Kino Lorber Studio Classics has unveiled the details of their January 2024 4K UHD and Blu-Ray releases including works from such icons as Robert Ryan, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, Rock Hudson, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, Alan Arkin, William Holden, Jane Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward G. Robinson, and more. Get all the details on this incredibly packed lineup below:
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: Nerve-snapping suspense, gritty style and an unsparing look at racial tension unite this “thunderbolt of a film” (Los Angeles Examiner) from legendary director Robert Wise (The Set-Up, The Day the Earth Stood Still) and screenwriters Abraham Polonsky (Force of Evil) and Nelson Gidding (The Haunting), based on the novel by William P. McGivern (The Big Heat). Acting greats Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley and Gloria Grahame deliver superb performances in this taut and absorbing crime melodrama, often cited as the first film noir to feature a black protagonist. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ready for the taking. It’s too much to resist for bigoted ex-con Earl Slater (Ryan). He agrees to take part in a bank robbery with former cop Burke (Begley)—but hesitates when he finds out that one of his partners (Belafonte) is black. As tensions mount and the men get closer to their biggest score ever, Earl’s hatred erupts, resulting in violent consequences for the heist…and their lives.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
FILM NOIR: THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA XVI
[MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET/CHICAGO DEADLINE/IRON MAN]
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: This collection features three film noir classics. THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET (1942) – The Mystery-Master’s Spine-Clutching Classic of the Phantom Mangler of Paris! The haunting film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story The Mystery of Marie Rogêt paints the future “Queen of Technicolor” Maria Montez (Cobra Woman, Tangier) in stunning shades of noir. A successful actress in the City of Light, Marie Rogêt (Montez) has a sinister dark side: she is plotting the death of her younger sister. When Marie goes missing and the maimed corpse of a young woman is discovered, Rue Morgue sleuth Dr. Paul Dupin (Patric Knowles, O.S.S.) works to track down the killer. Filled with suspense and intrigue, this gripping classic (also known as Phantom of Paris) was inspired by the real-life unsolved murder case of Mary Rogers. Featuring Maria Ouspenskaya (The Wolf Man), John Litel (Pitfall), Edward Norris (The Man with Two Lives) and Lloyd Corrigan (The Chase).
CHICAGO DEADLINE (1949) – Was She Good or Evil? Ladd Provides the Answer. From noir king Lewis Allen, director of The Uninvited, Desert Fury, So Evil My Love and Appointment with Danger, comes a twist-filled mystery headlined by screen greats Alan Ladd (Lucky Jordan, O.S.S.) and Donna Reed (It’s a Wonderful Life, Backlash). In a cheap hotel room on Chicago’s South Side, hard-nosed newspaperman Ed Adams (Ladd) finds the body of a dead girl, Rosita Jean d’Ur (Reed). Her address book leads to a host of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. The more questions Ed asks…the more he uncovers the shocking truth. June Havoc (No Time for Love), Irene Hervey (Play Misty for Me) and Arthur Kennedy (Bright Victory) add strong support to the smoldering suspense of Chicago Deadline.
IRON MAN (1951) – He’s All Man in the Ring—or Anywhere! Jeff Chandler (Man in the Shadow, The Tattered Dress) stars as a coal miner who turns to professional boxing in the knock-out noir Iron Man. In a small Pennsylvania mining town, Coke Mason (Chandler) is a man with simple life ambitions: he endeavors to marry Rose (Evelyn Keyes, 99 River Street) and own a small business. But his gambling brother George (Stephen McNally, The Raging Tide) has plans to take advantage of Mason’s intense rage and turn him into a professional boxer. Worried that his “killer instinct” may prove to be too much in the ring, Mason must cope with the pressures of his newfound success in this blistering boxing drama from noir master Joseph Pevney, director of Flesh and Fury, Foxfire and Female on the Beach. Featuring future Hollywood legend, Rock Hudson (Man’s Favorite Sport?), and TV legends James Arness (Gunsmoke) and Jim Backus (Mister Magoo, Gilligan’s Island).
