Milo is desperate for a share of the flourishing family business. Having failed to impress his uncle with his business acumen he then tries to impress his aunt by making love to her. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
East of Sumatra (1953) Budd Boetticher, Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Action, Adventure, Romance
Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Read More »
Conseil de famille / Family Business (1986) Costa-Gavras, Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant, Guy Marchand, Comedy, Crime
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. Read More »
Eneste ene, Den / The One and Only (1999) Susanne Bier, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Niels Olsen, Søs Egelind, Comedy, Romance
This romantic comedy follows two couples in Copenhagen trying to settle down. Sus, who works in a beauty clinic, tries to live happily with her Italian husband. Read More »
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Henry King, Otto Lang, William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Biography, Drama, Romance
Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent in Hong Kong, separated from his wife. Read More »
Behold a Pale Horse (1964) Fred Zinnemann, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Drama, War
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. Read More »
Carry on Camping (1969) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea. Read More »
La désenchantée / The Disenchanted (1990) Benoît Jacquot, Judith Godrèche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny, Drama, Romance
Seventeen-year-old Beth is just finishing school, and lives in Paris with her bedridden mother and younger brother. Read More »
The Man I Married (1940) Irving Pichel, Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan, Drama
Anti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America. Read More »
The Toy Tiger (1956) Jerry Hopper, Jeff Chandler, Laraine Day, Tim Hovey, Comedy
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist back to the commercial fold. Read More »