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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Falcon’s Adventure (1946) William Berke, Tom Conway, Madge Meredith, Edward Brophy
The Falcon rescues Louisa Braganza from kidnappers who want her father’s secret formula for making diamonds. Read More »
The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943) William Clemens, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday
Tom Lawrence, the Falcon, is called to the Bluecliff School for young ladies Read More »
Working Class / Da gung wong dai (1985) Hark Tsui, Samuel Hui, Teddy Robin Kwan
A factory worker falls in love unknowingly with his boss’s daughter. Read More »
He Ain’t Heavy… He’s My Father / Xin nan xiong nan di (1993) Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Anita Yuen
Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Read More »
Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957) Harold D. Schuster, Barry Sullivan, Dennis O’Keefe, Mona Freeman
A cavalry officer, the sole survivor of an Indian attack, and a wagon load of prisoners travel through hostile Indian country. Read More »
Signpost to Murder (1964) George Englund, Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Edward Mulhare
Alex Forrester, convicted of murdering his wife, fails to gain his release after spending 10 years in a British asylum for the criminally insane. Read More »
Warsaw Bridge / Pont de Varsòvia (1989) Pere Portabella, Carme Elias, Francisco Guijar, Jordi Dauder
A female professor, a writer, and an orchestra conductor -three characters, two couples- attend a grand literary cocktail party. Read More »
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) Gordon Hessler, John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Read More »
Umbracle (1970) Pere Portabella, Christopher Lee, Jeannine Mestre, Miguel Bilbatúa
This film turns on two basic axes: the inquiry into ways of cinematographic representation and a critical Read More »