During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties / Ópalo de fuego: Mercaderes del sexo (1980) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Lynn Monteil, Olivier Mathot, Thriller, Erotic
Two pretty chorus girls, Cecile and Brigitte, who have been sentenced to prison terms, agree to undertake risky undercover work for Senator Conolly in exchange for their freedom. Read More »
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) Richard Thorpe, Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson, Comedy, Romance
A bellboy at a swanky New York hotel starts to ignore his girlfriend after meeting a beautiful European princess.
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The Working Man (1933) John G. Adolfi, George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Successful wealthy shoe manufacturer John Reeves takes a vacation, leaving his business in the hands of his nephew. Read More »
Un homme de trop / Shock Troops (1967) Costa-Gavras
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Read More »
Kanashi iro yanen / Getting Blue in Color (1988) Yoshimitsu Morita, Tôru Nakamura, Masahiro Takashima, Miwako Fujitani, Action, Crime, Drama
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. Read More »
The Man from Down Under (1943) Robert Z. Leonard, Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Richard Carlson, Drama, War
A crusty old Sargent of the Queen’s Australian army in World War I befriends a small orphaned boy and his tiny sister on the night he is to go back to Australia. Read More »
Tutti a casa / Everybody Go Home! (1960) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Comedy, Drama, War
In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for home. Read More »
A Matter of Degrees (1990) W.T. Morgan, Za Za Dupre, Arye Gross, Tom Sizemore, Comedy
A college student living in a commune decides that he doesn’t want to go on to law school. Read More »
Un peu de soleil dans l’eau froide / A Little Sun in Cold Water (1971) Jacques Deray, Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Judith Magre, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Read More »