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Masters – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Fine Grains | NEW Audio Commentary for THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET by Film Historians Tom Weaver, Gary L. Prange and Tom Zimmerman (The Author of THE QUEEN OF TECHNICOLOR: MARIA MONTEZ IN HOLLYWOOD) | NEW Audio Commentary for THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Editor Stephen Jones | NEW Audio Commentary for CHICAGO DEADLINE by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode | NEW Audio Commentary for IRON MAN by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani | Theatrical Trailers for THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET and CHICAGO DEADLINE (Newly Mastered in 2K) | Optional English Subtitles
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL? (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Charles Coburn and Gigi Perreau star in Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, the charming musical comedy about second chances from legendary director Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows, There’s Always Tomorrow, The Tarnished Angels). The year is 1928. When elderly millionaire Samuel Fulton (Coburn) reflects on his life and the love that got away, he decides to bequeath his fortune to his late beloved’s existing family—if they’re worthy, of course. Disguising himself as a poor lodger, he takes up residence with the middle-class Blaisdells to see how they react to receiving a small portion of the funds. Money soon leads to mayhem, but even Samuel finds redemption in their foolish choices in this endearing comic romp. The toe-tapping tunes of the Twenties include “Tiger Rag,” “When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along,” “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More,” and “Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?” And featuring an uncredited James Dean as a soda fountain patron. It’s the cat’s meow—in Technicolor!
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Interpositive | NEW Audio Commentary by Actress Piper Laurie, Moderated by Film Critic/Historian Lee Gambin | FUN ON THE LOT (2008): Piper Laurie and Gigi Perreau Remember HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | Optional English Subtitles
THE ROAD TO HONG KONG (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: Bob Hope and Bing Crosby take off on The Road to Hong Kong, the seventh and final Road movie from the irresistibly charming and wacky duo. Cavorting through a series of madcap adventures with Joan Collins, Robert Morley and Road queen Dorothy Lamour—as well as scene-stealers Peter Sellers, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Pat O’Brien and David Niven—Crosby and Hope dish out a “fricassee of jokes and gags” (Los Angeles Times) in what may be the wildest entry in their legendary film series from Singapore to Bali. Vaudevillians Harry (Crosby) and Chester (Hope) travel to Tibet to search for a drug to restore Chester’s memory. Once they find the cure, Chester’s memory becomes so good that he accidentally memorizes a secret formula for space navigation. Soon the two meet up with a beautiful spy (Collins) and get slightly sidetracked…to another planet! From fabulous filmmakers Norman Panama and Melvin Frank (Road to Utopia, White Christmas, The Court Jester).
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Michael Schlesinger and Archivist/Historian Stan Taffel | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: Set in North Africa and Europe immediately following World War II, The Hell with Heroes centers on two former U.S. Air Force pilots played by Rod Taylor (The High Commissioner) and Pete Duel (Cannon for Cordoba). Brynie MacKay (Taylor) and Mike Brewer (Duel) are forced to work for ruthless international smuggler Lee Harris (Harry Guardino, Madigan) to get money needed for their return to civilian life. But when Brynie learns he is flying contraband cigarettes, he extracts a larger fee from Harris, who retaliates by hiding narcotics in Brynie’s plane and then reporting him to Colonel Wilson of U.S. Counterintelligence (Kevin McCarthy, Invasion of the Body Snatchers). With Brynie’s aircraft and money now seized, the beautiful Elena (Claudia Cardinale, Cartouche), Harris’s mistress, comes to Brynie’s aid. Featuring a lush score by music legend Quincy Jones (In the Heat of the Night), this post-WWII drama is shot through with action, adventure and romance, courtesy of director Joseph Sargent (White Lightning, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, MacArthur).
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Interpositive | NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: Jacques Deray (The Outsider) directed this gritty seventies action-classic featuring an iconic cast which includes Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Conformist), Ann-Margret (52 Pick-Up), Roy Scheider (Marathon Man), Angie Dickinson (Dressed to Kill), Michel Constantin (The Cop), Umberto Orsini (Violent City) and Ted de Corsia (The Killing) as they battle each other for their lives from the back alleys of downtown Los Angeles to the posh mansions of Beverly Hills. Trintignant is a hit man imported from Paris to kill L.A.’s biggest mafia boss. His unknown employer: the mafia boss’s own son and the son’s beautiful wife (Dickinson). Having done his job, the hit man looks for his reward. It comes, in the form of another hit man (Scheider), sent in to kill him and thus remove any links to the murder. Sexy Ann-Margret is Trintignant’s only ally as he and Scheider play a murderous game of cat-and-mouse. Nail-biting suspense, exciting high-speed chases and one of the most unique and climactic gun battles ever filmed are only part of The Outside Man, boasting an ultra-cool score by Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair). This special edition includes both the English and French versions of the 1970s thriller.
