Noir Archive Volume 2: 1954-1956 (9-Movie/3-disc Blu-ray Collection) [Avail. 7/16/19]
It’s time once again for film noir fans rejoice with 9 additional major studio film noirs, this time from the period 1954-1956: “Bait” (1954), “The Crooked Web” (1955), “The Night Holds Terror” (1955), “Footsteps in the Fog” (1955), “Cell 2455, Death Row” (1955), “5 Against the House” (1955), “New Orleans Uncensored”(1955), “Spin a Dark Web” (1955), “Rumble on the Docks” (1956)
Stalwart “noir” directors and casts highlight nine more hard to find features:
“Bait” (1954) dir/Hugo Haas cst/Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar;
“The Crooked Web” (1955) dir/Nathan Juran cst/Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning;
“The Night Holds Terror” (1955) dir/Andrew Stone cst/Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross;
“Footsteps in the Fog” (1955) dir/Arthur Lubin cst/Bill Travers, Ronald Squire, Finlay Currie, Belinda Lee;
“Cell 2455, Death Row” (1955) dir/Fred F. Sears cst/William Campbell, Robert Campbell, Marian Carr;
“5 Against the House” (1955) dir/Phil Karlson cst/Alvy Moore, William Conrad, Kerwin Mathews;
“New Orleans Uncensored” (1955) dir/William Castle cst/Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton;
“Spin a Dark Web” (1955) dir/Vernon Sewell cst/Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson, Martin Benson;
“Rumble on the Docks” (1956) dir/Fred F. Sears cst/Laurie Carrol, James Darren, Michael Granger
Approx. 750 minutes | B&W | 1.85:1 | Optional English subtitles
ActorsFrank Lovejoy, Arthur Franz, John Cassavetes, Kim Novak, Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Vince Edwards, Hugo Haas, Beverly Garland, William Conrad, William Campbell, Richard Denning, James Darren, Guy Madison, Brian Keith, John Agar, Cleo Moore, Bill Travers, Faith Domergue, and more
Directed byHugo Haas, Phil Karlson, William Castle, Nathan Juran, Andrew Stone, Fred F. Sears, Vernon Sewell, Arthur Lubin
“Noir Archive Volume 2: 1954-1956 (9-Movie/3-disc Blu-ray Collection) [Avail. 7/16/19]”
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Hammer Noir Vol. 5 – The Glass Tomb/Paid to Kill
THE GLASS TOMB (The Glass Cage) – Honor Blackman, Goldfinger’s perfidious “Pussy Galore,” co-stars in this Hammer Films murder drama. Booking sensational acts for sleazy carnivals, John Ireland gets mixed up with a bookmaker, a blackmailer, a poisoner and, his newest sideshow attraction “The Fasting Man” (Eric Pohlmann), a chap who goes without food while publicly displayed in a glass cage.
PAID TO KILL – A man’s business deal fails and to provide for his “adoring” wife, he hires his best friend to kill him so his wife can collect on his insurance. The business deal comes through at the last minute, but he finds he can’t call off the murder. His treacherous double-crossing wife has different ideas! First time on video.
SPECIAL FEATURES – The Glass Tomb Commentary by Richard Roberts, Bios, Advertising Gallery, Photo Gallery, Trailers,
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Hammer Noir Vol. 6 – The Black Glove/The Deadly Game
THE BLACK GLOVE (Face the Music) – An American trumpet star (Alex Nicol) appearing at the London Palladium meets and has dinner with a beautiful blues singer who is later found murdered. When Scotland Yard considers Nicol a “person of interest,” he realizes he’ll be facing the music unless he cracks the case himself. Cult horror director Terence Fisher helmed this topnotch Hammer Films noir. 1953|85 min|B&W|1.33:1|NR
THE DEADLY GAME (Third Party Risk) – Lloyd Bridges is the imported American star in this murder-mystery from England’s Hammer Films, which was partly shot in Spain. Playing an author enjoying a Spanish vacation, Bridges quickly finds himself mixed up with a quartet of mysterious characters, a secret envelope, microfilmed chemical formulae and, of course, a corpse or two. 1954|64 min.|B&W|1.85:1 (widescreen)|NR
SPECIAL FEATURES: Photo Gallery, Bios, Trailers, Trivia
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Forgotten Noir Vol. 5 – FBI Girl/Tough Assignment
F.B.I. GIRL – Fingerprints don’t lie–which is why a state governor with a hidden criminal past wants a file card with his prints stolen from FBI headquarters. Not so fast!: guardians of the law Cesar Romero and George Brent are there to make America secure! Raymond Burr at his sinister peak and an exciting helicopter-motorboat chase keep the action on high. 1952|74 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
TOUGH ASSIGNMENT – Newspaper reporter Don Barry gets on the trail of a gang of beef bootleggers who terrorize local butchers and force them to buy uninspected meats. Posing as an itinerant farm worker, he even begins assembling evidence that the crooks are also cattle rustlers! “Manages to hold the spectator in tense suspense throughout”—Harrison’s Reports. 1949|66 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
SPECIAL FEATURES: F.B.I. GIRL Commentary by Alan K. Rode; TOUGH ASSIGNMENT Commentary by Joel Blumberg; DON “Red” BARRY VIDEO BIOGRAPHY by Joel Blumberg; Photo Gallery and Advertising Gallery, Bios and Trailers.
