Dead On The Vine - DVD

Samuel Fuller's little-seen thriller involves a detective who goes undercover to stop the group of seedy, drug-dealing blackmailers responsible for his partner's murder. Glenn Corbett, Christa Lang and Anton Diffring star in this mystery showcasing Fuller's trademark tough-as-nails style. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; novel excerpts; Fuller autobiography excerpts.

Starring 17-year-old beauty-contest winner Ewa Aulin and Jean-Louis Trintigant, this film is a most unusual crime story. In the film, a French actor finds his business contact lying murdered on the floor. Rather than call the police, he decides to protect the young woman at the scene and nail down the true killers, which puts him on a collision course with the London underworld. This film leads US through a mind-bending series of pop-art visuals by renowned erotic cartoonist Guido Crepx, split screens, triple split screens, and the seductive rock score by Armando Travajoli. Filmmaker Tinto Brass loosely adapted from a novel by Sergio Donati a, as an outrageous attempt to turn the crime genre on it's head.

Awakening from an alcohol induced black out, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he seeks her forgiveness, she struggles with a possible future together. In desperation, Gordon seeks out and hires an ex-con to kill Teddy, setting forth an unstoppable sequence of shocking events. Redemption, revenge, forgiveness, inhumanity interweave in an ill-fated tale of life and unforeseen circumstances.