
Mary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Full Treatment (1960) Val Guest, Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

High-strung race car driver Alan Colby is trying to recover from a serious head injury. Read More »
Lucky Jim (1957) John Boulting, John Welsh, Ronald Cardew, Hugh Griffith, Comedy

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Read More »
Young Winston (1972) Richard Attenborough, Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Peter Cellier, Biography, Drama, War

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood years Read More »
Mr. Steve (1957) Raymond Bailly, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Lemaire, Armand Mestral, Drama

Georges Villard is a modest bank employee who dreams of earning more money so that he can live more comfortably. Read More »
Dont Bother to Knock (1952) Roy Ward Baker, Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Airline pilot Jed stays at the New York hotel where girlfriend Lyn is a singer. He sees Nell in a window opposite his and they get chummy. Read More »
Raymundo (2003) Ernesto Ardito, Virna Molina, Documentary

Biography of the award-winning Argentinian leftist filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer, who was kidnapped by the CIA-backed military junta in 1976 at the age of 35. Read More »
I Like Your Nerve (1931) William C. McGann, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Henry Kolker, Comedy, Romance

Young man attempts to break up an engagement between a woman and an older man. Read More »
Chances (1931) Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rose Hobart, Anthony Bushell, Drama, Romance, War

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anthony Bushell are the Prescott brothers and both are in love with the same woman, Molly (Rose Hobart). Read More »
Portrait of Maria (1944) Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Romance, Drama

In Xochimilco 1909, María Candelaria and Lorenzo Rafael long for getting married but the odds are against them. Read More »