Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Boomerang! (1947) - lesser known film noir based on a true story directed by Elia Kazan, starring Dana Andrews, Arthur Kennedy, Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 88 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Elia Kazan
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039208/

Cast

Dana Andrews ... State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey
Jane Wyatt ... Madge Harvey
Lee J. Cobb ... Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
Cara Williams ... Irene Nelson - Waitress at Coney Island Cafe
Arthur Kennedy ... John Waldron
Sam Levene ... Dave Woods - 'Morning Record' Reporter
Taylor Holmes ... T.M. Wade
Robert Keith ... Mac McCreery
Ed Begley ... Paul Harris

Description: This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where much loved local priest, Father Lambert, is shot and killed on the street in broad daylight, the police come under great pressure to find the shooter and bring him to justice. They extradite John Waldren who was arrested in a nearby state and question him unrelentingly until he's completely exhausted and signs a confession. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. He lays out the evidence in such a way as to try and prove Waldren's innocence.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://fastupload.io/uBXMwC25J1aBevz/file


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.85 GB, 2997 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 48/65 MB (main/commentary), 76/102 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired) closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish, Croatian) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)