6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lieut. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.
Starring: Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford, Alex NicolDrama | 100% |
Crime | 83% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.38:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
George Sherman 's "The Raging Tide" (1951) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include exclusive new audio commentary recorded by film historian David Dell Valle and producer Miles Hunter as well as vintage trailer. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Man at work
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.38:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, The Raging Tide arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a very nice new 2K master. There are a few spots here and there with small density fluctuations and other minor surface wear, but the entire film has a solid organic appearance and this is what matters the most to me. As you can tell from the screencaptures we have included with our review, the grayscale is very convincing as well. In fact, even though a few softer than usual visuals produce some unevenness darker areas usually have very nice ranges of shadow nuances. There are absolutely no traces of problematic digital tinkering. Image stability is good. So, even though there is room for minor cosmetic adjustments, I like how the film looks on Blu-ray. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I did not encounter any serious anomalies to report in our review. The dialog was very clear, clean, and stable. Frank Skinner's music produces plenty of good contrasts as well, though you need to have realistic expectations because the limitations of the original soundtrack are still easy to detect. I did notice some extremely light hiss trying to sneak in the upper register, but there were no distortions or other similar age-related imperfections.
For a very short period of time The Raging Tide does look and behave like a film noir, and Richard Conte's presence in it can almost trick one to declare that it is, but eventually it becomes quite clear that it was conceived to be something else. Considering that it is included in a film noir box set, is this a problem? Not as far as I am concerned. To be honest, I really enjoy the Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema collection precisely because it gathers films that are close relatives of the classic film noirs that otherwise would most likely never see the light of day. Many of these films feature early performances by some of old Hollywood's soon-to-be greatest stars, so while they might be smaller films, they are still important films very much worth seeing and collecting. I enjoyed The Raging Tide a lot. It looks pretty good after it was remastered in 2K as well. Kino Lorber have bundled it with Singapore and Johnny Stool Pigeon in Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VI, a three-disc box set. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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