
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Spook Busters (1946) William Beaudine, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Douglass Dumbrille, Comedy, Mystery

The Bowery Boys–Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck–start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Read More »
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) Anthony Mann, Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Action, Drama, History, War

Set in German-occupied Norway, this is an embellished account of the remarkable efforts of the Norwegian resistance to sabotage the German development of the atomic bomb. Read More »
Scipione l’africano / The Defeat of Hannibal (1937) Carmine Gallone, Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Drama, History, War

A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio’s futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama. Read More »
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) James Cruze, Lee Tracy, Constance Cummings, Walter Connolly, Drama

Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. Read More »
Cadaveri eccellenti / Illustrious Corpses (1976) Francesco Rosi, Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. Read More »
The Good Bad Girl (1931) Roy William Neill, Mae Clarke, James Hall, Marie Prevost, Romance, Drama

Marcia Cameron, the mistress of gang leader Dan Tyler, desires to end their relationship after she falls in love with Bob Henderson, an honest banker’s son who does not wish to know about her past. Read More »
Miracolo a Milano / Miracle in Milan (1951) Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Read More »
Insurance Investigator (1951) George Blair, Richard Denning, Audrey Long, John Eldredge, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

John Hammond’s partner, George Sullivan, dies in an apparently accidental death, with Hammond the beneficiary of his double-indemnity insurance policy. Read More »
Lured (1947) Douglas Sirk, George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

A serial killer in London is murdering young women he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. Read More »