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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Cold Heart / Das kalte Herz (1950) Paul Verhoeven, Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker, Paul Bildt

Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, lives with his mother in The Black Forest. Read More »
The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949) John Hoffman, Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray

Michael Lanyard aka The Lone Wolf (Ron Randell) reformed and retired jewel thief Read More »
Starship (1984) Roger Christian, John Tarrant, Donogh Rees, Deep Roy

Things are not going well on the mining planet Ordessa Read More »
What’s Your Sign? / Di che segno sei? (1975) Sergio Corbucci, Paolo Villaggio, Mariangela Melato, Adriano Celentano

Four episodes: A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error Read More »
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) Alfred E. Green, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair

The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane Read More »
Weekend for Three (1941) Irving Reis, Dennis O’Keefe, Jane Wyatt, Phillip Reed

A young married couple’s weekend is disrupted by the birth of a brash Read More »
Mystery of the Red Jungle / Weiße Fracht für Hongkong (1964) Helmuth Ashley, Giorgio Stegani, Maria Perschy, Horst Frank, Dietmar Schönherr

Interpol in Hong Kong suspects that drug trafficking is being carried out through Chinese junks Read More »
Break Up (1998) Paul Marcus, Kiefer Sutherland

Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she’s building a nest egg so she can leave. Read More »
Barcelona Kill / La redada (1973) José Antonio de la Loma, Linda Hayden, John Justin, Simón Andreu

The story of a female journalist and her boyfriend who inadvertently Read More »