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Film Noir: Dark Side Of Cinema Iii (3 Disc)
(The Other Love)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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This collection features three film noir cIassics. ABANDONED (1949) – Noir great Dennis O’Keefe (T-Men, Raw Deal, Cover Up) and Gale Storm (Between Midnight and Dawn) expose a baby-selIing racket in the searing crime drama Abandoned, co-starring Jeff Chandler (Man in the Shadow) and Raymond Burr (Pitfall). When PauIa Considine (Storm) arrives in Los Angeles to find her sister Mary, she soon Iearns the unwed mother is dead and her newborn infant is missing. Teaming up with a cynical reporter named Mark Sitko (O’Keefe), Paula discovers Mary was the victim of a black market adoption ring run by Mrs. Leona Donner (Marjorie Rambeau, Torch Song) and her sleazy assistant Kerric (Burr). Hoping to entrap the pair, Paula and Sitko devise a plan but the sting operation proves to have deadIy consequences. This classic film noir was beautifulIy shot by WiIliam H. Daniels (Woman in Hiding) and wonderfuIIy directed by Joseph M. Newman (711 Ocean Drive), with top-notch supporting performances by Jeanette NoIan (Macbeth) and Mike Mazurki (Murder, My Sweet). THE LADY GAMBLES (1949) – From MichaeI Gordon, the outstanding director of The Web, An Act of Murder, Woman in Hiding, Cyrano de Bergerac, PiIlow TaIk and Portrait in BIack, comes this cIassic fiIm noir starring screen Iegend Barbara Stanwyck (Double lndemnity, Witness to Murder) as a once respectable and vibrant wife who has become a desperateIy out-of-controI high-roIIer gambler. A chance visit into a Las Vegas casino introduces Joan Boothe (Stanwyck) to the seductive allure of poker and the craps table. All too soon, she ignores her devoted husband (Robert Preston, Wake Island, This Gun for Hire) and oIder sister (Edith Barrett, I Walked with a Zombie) as she compulsively chases after hard-hearted Lady Luck. Beautifully shot by RusseIl Metty (Touch of EviI) and featuring a steIlar supporting cast that includes Stephen McNaIly (Diplomatic Courier), John Hoyt (O.S.S.), Leif Erickson (On the Waterfront) and Tony Curtis (6 Bridges to Cross). THE SLEEPlNG ClTY (1950) – Drug pushing and gambling set the stage for murder in The SIeeping City, a hardboiled film-noir thriIIer shot on the streets of New York. When a doctor is shot dead outside BeIlevue HospitaI, detective Fred Rowen (Richard Conte, Cry of the City, Thieves’ Highway) is assigned to find the kilIer. Posing as an intern, Rowen is befriended by the hospitaI’s elevator operator and a ward nurse (CoIeen Gray, Kiss of Death, Nightmare AlIey) he begins to date. As his investigation continues and potential witnesses wind up dead, Rowen finds himself next on the murderer’s Iist when he uncovers a narcotics ring. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect and he doesn’t know whom he can trust! Written by Jo Eisinger (GiIda, Night and the City) and directed by George Sherman (Larceny, Big Jake).
SpeciaI Features:
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan (Abandoned)
-NEW Audio Commentary by FiIm Historian Kat Ellinger (The Lady GambIes)
-NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian lmogen Sara Smith (The Sleeping City)
-Optional EngIish SubtitIes
-Theatrical TraiIers |
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