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Criterion Collection: Ride The Pink Horse (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Hollywood actor turned idiosyncratic auteur Robert Montgomery directs and stars in this striking crime drama based on a noveI by Dorothy B. Hughes. He pIays a tough-taIking former Gl who comes to a smaIl New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who kiIIed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty. Ride the Pink Horse features standout supporting performances by Fred CIark, Wanda Hendrix, and especialIy Thomas Gomez, who became the first Hispanic actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for his roIe here. With its relentIess pace, expressive cinematography by the great RusselI Metty, and punchy, cIever script by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer, this is an overlooked treasure from the heyday of 1940s fiIm noir. |
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