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Forgotten Noir & Crime Collection Vol. #4 (9 Movies)
9 movies/3 DVDs
COUNTERSPY MEETS SCOTLAND YARD – When enemy agents obtain leaked secrets about a guided missile reservation, the chief of America’s counterspy division (Howard St. John) and Scotland Yard’s top sleuth (Ron Randell) get on an investigative trail which quickly leads to a reservation secretary (Gunsmoke’s Miss Kitty, Amanda Blake). “Suspense and excitement”–Harrison’s Reports. 1950|67 min|B&W|1.33:1|NR
RADAR SECRET SERVICE – It’s science versus crime when agents of a foreign power working with local gangsters (including Tom Neal) steal a truck loaded with secret atomic materials, and the members of the Secret Service’s new “radar unit” (including John Howard and Ralph “Dick Tracy” Byrd) use the “latest technology” to run down the lawbreakers. MOTOR PATROL: Roaring down America’s highways in the pursuit of justice, motorcycle policemen put the heat on a car theft ringleader who uses a legitimate garage as a front. When Officer Bill Henry is killed in the line of duty, rookie Don Castle, the fiancé of Henry’s sister, gets him assigned to the case and infiltrates the gang. 1950|60 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY (1941): When Harvard Law School graduate P. Cadwallader Jones (Dennis O’Keefe) bungles his first assignment in the D.A.’s office, he is next assigned the make-work job of reviewing the closed case of a crooked city official (Peter Lorre) who vanished with a stolen $100,000. The cold case suddenly gets hot when the money begins to reappear, and a series of brutal murders ensues! There’s plenty of fast-moving action in this crime melodrama laced with humor. 1941|69 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
WESTERN PACIFIC AGENT – A “modern Western,” set in the year it was released (1951). The railroad assigns its top agent Kent Taylor to investigate a payroll robbery and the murder of a paymaster. Meanwhile, the felon’s father (Morris Carnovsky) is also desperately trying to convince the wayward boy (Mickey Knox) to forsake his life of crime. 1950|64 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
HIGHWAY 13 – It’s murder on wheels when a trucking company loses several vehicles in a series of mysterious crashes–and a company honcho dies in a road accident that is equally inexplicable. Truck driver Robert Lowery soon finds himself enmeshed in the whodunit, which involves a café truck stop, an ex-gangster mechanic and indications of sabotage. This film was produced in 3 days! 1948|60 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
THE TREASURE OF MONTE CRISTO – A web of death, intrigue and daring love entwines merchant seaman Glenn Langan, a descendent of the Count of Monte Cristo, as he searches modern-day San Francisco for the fortune in long-missing jewels to which he is the rightful heir. Crooked lawyers, a murder and a frame-up are among the obstacles thrown in his path. Great location photography. 1949|79 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
ROARING CITY – Private eye Dennis O’Brien (Hugh Beaumont) will do anything for a dame or a dollar, tackling two more assignments filled with pistol-point suspense. The first involves a “fixed” fight, double-crosses and, of course, murder. Later, his reward for hiring out to pose as a young beauty’s husband is a knockout blow to the head and a false murder charge! 1951|59 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
SKY LINER – Attention, Homeland Security! It’s GRAND HOTEL in the air as the usual wild assortment of travelers (movie actress, eloping couple, child singer, spinsters, crooks, more) board a LaGuardia Airport flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counter-spies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage! 1949|63 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR
SPECIAL FEATURE: Vintage Trailer Collection
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