Screen adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel which begins in the years after the American Civil War Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
I, Desire (1982) John Llewellyn Moxey, David Naughton, Dorian Harewood, Marilyn Jones
A Coroner’s assistant (who is also a law student) gets involved in a strange Read More »
There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) Douglas Sirk, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett
Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory Read More »
The Lady Who Dared (1931) William Beaudine, Billie Dove, Sidney Blackmer, Conway Tearle
A blackmailer falls in love with his beautiful female victim. Read More »
Jew Süss AKA Jud Süß (1940) Veit Harlan, Ferdinand Marian, Kristina Söderbaum, Heinrich George
In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving Read More »
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) Fred Zinnemann, Jackie ‘Butch’ Jenkins, Peter Lawford, Beverly Tyler
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims Read More »
S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980) Robert Michael Lewis, Cornelia Sharpe, Omar Sharif, Robert Lansing
Security Hazards Expert Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent Read More »
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1954) Alan Bromly, Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento, Robert Eddison
An angel finds that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth. Read More »
Teenage Seductress (1975) Chris Warfield, Sondra Currie, Elizabeth Saxon
A woman who never got over the fact that her father abandoned her as a child tracks Read More »
Joyful Mystery AKA Misteryo sa tuwa (1984) Abbo Dela Cruz, Tony Santos, Johnny Delgado, Ronnie Lazaro
A plane crashes on a small village infested by the Huk rebels in the 1950s and three men Read More »
H-8… (1958) Nikola Tanhofer, Boris Buzancic, Djurdja Ivezic, Antun Vrdoljak
A bus and a truck are moving towards each other along a two-way traffic highway on a rainy day. Read More »
Whisky and Ghosts AKA Fantasma en el Oeste (1978) Antonio Margheriti, Alberto Terracina, Fernando Bilbao, Maribel Martín
A snake-oil salesman is chased across the desert by a gang of Mexican bandits. Read More »
A… For Assassin AKA A… come assassino (1966) Angelo Dorigo, Sergio Ciani, Mary Arden, Ivano Davoli
After a rich mine worker dies in mine accident Read More »
Wild Kurdistan AKA Durchs wilde Kurdistan (1965) Franz Josef Gottlieb, Lex Barker, Marie Versini, Ralf Wolter
After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi (‘Karl the German’) Read More »
Revenge of the Musketeers AKA La fille de d’Artagnan (1994) Bertrand Tavernier, Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich
The story begins on the autumn of 1654 in South France. Eloise lives in a cloister. Read More »