
An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Violent Summer (1959) Valerio Zurlini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Lilla Brignone

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Read More »
Too Late the Hero (1970) Robert Aldrich, Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. Read More »
Theres No Business Like Show Business (1954) Walter Lang, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O’Connor

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. Read More »
Fazil (1928) Howard Hawks, Charles Farrell, Greta Nissen, John Boles

An Arab prince born and raised in the desert and a beautiful Frenchwoman from Paris fall in love and marry Read More »
A Girl in Every Port (1928) Howard Hawks, Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young women come between them? Read More »
Pistol Opera (2001) Seijun Suzuki, Makiko Esumi, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Hanae Kan

Did you know that there is a ranking of the best assassins of Japan? In the spirit of 1967’s Branded To Kill, also by director Suzuki Seijun, comes Pistol Opera. Read More »
Cavalleria (1936) Goffredo Alessandrini, Amedeo Nazzari, Elisa Cegani, Luigi Carini

Umberto Solaro loses the love of his life Speranza, a noble but poor girl who has been forced to marry a rich Austrian army officer. Read More »
Arrowsmith (1931) John Ford, Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett

Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel “Martin Arrowsmith”. A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine. Read More »
The Devil Plays (1931) Richard Thorpe, Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton, Thomas E. Jackson

A mystery novelist’s detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed. Read More »