Tiger by the Tail Blu-ray
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Posted May 17, 2018 07:21 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director R.G. Springsteen's thriller Tiger by the Tail a.k.a. Dead Heat (1970), starring Christopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean Jagger, Chiaro, and Lloyd Bochner. The release will be available for purchase on July 24.
Synopsis: The final directorial effort by veteran filmmaker R.G. Springsteen (Singing Guns).
A Vietnam War veteran (Christopher George, The Devil's 8) returns home to restore his relationship with his estranged brother (Dennis Patrick, TV's Dark Shadows), a principal shareholder of a California racetrack. Upon arrival, he discovers that his brother has been murdered during a robbery. After being framed for his brother's murder, he looks up his old flame (Tippi Hedren, The Birds) to assist him in solving the robbery and murder. The ex-lovers are now caught in the callous greed of corrupt and vicious shareholders responsible for the cover-up and his brother's murder.
The stellar cast includes Dean Jagger (Rawhide), Lloyd Bochner (Point Blank), Skip Homeier (The Gunfighter), R.G. Armstrong (White Lightning), John Dehner (Support Your Local Gunfighter), Alan Hale Jr. (TV's Gilligan's Island) and introducing Charo (TV's Chico and the Man). Cinematography by Alan Stensvold (Thunder Road, Dimension 5).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: The final directorial effort by veteran filmmaker R.G. Springsteen (Singing Guns).
A Vietnam War veteran (Christopher George, The Devil's 8) returns home to restore his relationship with his estranged brother (Dennis Patrick, TV's Dark Shadows), a principal shareholder of a California racetrack. Upon arrival, he discovers that his brother has been murdered during a robbery. After being framed for his brother's murder, he looks up his old flame (Tippi Hedren, The Birds) to assist him in solving the robbery and murder. The ex-lovers are now caught in the callous greed of corrupt and vicious shareholders responsible for the cover-up and his brother's murder.
The stellar cast includes Dean Jagger (Rawhide), Lloyd Bochner (Point Blank), Skip Homeier (The Gunfighter), R.G. Armstrong (White Lightning), John Dehner (Support Your Local Gunfighter), Alan Hale Jr. (TV's Gilligan's Island) and introducing Charo (TV's Chico and the Man). Cinematography by Alan Stensvold (Thunder Road, Dimension 5).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM prepared by Paramount Archives
- Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
- Trailers for other KLSC releases
