Two Men in Manhattan - BLU-RAY

The dark shadows of New York come to life in this rarely-seen, moody, jazz-soaked noir classic from the great Jean-Pierre Melville, who cast himself as a journalist on an ethically fraught mission to track down a missing French diplomat.

Blu-ray edition. When the trail goes cold on a counterfeit ring in Los Angeles, Treasury agents Dennis O'Brien (Dennis O'Keefe) and Tony Genaro (Alfred Ryder) are called upon to infiltrate the shadowy and dangerous underworld of organized crime. Their only lead takes them to Detroit where they convince mob kingpin Carlo Vantucci of their criminal pedigree and start piling up clues to tie the Vantucci mob to the Inchtough, tight outfitInch in L.A. O'Brien and Genaro finally get a break when they learn a former Detroit hood - The Schemer (Wallace Ford) - is on the outs with the syndicate and has been demoted to pushing the fake paper in Los Angeles. Not wasting a second, O'Brien heads to L.A. and tracks down his cigar-smoking target, quickly duping the counterfeiter into being introduced to the Inchhigher-upsInch. But the deeper O'Brien penetrates the organization, the more harrowing the mission becomes for him and fellow T-Man Genaro, with their every move being scrutinized and carrying the risk of deadly exposure. A major box office success upon it's , T-Men holds a special place in film noir canon not only as director Anthony Mann's breakout film, but as the initial pairing of the filmmaker and cinematographer John Alton. Like none before them, their combination of highly stylized camera set-ups, along with the brilliant uses of light and shadows, created the gritty realism and visual tension that made their crime thrillers popular with critics and movie patrons alike. With a story by Virginia Kellogg (White Heat) and a screenplay by John C. Higgins (Raw Deal), T-Men also features Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph and, in a brief but key scene, June Lockhart.

Based on Robert Daley's novel InchTainted Evidence,Inch this gritty police drama from director Sidney Lumet stars Andy Garcia as Sean Casey, a former New York cop now working as an assistant district attorney. Casey's loyalty and moral values are tested when he learns that his father (Ian Holm), a veteran policeman, may have been involved in a major scandal. Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ron Leibman, and James Gandolfini also star. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English Dolby Digital Lossless 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles English (SDH); audio commentary by Garcia, Leibman, others; documentary; interviews; behind-the-scenes footage; theatrical trailer; TV spots; collector's booklet.