Hammer Films is preparing a Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray of Terence Fisher's
Blood Orange a.k.a.
Three Stops to Murder (1953), starring Tom Conway, Mila Parély, and Naomi Chance. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on August 11.
Description: Hollywood favorite Tom Conway – famed for playing Sherlock Holmes, The Falcon, Bulldog Drummond and Simon Templar – stars in this sharp-edged crime thriller from director Terence Fisher. Co-starring Naomi Chance as a model hiding dangerous secrets and Richard Wattis as a grumbling police inspector, Blood Orange has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives.
Ex-FBI agent turned private eye Conway is called in to investigate a jewel robbery at an exclusive London fashion house. But when murder enters the frame, the catwalk becomes a crime scene – and the killer is still at large.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO PACK
- 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- NEW commentary with author and critic Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw, author of Brit Noir and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction.
- NEW commentary with film historian Lucy Bolton and film critic Phuong Le.
- Dressed to Kill: Screenwriter and author David Pirie and Wayne Kinsey, writer of numerous books on Hammer, discuss Michael Carreras, his relationships and his work at Hammer in the early 1950s.
- I'm Just a Girl!: award-winning film-maker Alice Lowe discusses Blood Orange and female representation in British cinema.
- The ABC of British B!: Artist and film scholar Cathy Lomax, film historian Richard Hollis and author Gavin Collinson discuss Hammer's run of B movies which formed the company's staple output for the best part of a decade.
- The House of Glamour: author and fashion historian Liz Tregenza gives insight into the fashions and fashion industry portrayed so vividly in Blood Orange.
- A short gallery of stills and publicity material alongside tracks from Ivor Slaney's score.
- Optional English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles for the main feature
- Booklet with writings on the film