
Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from America by an Australian rancher so he can shoot aborigines at a distance. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Kiss of Death (1947) Henry Hathaway, Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray

Small-time crook Nick Bianco gets caught in a jewel heist and despite urgings from well-meaning district attorney D’Angelo Read More »
Born Free (1966) James Hill, Tom McGowan, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen

Married couple George Adamson and Joy Adamson have longed lived in northern Kenya for George’s work as the senior game warden of the region. Read More »
Chuck and Buck (2000) Miguel Arteta, Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros

Buck is a man-child who has lived his existence in a life of Romper Room, kindergarten collages, and lollipops. Read More »
Two Guys from Texas (1948) David Butler, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone

In this western-musical comedy, a remake of Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938), two vaudevillians find themselves stranded on a Texas dude ranch. Read More »
The Way West (1967) Andrew V. McLaglen, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark

In the mid nineteenth century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement Read More »
Docs Kingdom (1988) Robert Kramer, Paul McIsaac, Vincent Gallo, Ruy Furtado

Doc lives on the edge of Europe where it imperceptibly slides over into the Third World. Read More »
Terminal Island (1973) Stephanie Rothman, Don Marshall, Phyllis Davis, Ena Hartman

In the wake of a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the death penalty, California passes an initiative that designates San Bruno island as a dumping spot for first-degree murder convicts Read More »
Tom Thumb (1958) George Pal, Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers

The Forest Queen grants the wish of Jonathan, the woodcutter, and his wife, Anna. Read More »
Quo Vadis (1951) Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann, Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn

Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her, though as a Christian she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Read More »