Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray
Brit Noir: Collection I (1950-1961). The two-disc set is expected to arrive on the market this summer.
BOX SET CONTENT:
CAGE OF GOLD
Description: Cage of Gold is a 1950 British drama from Ealing Studios directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Jean Simmons, David Farrar, and James Donald. A young bride believes her husband has been killed. After a suitable period of mourning, she re-marries. But then her "dead" husband comes back and tries to extort money from her.
THE RINGER
In the 1952 British thriller
The Ringer, directed by Guy Hamilton, a notorious master of disguise known as "The Ringer" seeks vengeance against Maurice Meister (Herbert Lom), an unscrupulous lawyer believed to have caused the death of the chameleon's sister. Despite police surveillance, the chameleon infiltrates Meister's circle to execute his plot.
THE FRIGHTENED CITY
Description: A cool British noir set in 1960s gangland London, THE FRIGHTENED CITY follows the story of a low-level criminal (Connery) who gets embroiled in a dangerous racketeering syndicate when he accepts a job from local mobster Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks). A year before he was thrust into stardom as James Bond in "Dr. No", Sean Connery gave a spell-binding performance as the brooding, muscular Irish enforcer Paddy Damion with a streak of rakish charm, with electrifying support from Yvonne Romain as the beautiful gangster's moll Anya and from Herbert Lom as criminal mastermind Waldo Zhernikov.