Columbia Noir #7 - Made in Britain

Hollywood legends including Richard Widmark (Madigan), Victor Mature (My Darling Clementine), and Arlene Dahl (Journey to the Center of the Earth) meet the cream of British talent, including Diana Dors (Berserk), Jack Hawkins (Gideon's Day), and Christopher Lee (Jinnah), in Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain, a collection of six film noir tales from five major directors: Mark Robson (The Harder They Fall), Terence Fisher (The Gorgon), Ken Hughes (Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang), Vernon Sewell (Burke & Hare), and Sidney Gilliat (Endless Night). Across the six films in this box set, a disaffected soldier hijacks a plane in order to pull off a gold bullion heist, a man faces the death penalty for his wife's death, a beauty queen stops at nothing in her rise to the top, a luckless boxer is lured into a world of mob violence by a femme fatale, an American G.I. battles mobsters in Glasgow and Liverpool, and an insurance man's chance encounter with an ex-lover leads to arson, blackmail. and murder. This essential six-disc collection contains three Blu-ray world premieres, three Blu-ray UK premieres, and features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations, rare archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'A Prize of Gold': Thirza Wakefield and Melanie Williams (film historians); 'The Last Man to Hang': Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (writers); 'Spin a Dark Web': Eloise Ross (academic/curator); 'The Long Haul': Will Fowler and Vic Pratt (film historians); 'Fortune Is a Woman': Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby (film historians)., Image Gallery, Interviews: Geoff Glover (clapper worker); Bill Lewthwaite (editor); Maxwell Setton (producer); Vernon Sewell (director); Anthony Mendleson (costume designer)., Two presentations of 'Fortune Is a Woman': With the original UK title sequence and as 'She Played With Fire' with the US titles; The Guardian Lecture with Ivor Montagu (1977); Film Fanfare No. 5 (1956): British Pathé newsreel; Lies Lanckman on 'A Prize of Gold'; Short film by Vernon Sewell: 'A Test of Love' (1937); 'This Little Ship' (1953): Documentary narrated by Jack Hawkins., Trailers

Actors: Herbert Marshall, Freda Jackson, Rona Anderson, Ralph Truman, Nigel Patrick, Eunice Gayson, Sidney James, Faith Domergue, Liam Redmond, Elizabeth Sellars, Dennis Price, Robert Arden, Mai Zetterling, Jack Hawkins, Christopher Lee, Tom Conway, Richard Widmark, Arlene Dahl, George Cole, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Martin Benson, Hugh Latimer, Peter Reynolds, Michael Goodliffe, Lee Patterson, Donald Wolfit, Victor Mature

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 524 minutes

Number of Discs: 6

Subtitle Languages: English

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