Blu-ray Review Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII – Blu-ray Review (2 Viewers)

[t1g3r5fan]

For Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XVIII, Kino has unearthed three noirs from the Paramount Pictures vaults – each from different studios (Republic Pictures, Filmakers Releasing Organization and Allied Artists) – with two of them making their Blu-ray debuts here. First, Oscar winner Victor McLaglen is a small-time racketeer who finds himself squeezed into a tight spot between his crime partners and his lawyer in City of Shadows. Next, a group of six convicts escape prison and are hunted down by the authorities while trying to recover stolen bank loot in Crashout. Finally, an ex-con goes undercover with the T-men to bust a bootlegger in Finger Man.



City of Shadows (1955)



Released: 02 Jun 1955
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 70 min




Director: William Witney
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir



Cast: Victor McLaglen, John Baer, Kathleen Crowley...

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[Jeff Fearnside]

This sounds great, but for someone with increasingly limited space, I'm looking at the number of this set, and my eyes are glazing over a bit: 18. I definitely can't get them all, or even most. For anyone who's been following this series, is there one or two sets recommended well above the others?

 

[timk1041]

This sounds great, but for someone with increasingly limited space, I'm looking at the number of this set, and my eyes are glazing over a bit: 18. I definitely can't get them all, or even most. For anyone who's been following this series, is there one or two sets recommended well above the others?

I wish I could answer that. For me, it would be more than 1 or 2. I like them all.