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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Lost One (1951) Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph
German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Read More »
The Man in Grey (1943) Leslie Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert
At an estate auction in WWII England, two strangers meet and muse about their families’ history and possible connections. Read More »
Knock on Any Door (1949) Nicholas Ray, Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him. Read More »
Peccato veniale (1974) Salvatore Samperi, Laura Antonelli, Alessandro Momo, Orazio Orlando
In Versillia’s sandy beaches during the summer of 1956, a gawky adolescent, Sandro, spends his vacation by the sea Read More »
Isle of the Dead (1945) Mark Robson, Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. Read More »
I Want to be a Shellfish (1959) Shinobu Hashimoto, Furankî Sakai, Michiyo Aratama, Kumi Mizuno
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband Read More »
Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1973) Gianfranco Baldanello, Robert Woods, William Berger, George Wang
When a cowboy is released from prison he fulfils a promise to visit a town run by a gang of ruthless gunmen. Read More »
Four Sons (1940) Archie Mayo, Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family Read More »
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) Akira Kurosawa, Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita, Atsushi Watanabe
Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. Read More »