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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Mountain (1956) Edward Dmytryk, Spencer Tracy

When a plane crashes on a mountaintop Chris wants to plunder the wreckage. Read More »
The Last American Hero (1973) Lamont Johnson, Jeff Bridges

A young hellraiser quits his moonshine business to try to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Read More »
The Singing Kid (1936) William Keighley, Busby Berkeley

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. Read More »
Tough Enough (1983) Richard Fleischer, Dennis Quaid

An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities Read More »
Finger Man (1955) Harold D. Schuster, Frank Lovejoy

Treasury agents, desperate to get evidence on syndicate kingpin Dutch Becker Read More »
The Actress and the Poet / Joyû to shijin (1935)

Ryuji Nagami’s script mandates a fairly straightforward comedy of nonconformism Read More »
Regain (1937) Marcel Pagnol, Gabriel Gabrio, Orane Demazis

One by one, the inhabitants of a provincial French village depart, until only the poacher Panturle remains. Read More »
The Drop (2006) Kevin Lewis, John Savage, Sean Young

A college student is hired to simply deliver a car to an LA parking garage. Read More »
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981) Charles B. Griffith

This movie follows the rivalry between a small-town southern sheriff and a small-town teenaged thief Read More »