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Author Archives: rarefilm
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson
In 1745 a German princess, renamed Catherine, arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia, whom she initially likes. Read More »
Fando and Lis (1968) Alejandro Jodorowsky, Tamara Garina, Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Read More »
Post Office Investigator (1949) George Blair, Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell
A young postman becomes involved in the theft of rare stamps featuring inverted images of the Statue of Liberty. Read More »
The Bad News Bears (1976) Michael Ritchie, Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow
Hard-drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) grumpily agrees to coach Read More »
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) Preston Sturges, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee
Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of adultery. While running a symphony orchestra Read More »
Hotwire (1980) Frank Q. Dobbs, Bruce Paul Barbour, Penny Bennett, Peggy Ann Byers
A hard drinking old man and a cocky street-wise drifter are blackmailed Read More »
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel
It’s 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a’changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid Read More »
Blondie Johnson (1933) Ray Enright, Lucien Hubbard, Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins
When Blondie Johnson’s mother dies in poverty, Blondie vows that she will never be poor again. Read More »
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) Sidney Salkow, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger
A teacher (Coleen Gray) writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner (Dennis O’Keefe) threatened by a gangster. Read More »