Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III Blu-ray
HomeFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III Blu-ray
Posted March 18, 2020 04:24 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have announced that they will release on Blu-ray Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III. The three-disc set will be available for purchase on June 9.
BOX SET CONTENT
Abandoned (1949)
Synopsis: Dennis O'Keefe and Gale Storm expose a baby-selling racket in the searing crime drama Abandoned, co-starring Jeff Chandler and Raymond Burr. When Paula Considine (Storm) arrives in Los Angeles to find her sister Mary, she soon learns the unwed mother is dead and her newborn infant is missing. Teaming up with cynical reporter named Mark Sitko (O'Keefe), Paula discovers Mary was the victim of a black market adoption ring run by Mrs. Leona Donner (Marjorie Rambeau) and her sleazy assistant Kerric (Burr). Hoping to entrap the pair, Paula and Sitko devise a plan but the sting operation proves to have deadly consequences. Directed by Joe Newman.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck stars as a once respectable and vibrant wife who has become a desperately out-of-control high roller in The Lady Gambles. A chance visit into a Las Vegas casino introduces Joan Booth (Stanwyck) to the seductive allure of poker and the craps table. All too soon, she ignores her devoted husband (Robert Preston) and older sister (Edith Barrett) as she compulsively chases after hard-hearted Lady Luck. Directed by Michael Gordon.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Drug pushing and gambling set the stage for murder in The Sleeping City, a hardboiled film noir thriller shot on the streets of New York. When a doctor is shot dead outside Bellevue Hospital, detective Fred Rowen (Richard Conte) is assigned to find the killer. Posing as an intern, Rowen is befriended by the hospital's elevator operator (Richard Taber) and a ward nurse (Coleen Gray) he begins to date. As his investigation continues and potential witnesses wind up dead, Rowen finds himself next on the murderer's list when he uncovers a narcotics ring. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect and he doesn't know whom he can trust!
Special Features and Technical Specs
BOX SET CONTENT
Abandoned (1949)
Synopsis: Dennis O'Keefe and Gale Storm expose a baby-selling racket in the searing crime drama Abandoned, co-starring Jeff Chandler and Raymond Burr. When Paula Considine (Storm) arrives in Los Angeles to find her sister Mary, she soon learns the unwed mother is dead and her newborn infant is missing. Teaming up with cynical reporter named Mark Sitko (O'Keefe), Paula discovers Mary was the victim of a black market adoption ring run by Mrs. Leona Donner (Marjorie Rambeau) and her sleazy assistant Kerric (Burr). Hoping to entrap the pair, Paula and Sitko devise a plan but the sting operation proves to have deadly consequences. Directed by Joe Newman.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by critic Samm Deighan
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Synopsis: Barbara Stanwyck stars as a once respectable and vibrant wife who has become a desperately out-of-control high roller in The Lady Gambles. A chance visit into a Las Vegas casino introduces Joan Booth (Stanwyck) to the seductive allure of poker and the craps table. All too soon, she ignores her devoted husband (Robert Preston) and older sister (Edith Barrett) as she compulsively chases after hard-hearted Lady Luck. Directed by Michael Gordon.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Audio Commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Synopsis: Drug pushing and gambling set the stage for murder in The Sleeping City, a hardboiled film noir thriller shot on the streets of New York. When a doctor is shot dead outside Bellevue Hospital, detective Fred Rowen (Richard Conte) is assigned to find the killer. Posing as an intern, Rowen is befriended by the hospital's elevator operator (Richard Taber) and a ward nurse (Coleen Gray) he begins to date. As his investigation continues and potential witnesses wind up dead, Rowen finds himself next on the murderer's list when he uncovers a narcotics ring. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect and he doesn't know whom he can trust!
Special Features and Technical Specs
- Audio Commentary by critic Imogen Sara Smith
- Trailers
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
