
Jacek is a handsome young Pole who belongs to a drama company. One day, in the streets of Gdansk, he meets Marguerite, a beautiful daughter of the French consul, and immediately falls for her. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
The Wet Parade (1932) Victor Fleming, Dorothy Jordan, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton, Drama, History, Romance

Sprawling story of Prohibition set against two families and how they are affected by booze. Read More »
You Cant Run Away from It (1956) Dick Powell, June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. Read More »
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) Mark Rydell, James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Crime, Comedy

Two hopelessly-out-of-their-class conmen attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the nineteenth century. Read More »
Dont Drink the Water (1994) Woody Allen, Julie Kavner, Ed Herlihy, Comedy

Somewhere behind the early 1960s Cold War iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. Read More »
The Unholy Wife (1957) John Farrow, Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Wealthy vintner Paul Hochen meets blonde bombshell Phyllis in a bar…and marries her. In due course, Phyllis is bored by Paul, and finds an exciting new lover in rodeo rider San. Read More »
Cairo Station (1958) Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Crime, Drama

Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. Read More »
Three Hours (1939) Léonide Moguy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Corinne Luchaire, Édouard Delmont, Drama, Romance, War

During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing ;a young soldier ,Paul,takes advantage of the opportunity to go to his native village to see his parents. Read More »
Out of Season (1975) Alan Bridges, Vanessa Redgrave, Cliff Robertson, Susan George, Drama, Romance

In this tense story of an unusual romantic triangle, middle-aged Ann (Vanessa Redgrave) and her teenage daughter Joanna (Susan George) manage a failing hotel on an island off the British coast. Read More »
Fools Parade (1971) Andrew V. McLaglen, James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Comedy, Drama, Thriller

In 1935, after 40 years in a West Virginia prison, three released convicts wish to open a legitimate business using the 25 thousand dollars earned in jail but a crooked prison guard in cahoots with the town banker plan to defraud them. Read More »