A crook named Ostap Bender, who survived a murder attempt by Kisa Vorobyaninov in “12 Chairs,” now schemes to extort 1 million from an underground millionaire. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Scarlet Letter (1926) Victor Sjöström, Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne is punished for playing on the Sabbath day Read More »
The Killing (1956) Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards
After just being released from a five year stint in prison, Johnny Clay has assembled a five man team Read More »
The Gentle Gunman (1952) Basil Dearden, John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty
I.R.A. member Terry (Sir John Mills) modifies his violent views after working undercover in wartime London. Read More »
Tales of Robin Hood (1951) James Tinling, Robert Clarke, Mary Hatcher, Paul Cavanagh
An outlaw and his band sally forth from their hideout in Sherwood Forest to do battle with the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham Read More »
Okasareta hakui / Violated Angels (1967) Kôji Wakamatsu, Juro Kara, Keiko Koyanagi, Miki Hayashi
A young man breaks into a nurse’s rooming house and one-by-one kills off nurses. Read More »
The Woman in Question (1950) Anthony Asquith, Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, John McCallum
When a fairground fortune-teller, Agnes (Jean Kent), is found strangled in her apartment Read More »
Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) Peter Medak, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. Read More »
Live Nude Girls (1995) Julianna Lavin, Dana Delany, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson
Georgina throws a sleepover party for her friend Jamie, a moderately successful actress Read More »
The Love Lottery (1954) Charles Crichton, David Niven, Peggy Cummins, Anne Vernon
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. Read More »