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Universal Noir #2

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Release Date: 23/10/2023

Edition: Box Set with Book (Limited Edition)
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: Music DVD & Blu-ray
Region Code: Region B
Certificate: 12
Label: Powerhouse Films
Actors: Deanna Durbin, Barbara Stanwyck, Phyllis Calvert, Fredric March, Ann Blyth, Dan Duryea, Ella Raines, Charles Boyer, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Jessica Tandy, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Haydn, George Coulouris, Cedric Hardwicke, Allen Jenkins, Leif Erickson, Edward Everett Horton, Stanley Ridges, Robert Preston, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Culver, Edith Barrett, Elliott Sullivan, Robert Hutton, Geraldine Brooks, John Hoyt, Stephen McNally, Edmund O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, David Bruce, John Harmon, Mildred Natwick, Rachel Kempson, Philip van Zandt
Director: Charles David, Robert Siodmak, John Brahm, Michael Gordon, Zoltan Korda
Number of Discs: 6
Audio Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: Hard of Hearing English

Universal Noir #2 - focusing on the celebrated film noir output of Universal Pictures - collects six crime classics from Hollywood's golden age. Starring the cream of US and British acting talent - including Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Phyllis Calvert, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Fredric March, and Barbara Stanwyck - these dark and dangerous dramas feature witnesses to murder (Lady on a Train), family rifts (Time Out of Mind), amnesia and smuggling (Singapore), murderous infidelity (A Woman's Vengeance), mercy killing (An Act of Murder), and gambling addiction (The Lady Gambles).

Special Features: Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'Lady On a Train': Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (critics/writers); 'Time Out of Mind': Adrian Martin (film historian); 'Singapore': Kelly Goodner (screenwriter/author) and Jim Hemphill (film historian); 'The Lady Gambles': Pamela Hutchinson (film historian), Documentaries: 'Jose Arroyo On 'Time Out of Mind''; 'Neil Sinyard On 'A Woman's Vengeance''; 'Christina Newland On Ava Gardner', Image Gallery, WWII propaganda film: 'Wings Up' (1943); Short film: 'Reward Unlimited' (1944); Documentary shorts: 'The Library of Congress' (1945), 'French Town...' (1945), 'Welcome Home' (1945); Promotional film: 'With This Ring' (1954); Mollé Mystery Theatre: 'The Gioconda Smile' (1945): Radio play based on the Aldous Huxley short story, later adapted as 'A Woman's Vengeance'; 'Lux Radio Theatre: 'Singapore' (1947): Radio adaptation of the film's screenplay, Trailers