Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XII - BLU-RAY

Three-disc set includes Flesh And Fury (1952)The skill of deaf amateur boxer Paul Callan (Tony Curtis) impressed fan Sonya Bartow (Jan Sterling) and trainer Pop Richardson (Wallace Ford) into relentlessly backing him for the big time. After meeting compassionate CODA journalist Ann Hollis (Mona Freeman), he pursues surgery to correct his hearing-but will the pro debut Sonya still pushes him into undo the doctors' efforts? Slugging saga also stars Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino. 83 min. BW/Rtg NR The Square Jungle (1955)San Francisco grocery clerk Eddie Quaid (Tony Curtis) found the surest way he could take care of his alcoholic ex-pug dad Pat (Jim Backus) was to get into the ring himself, and turned to Pat's old trainer (Ernest Borgnine). As a path to the middleweight title opened before him, will his growing arrogance cost him his girl (Patricia Crowley) as well as the belt? Powerhouse boxing noir co-stars Paul Kelly, John Marley, David Janssen, and Joe Louis as himself. 86 min. BW/Rtg NR World In My Corner (1956)Scrappy Jersey City boxer Tommy Shea (Audie Murphy) managed to capture the backing of Long Island businessman Robert Mallinson (Jeff Morrow)-as well as the interested eye of his lovely daughter Dorothy (Barbara Rush), Will he fall under the sway of a sleazy promoter (Howard St. John) in order to keep up with her expensive tastes? Ring saga and rare non-western vehicle for Murphy co-stars John McIntire, Tommy Rall, Art Aragon, Chico Vejar. 82 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Three-disc set includes The Boss (1956)World War I veteran Matt Brady (John Payne) is given a cushy government job by his politician brother. After his brother dies, Brady assumes control of his local political machine, rising to a position of such power that he nearly manages to take over an entire state. William Bishop, Gloria McGehee, Doe Avedon, Roy Roberts also star in this tale of corruption and greed, loosely based on Kansas City InchbossInch Tom Pendergast. 89 min. BW/Rtg NR Chicago Confidential (1957)Based on the bestseller by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, this noirish thriller stars Brian Keith as Jim Fremont, an Illinois state attorney who is determined to bring down corrupt unions in Chicago. When crooked union members who are in cahoots with an evil gambling syndicate plan on framing a man who won't go along with their illegal ways, Fremont attempts to clear his name and bring the bad guys to justice. With Beverly Garland, Dick Foran. 73 min. BW/Rtg NR The Fearmakers (1958)A Korean War veteran (Dana Andrews) returns home after a harrowing experience being brainwashed as a POW and returns to his job at a Washington, D.C., public relations firm. He soon discovers that his partner has been mysteriously murdered and the company taken over by communists. Intriguing Cold War tale features Marilee Earle, Dick Foran, and Mel Tormé; directed by Jacques Tourneur (InchCat PeopleInch). 84 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

Three-disc set includes Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)Former intelligence officer Captain Webster Carey (Alan Ladd) returns to post-WWII Italy to find the traitor who divulged a secret OSS mission to the Nazis, resulting in the deaths of his men and the Italian resistance fighter (Wanda Hendrix) he loved. Shocked to learn she is alive and married to a local nobleman, Carey undertakes a deadly quest to learn the truth. Exotic suspenser, which also marked the Oscar-winning debut of the song InchMona Lisa,Inch co-stars Francis Lederer, Joseph Calleia. 83 min. BW/Rtg NR Appointment With Danger (1951)Alan Ladd's last film noir casts him as Al Goddard, a postal inspector looking into the murder of a colleague. The trail leads him to the killing's sole witness, a nun (Phyllis Calvert) able to identify the assassin. All that remains is for Goddard to bust up the evildoer's gang before they can pull off an elaborate mail heist. Future InchDragnetInch co-stars Jack Webb and Harry Morgan play two of the thugs. 89 min. BW/Rtg NR Make Haste To Live (1954)Crystal Benson (Dorothy McGuire) was trying to live as normal an existence as a single mother could have in a small New Mexico town. That would end with the reappearance of her abusive gangster ex-husband Steve Blackford (Stephen McNally), who just finished an 18-year bit for murder after she refused to exonerate him... and who'd start insinuating himself into her new life as her InchbrotherInch until he gained his vengeance. Disquieting Republic noir co-stars John Howard, Edgar Buchanan, Carolyn Jones. 90 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.