Next Warner Film Noir Set news (July 07)

[Andrew Monroe]

I somehow missed the newest Noir City Sentinel, but this was posted at the Back Alley Noir forum:

"According to the latest Noir Sentinel, the next Warner noir set (July 2007) will feature a whopping 10 films instead of the usual 5, with two features per disc (presumably with little or no bonus features) for a total of five discs. The rumored films to be included are:

Act of Violence (MGM, 1949)
Cornered (RKO, 1945)
Crime Wave (WB, 1954)
Decoy (Monogram, 1946)
Illegal (WB, 1955)
Mystery Street (MGM, 1950)
Side Street (MGM, 1950)
Tension (MGM, 1950)
They Live By Night (RKO, 1949)
Where Danger Lives (RKO, 1950)"

If this pans out, this is a very satisfactory selection. ACT OF VIOLENCE is probably my favorite here, but the whole lineup looks well chosen. MYSTERY STREET is my pick for dark horse of the set, a surprisingly grisly and frank film with typically top notch work from John Alton. Start saving for a dark summer of 07 noir fans!

[Ian Jane]

Crime Wave. Woot!

[Christopher M.]

This makes my day. Hell yeah! Thanks for the info, yo! SIDE STREET! Actually I've already got a few of these thanks to a chum, but I'm all over this.

[Bill Pissott]

"Act Of Violence" and "Side Street"! Fantastic!

[Mark C.]

These are all great films, DECOY, SIDE STREET, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT. Wow this made my day, thanks for posting this.

[Al Edwards]

More Noir to look forward to.

[Aaron G]

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT is pretty great.

[Jeff Gr]

Anyone know if this is still happening? Has it been confirmed?

[dave hartley]

There's a Home Theater Forum chat with Warners reps on Monday night which might provide some info.

[Al Edwards]

Vol 4 is coming on the 31th of July.


http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=64624

Titles are

Act of Violence/Mystery Street
Crime Wave/Decoy
Illegal/The Big Steal
They Live by Night/Side Street
Where Danger Lives/Tension


Looking forward to AoV, CW, TBS, TLBN, and SS.

[Jay M]

Not a dud in the bunch, although I admit I have not seen ILLEGAL.

TENSION has knockout work from Richard Basehart and Audry Totter. A terrific movie

MYSTERY STREET has great Noir atmosphere and fine acting from Ricardo Montalban and others

ACT OF VIOLENCE, incredible work by Van Heflin and Robert Ryan

DECOY: once an ultra-rare title, very intriguing, let's hope this print is good

CRIME WAVE: my personal favorite on this list. An absolute knockout of a movie. Great use of LA locations, strong characters and good dialog: Sterling Hayden, Charles Bronson and very good lead from Gene Nelson. You won't soon forget Jay Novello and his animal hospital. Terrific stuff. Very glad it's coming to DVD.

The two lesser titles, imho, are WHERE DANGER LIVES (just an ok Noir, but it does have Mitchum) and THE BIG STEAL which is an enjoyable movie if not really very Noir.

[Ste McNay]

Wicked. 10!!!

[Andrew Monroe]

Ready to get your noir on? This set hits da street this week! Looks like WB is also releasing these as double features, the listing at DVD Talk is:

ACT OF VIOLENCE/MYSTERY STREET
CRIME WAVE/DECOY
ILLEGAL/THE BIG STEAL
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT/SIDE STREET
WHERE DANGER LIVES/TENSION

Sucks about CORNERED being dropped, I`ve seen it but don`t have a copy. THE BIG STEAL is a decent sub but it ain`t no Dick Powell!

[Bill Pissott]

There are few Noirs better than ACT OF VIOLENCE. Just a wonderfully tense film and the car chase through the abandoned Wall Street district in SIDE STREET shows why Anthony Mann is one of the best directors there was.

[Andrew Monroe]

Originally Posted by Bill Pissott

There are few Noirs better than ACT OF VIOLENCE. Just a wonderfully tense film and the car chase through the abandoned Wall Street district in SIDE STREET shows why Anthony Mann is one of the best directors there was.

Bill, in case you don`t get the set - DO get the ACT OF VIOLENCE/MYSTERY STREET double (but you better get the CRIME WAVE/DECOY disc too, haha). The Alton photography on STREET is a stunner, and the film is a little gem. I`d love to hear what you think of this.