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Author Archives: rarefilm
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) Anthony Asquith, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Uno Henning, Norah Baring

Flashback story of an escape from the lonely, high-security Dartmoor Prison. Read More »
The Crooked Circle (1957) Joseph Kane, John Smith, Fay Spain, Steve Brodie

A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight. Read More »
Battle of the Commandos (1969) Umberto Lenzi, Jack Palance, Thomas Hunter, Claudio Undari

Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of twenty-eight slaughtered by German troops. Read More »
Up the Front (1972) Bob Kellett, Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, William Mervyn

Frankie Howerd stars in this comedy as a lowly boot-boy who is a terrible coward. Read More »
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) Elaine May, Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin

Three days into his Miami honeymoon, New York Jewish Lenny meets tall, blonde Kelly. Read More »
El Suavecito (1951) Fernando Méndez, Víctor Parra, Aurora Segura, Dagoberto Rodríguez

The playboy Roberto “El Suavecito” takes very comfortable working relationship with Lupita, despite his constant infidelities. Read More »
Danny Jones (1972) Jules Bricken, Frank Finlay, Jane Carr, Len Jones

In the quiet calm of the Welsh foothills, Danny Jones reaches the age of seventeen with a strong desire to break away from the strict influence of his father. Read More »
Silent Running (1972) Douglas Trumbull, Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin

In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet’s ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. Read More »
The Hunchback of Soho (1966) Alfred Vohrer, Günther Stoll, Pinkas Braun, Monika Peitsch

A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance. Read More »