Upcoming Kino Video Blu-ray Releases Detailed
HomeUpcoming Kino Video Blu-ray Releases Detailed
Posted August 30, 2019 03:39 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed a number of upcoming Blu-ray releases. Amongst them are Naked Alibi (1954), The Man Between (1953), and Winter Kills (1979).
Winter Kills
Synopsis: 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that have been handed to him. As he progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the real trails from the dead ends, and increasing dangerous as unknown parties try to stop Nick from uncovering the truth. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, and Sterling Hayden.
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Madigan
Synopsis: From Don Siegel, the legendary director of Dirty Harry, Charley Varrick, The Black Windmill and Escape from Alcatraz comes this hardboiled crime-drama starring screen greats Richard Widmark (Time Limit) and Henry Fonda (The Ox-Bow Incident). This critically acclaimed detective drama takes a hard-hitting look at the lives and loves of New York City's top cops. Directed in gripping documentary style by Siegel, Widmark portrays the veteran Big Apple detective who is given only a few hours to track down a vicious killer. Fonda is the humane yet relentlessly forceful police commissioner who orders Widmark into the streets to solve the case, even though it might be his last assignment. The top-notch cast includes Inger Stevens (Firecreek), Harry Guardino (The Enforcer), James Whitmore (Them!), Susan Clark (Valdez Is Coming), Don Stroud (Coogan's Bluff), Sheree North (Breakout), Warren Stevens (Forbidden Planet) and Raymond St. Jacques (Cotton Comes to Harlem). Screenplay by Abraham Polonsky (Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here) and Howard Rodman (The Six Million Dollar Man) with stunning CinemaScope cinematography by acclaimed DP Russell Metty (Touch of Evil).
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It Always Rains on Sunday
Synopsis: From Robert Hamer, the legendary director of Kind Hearts and Coronets, Dead of Night and The Detective! Featured in Time Out's 100 Best British Films list, It Always Rains on Sunday is considered one of the greatest achievements of 1940s British cinema. Googie Withers (Night and the City) stars as Rose Sandigate, a Bethnal Green housewife whose Sunday is turned upside down by the reappearance of an old flame who is now an escaped convict seeking protection from the police. A rare glimpse into life in London's East End post WWII, It Always Rains on Sunday was Withers' last film for Ealing Studios, and due to her wonderful performance as a woman trapped in a claustrophobic domesticity, it remains one of her best. The great Douglas Slocombe (The Lion in Winter, Raiders of the Lost Ark) beautifully shot this classic film noir in glorious black-and-white.
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Seven Days to Noon
Synopsis: English scientist Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones, Brigadoon) runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister, he threatens to blow up the center of London if the government doesn't stop stockpiling nuclear warheads. Special agents from Scotland Yard, led by Superintendent Folland (André Morell, The Frightened Bride), try to stop him with help from the scientist's assistant and future son-in-law. Beautifully shot by the great Gilbert Taylor (Star Wars, Repulsion) and directed, edited and produced by John Boulting (Brighton Rock) and Roy Boulting (Run for the Sun), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Frank Harvey (I'm All Right Jack).
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The Man Between
Synopsis: Englishwoman Susanne Mallinson visits postwar Berlin as the guest of her brother, Major Martin Mallinson, and his wife Bettina, whom he met during his initial stay in Berlin as a British Army doctor. Their union seems content, but Susanne soon notices Bettina has a closely guarded secret, one she is hiding both from her and from Martin. The secret involves a suave former German soldier who was wrongly presumed dead after 1944. Directed by Carol Reed, and starring James Mason, Claire Bloom, Geoffrey Toone, Ernst Schröder, and Hildegard Knef.
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Naked Alibi
Synopsis: Though drunken baker Al Willis (Gene Barry) insists he's innocent of all charges, police chief Joe Conroy (Sterling Hayden) is determined to throw the book at Willis for murdering a fellow cop. Though the evidence is thin, Conroy is so certain of the baker's guilt that he continues to pursue his suspect even after being fired from the police force. Enlisting the aid of Willis' abused girlfriend, Marianna (Gloria Grahame), Conroy trails his man to Mexico in a heated chase.
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Woman in Hiding
Synopsis: Newlywed Deborah Chandler Clark (Ida Lupino, Road House) discovers on her honeymoon that her husband (Stephen McNally, Winchester '73) may have murdered her father for business reasons… and now wants to kill her. After surviving an attempt on her life, she disappears, moving to another town and changing her name. She meets a drifter and ex-GI named Keith Ramsey (Howard Duff, The Naked City) who may know more than he's letting on. Woman in Hiding marks the first pairing of Lupino and co-star Howard Duff, who would marry in 1951 and appear in four more features together including While the City Sleeps and as guest villains on the hit Batman TV series. Beautifully shot by legendary DP William H. Daniels (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and directed by Michael Gordon (Portrait in Black).