Bonus Features: Newly Restored – From 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson | Includes the Uncut Versions of THE OUTSIDE MAN (In English) and UN HOMME EST MORT (In French) | Theatrical Trailers (Both Versions) | Two Dual-Layered BD50 Discs | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 1/9/24
Synopsis: Split Image is a spirit-stirring story revolving around an all-American college athlete, Danny Stetson (Michael O’Keefe, The Great Santini), who is innocently lured into Homeland, a youth-oriented cult, by a compellingly beautiful girl (Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark). Here he is programmed by the charismatic leader Neil Kirklander (Peter Fonda, Ulee’s Gold) to believe that his new life now has the true meaning that it previously lacked. Anguished by their son’s disappearance, the Stetsons hire a modern-day bounty hunter, Charles Pratt (James Woods, Cop), to abduct Danny and exorcise his brainwashed mind, deprogramming him to return him to his family and friends. A truly intense psychological drama directed by suspense master Ted Kotcheff (Billy Two Hats, North Dallas Forty, First Blood). Featuring Elizabeth Ashley (The Carpetbaggers) and Brian Dennehy (F/X) as Danny’s parents; music by Bill Conti (Rocky).
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm Interpositive | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Filmmaker Daniel Kremer | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | Optional English Subtitles
RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/16/24
Synopsis: Screen legends Clark Gable (Gone with the Wind, Teacher’s Pet) and Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry, The Train) star in this gripping WWII adventure-thriller that set a new standard for submarine pictures. “Rich” Richardson (Gable) is a hard-driving, dedicated submarine officer with a single-minded purpose—to seek out and smash the Japanese destroyer he believes sunk his former ship. Given a new command, Richardson drills his men to the point of mutiny as he relentlessly trains them for the battle ahead. At last, word comes of the destroyer’s position, and disobeying orders, Richardson finally confronts his foe, unaware that an even greater enemy lurks nearby…one that’s been targeting him for a watery grave. Directed by the great Robert Wise (Odds Against Tomorrow, The Sand Pebbles) and featuring a stellar supporting cast headed by Jack Warden (12 Angry Men), Brad Dexter (The Magnificent Seven) and Don Rickles (Kelly’s Heroes).
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/16/24
Synopsis: When sightseeing Soviet commander (Alan Arkin, The In-Laws) runs his submarine aground off the New England coast, his crew tries to find a boat to dislodge the sub almost starts World War III. Arkin leads and all-star cast that includes Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith and Jonathan Winters – in this riotous, uproarious and sidesplitting comedy. Russian Lt. Rozanov (Arkin) and his crew hit the beaches of Massachusetts unaware of the panic they’re about to start. Despite the Russians’ harmless intentions, the folks in town think a full-scale Soviet invasion has been launched! What’s worse, their police chief (Keith) has left his hysterical assistant (Winters) in charge… and the one man who knows the truth (Reiner) is only stirring up more chaos! The great Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night) directs this wonderful comedy based on the Nathaniel Benchley novel with a screenplay by William Rose’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). The hilarious cast includes Paul Ford, Theodore Bikel and John Phillip Law. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Director (Norman Jewison), Best Actor (Alan Arkin), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Michael Schlesinger and Mark Evanier | The Russians Are Coming to Hollywood: Featurette with Director/Producer Norman Jewison | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/16/24
Synopsis: They were misfits, rebels…and heroes! Screen greats William Holden (Stalag 17) and Cliff Robertson (633 Squadron) topline this riveting World War II saga based on the true story of the First Special Service Force. Capturing the drama of combat with outstanding cinematography, The Devil’s Brigade is a thrilling tribute to this renowned fighting unit. Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (Holden) takes on the daunting task of melding a renegade group of American and Canadian recruits into a crack team of commando warriors. Frederick’s superiors doubt the rookies until Frederick volunteers them for a perilous attack on a Nazi stronghold in the mountains. His men will be outnumbered and outgunned, but that’s a fair fight to The Devil’s Brigade. Action veteran Andrew V. McLaglen (The Wild Geese, ffolkes) helms this top-notch adventure yarn with a strong cast including Vince Edwards (The Victors), Richard Jaeckel (The Dirty Dozen), Carroll O’Connor (TV’s All in the Family), Dana Andrews (Laura), Michael Rennie (The Lost World), Richard Dawson (TV’s Hogan’s Heroes), Claude Akins (Tentacles) and Harry Carey Jr. (The Rare Breed).
