
Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he’s driving. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Valentino (1977) Ken Russell, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips

In 1926, the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female movie-goers to riot in the streets Read More »
Trouble at Midnight (1937) Ford Beebe, Noah Beery Jr., Kay Hughes, Larry J. Blake

In World War One, Sergeant Tony Michael (Larry J. Blake) saves the life of Dick Cameron (‘Henry Hunter’) Read More »
The Heat’s On (1943) Gregory Ratoff, Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton

When his biggest star joins a rival’s show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back. Read More »
Elevator to the Gallows AKA Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1957) Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly

The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting Read More »
Cattle King (1963) Tay Garnett, Robert Taylor, Robert Loggia, Joan Caulfield

Trouble is growing like a prairie fire in 1883 Wyoming Territory. Cattle baron Clay Matthews is Read More »
Blind Venus AKA Vénus aveugle (1941) Abel Gance, Viviane Romance, Georges Flamant, Henri Guisol

A Clarisse is a cabaret singer, diagnosed that will remain blind in one or two years. It will break with her lover, Madère into thinking that no longer loves you … Read More »
Gun Smugglers (1948) Frank McDonald, Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Martha Hyer

Young Danny leads an Army detail into a trap enabling his brother Steve Read More »
The Princess Comes Across (1936) William K. Howard, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America Read More »
The Tie That Binds (1995) Wesley Strick, Daryl Hannah, Keith Carradine, Moira Kelly

John Netherwood and his wife Leann are fugitives who are both wanted for murder. They have a young daughter named Janie. Read More »