Mere months after delivering one of the definitive examples of film noir with Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich brought a noir flavour to Hollywood with his classic adaptation of Clifford Odets stage play, The Big Knife. Charles Castle, one of Hollywood s biggest stars, looks like he has it all. But his marriage is falling apart and his wife is threatening to leave him if he renews his contract. Studio boss Stanley Shriner Hoff isn t taking the news too well, and he ll do anything he can to get his man to sign on the dotted line even if means exposing dark secrets... Winner of the Silver Lion at the 1955 Venice Film Festival, The Big Knife also boasts a remarkable cast list including Jack Palance (Shane) as Castle and Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront) as Hoff, plus Shelley Winters (The Night of the Hunter), Ida Lupino (On Dangerous Ground), Jean Hagen (Singin in the Rain) and Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane). SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand-new 2K restoration from original film elements produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed LPCM mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Commentary by film critics Glenn Kenny and Nick Pinkerton, recorded exclusively for this release Bass on Titles Saul Bass, responsible for The Big Knife s credit sequence, discusses some of his classic work in this self-directed documentary from 1972 Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Nathalie Morris
A desperate doctor and a doomsday fanatic makes a pact to start an illegal clinic far underneath Oslo city. The doctor tries to cure his dying wife. In the meantime they offer shady patients a very alternative health clinic.
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
101 Films presents In Order of Disappearance (Kraftidioten), a razor-sharp, darkly comic Nordic thriller in which Fargo meets Death Wish. Starring Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl) as a father in search of vengeance, the stellar supporting cast includes Bruno Ganz (Downfall), Pål Sverre Hagen (Kon-Tiki), Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (Borgen) and Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones). When his son dies of a drug overdose, mild-mannered snow plough driver, Nils (Stellan Skarsgård), refuses to believe the results from the police report. On finding out who was responsible for his son's death, Nils sets out for revenge and justice, and becomes embroiled in a drug war between the Serbian mafia and local crime boss, the Count. For an ordinary guy, he soon displays an extraordinary talent for revenge.
When Mrs Lily a vivacious old lady dies she leaves her beloved animals - five dogs and a parrot - her estate and $1 000 000. Her greedy niece and nephew are desperate to get their hands on the money and after failed attempts to kidnap the dogs they hire a dog psychologist to break them!
REVENGE HAS A NEW NAME It's 1868 and the Civil War has been over for three years. An old abandoned mine is now being transformed into a military stronghold by a corrupt Mayor (Stephen Lang, Avatar, Don t Breathe) and gang of blood thirsty outlaws who are a part of a larger hell-bent web with intentions of restarting the Civil War. When a US Marshal, James McCord (Nathan Parsons: True Blood) comes into town he discovers that his priest brother has been murdered. McCord will stop at nothing to make the killer pay and defeat the gang to protect the peace and fate of the United States.
Classic 1960s sci-fi thriller directed by and starring Ray Milland. As Harry Baldwin (Milland) and his family prepare for a weekend camping trip they notice bright lights coming from Los Angeles in the distance. As news filters in about an alleged nuclear attack on the city, the Baldwins flee to their planned vacation spot, along the way encountering panic-stricken refugees and opportunistic youths taking advantage of the devastating situation. The cast includes Jean Hagen as Harry's wife Ann Baldwin and Frankie Avalon and Mary Mitchel as their children Rick and Karen.
War veteran Burt Roth and his sons battle against a Japanese mobster and his sadistic sidekicks who are masters of torture in the China-town area of Los Angeles.
Valemont: Season 1
The Big Knife
Tough biker babes stomp a couple of vicious racist rapists and then cool their heels in a rural commune while the men hit the road for a biker rally. The vacation is short-lived when the women discover the seemingly peace-loving guru is actually a drug kingpin with a vicious gang and a side business in human sacrifices...
Kon-Tiki is the Academy Award-winning film of an astonishing adventure a journey spanning 4 300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. On April 28 1947 Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl and his five crew members embarked from Peru on a daring voyage to prove Heyerdahl's theory that the South Sea Islands were settled by South Americans aboard balsa wood rafts. Building a similar raft according to the pre-Columbian Indians' traditions Heyerdahl and crew spent 101 suspense
Manhunt
When a ruthless prison con comes to Cimarron he has more on his mind than just sweeping the floors of the Wayfarers Inn. Knowing that a prison train loaded with convicts will be going through an abandon ghost town outside of Cimarron A-1 Joe Lehigh devises a plan to free his prison buddies. After kidnapping Francis and holding him as a hostage Joe swears to kill the young man unless Crown releases the outlaw's former gang. Realising that Francis has been shot and that he is slowly bleeding to death Crown faces insurmountable odds when he must both find Francis and stop A-1 Joe from freeing his gang. A great sinister performance by Broderick Crawford.
In a space station prison on the edge of the universe the iron-willed commander (Jan Michael Vincent) prepares to execute galactic arch-villain Kol (Ross Hagen). The commander has craved justice ever since Kol slaughtered thousands on Alpha 7. The same day the station is visited by Lund (Robert Clark) a delegate general from the non-violent star systems. Lund is appalled that capital punishment still exists. He protests when the commander instructs his executioner Tara (PJ Soles) t
A woman whose sister has been murdered shoots the mobster responsible. Later behind bars she becomes the subject of a mob contract. Hell hath no fury in the prison thriller.
An indecent proposal too tempting to resist. A young married couple Jed and Sally are struggling to survive. They head to Las Vegas hoping their luck would change. They win more money than they dared dream of but Jed returns to the casino alone to gamble - and loses their win. He is propositioned by the club owner; a night of sex in return for money....
SINGIN'IN THE RAIN:; With fame, fortune and fans galore, silent screen idol Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) thought he had it all. But one look at aspiring actress Kathy Seldon (Debbie Reynolds), and he knew exactly what he was missing. Now he's swinging from lampposts, singing in the raindrops and ready for love. With talking pictures on the rise, Don sets out to make musicals with the woman of his dreams...but one thing stands in his way: his jealous co-star (Jean Hagen), who wants Don--and the l...
Blood gore and violence..... Nurse Charlotte Beale arrives at an isolated sanitarium to embark on her recently acquired full-time position only to learn that Dr. Stephens has been murdered by one of the patients. And that Dr. Geraldine Masters has been left in charge. This doctor is not so keen on having Charlotte work there. The new nurse finds her position increasingly difficult as patients harass her at every turn and Dr. Masters is not who she first appears to be....
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