Fiction
DVD
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #750
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Title from web page
A striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. A tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty
Based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes
DVD release of the 1947 motion picture
Special features: Audio commentary featuring film noir historians Alain Silver and James Ursini ; new interview with Imogen Sara Smith, author of In lonely places: film noir beyond the city ; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1947 ; essay by filmmaker and writer Michael Almereyda
Director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Ralph Dawson
Robert Montgomery, Thomas Gomez, Rita Conde, Iris Flores, Wanda Hendrix, Grandon Rhodes
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono