ClassicFlix: Restored Crime of Passion Coming to Blu-ray (UPDATED)
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Posted July 13, 2017 02:11 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label ClassicFlix has confirmed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of director Gerd Oswald's thriller Crime of Passion (1957), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, and Virginia Grey. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this summer.
UPDATE: The label has now officially announced that the title will be available for purchase on September 5.
The label has also provided the official cover art for the upcoming release.
Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck soars in a "rafter-rattling portrayal of a homicidal housewife" (The New York Times) in this "exciting, taut" (Motion Picture Daily) thriller about wanting it all - and stopping at nothing to get it. A most unusual story for its time, Crime of Passion delivers nail-biting suspense, shocking plot twists and a 1950s anti-heroine you won't soon forget!
Advice columnist Kathy Ferguson (Stanwyck) abandons her successful career when she marries police detective Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden). But her new role as a 1950s suburban homemaker quickly stifles her spirit, and she transfers her thwarted ambition to her husband's career, scheming to push Bill up the ladder by any means necessary...even murder! NEW RESTORATION.
UPDATE: The label has now officially announced that the title will be available for purchase on September 5.
The label has also provided the official cover art for the upcoming release.
Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck soars in a "rafter-rattling portrayal of a homicidal housewife" (The New York Times) in this "exciting, taut" (Motion Picture Daily) thriller about wanting it all - and stopping at nothing to get it. A most unusual story for its time, Crime of Passion delivers nail-biting suspense, shocking plot twists and a 1950s anti-heroine you won't soon forget!
Advice columnist Kathy Ferguson (Stanwyck) abandons her successful career when she marries police detective Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden). But her new role as a 1950s suburban homemaker quickly stifles her spirit, and she transfers her thwarted ambition to her husband's career, scheming to push Bill up the ladder by any means necessary...even murder! NEW RESTORATION.