In a novel effort to stress that film noir wasn’t a film movement specifically an output solely produced for American audiences, Kino Lorber releases a five disc set of obscure noir examples released in the UK. Spanning a near ten year period from 1943 to 1952, the titles displayed here do seem to chart a progression in tone, at least resulting in parallels with American counterparts. Though a couple of the selections here aren’t very noteworthy, either as artifacts of British noir or items worthy of reappraisal, it does contain items of considerable interest, including rare titles from forgotten or underrated auteurs like Ronald Neame, Roy Ward Baker, and Ralph Thomas.
They Met in the Dark
The earliest title in this collection is a 1943 title from Karel Lamac, They Met in the Dark, a pseudo-comedy noir that barely meets the criteria. Based on a novel by Anthony Gilbert (whose novel...
They Met in the Dark
The earliest title in this collection is a 1943 title from Karel Lamac, They Met in the Dark, a pseudo-comedy noir that barely meets the criteria. Based on a novel by Anthony Gilbert (whose novel...
- 8/24/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Cinelinx enters the House of the Seven Hawks DVD from Warner Archive!
This Warner Archive release is a Manufacture-On-Demand (Mod) DVD. It is made to be played in "play only" DVD devices, and may not play in some DVD recorders or PC drives. This disc, however, played fine in the Toshiba DVD recorder used for this review. This title is available directly from WBShop.com by clicking here.
The Set-up
An American charter boat captain (Robert Taylor) finds murder, intrigue, and buried treasure when one of his passengers turns up dead.
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
The Delivery
The Maltese Falcon is one of my favorite films. I love it so much, I have a Maltese Falcon replica sitting on my desk as I write this review.
I was surprised, then, to sit down and watch The House of the Seven Hawks and find it is largely the same movie as Maltese Falcon,...
This Warner Archive release is a Manufacture-On-Demand (Mod) DVD. It is made to be played in "play only" DVD devices, and may not play in some DVD recorders or PC drives. This disc, however, played fine in the Toshiba DVD recorder used for this review. This title is available directly from WBShop.com by clicking here.
The Set-up
An American charter boat captain (Robert Taylor) finds murder, intrigue, and buried treasure when one of his passengers turns up dead.
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
The Delivery
The Maltese Falcon is one of my favorite films. I love it so much, I have a Maltese Falcon replica sitting on my desk as I write this review.
I was surprised, then, to sit down and watch The House of the Seven Hawks and find it is largely the same movie as Maltese Falcon,...
- 6/27/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
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