
Two women and two men meet, converse with one another and ask questions, even about the use of words, but especially about fundamental matters concerning happiness and love. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
36 Hours (1964) George Seaton, James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor, Thriller, War

In this psychological war-drama an Army Major is captured by the Germans during World War II. Read More »
Mr. Soft Touch (1949) Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Drama, Romance, Crime, Film-Noir

Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Read More »
The Jigsaw (1983) Terence Young, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Thriller

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. Read More »
Sea Devils (1953) Raoul Walsh, Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell Reed, Action, Adventure, Drama, History

Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1948) David Lean, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Adventure, Crime, Drama

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), for a second serving of gruel, he’s hired out as an apprentice. Read More »
Midnight Lace (1960) David Miller, Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In London, the American futile housewife Katherine “Kit” Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony “Tony” Preston. Read More »
Wedlock (1991) Lewis Teague, Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen, Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
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Test Pilot (1938) Victor Fleming, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Drama, Romance

Jim Lane is a test pilot, whose professional life is dangerous, and whose personal life compensates for that danger by fast living and recklessness. Read More »
Week-End with Father (1951) Douglas Sirk, Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Gigi Perreau, Comedy, Romance

Single parents Jean Bowen and Brad Stubbs meet at the train station when they send their kids (his 2 girls, her 2 boys) off to camp. Read More »