Now available from Imprint, the Australia-based video label. (The Blu-ray set is region-free.) Since these limited edition titles tend to sell out quickly, we suggest you order ASAP.
Essential
Film Noir: Collection 4 includes five acclaimed and much sought after classics: Rope of Sand
(1949), Appointment with Danger (1950), The Enforcer (1951), Beware, My Lovely
(1952) & Jennifer (1953).
Limited 4 Disc Hardbox
edition with unique artwork on the first 1500 copies.
Rope of Sand (1949) - Imprint Collection #210
After a two-year
hiatus, Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) returns to the same African city where he
was tortured and left for dead at the hands of a sadistic Police Commandant
(Paul Henreid). Originally innocent of all charges, Mike is back to claim the
diamonds he had supposedly stolen two years ago. He enlists the help of an
alcoholic stranger (Peter Lorre) and the doctor (Sam Jaffe), who had helped him
back to health. The diamond syndicate head (Claude Rains) recruits a nightclub
temptress Suzanne Renaud (Corinne Calvet) to seduce and betray Mike as an
alternate to brute force.
This suspense-noir
classic was directed by William Dieterle (Dark City).
Starring Burt
Lancaster, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid & Sam Jaffe.
Special
Features and Technical Specs:
1080p
High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2021 4K scan
NEW Audio
commentary by film historian Samm Deighan
NEW Interview
with film professor Jose Arroyo
Trailer
Original
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Audio English
LPCM 2.0 Mono
Optional
English HOH subtitles
Appointment with Danger (1950) - Imprint Collection #211
Postal Inspector Al
Goddard (Alan Ladd) is assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow officer.
The only witness to the crime is Sister Augustine (Phyllis Calvert), who
identifies the photograph of one of the assailants. This leads Goddard to a
seedy hotel where he learns that the assailant is a member of a gang headed by
Earl Boettiger (Paul Stewart), and he soon discovers that the gang is planning
a million dollar mail robbery. This classic film noir also features the stars
of Dragnet, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, as Stewart's Henchmen.
This was Alan
Ladd's final Film Noir and was directed by Lewis Allen (The Uninvited).
Starring Paul
Stewart, Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jan Sterling & Jack Webb.
Special
Features and Technical Specs:
1080p
High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2021 4K scan
NEW Audio
commentary with professor and film scholar Jason Ney
NEW Interview
with Film Noir specialist Frank Krutnik
NEW Video
featurette on director Lewis Allen
Trailer
Original
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Audio English
LPCM 2.0 Mono
Optional
English HOH subtitles
The Enforcer (1951) - Imprint Collection #212
Humphrey Bogart (The
Maltese Falcon) is in fine form as a crusading District Attorney out to
convict the head of a vicious murder-for-hire ring. But when his star witness
is killed, Bogart must race against time to find the evidence he needs to bring
down the mob boss. Told in a series of flashbacks, this tense, tough-as-nails
crime thriller on the cutting edge of film noir was based on actual Murder,
Inc. Trials.
Stylishly directed
by Bretagne Windust (June Bride) with un-credited help from Raoul Walsh
(Pursued) and beautifully shot by the great Robert Burks (North by Northwest).
Starring Humphrey
Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia & Everett Sloane.
Special
Features and Technical Specs:
1080p
High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2021 4K scan
NEW Audio commentary
by noir expert and Film Noir Foundation board member Alan K. Rode
Original
aspect ratio 1.37:1
Audio English
LPCM 2.0 Mono
Optional
English subtitles
Beware, My Lovely (1952) - Imprint Collection #213
Helen Gordon (Ida
Lupino) hires Howard Wilton (Robert Ryan) as a handyman to do chores around her
house. She doesn't know what she's let herself in for. Insecure and paranoid,
Wilton thinks everyone, including Helen, is against him. He suffers from memory
lapses and extreme mood swings. She's soon a prisoner in her own house after
Wilton locks the doors and tears out the telephone. His mood swings from
violence to complacency but after Helen gets a message to the police via a
telephone repairman, she finds he is still in the house. ...Beware, My Lovely.
Starring Robert
Ryan, Ida Lupino, Taylor Holmes & Barbara Whiting.
Premier Blu-ray
release worldwide.
Special
Features and Technical Specs:
1080p
High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2021 4K scan
NEW Audio
commentary with professor and film scholar Jason Ney
NEW Interview
with author and programmer Pamela Hutchinson
Original
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Audio English
LPCM 2.0 Mono
Optional
English HOH subtitles
Jennifer (1953) - Imprint Collection #213
Agnes Langsley (Ida
Lupino) gets a job, through Jim Hollis (Howard Duff), as caretaker of an old
and vacated estate. The owner's cousin, Jennifer, was the last occupant and
mysteriously disappeared. Agnes soon begins to believe that Jennifer was
murdered and that Jim, whom she has fallen in love with, is responsible.
Starring Ida
Lupino, Howard Duff & Robert Nichols.
Premier Blu-ray
release worldwide.
Special
Features and Technical Specs:
1080p
High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 2021 4K scan
Original
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Audio English
LPCM 2.0 Mono
Optional
English HOH subtitles
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