Swiss label Explosive Media has informed us that it plans to add a number of exciting titles to its Blu-ray catalog. Amongst them are King Vidor's classic western
Man Without a Starr (1955), John Sturges'
Backlash (1956), Michael Ritchie's
Prime Cut (1972), and William A. Fraker's
Monte Walsh (1970).
Backlash
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 28TH
John Sturges' 1956 western sees Jim Slater (Widmark) searching for the sole survivor from the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, in which his father died. On his travels, he comes across Karyl Orton (Reed) who is also looking for answers into the disappearance of her husband. However, complications occur as they find themselves in danger in the Arizona desert.
Based on a script by by master western screenwriter Borden Chase (
Winchester 73, Vera Cruz, The Far Country, Night Passage...), and starring Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, and William Campbell.
Special Features:
- Original Trailer
- Original English and German language tracks
Man Without a Star
STREET DATE: FEBRUARY 28TH
1950s western drama starring Kirk Douglas as wandering cowboy Dempsey Rae. Along with his friend, Jeff Jimson (William Campbell), Rae finds work at Triangle Ranch, owned by the ambitious Miss Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain). When Rae discovers Bowman's plan to expand her territory by cutting off the land belonging to other ranchers, he decides to pull out of his employment but he inevitably finds himself caught up in a ranch war with Jimson on the opposing side.
Special Features:
- Original Trailer
- Original English and German language tracks
Monte Walsh
STREET DATE: MARCH 7TH
Hollywood legends Lee Marvin, Jack Palance, Jeanne Moreau, Mitchell Ryan, and Jim David star in this gripping saga that covers the tumultuous final days of the Old West. Facing a changing landscape where barbed wire and railways replace the freedom of the open range, Monte Walsh (Marvin) and his fellow cowboys consider new work opportunities, toy with the idea of "settling down," and draw their pistols for one last showdown.
Special Features:
- Original Trailer
- Original English and German language tracks
Prime Cut
STREET DATE: MARCH 7TH
Academy Award-winners Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman square off in one of the most explosive screen confrontations ever. Marvin is an underworld enforcer sent to Kansas City to collect money from Hackman, a mysterious mobster who has no intention of paying up. A meat packing plant fronts for Hackman's real business dealings: drugs and prostitution. Before it ends, hoods will be ground into sausages and beautiful women will be sold like cattle. Michael Ritchie's breakneck direction propels the action along with the speed of bullets. From a shoot-out at a country fair to the final cataclysmic showdown.
Prime Cut is prime excitement! Punctuated with ruthless performances by Marvin and Hackman, and featuring the in-the-flesh screen debut of Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek, this gangster movie hits hard and cuts deep.
Special Features:
- Original Trailer
- Original English and German language tracks
The Revengers
STREET DATE: MARCH 7TH
Civil War veteran-turned-rancher John Benedict (Holden) returns home from a hunting trip to discover that a ruthless renegade and his murderous gang of rogues have killed his wife and children. But when Benedict recruits six condemned men to help him extract fatal revenge, he realizes that his newly formed posse answers to no one - they are wild, dangerous and unpredictable killers, much like the men they are pursuing. Will they carry out Benedict's plan or turn the tables and add him to their list of victims? Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, and Woody Strode.
Special Features:
- Original Trailer
- Original English and German language tracks
Mobsters
STREET DATE: MARCH 7TH
The history of the most formidable foursome in American gangster history: Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello.
Mobsters traces their lives and work, from their formation of a New York street gang through bootlegging and finally to a more modern, corporate-style organized crime. Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey and Richard Grieco star.
Special Features:
- Different scenes from the shorter U.S. version of the film
- Original trailers
- TV Spots
- Original English and German audio tracks