Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema X Blu-ray

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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema X Blu-ray

Posted May 1, 2022 06:23 PM by Webmaster

Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema X (1952-1956). The three-disc set is expected to arrive on the market later this year.

BOX SET CONTENT:

Flesh and Fury (1952)

Description: A gold digger (Jan Sterling) and a newswoman (Mona Freeman) follow a deaf boxer's (Tony Curtis) fight to regain his hearing and win the title. Directed by Joseph Pevney. Cinematography by Irving Glassberg (Shakedown, The Web).

The Square Jungle (1955)

Description: Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con Bernie Browne trains him. Three years later, he is a challenger for the championship, and Julie re-enters his life. Can she win him back from a predatory blonde? And why does the prospect of Eddie's winning worry Bernie more than his losing? Directed by Jerry Hopper, and starring Tony Curtis, Pat Crowley, Ernest Borgnine, David Janssen, John Marley, and Leigh Snowden. Cinematography by George Robinson (Walk a Crooked Mile, Blonde Ice).

World in My Corner (1956)

Description: Up and coming ambitious boxer Tommy Shea must choose between making dishonest money with crooked promoter Harry Cram or honestly winning a title, as advised by his manager Dave Bernstein. Directed by Jesse Hibbs, and starring Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, and Jeff Morrow. Cinematography by Maury Gertsman (To Hell and Back).