
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Idle Rich (1929) William C. de Mille, Conrad Nagel, Bessie Love, Leila Hyams

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Read More »
Hi-Riders (1978) Greydon Clark, Mel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Darby Hinton

A couple scam a Hi-Rider out of some cash during a drag race, and when he refuses to pay, they track him down to the gang’s hideout. Read More »
Big Meat Eater (1982) Chris Windsor, Clarence ‘Big’ Miller, George Dawson, Andrew Gillies

Bob Sanderson is the mild mannered butcher of the small, sleepy town of Burquitlam. Read More »
Yellow Line AKA Ôsen chitai (1960) Teruo Ishii, Teruo Yoshida, Yôko Mihara, Shigeru Amachi

A criminal drama told in a semi-documentary fashion. The murder of the chief official of Kobe city’s Customs triggers Read More »
The Flame and the Arrow (1950) Jacques Tourneur, Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo, Robert Douglas

Twelfth-century Lombardy lies under the iron heel of German overlord Count Ulrich ‘The Hawk’ Read More »
The Fifth Musketeer (1979) Ken Annakin, Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges

King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges) Read More »
The Adventurers (1970) Lewis Gilbert, Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father Read More »
Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015) Bob Yari, Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson, Adrian Sparks

Directed by the Producer of the Academy Awarding Winner “Crash and “The Illusionist” Read More »
Breaking Away (1979) Peter Yates, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern

Best friends Dave, Mike, Cyril and Moocher have just graduated from high school. Read More »