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Author Archives: rarefilm
Shall We Dance (1937) Mark Sandrich, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Ballet star Pete “Petrov” Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer Read More »
Vice Dolls (1954) Raoul André, Nicole Courcel, Philippe Lemaire, Maria Mauban
An adventuress and a swindler use an apartment to set up a profitable network of call girls. Read More »
Emmanuelle 3: A Lesson in Love (1994) David Cove, Krista Allen, Paul Michael Robinson, Tiendra Demian
Emmanuelle and Tasha visit Las Vegas where the two becomes close friends. Read More »
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942) James P. Hogan, William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel
Detective Ellery Queen tries to find a missing man, and gets embroiled in a case of murder and embezzlement. Read More »
The Cardinal (1936) Sinclair Hill, Matheson Lang, Eric Portman, Robert Atkins
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Read More »
Giant of Marathon (1959) Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni
This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Read More »
Una questione d’onore (1966) Luigi Zampa, Ugo Tognazzi, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Bernard Blier
A fierce satire in the pure style of Zampa, this film mocks, exaggerating Read More »
Red Persimmon (1997) Tung Wang, Shih Chang, Jing-ping Chao, Cheer Chen
In 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. Read More »
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) Byron Paul, Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. Read More »