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16 May, 2016 By: Mike ClarkDillinger (Blu-ray)
Arrow, Action, $39.95 Blu-ray/DVD combo, ‘R.’
Stars Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Dreyfuss.
1973. This John Milius-directed salvo is one of the better examples of the gangster genre, though it helps that some of the supporting casting means more now than it did at the time.
Extras: Stephen Prince’s all-business commentary is diligently researched in terms of juxtaposing real facts with the movie’s fictions.
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Dark Passage (Blu-ray)
Street 5/17/16
Available via Warner Archive
Warner, Mystery, $21.99 Blu-ray, NR.
Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead, Bruce Bennett.
1947. This third of four Bogart-Bacall teamings (all within a four-year period) can be enjoyed by those fanciers of star-power willing to overlook even the rudiments of logic when it comes to jumbo coincidences and the making of the difficult look relatively easy.
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