
Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bok Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Fat Man (1951) William Castle, J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hudson

An innocent dentist is murdered, the only apparent motive to steal a set of dental x-rays. Read More »
Shock Corridor (1963) Samuel Fuller, Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans

Johnny Barrett, an ambitious journalist, is determined to win a Pulitzer Prize by solving a murder committed Read More »
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Leo McCarey, Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents’ home is being foreclosed. Read More »
Main Street After Dark (1945) Edward L. Cahn, Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout

Ma Dibson, her son, daughter and daughter-in-law happily greet son Lefty as he is released from prison. Read More »
Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953) Harold French, Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice

After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures Read More »
Gilda (1946) Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready

Just arrived in Argentina, small-time crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is saved from a gunman by sinister Ballin Mundson, who later makes Johnny his right-hand man. Read More »
Cry of the Werewolf (1944) Henry Levin, Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen

A young woman raised by gypsies hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to protect. Read More »
Voices (1973) Kevin Billington, David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Lynn Farleigh

After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. Read More »
The Ugly American (1963) George Englund, Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church

An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan Read More »