Francesca Anderson, the rich wife of an older millionaire, can’t cope with the death of her lover, who is the father of her only son, James. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Father’s House (1975) Alex Segal, Cliff Robertson, Robert Preston, Eileen Brennan, Drama
While recuperating from a heart attack–brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive–a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up. Read More »
Fuga dal paradiso / Escape from Paradise (1990) Ettore Pasculli, Fabrice Josso, Inés Sastre, Horst Buchholz, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe Read More »
Il pirata sono io! / The Pirate’s Dream (1940) Mario Mattoli, Erminio Macario, Juan de Landa, Enzo Biliotti, Comedy
The governor of Santa Genoveffa eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Viceroy and his wife and decides to stage a pirate attack…. and from then on a bad idea gets worse. Read More »
Bang! You’re Dead (1954) Lance Comfort, Jack Warner, Derek Farr, Veronica Hurst, Drama
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol Read More »
The Man in the Sky / Decision Against Time (1957) Charles Crichton, Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars, Jeremy Bodkin, Drama, Thriller
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. Read More »
Marry the Boss’s Daughter (1941) Thornton Freeland, Brenda Joyce, Bruce Edwards, George Barbier, Comedy, Romance
Jefferson Cole comes to New York seeking a job, but is unable to find one. Read More »
Man About the House (1974) John Robins, Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Comedy
An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Read More »
Winterschläfer / Winter Sleepers (1997) Tom Tykwer, Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Beautiful blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco, in a small mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Read More »
La gondola del diavolo / The Devil’s Gondola (1946) Carlo Campogalliani, Loredana, Carlo Lombardi, Erminio Spalla, Adventure
In Ducal Venice, a series of heinous crimes are mysteriously committed concomitantly to the arrival of a gondola, by the popular fantasy called “the devil’s gondola”. Read More »
Jungle Heat (1957) Howard W. Koch, Lex Barker, Mari Blanchard, James Westerfield, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Japanese fifth columnists create havoc in the industries and plantations of Pre-Pearl Harbor Hawaii, until an American doctor helps defeat them. Read More »
Major Barbara (1941) Gabriel Pascal, Harold French, Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Comedy
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father’s business.
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Plymouth Adventure (1952) Clarence Brown, Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Adventure, Drama, History
The story of the voyage of the “Mayflower” in its historic voyage across the Atlantic to the New World. Read More »
Annie Get Your Gun (1950) George Sidney, Busby Berkeley, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, Biography, Comedy, Musical
A story very loosely based on the love story of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler who meet at a shooting match. Read More »
Men Are Like That (1930) Frank Tuttle, Hal Skelly, Doris Hill, Clara Blandick, Drama, Comedy
This is the first sound version of George Kelly’s THE SHOW OFF. There was a silent version starring Ford Sterling a few years earlier and two MGM versions later on, one starring Spencer Tracy and the other Red Skelton. Read More »