
A crime writer living in Venice while working on his new novel meets and soon marries his real-estate agent. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
This England (1941) David MacDonald, Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings

This British- National-Anglo American production reinforces the theme that whoever assails Read More »
The Narrow Margin (1952) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White

When a mobster’s widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds Read More »
That Certain Woman (1937) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise

Mary Donnell was married at sixteen to a gangster and soon widowed. Read More »
Storyville (1992) Mark Frost, James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards

A young candidate for the senate is filmed with a hooker as blackmail. Read More »
Prisoner of War (1954) Andrew Marton, Ronald Reagan, Steve Forrest, Dewey Martin

An American army officer, troubled by reports of brutality, volunteers to investigate conditions inside North Korean POW camps. Read More »
Be My Star AKA Mein Stern (2001) Valeska Grisebach, Nicole Gläser, Monique Gläser, Jeanine Gläser

A girl’s everyday life at the end of her school days, trying to find a way into society and her own life. Read More »
Heaven’s Touch (1983) Shaun Costello, Michael Knight, Gail Sterling, Dena Ferrara

Henry was a wimp, who was terrified of women, finally becoming a victim of their sexual hungers Read More »
D.O.A. (1988) Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling

Dexter Cornell, an English Professor, becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Read More »
Tarnished Heroes (1961) Ernest Morris, Dermot Walsh, Anton Rodgers, Patrick McAlinney

In this wartime drama, a band of soldiers prefer to drink, steal, and leave the army to fighting. Read More »