
Flight from Ashiya is a 1964 film about the U.S. Air Force’s Air Rescue Service, flying out of Ashiya Air Base, Japan. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
98 Octane (2006) Fernando Lopes, Rogério Samora, Carla Chambel, Márcia Breia, Fernando Heitor

He doesn’t know her, she doesn’t know him, but somewhere on the highway between Lisbon and Porto, he stops to rest and there she is: as lost as he is. Read More »
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1961) Claude Autant-Lara, Laurent Terzieff, Horst Frank, Mica Orlovic

At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. Read More »
Task Force (1949) Delmer Daves, Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris

On the day of his retirement, Rear Admiral Jonathan L. Scott reflects on his role in introducing aircraft carriers to the U.S. Navy. Read More »
1001 Nights of Pleasure (1972) Antonio Margheriti, Barbara Bouchet, Femi Benussi, Barbara Marzano

The frame story involves a powerful sultan who is unable to, um, rise to the occasion with a new harem girl (Femi Benussi) Read More »
Le futur aux trousses (1975) Dolorès Grassian, Bernard Fresson, Claude Rich, Andréa Ferréol

The desire that many people have to live life with another more glamorous identity is the focus of this French satire. Read More »
Bon Voyage! (1962) James Neilson, Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Michael Callan

The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana, travels abroad for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Read More »
The Strange Woman (1946) Edgar G. Ulmer, Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward

Beautiful Jenny Hager finds she can always get what she wants from the men in the 1820’s port of Bangor, Maine. Read More »
Cause for Alarm! (1951) Tay Garnett, Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling

Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill him. Read More »
South of St. Louis (1949) Ray Enright, Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott

Produced by Milton Sperling’s United States Pictures, South of St. Louis was given a widespread release by Warner Bros. Read More »