In a world of gangs and villains, one man - Moon - will stop at nothing to get the girl and take the spoils. Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the Sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade. This release also includes The Big Switch (aka Strip Poker), Pete Walker's pulp thriller whose climactic shoot-out was filmed on Brighton's now destroyed West Pier.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and region B Blu-ray. It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray and DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD. BFI Flipside presents MAN OF VIOLENCE aka MOON (DVD Blu-ray) A film by Pete Walker THE FLIPSIDE : rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions. In a world of gangs and villains, one man - Moon - will stop at nothing to get the girl and take the spoils. Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade. This release also includes The Big Switch (aka Strip Poker), Pete Walker's pulp thriller whose climatic shoot-out was filmed on Brighton's now destroyed West Pier. Special Features Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Newly transferred to High Definition from the original negatives The Big Switch (aka Strip Poker (1968, 68 mins) The Big Switch: Alternative export cut (1968, 77 mins) Original trailers for Man of Violence and The Big Switch Alternative Moon title-card Extensive illustrated booklet featuring contributions from Pete Walker, novelist Cathi Unsworth, screenwriter David McGillivray, and film historian Julian Petley UK | 1970 | colour | English language, with optional English hard-of-hearing subtitles | 108 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.85:1 Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/24-bit) Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps)
British crime drama in which a soldier of fortune becomes involved with some bent cops searching for missing gold bullion. British mercenary Moon (Michael Latimer) finds himself hired by crooked cops Nixon (Derek Aylward) and Burgess (George Belbin) as they try to get their hands on over 30 million pounds worth of stolen Arab gold, stashed away somewhere in Britain. But violence and treachery soon follow as rival gangsters, along with a sadistic murderer, home in on the prize.
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