
Southern California 1897: While Dumas [Mark Bedell] is in the parlor cleaning his gun, his sister Roxanne [Kennedy Johnston] is in the bedroom being seduced by the lusty vampiress, Diana Ruthven [Glori-Anne Gilbert]. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Silver Canyon (1951) John English, Gene Autry, Champion, Gail Davis, Action, Western

At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Read More »
The Mayor of Hell (1933) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Madge Evans, Arthur Byron, Crime, Drama, Romance

Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Read More »
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1997) Michael Haussman, Glenn Fitzgerald, Karine Adrover, Ewen Bremner, Comedy, Drama

A poetic ethereal ride centered around a young American man who hunts for his estranged girlfriend in Colorado, Paris and ultimately, Budapest, and encounters many eccentrics and bizarre situations along the way. Read More »
On the Spot (1940) Howard Bretherton, Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, Comedy, Mystery

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Read More »
The Perfect Gentleman (1935) Tim Whelan, Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge, Heather Angel, Comedy, Drama, Romance

A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father’s naughty exploits with a lively actress.
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Captured (1959) John Krish, Wilfrid Brambell, Ray Brooks, Alan Dobie, Drama, War

This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
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Don’t Gamble with Strangers (1946) William Beaudine, Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Peter Cookson, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

When Mike Sarno (Kane Richmond) out-cheats Fay Benton (Bernadene Hayes) in a crooked poker game, the two gamblers bury the hatchet and agree to become partners in crime. Read More »
Danger Zone (1951) William Berke, Hugh Beaumont, Edward Brophy, Richard Travis, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Claire Underwood hires San Francisco private-detective Dennis O’Brien to purchase a saxophone case at an auction Read More »
Happî awâ / Happy Hour (2015) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Sachie Tanaka, Hazuki Kikuchi, Maiko Mihara, Drama

Jun, Akari, Sakurako and Fumi truly believe that they can confide in each other. Read More »