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Author Archives: rarefilm
Mikey and Nicky (1976) Elaine May, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mobster wants him killed. Read More »
Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Ice (1996) Bradford May, Dale Midkiff, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Johansson
Once she’d been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. Read More »
Wichita (1955) Jacques Tourneur, Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. Read More »
Canyon Passage (1946) Jacques Tourneur, Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward
In 1856, backwoods businessman Logan Stuart escorts Lucy Overmire Read More »
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 »
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 »