Saturday, December 16, 2023

Blast of silence (1961) - little known crime/film noir movie directed by Allen Baron, starring himself, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter Clune and Danny Meehan

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 77 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Allen Baron
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054687/

Cast

Allen Baron ... Frank Bono
Molly McCarthy ... Lori
Larry Tucker ... Big Ralph
Peter Clune ... Troiano
Danny Meehan ... Petey
Howard Mann ... Body Guard
Charles Creasap ... Contact Man

Description: Having been 'away' for some time, professional killer Frankie Bono returns to New York to do another job: assassinate some mid-level mobster. Although intending to avoid unnecessary 'contact' while carefully stalking his victim, Bono is recognized by an old fellow from the orphanage, whose calm and unambitious citizen's life and happy marriage contrast heavily with Bono's solitary and haunted existence. Exhausted and distracted, Bono makes another mistake, but his contract is not one to back out of...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://fastupload.io/hVVcZWJjNrriFTD/file


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.78 GB, 3279 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 91 MB, 164 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English and French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Turkish) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Homicidal (1961) - lesser known thriller directed by William Castle, starring Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich and Joan Arless

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 87 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: William Castle
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054988/

Cast

Glenn Corbett ... Karl Anderson
Patricia Breslin ... Miriam Webster
Eugenie Leontovich ... Helga Swenson
Alan Bunce ... Doctor Jonas
Richard Rust ... Jim Nesbitt
James Westerfield ... Alfred S. Adrims
Gilbert Green ... Lt. Miller
Joan Arless ... Emily

Description: Miriam Webster is happy when her half brother Warren and their childhood nanny Helga, now partly paralyzed and unable to speak, return to the United States after a lengthy stay in Europe. Warren will soon turn 21 and will inherit their father's $10 million estate and although she will get nothing - their father's will specified that only a male heir could inherit - she's happy in her circumstances. One person she doesn't like however is Emily who came with Warren and Helga from Europe and now lives with them as a housekeeper/companion. Miriam has good reason not to like her as she seems to be a homicidal maniac. What Miriam doesn't realize is that there is method behind Emily's madness and a deep family secret that she is not privy to...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://fastupload.io/IdGRDcVwMcZW5WV/file


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.79 GB, 2940 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x554 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 163
Audio : 91/50/54 (main/commentary/isolated score), 144/80/86 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR/VBR


Subtitles (English 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, Greek, Italian, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech) posters and screenshots included


Triple audio track information

This movie contains three audio tracks, one is original English and others are commentary by author and film historian Lee Gambin and isolated score. 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 tracks on Track 2 and 3)