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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood (5 DVD BOX)
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The five films brought together in Kino's new specially priced box set are noir at its most exemplary. Though boasting stars like Joan Crawford and Henry Fonda and helmed by renowned directors, these five films are B movies in the best sense of the term: tight, raw and cannily devoid of gloss. Masters of the genre such as Budd Boetticher, Anthony Mann and the expatriated Fritz Lang are captured here in fine form. Throw in quintessential hardboiled character actors like Jack Palance (the cold-metal villain of SUDDEN FEAR) and Brian Donlevy, tough as nails floozies like Gloria Grahame (SUDDEN FEAR), and the inimitable lug Tor Johnson (BEHIND LOCKED DOORS) - and FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF HOLLYWOOD is an offer not to be refused.
"Highly Recommended. Film Noir - The Dark Side of Hollywood is a great value. All of the films are exceptional." DVD TALK |
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Hangmen Also Die
Director: Fritz Lang
Country: U.S.
Year: 1943
Noir meets WWII propaganda in this tale of paranoia and betrayal during the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe. Stars Brian Donlevy, Anna Lee, Dennis O'Keefe.
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The Long Night
Director: Anatole Litvak
Country: U.S.
Year: 1947
Atmospheric American remake of the Jean Gabin French classic Le Jour Se Leve. Returning WWII vet Joe Adams (Henry Fonda) settles in a small Pennsylvania town and falls in love with a local beauty only to find that they are pursued by her ex-lover magician (Vincent Price).
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Railroaded
Director: Anthony Mann
Country: U.S.
Year: 1947
John Ireland and Hugh Beaumont star in this gritty drama of one cop's crusade to avenge the death of a fellow officer. Violent, dark, and tight as a drum, Railroaded established Mann's reputation as a master of noir and set the stage for his fruitful collaboration with d.p. John Alton.
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Behind Locked Doors
Director: Oscar "Budd" Boetticher
Country: U.S.
Year: 1948
A shadowy sanitarium provides the claustrophobic stage for sadism, paranoia and murder in this classic film from director Budd Boetticher (The Killer is Loose, Comanche Station). An ingenious, effective example of American film noir. With Richard Carlson, Lucille Bremmer. U.S. 1948. 62 min. B/W.
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Sudden Fear
Director: David Miller
Country: U.S.
Year: 1952
Joan Crawford delivers an emotionally charged performance as a playwright who uses her plotting skills to save her own life. The supporting cast, headed by a young Jack Palance and tartish Gloria Grahame, plus a rousing Elmer Bernstein score, combine for a jolting climax.
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