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Winter Kills
Synopsis: 19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that have been handed to him. As he progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the real trails from the dead ends, and increasing dangerous as unknown parties try to stop Nick from uncovering the truth. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, and Sterling Hayden.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 4K MASTER OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio commentary with Writer/Director William Richert moderated by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
- 2003 Audio Commentary with Writer/Director William Richert
- Who Killed WINTER KILLS? - Interviews with William Richert, Stars Jeff Bridges and Belinda Bauer, Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and Production Designer Robert Boyle
- Reunion - William Reichert and Jeff Bridges reminisce about making WINTER KILLS
- Star Stories - William Reichert remembers his WINTER KILLS cast
- Radio Spot
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Madigan
Synopsis: From Don Siegel, the legendary director of Dirty Harry, Charley Varrick, The Black Windmill and Escape from Alcatraz comes this hardboiled crime-drama starring screen greats Richard Widmark (Time Limit) and Henry Fonda (The Ox-Bow Incident). This critically acclaimed detective drama takes a hard-hitting look at the lives and loves of New York City's top cops. Directed in gripping documentary style by Siegel, Widmark portrays the veteran Big Apple detective who is given only a few hours to track down a vicious killer. Fonda is the humane yet relentlessly forceful police commissioner who orders Widmark into the streets to solve the case, even though it might be his last assignment. The top-notch cast includes Inger Stevens (Firecreek), Harry Guardino (The Enforcer), James Whitmore (Them!), Susan Clark (Valdez Is Coming), Don Stroud (Coogan's Bluff), Sheree North (Breakout), Warren Stevens (Forbidden Planet) and Raymond St. Jacques (Cotton Comes to Harlem). Screenplay by Abraham Polonsky (Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here) and Howard Rodman (The Six Million Dollar Man) with stunning CinemaScope cinematography by acclaimed DP Russell Metty (Touch of Evil).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
- TV Spot
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
It Always Rains on Sunday
Synopsis: From Robert Hamer, the legendary director of Kind Hearts and Coronets, Dead of Night and The Detective! Featured in Time Out's 100 Best British Films list, It Always Rains on Sunday is considered one of the greatest achievements of 1940s British cinema. Googie Withers (Night and the City) stars as Rose Sandigate, a Bethnal Green housewife whose Sunday is turned upside down by the reappearance of an old flame who is now an escaped convict seeking protection from the police. A rare glimpse into life in London's East End post WWII, It Always Rains on Sunday was Withers' last film for Ealing Studios, and due to her wonderful performance as a woman trapped in a claustrophobic domesticity, it remains one of her best. The great Douglas Slocombe (The Lion in Winter, Raiders of the Lost Ark) beautifully shot this classic film noir in glorious black-and-white.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith
- Coming in From the Rain: Revisiting IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY (16:36)
- Locations: Featurette (6:23)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Seven Days to Noon
Synopsis: English scientist Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones, Brigadoon) runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister, he threatens to blow up the center of London if the government doesn't stop stockpiling nuclear warheads. Special agents from Scotland Yard, led by Superintendent Folland (André Morell, The Frightened Bride), try to stop him with help from the scientist's assistant and future son-in-law. Beautifully shot by the great Gilbert Taylor (Star Wars, Repulsion) and directed, edited and produced by John Boulting (Brighton Rock) and Roy Boulting (Run for the Sun), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Frank Harvey (I'm All Right Jack).
Technical Specs:
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Man Between
Synopsis: Englishwoman Susanne Mallinson visits postwar Berlin as the guest of her brother, Major Martin Mallinson, and his wife Bettina, whom he met during his initial stay in Berlin as a British Army doctor. Their union seems content, but Susanne soon notices Bettina has a closely guarded secret, one she is hiding both from her and from Martin. The secret involves a suave former German soldier who was wrongly presumed dead after 1944. Directed by Carol Reed, and starring James Mason, Claire Bloom, Geoffrey Toone, Ernst Schröder, and Hildegard Knef.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by Film Critic and Author Simon Abrams
- Interview with Claire Bloom (10:26)
- Carol Reed: A Gentle Eye (44:01)
- 1967 BFI Audio Interview with James Mason (41:59)
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Naked Alibi
Synopsis: Though drunken baker Al Willis (Gene Barry) insists he's innocent of all charges, police chief Joe Conroy (Sterling Hayden) is determined to throw the book at Willis for murdering a fellow cop. Though the evidence is thin, Conroy is so certain of the baker's guilt that he continues to pursue his suspect even after being fired from the police force. Enlisting the aid of Willis' abused girlfriend, Marianna (Gloria Grahame), Conroy trails his man to Mexico in a heated chase.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K MASTER OF THE FILM
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger
- Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Woman in Hiding
Synopsis: Newlywed Deborah Chandler Clark (Ida Lupino, Road House) discovers on her honeymoon that her husband (Stephen McNally, Winchester '73) may have murdered her father for business reasons… and now wants to kill her. After surviving an attempt on her life, she disappears, moving to another town and changing her name. She meets a drifter and ex-GI named Keith Ramsey (Howard Duff, The Naked City) who may know more than he's letting on. Woman in Hiding marks the first pairing of Lupino and co-star Howard Duff, who would marry in 1951 and appear in four more features together including While the City Sleeps and as guest villains on the hit Batman TV series. Beautifully shot by legendary DP William H. Daniels (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and directed by Michael Gordon (Portrait in Black).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature