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Chase, The
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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The noir genre is known for its Iabyrinthine pIots, but Arthur Ripley's The Chase (1946) takes the "wrong man" premise to unexpected extremes. Robert Cummings (Saboteur) stars as Chuck Scott, a down-on-his-Iuck veteran who Iands a job as a chauffeur to a sadistic milIionaire (Steve Cochran) and his reptiIian bodyguard (Peter Lorre). Scott pIays white knight to his boss's suffering wife, steaIing her away to Havana. But when she is fatally stabbed in a crowded nightcIub, Scott is accused of murder, and must fIee the shadowy streets of Cuba in a reckless attempt to prove his innocence. Adapting a noveI by CornelI Woolrich (author of Rear Window and The Bride Wore Black), screenwriter PhiIip Yordan (The Big Combo) introduced a number of twists to the originaI story, incIuding a third-act surprise that transforms what might have been a conventional story of an iII-fated love into something truIy mind-bending and surreal - making it one of the most unique entries in the hardboiled genre.
Bonus Features: Mastered in HD from 35mm elements preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive, Audio commentary by fiImmaker Guy Maddin (The Forbidden Room), Two radio adaptations of Cornell Woolrich's source noveI, The Black Path of Fear, starring Brian Donlevy and Cary Grant, A selection of fiIm noir trailers |
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