Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIII - BLU-RAY
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Three-disc set includes Rope Of Sand (1949)Burt Lancaster stars as Mike Davis, an American who's tortured and nearly killed in South Africa by a mining company official (Paul Henreid) who wants the location of a stash of diamonds he found in the desert. Davis refuses to talk and returns to the region two years later to claim the ice, but this time he'll have to contend with a gorgeous nightclub singer (Corinne Calvet) recruited by the local diamond syndicate boss (Claude Rains) to seduce and double-cross him. Peter Lorre also stars in this taut action yarn. 104 min. BW/Rtg NR Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)Jimmy Cagney is in fine fettle in this intense thriller, playing Ralph Cotter, a violent hood who kills his fellow escapee in the course of their prison breakout and takes up with the dead man's sister. Cotter then blackmails a pair of corrupt cops into helping him on his savage crime spree. With Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, William Frawley, Helena Carter, and Cagney's brother William as his screen sibling. 102 min. BW/Rtg NR Never Love A Stranger (1958)Based on the novel by Harold Robbins (who co-scripted and co-produced), this compelling gangster drama stars John Drew Barrymore as an embittered, orphaned delinquent who falls in with mobsters and goes on to become the ruthless head of a crime syndicate. With Lita Milan, Robert Bray, and Steve McQueen in his first featured role. 93 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.
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- GenreThrillerDescriptionThree-disc set includes Rope Of Sand (1949)Burt Lancaster stars as Mike Davis, an American who's tortured and nearly killed in South Africa by a mining company official (Paul Henreid) who wants the location of a stash of diamonds he found in the desert. Davis refuses to talk and returns to the region two years later to claim the ice, but this time he'll have to contend with a gorgeous nightclub singer (Corinne Calvet) recruited by the local diamond syndicate boss (Claude Rains) to seduce and double-cross him. Peter Lorre also stars in this taut action yarn. 104 min. BW/Rtg NR Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)Jimmy Cagney is in fine fettle in this intense thriller, playing Ralph Cotter, a violent hood who kills his fellow escapee in the course of their prison breakout and takes up with the dead man's sister. Cotter then blackmails a pair of corrupt cops into helping him on his savage crime spree. With Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, William Frawley, Helena Carter, and Cagney's brother William as his screen sibling. 102 min. BW/Rtg NR Never Love A Stranger (1958)Based on the novel by Harold Robbins (who co-scripted and co-produced), this compelling gangster drama stars John Drew Barrymore as an embittered, orphaned delinquent who falls in with mobsters and goes on to become the ruthless head of a crime syndicate. With Lita Milan, Robert Bray, and Steve McQueen in his first featured role. 93 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.TitleFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXIIIFormatBlu-rayMPAA RatingNRStudioKL Studio Classics
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Three-disc set includes Rope Of Sand (1949)Burt Lancaster stars as Mike Davis, an American who's tortured and nearly killed in South Africa by a mining company official (Paul Henreid) who wants the location of a stash of diamonds he found in the desert. Davis refuses to talk and returns to the region two years later to claim the ice, but this time he'll have to contend with a gorgeous nightclub singer (Corinne Calvet) recruited by the local diamond syndicate boss (Claude Rains) to seduce and double-cross him. Peter Lorre also stars in this taut action yarn. 104 min. BW/Rtg NR Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)Jimmy Cagney is in fine fettle in this intense thriller, playing Ralph Cotter, a violent hood who kills his fellow escapee in the course of their prison breakout and takes up with the dead man's sister. Cotter then blackmails a pair of corrupt cops into helping him on his savage crime spree. With Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, William Frawley, Helena Carter, and Cagney's brother William as his screen sibling. 102 min. BW/Rtg NR Never Love A Stranger (1958)Based on the novel by Harold Robbins (who co-scripted and co-produced), this compelling gangster drama stars John Drew Barrymore as an embittered, orphaned delinquent who falls in with mobsters and goes on to become the ruthless head of a crime syndicate. With Lita Milan, Robert Bray, and Steve McQueen in his first featured role. 93 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; 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.
Three-disc set includes Abandoned (1949)Paula Considine (Gale Storm) came to Los Angeles in search of her runaway and pregnant sister, and the only sympathetic ear belonged to dogged reporter Mark Sitko (Dennis O'Keefe). Their perilous investigations reveal that the sibling is dead, her newborn is gone... and that the black market adoption ring responsible doesn't like snoopers. Intense effort co-stars Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau, Jeff Chandler, Jeanette Nolan. 80 min. BW/Rtg NR The Lady Gambles (1949)Bored and looking to kill time while her reporter husband David (Robert Preston) is on assignment in Vegas, Joan Boothe (Barbara Stanwyck) decides to try her luck at the casinos. Her casual interest soon gives way to full-blown gambling addiction, and her spouse winds up on a mission to save their marriage and her life. Noirish drama co-stars Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett; look for Tony Curtis as a bellhop. 100 min. BW/Rtg NR The Sleeping City (1950)When a young doctor is shot dead on Bellevue's grounds, NYC plainclothesman and ex-army medic Fred Rowen (Richard Conte) draws the undercover assignment of posing as an intern. As he investigates, he finds himself getting caught up in the pressures of hospital life... and as potential witnesses start being slain, he might be the one beyond saving. Riveting effort co-stars Colleen Gray, Alex Nicol, Peggy Dow, John Alexander. 86 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.
Three-disc set includes The Flame (1947)Resentful wastrel George MacAllister (John Carroll) hated how his ailing half-brother Barry (Robert Paige) controlled the family wealth, so he connived to have girlfriend Carlotta Duval (Vera Ralston) installed as Barry's nurse... and to get rid of his sibling once Carlotta steered him to the altar. He didn't count, on the caregiver genuinely falling for her intended victim. Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Hattie McDaniel, Constance Dowling co-star. 97 min. BW/Rtg NR City That Never Sleeps (1953)A Chicago cop (Gig Young) tempted to leave his wife and run off with his showgirl mistress (Mala Powers), a powerful corrupt lawyer (Edward Arnold), a killer on the loose (William Talman), and a nightclub window Inchmechanical manInch (Wally Cassell) all play parts in this intriguing noir thriller, filmed on location. With Chill Wills, Marie Windsor. 91 min. BW/Rtg NR Hell's Half Acre (1954)When Honolulu nightclub owner Chet Chester (Wendell Corey) gets blackmailed by an ex-associate from his shady past, girlfriend Sally Lee (Nancy Gates) takes it upon herself to get rid of the nuisance permanently. Chester's gallant taking of the rap goes for naught when Sally herself is killed, and he must break jail to track down the murderer. Unusual InchHawaiian noirInch co-stars Evelyn Keyes, Marie Windsor, Elsa Lanchester, Jesse White. 91 min. BW/Rtg NR Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.
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