THE WEB (Michael Gordon, 1947)
LARCENY (George Sherman, 1948)
KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS (Norman Foster, 1948)
ABANDONED (Joseph M Newman, 1949)
DEPORTED (Robert Siodmak, 1950)
NAKED ALIBI (Jerry Hopper, 1954)
Release date: 14 November 2022
Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (6 x UK Blu-ray premieres)
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES
THE WEB
- 2017 restoration from a 4K scan
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle (2022)
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Film Noir Festival Q&A with Victoria Price (2018, 30 mins): archival video recording of Vincent Price’s daughter in conversation with the Film Noir Foundation’s Alan K Rode following a screening of The Web
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Lux Radio Theatre: The Web (1947, 53 mins): vintage radio adaptation of the screenplay, featuring Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien and Vincent Price reprising their roles from the film
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Skirmish on the Home Front (1944, 13 mins): promotional short film for war bonds starring Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton, Susan Hayward, and The Web’s William Bendix
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
LARCENY
- 2017 restoration from a 4K scan
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2022)
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The Heel with Sex Appeal (2022, 29 mins): author and critic Nick Pinkerton assesses the life, career and screen persona of big-screen tough guy Dan Duryea
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS
- 2019 restoration from a 2K scan
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian Josh Nelson (2022)
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The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978, 63 mins): archival audio recording of the much-loved star in conversation with film critic Martin Shawcross at London’s National Film Theatre
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United Action Means Victory (1939, 37 mins): documentary about the 1938–39 General Motors strike, with narration written by Kiss the Blood Off My Hands screenwriter Ben Maddow
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
ABANDONED
- 2010 High Definition remaster
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (2022)
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Easy to Get (1947, 22 mins): short film made as part of the US Armed Forces’ ‘Easy to Get’ campaign on venereal diseases, directed by Joseph M Newman
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
DEPORTED
- 2017 restoration from a 4K scan
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with filmmaker and film historian Daniel Kremer (2022)
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Return to Europe (2022, 11 mins): critic and writer Christina Newland discusses the work of Robert Siodmak and the twin influences of American and European cinema on Deported
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A Salute to France (1944, 36 mins): promotional film by the Office of War Information on the wartime alliances of the French, British and American nations, co-directed by Garson Kanin and Jean Renoir, and starring Burgess Meredith, Philip Bourneuf, and Deported’s Claude Dauphin
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
NAKED ALIBI
- 2014 restoration from a 2K scan
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2022)
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Absolute Magnetism (2022, 42 mins): academic Lucy Bolton discusses the life and career of Gloria Grahame, one of film noir’s greatest femmes fatales
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The Cinematographer (1951, 10 mins): documentary directed by Jerry Hopper, produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, providing a guide to the role of director of photography
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Iris Veysey, Jill Blake, Karen Burroughs Hannsberry, Sabina Stent, Sergio Angelini, and Walter Chaw, extensive archival articles and interviews, new writing on the various short films, and film credits
- Limited edition box set of 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK
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BBFC cert: 12
REGION B
EAN: 5060697921908
