Product description
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Six clic films noir produced by Columbia Pictures in the 1940s
and '50s.In 'Escape in the Fog' (1945), set during the Second
World War, a nurse who is haunted by nightmares of a discovers
her visions may be about to become reality.'The Undercover Man'
(1949) follows federal agent Frank Warren (Glenn Ford) as he
attempts to take down an elusive crime boss.In 'Drive a Crooked
Road' (1954) mechanic Eddie Shannon (Mickey Rooney) falls in love
with a woman who convinces him to take part in a bank heist.In '5
Against the House' (1955) four college students and a nightclub
singer plot to rob a casino in Reno, Nevada.In 'The Garment
Jungle' (1957) factory owner Walter Mitchell (Lee J.Cobb) does
everything he can to prevent his workers joining a union,
including enlisting the help of the Mob.Finally, in 'The Lineup'
(1958) two detectives race to foil a drug smuggling ring in San
Francisco.
Synopsis
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ESCAPE IN THE FOG (Budd Boetticher, 1945)
THE UNDERCOVER MAN (Joseph H Lewis, 1949)
DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD (Richard Quine, 1954)
5 AGAINST THE HOUSE (Phil Karlson, 1955)
THE GARMENT JUNGLE (Vincent Sherman and Robert Aldrich, 1957)
THE LINEUP (Don Siegel, 1958)
Six tough, no-nonsense noirs from six of the genre’s toughest,
no-nonsense directors: Budd Boetticher’s Escape in the Fog, in
which a nurse and a war veteran takeon Nazi spies in San
Francisco; Joseph H Lewis’ The Undercover Man, inspired by the
real-life case against Al Capone; Richard Quine’s Drive a Crooked
Road, which finds Mickey Rooney moving away from comedies and
musicals to a tougher persona; Phil Karlson’s5 Against the House,
starring Kim Novak as a nightclub singer embroiled in a casino
heist; Vincent Sherman’s The Garment Jungle, from which Kiss Me
Deadly director Robert Aldrich was famously fired; and Don
Siegel’s procedural The Lineup, based on theradio and
television series, and as brutal a film as he ever made.
All six films are presented for the first time on Blu-ray in the
UK, with The Undercover Man and Drive a Crooked Road making their
world Blu-ray premieres. This stunningcollection also boasts a
120-page book, and is strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Extras INDICATOR LIMITED BLU-RAY EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL
FEATURES:
* 2K restorations of Escape in the Fog, The Undercover Man and
The Garment Jungle
* High Definition presentations of Drive a Crooked Road, 5
Against the House and The Lineup
* Original mono soundtracks
* Audio commentary with film historian Pamela Hutchinson on
Escape in the Fog (2020)
* Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns on
The Undercover Man (2020)
* Audio commentary with critic Nick Pinkerton on Drive a Crooked
Road (2020)
* Audio commentary with critic David Jenkins on 5 Against the
House (2020)
* Audio commentary with film historian Kevin Lyons on The Garment
Jungle (2020)
* Audio commentary with author James Ellroy and the Film Noir
Foundation’s Eddie Muller on The Lineup (2009)
* Audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle and author
and screenwriter C Courtney Joyner on The Lineup (2020)
* Introduction to Drive a Crooked Road by Martin Scorsese (2014)
* It’s a Jungle Out There (2007): archival interview with actor
Robert Loggia conducted after a screening of The Garment Jungle
* Appreciation of The Garment Jungle by Tony Rayns (2020)
* The Influence of Noir (2009): appreciation of The Lineup by
filmmaker Christopher Nolan
* Two episodes of The Lineup radio series: The Candy Store Murder
(1950), written by Blake Edwards and Richard Quine; and The Case
of Frankie and Joyce (1951)
* Screen Snaps: Mickey Rooney, Then and Now (1953): Columbia
Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer looking
back at his series of MickeyMaguire comedies
* Man on a Bus (1955): short film directed by Joseph H Lewis for
the United Jewish Appeal, featuring a star-studded cast,
including Walter Brennan, BroderickCrawford, Lassie, and Ruth
Roman, and presented in High Definition
* Original theatrical trailers for Drive a Crooked Road, 5
Against the House, The Garment Jungle and The Lineup
* The Lineup trailer commentary: short critical appreciation by A
History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson
* Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
* New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and
hard-of-hearing
* Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Iris
Veysey, Paul Duane, Jill Blake, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Nathalie
Morris, and Sergio Angelini;archival interview extracts with Budd
Boetticher, Joseph H Lewis, Phil Karlson, and Robert Aldrich;
extracts from the autobiographies of Don Siegel and Vincent
Sherman; and film credits
* World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
* Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units
* MORE EXTRAS TO BE ANNOUNCED
* All extras subject to change
Extras:
* Original release: 1945-1958
* Colour/ B&W: b&w
