Dr. Sparrow graduates and sets out into the world. Hilarious internships with a miserly doctor and his young wife, a country doctor paid in kind not cash Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
New York, New York (1977) Martin Scorsese, Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Drama, Musical
The day WWII ends, Jimmy, a selfish and smooth-talking musician, meets Francine, a lounge singer. Read More »
No Minor Vices (1948) Lewis Milestone, Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, Louis Jourdan, Comedy
Perry Ashwell is a self-satisfied child psychologist who takes his colleagues and wife somewhat for granted. Read More »
The Molly Maguires (1970) Martin Ritt, Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Drama, History
Life is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish immigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires, fights against the cruelty of the mining company with sabotage and murder. Read More »
Lillian Russell (1940) Irving Cummings, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Biography, Drama, Musical
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore. Read More »
The Ugly Ones / El precio de un hombre (1966) Eugenio Martín, Tomas Milian, Richard Wyler, Mario Brega, Western
Bounty Hunter Luke Chilson (Richard Wyler) is trailing convicted bandit Jose Gomez (Tomas Milian) who has been assisted in his escape by a childhood friend (Ella Karin) from his village. Read More »
Crusoe (1988) Caleb Deschanel, Aidan Quinn, Ade Sapara, Elvis Payne, Drama
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives. Read More »
Yukon Gold (1952) Frank McDonald, William Beaudine, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Martha Hyer, Action, Adventure, Western
Corporal Rod Webb (Kirby Grant)of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police follows a murder trail deep into the Klondike. Read More »
El desperado AKA The Dirty Outlaws (1967) Franco Rossetti, Andrea Giordana, Rosemary Dexter, Franco Giornelli, Western
The film tells the story of an outlaw who masquerades as a blind man’s son in order to trick the old man out of a cache of gold located in a vacated town. Read More »
Jeanne Eagels (1957) George Sidney, Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Biography, Drama, Romance
A largely fictionalized account of the career of actress Jeanne Eagels, whose fame was both on stage and on the screen in the 1910s and 1920s, is presented. Read More »