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Combat Films: American Realism Author Steven Jay Rubin | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
Street Date: 1/16/24
Synopsis: Perhaps the most compelling picture ever made about the shattering aftermath of the Vietnam War, Coming Home earned eight Academy Award nominations and won three for Best Actress (Jane Fonda), Actor (Jon Voight) and Original Screenplay. Coming Home is a heartrending and unforgettable examination of a critical period in our nation’s history and an uncompromising, extraordinarily moving film directed by the great Hal Ashby (The Last Detail). When Marine Captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern, Black Sunday) leaves for Vietnam, his wife Sally (Jane Fonda, Klute) volunteers at a local hospital. There she meets Luke Martin (Jon Voight, Deliverance), a former sergeant whose war injury has left him a paraplegic. Embittered with rage and filled with frustration, Luke finds new hope and confidence through his growing intimacy with Sally. The relationship transforms Sally’s feeling about life, love and the horrors of war. And when, wounded and disillusioned, Sally’s husband returns home, all three must grapple with the full impact of a brutal distant war that has changed their lives forever. The stellar supporting cast includes Robert Carradine (The Big Red One) and Robert Ginty (The Exterminator).
Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Actors Jon Voight and Bruce Dern with Cinematographer Haskel Wexler | Coming Back Home: Featurette | Hal Ashby – A Man out of Time: Featurette | Theatrical Trailer | Optional English Subtitles
KINDERGARTEN COP (4K UHD BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 1/23/24
Synopsis: Screen legend Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator, Predator, Total Recall) teaches a lesson in hilarity in this heartwarming action-comedy classic! Detective John Kimble (Schwarzenegger) is a veteran of the mean streets of Los Angeles, ready and able to tackle anything. But to trap an elusive criminal he is forced to face his most challenging assignment yet: going undercover as a kindergarten teacher. Now facing 23 screaming kids, he has to keep them under control without blowing his top and his cover. Once he gains the respect of his class, as well as the affections of a beautiful teacher (Penelope Ann Miller, The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag), Detective Kimble must prepare for a final confrontation with his prey in this gut-busting smash comedy directed by the great Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters, Twins). Featuring Pamela Reed (The Best of Times), Linda Hunt (Silverado), Richard Tyson (Three O’Clock High), Carroll Baker (The Carpetbaggers) and Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull).
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Stereo | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | Theatrical Trailer (Newly Mastered in 2K) | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Stereo | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
THE BOOGENS (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 1/30/24
Synopsis: THERE IS NO ESCAPE! In a small town near Denver, two young men begin to explore a long-abandoned old mine recently re-opened by a group of miners. When one of the men is discovered missing, his friends begin a search that leads them to horrifying consequences. They are all unaware of the evil that has been unleashed and soon, one by one, the townspeople are snatched up by a monster that no one has yet to see. Suddenly, the grisly truth is revealed and a young couple is forced to confront the unknown in order to save their lives…and the entire town. After 100 years they have reawakened…Prepare to meet The Boogens. Directed by James L. Conway (The Lincoln Conspiracy, Hangar 18) and starring Rebecca Balding (Silent Scream).
