is complete with a moving wall and a hidden staircase. Read More »
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Gordon Douglas, Louis Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. Read More »
Poor Cow (1967) Ken Loach, Terence Stamp, Carol White, John Bindon, Drama
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. She marries and has a child with an abusive thief at a young age who quickly ends up in prison. Read More »
Muscle Beach Party (1964) William Asher, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, Comedy, Musical
Suntanned surfer Frankie (Frankie Avalon) and his beach baby, Dee Dee (Annette Funicello), are all set for another summer of dancing Read More »
The Fat Black Pussycat (1963) Harold Lea, Frank Jamus, Janet Damon, Patricia McNair, Crime, Horror, Drama
A detective searches for the killer of three young women. The killer is insane and has a fetish for high heels. Read More »
Mieheke / The Surrogate Husband (1936) Valentin Vaala, Tuulikki Paananen, Tauno Palo, Uuno Laakso, Comedy, Romance
Irmeli wants a certain job as a secretary but finds out that she would have to be married in order to get the vacancy. Read More »
Kaikki rakastavat / Everybody’s Love (1935) Valentin Vaala, Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Birgit Nuotio, Comedy, Romance
The romantic musical comedy Kaikki rakastavat is a key work in Finnish film history since it was the first feature film of Valentin Vaala as the house director of Suomi-Filmi and the film which launched the most beloved screen couple of Finland, Tauno Palo and Ansa Ikonen. Read More »
Sleuth (1972) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne, Mystery, Thriller
Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew’s wife. In an attempt to find a way out of this without costing Andrew a fortune in alimony Read More »