Showing posts with label Frank Lovejoy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Lovejoy. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2021

The hitch-hiker (1953) - little known film noir directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 71 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Ida Lupino
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045877/

Cast

Edmond O'Brien ... Roy Collins
Frank Lovejoy ... Gilbert Bowen
William Talman ... Emmett Myers
José Torvay ... Capt. Alvarado
Sam Hayes ... Radio Broadcaster

Description: Two friends on a fishing trip pick up a stranded motorist who turns out to be a psychotic escaped convict. This sociopath has already murdered other good Samaritans in his efforts to evade authorities. He sadistically taunts and threatens the two men and perversely delights in telling them that he has them both marked for death sometime before the end of the trip. His destination is a ferryboat in Baja, California, which he hopes will help him get to the mainland. The hostages hope to stay alive long enough to escape or be rescued by Mexican authorities.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/3ampbgz1


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.06 GB, 4179 KBps, 23.976 fps, 656x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 146
Audio : 129 MB, 256 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AC-3, CBR


Subtitles (Separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, German, Turkish) posters and screenshots included


Sunday, June 23, 2019

The sound of fury AKA Try and get me (1950) - a little known film noir from director Cy Endfield, starring Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Lloyd Bridges and Richard Carlson

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Cy Endfield
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043075/

Cast

Frank Lovejoy ... Howard Tyler
Kathleen Ryan ... Judy Tyler
Richard Carlson ... Gil Stanton
Lloyd Bridges ... Jerry Slocum
Katherine Locke ... Hazel
Adele Jergens ... Velma
Art Smith ... Hal Clendenning
Renzo Cesana ... Dr. Simone
Irene Vernon ... Helen Stanton
Cliff Clark ... Sheriff Demig

Description: The unemployed Howard Tyler is desperate for a job since he is married with children and his wife Judyis pregnant. When he meets the "bon vivant" Jerry Slocum, the stranger offers a job position to Howard. Soon he learns that Jerry is a small-time thief and his job would be to drive the getaway car after the heist. Howard improves the life of his family and tells that he is working in the night shift of a factory. Meanwhile, the journalist Gil Stanton that works in a tabloid is assigned by the owner to promote the thefts to increase the selling of newspaper. When Jerry kidnaps the son of a millionaire, he brutally kills the man and forces Howard to help him to dump the corpse in the sea. Then he asks for ransom to the family. When the boy is found, Stanton incites the population telling that the abductors are monsters. When Howard and Jerry are arrested, a mob threatens their lives in front of the police station...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qSTd-bpOFH-57Zv85CXK8XHRuvW5VsO2

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=41208255012625655089


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.54 GB, 2402 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 658x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 147 MB, 224 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English 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) posters and screenshots included

Monday, January 21, 2008

In a lonely place (1950) - classic film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy and Carl Benton Reid

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 94 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042593/

Cast

Humphrey Bogart ... Dixon Steele
Gloria Grahame ... Laurel Gray
Frank Lovejoy ... Det. Sgt. Brub Nicolai
Carl Benton Reid ... Capt. Lochner
Art Smith ... Agent Mel Lippman
Jeff Donnell ... Sylvia Nicolai
Martha Stewart ... Mildred Atkinson
Robert Warwick ... Charlie Waterman

Description: Screenwriter Dixon Steele, faced with the odious task of scripting a trashy bestseller, has hat-check girl Mildred Atkinson tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is murdered and Steele is a prime suspect; his record of belligerence when angry and his macabre sense of humor tell against him. Fortunately, lovely neighbor Laurel Gray gives him an alibi. Laurel proves to be just what Steele needed, and their friendship ripens into love. Will suspicion, doubt, and Steele's inner demons come between them?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/9Zr7DW45kwy


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.03 GB, 1576 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 640x480 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 72/129 MB (main/commentary), 107/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/CBR


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, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Serbian, Finnish, Hebrew) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film scholar Dana Polan. 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)