Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Gay Dog (1954) Maurice Elvey, Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark, Megs Jenkins, Comedy
Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against. Read More »
The Case of Charles Peace (1949) Norman Lee, Michael Martin Harvey, Chili Bouchier, Valentine Dyall, Crime, Drama
Businessman Charles Peace leads a double life–by day he’s a respected local businessman, but by night he’s a professional thief who lets nothing Read More »
Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth, Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Read More »
The Honey Pot (1967) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward, Cliff Robertson, Comedy, Crime
As an elaborate joke, the wealthy Cecil Fox (Rex Harrison) hires actor William McFly (Cliff Robertson) to play his personal assistant Read More »
Dishonored Lady (1947) Robert Stevenson, Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O’Keefe, John Loder, Crime, Drama
Madeleine Damien is the fashion editor of a slick Manhattan magazine by day and a lively party girl by night. Read More »
Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält / Mark of the Devil II (1973) Adrian Hoven, Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring, Percy Hoven, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
A tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders “witches” and “heretics” during the Inquisition. Read More »
The Black Dakotas (1954) Ray Nazarro, Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfield, Action, War, Western
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. Read More »
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937) J. Walter Ruben, Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Dennis O’Keefe, Western
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed. Read More »
Le hérisson / The Hedgehog (2009) Mona Achache, Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Drama
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Read More »
Submarine Patrol (1938) John Ford, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, Adventure, Drama, War
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew. Read More »
Qui? / The Sensuous Assassin (1970) Léonard Keigel, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti, Mystery, Thriller
Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Read More »
Mad Love (1995) Antonia Bird, Chris O’Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard, Drama, Romance
The high-school student Matt Leland lives with his twin brother and sister and his father in a house by the lake. Read More »
The Buckskin Lady (1957) Carl K. Hittleman, Patricia Medina, Richard Denning, Gerald Mohr, Western
Dr. Bruce Merritt is enticed to Bitter Water by ‘Doc’ Medley, a phony poker swindler, who persuades Merritt to pay him $250 for the use of his ‘medical practice.’ Read More »
The Silent Village (1943) Humphrey Jennings, Villagers of Cwmgiedd, Documentary, Drama, Short
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales. Read More »