Ruthless (1948) - little known crime/film noir movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, starring Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet and Martha Vickers

Rating 6.9/10
Runtime: 104 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040751/

Cast

Zachary Scott ... Horace Woodruff Vendig
Louis Hayward ... Vic Lambdin
Diana Lynn ... Martha Burnside
Sydney Greenstreet ... Buck Mansfield
Lucille Bremer ... Christa Mansfield
Martha Vickers ... Susan Duane
Edith Barrett ... Mrs. Burnside
Dennis Hoey ... Mr. Burnside
Raymond Burr ... Pete Vendig

Description: While in a philanthropic meeting promoted by the millionaire Horace Woodruff Vendig, the guest Vic Lambdin tells the history of the beginning and end of his friendship with the host to his date Mallory Flagg. When they are boys, Horace is a poor boy from a dysfunctional family and Vic's best friend who saves wealthy Martha Burnside from drowning in a river. Horace is adopted by the rich Burnside family and later sent to Harvard; he gets engaged to Martha, on whom Vic has a crush. When ambitious Horace meets the wealthier Susan Duane, who belongs to a more influential family, he calls off his engagement to Martha and moves to New York with Susan to continue his social raise. Later he meets shark Buck Mansfield and seduces his young wife Christa to profit in business, leading to tragic consequences.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.53 GB, 3446 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 81 MB, 107 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

House by the river (1950) - little known film noir directed by Fritz Lang, starring Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman and Jane Wyatt

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 83 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Fritz Lang
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042579/

Cast

Louis Hayward ... Stephen Byrne
Lee Bowman ... John Byrne
Jane Wyatt ... Marjorie Byrne
Dorothy Patrick ... Emily Gaunt
Ann Shoemaker ... Mrs. Ambrose
Jody Gilbert ... Flora Bantam
Peter Brocco ... Harry - Coroner
Howland Chamberlain ... District Attorney

Description: The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. His crippled brother John Byrne coincidently comes to his house in that moment, and Stephen asks him to help to get rid of the corpse and avoid an scandal, since his wife would be pregnant. The naive and good John helps his brother to dump the body in the river nearby his house. Stephen uses the disappearance of Emily to blame her and promote his book. When the body is found by the police, all the evidences points to John and he becomes the prime suspect of the murder.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.92 GB, 3114 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 67/61 MB (main/commentary), 106/96 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/CBR


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


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. 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)