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD) Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Actor Jeff Harlan and Film Historian Howard S. Berger | 2012 Audio Commentary by Director James Conway, Writer David O’Malley, and Actress Rebecca Balding, Moderated by Jeff McKay | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative | NEW Audio Commentary by Actor Jeff Harlan and Film Historian Howard S. Berger | 2012 Audio Commentary by Director James Conway, Writer David O’Malley, and Actress Rebecca Balding, Moderated by Jeff McKay | William Munns: The Man Who Made The Boogens: Featurette by Howard S. Berger with Boogens Creature Designer William Munns | Theatrical Trailer | Two TV Spots | 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
MONK: SEASON THREE
Street Date: 1/30/24
Synopsis: TV’s most brilliant sleuth is back, and he’s ready to battle any crime…as long as it doesn’t involve germs, heights or other people! Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub returns to 16 third-season episodes of the fresh, funny and quirky series Monk. Rejoin Adrian Monk, the defective detective, who must overcome his obsessive-compulsive disorder and investigate the death of his wife, Trudy. Still hoping to be reinstated in the San Francisco Police Department, Monk continues to use his intelligence, photographic memory and ever-present hand wipes to take on some daunting opponents, including the Mafia, the FBI and a possibly murderous chimpanzee. Monk’s back on the case and better than ever in this hilarious third season that features Traylor Howard as Monk’s new assistant, Natalie Teeger, along with guest stars Brooke Adams, James Brolin, Carmen Electra, Rosemary Forsyth, Philip Baker Hall, Glenne Headly, Mako, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Niecy Nash, Nick Offerman, Judge Reinhold, Mykelti Williamson, rockers Korn and many more.
Bonus Features: All 16 Season Three Episodes: Newly Restored in 4K | Favorites: Featurette with Writer/Executive Producer Andy Breckman and Actors Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford (5:11) | Life Before Monk: Featurette with Writer/Executive Producer Andy Breckman and Actors Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford (3:08) |Quirks: Featurette with Writer/Executive Producer Andy Breckman and Actors Tony Shalhoub and Jason Gray-Stanford (3:56) | Monk: Character Profile with Actor Tony Shalhoub (5:55) | Natalie Teeger: Character Profile with Actress Traylor Howard (5:14) | Optional English Subtitles
SCARLET STREET (4K UHD & BLU-RAY)
Street Date: 1/30/24
Synopsis: A box-office hit (despite being banned in three states), Scarlet Street is one of legendary director Fritz Lang’s (M, Metropolis) finest American films. When middle-aged milquetoast Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson, The Stranger) rescues street-walking bad girl Kitty (Joan Bennett, The Woman in the Window) from the rain-slicked gutters of an eerily artificial back-lot Greenwich Village, he plunges into a whirlpool of lust, larceny and revenge. As Chris’s obsession with the irresistibly vulgar Kitty grows, the meek cashier is seduced, corrupted, humiliated and transformed into an avenging monster before implacable fate and perverse justice triumph in the most satisfyingly downbeat denouement in Hollywood history. Dan Duryea (Larceny), as Kitty’s pimp boyfriend, skillfully molds “a vicious and serpentine creature out of a cheap, chiseling tin horn” (The New York Times). Packed with hairpin plot twists and “bristling with fine directorial touches and expert acting” (Time), Scarlet Street is a dark gem of film noir.
Bonus Features: DISC 1 (4KUHD): Brand New HDR / Dolby Vision Master – From a 16bit 4K Scan of the 35mm Nitrate Composite Fine Grain | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith | Audio Commentary by David Kalat, the Author of The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse | Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc | Optional English Subtitles | DISC 2 (BLU-RAY): Brand New HD Master – From a 16bit 4K Scan of the 35mm Nitrate Composite Fine Grain | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith | Audio Commentary by David Kalat, the Author of The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse | Dual-Layered BD50 Disc | Optional English Subtitles
HE WALKED BY NIGHT (SPECIAL EDITION)
Street Date: 1/30/24
Synopsis: Starring Richard Basehart (Time Limit), Scott Brady (Undertow) and Jack Webb (Appointment with Danger), this film noir classic was the inspiration not only for TV’s Dragnet (also with Webb) but for many other subsequent “ripped-from-the-headlines” crime dramas. Taken from actual case files, He Walked by Night is the suspenseful, action-packed tale of a manhunt for the most cunning criminal in the history of the LAPD. With a combination of ingenuity, state-of-the-art technology, sweat and sheer determination, the police painstakingly track down a brilliant, elusive thief and cop-killer (chillingly played by Basehart in only his third film) who seems to have the ability to vanish into thin air. But can they catch him before he murders again? This gritty, groundbreaking police procedural features direction by Alfred L. Werker (Shock) and an uncredited Anthony Mann (T-Men) with stunning cinematography by John Alton (Raw Deal).
Bonus Features: Brand New HD Master – From a 16bit 4K Scan of the 35mm Fine Grain | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith | Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode and Writer/Film Historian Julie Kirgo | Optional English Subtitles
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