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Author Archives: rarefilm
La terre (1921) André Antoine, Armand Bour, René Alexandre, Germaine Rouer, Drama

As Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Read More »
Destination Murder (1950) Edward L. Cahn, Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Laura Mansfield’s father is killed, apparently by a telegraphic messenger. She spots Jackie Wales in a police lineup, but can’t identify him positively. Read More »
Night Passage (1957) James Neilson, James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Action, Adventure, Drama, Western

The workers on the railroad haven’t been paid in several months, that’s because Whitey and his gang, including fast-shooting, dangerous Read More »
Limbo (1999) John Sayles, David Strathairn, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Vanessa Martinez, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Limbo tells the story of people trying to reinvent themselves in the Southeastern islands of Alaska. Read More »
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Jean-Pierre Melville, Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Drama

In a snowball fight between schoolboys the handsome Dargelos hits the chest of Paul, who drops unconscious to the ground. Read More »
Strange Interlude (1932) Robert Z. Leonard, Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Alexander Kirkland, Drama

The thoughts that people think are never the same as the words they speak – and in this movie, we can hear the thoughts. Read More »
Escape (1940) Mervyn LeRoy, Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Drama

An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of a German countess he engineers her escape. Read More »
International Squadron (1941) Lothar Mendes, Lewis Seiler, Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna, James Stephenson, Adventure, Drama, War

The true story of the exploits of the RAF’s (Royal Air Force) foreign legion battling the German Luftwaffe Read More »
Four Frightened People (1934) Cecil B. DeMille, Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, Adventure, Drama

Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. Read More »