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Author Archives: rarefilm
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) Norman Foster, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck

Mr Moto encounters mysterious goings-on on a ship bound for Shanghai. He recognises his steward as the murderer Read More »
The Gaucho (1964) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Amedeo Nazzari, Nelly Panizza

Gassman plays Mario Ravicchio, a financially-strapped press representative who follows Read More »
One Sunday Afternoon (1933) Stephen Roberts, Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Frances Fuller

Hugo and Biff were friends until they met Virginia. Biff could think of no one but Virginia Read More »
Lemon Sky (1988) Jan Egleson, Kevin Bacon, Tom Atkins, Lindsay Crouse

An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s Read More »
Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) Maysoon Pachachi

Not long after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi returns to her home city of Baghdad after 35 years. Read More »
Two Arabian Knights (1927) Lewis Milestone, William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim

Americans Sgt. Peter O’Gaffney and one of his soldiers, privileged “pretty boy” W. Daingerfield Phelps III Read More »
The Knowledge (1979) Bob Brooks, Nigel Hawthorne, Mick Ford, Kim Taylforth

Follows a out of work Londoner looking for a job. Read More »
Scorchy (1976) Howard Avedis, Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova). Read More »
Top Gun (1955) Ray Nazarro, Sterling Hayden, William Bishop, Karin Booth

A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack Read More »