Saturday, September 21, 2024

Black Tuesday (1954) - little known film noir directed by Hugo Fregonese, starring Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves and Jean Parker

Rating 6.7/10
Runtime: 81 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Hugo Fregonese
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046790/

Cast

Edward G. Robinson ... Vincent Canelli
Peter Graves ... Peter Manning
Jean Parker ... Hatti Combest
Milburn Stone ... Father Slocum
Warren Stevens ... Joey Stewart
Sylvia Findley ... Ellen Norris
Jack Kelly ... Frank Carson

Description: Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning - a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning's robbery to finance their escape from the country.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.97 GB, 3495 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 152/111 MB (main/commentary), 265/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/1 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired) and French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Greek), 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 and screenwriter Gary Gerani. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track, main on Track 1 and commentary on Track 2)

Sunday, September 15, 2024

The crooked way (1949) - little known film noir directed by Robert Florey, starring John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew and Rhys Williams

Rating 6.6/10
Runtime: 90 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Robert Florey
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041269/

Cast

John Payne ... Eddie Rice aka Eddie Riccardi
Sonny Tufts ... Vince Alexander
Ellen Drew ... Nina Martin
Rhys Williams ... Police Lt. Joe Williams
Percy Helton ... Petey
Hal Baylor ... Coke

Description: After being released from hospital, a World War II veteran who's suffering from amnesia decides to return to Los Angeles to see if he can regain his identity. Retracing his former steps, he learns he was a gangster, and many wish he were dead....and some try to see to it.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.94 GB, 3100 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 143 MB, 224 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 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, Greek, Czech), posters and screenshots included

Saturday, September 7, 2024

The burglar (1957) - lesser known film noir directed by Paul Wendkos, starring Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Peter Capell, Mickey Shaughnessy and Martha Vickers

Rating 6.6/10
Runtime: 90 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049035/

Cast

Dan Duryea ... Nat Harbin
Jayne Mansfield ... Gladden
Martha Vickers ... Della
Peter Capell ... Baylock
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Dohmer
Wendell K. Phillips ... Police Captain

Description: Nat, Gladden, Baylock and Dohmer comprise a disparate band of Philadelphia-based thieves, who, despite their differences, are able to pull off their latest heist of a bejeweled necklace which Baylock, the jewelry specialist, appraises at $150,000 retail. The heist itself was not without its problems, they having a couple of close calls in the process. The heist only exacerbates the issues between the four. Baylock has always had problems with Gladden who he sees as adding nothing to their gang, while brutish Dohmer always seem solely to want to manhandle her. While Nat realizes that they have to hold on to the necklace until things cool down, Baylock, on parole, wants to get rid of it as soon as possible to reduce their risk. While most realize they will ultimately only be able to get a fraction of the retail amount, Dohmer wants to push for as close to retail as possible. Through it all, Nat, the leader, seems to have a protective nature toward Gladden - the reason he comes to her defense against Baylock and Dohmer - even though the others can see that he isn't interested in her in a romantic sense. Nat, in turn, is unaware that Gladden is indeed in love with him. While the four lay low together with Baylock and Dohmer in particular going stir crazy, Nat is able to convince Gladden to hide out in the open somewhere else - the choice being Atlantic City - to protect her against those stir crazy feelings of the other two. When Nat eventually discovers that Gladden is in danger from someone who believes she may be in possession of the necklace, the reason her pursuer believes she was sent away, Nat, who is still the holder of the jewels, feels obligated to protect her at all cost.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.15 GB, 3399 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x554 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 132 MB, 204 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Another man's poison (1951) - little known film noir directed by Irving Rapper, starring Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams and Anthony Steel

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 90 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Irving Rapper
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044364/

Cast

Bette Davis ... Janet Frobisher
Gary Merrill ... George Bates
Emlyn Williams ... Dr. Henderson
Anthony Steel ... Larry Stevens
Barbara Murray ... Chris Dale
Reginald Beckwith ... Mr. Bigley

Description: Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house, when she's not philandering with her secretary's fiancée. At an extremely awkward moment, she has an unwelcome visitor: George Bates, who claims to be the partner in crime of Janet's estranged husband. George insinuates himself into Janet's home and life despite her efforts to get rid of him; the tangled relationships develop into a macabre, murderous cat-and-mouse game.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 2.40 GB, 3797 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 68 MB, 104 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, 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, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Czech), posters and screenshots included

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

The Twilight Zone (1959) - Season 1, episodes 25-36


Episode 25 - People are alike all over

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Description: Biologist Sam Conrad is scheduled to go on a mission to Mars and is genuinely concerned about what they will find there. The mission commander, Mark Marcusson, tells him there's nothing to worry about as he firmly believes that God made everyone in his image; no matter what they find, he is certain that people are alike all over. They crash-land on Mars and Marcusson dies from his injuries. Conrad is happy to find that the people of Mars are very human-like, friendly and intelligent. They provide him with a home and promise him much more. Too late, however, he realizes that, just as Marcusson had said, people are alike all over.


Episode 26 - Execution

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Description: When a 20th-century scientist tests out his time machine he accidentally retrieves a murderer from 1880, saving him from the hangman's noose. Unaware of the man's history, the scientist attempts to acclimatize him to his new surroundings.


Episode 27 - The big tall wish

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Description: Bolie Jackson is a professional boxer whose best years are behind him. He's well-liked in his neighborhood and adored by Henry, a young lad who lives next door. He hurts his hand in an altercation with sleazy boxing manager and as a result is badly beaten in a televised boxing match. He's apparently down and out for the count but young Henry has a special ability - something his mother calls the big wish - that changes the outcome of the match. When Bolie learns what he's done he refuses to believe in what Henry's done with the inevitable consequences.


Episode 28 - A nice place to visit

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Description: Rocky Valentine is a small-time hood who has been on the wrong side of the law for most of his life. After robbing a pawn shop, he is gunned down by the police and awakens to be met by Mr. Pip, who describes himself as a guide to his new surroundings. Rocky can't quite believe where he's ended up as he can have anything he desires. He's living in a beautiful apartment, never loses at the casino and is always surrounded by beautiful women. What good deed could he have done in life to deserve this. After a month or so however the shine of having anything and everything wears off.


Episode 29 - Nightmare as a child

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Description: Helen Foley is a school teacher who when arriving home one day meets a little girl, Markie, sitting on the steps just outside her apartment door. Helen invites her in and gives her a cup of hot cocoa. Strangely however, Markie seems to know a great deal about her - that she doesn't like marshmallows in her cocoa or that she has a scar on her elbow. She also knows what Helen did earlier that day including seeing a somewhat familiar man, Peter Selden, behind the wheel of a car. When Selden arrives at her apartment a few moments later he says he worked for her mother but Helen has no memory of what happened to her mother all those years ago. As her memories return however, she finds herself in grave danger.


Episode 30 - A stop at Willoughby

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Description: Ad agency executive Gart Williams has had a particularly rough day - his young protégé has left to work at another agency and has taken a $3-million account with him. Gart falls asleep on the train home and wakes up in another place and another time. It's July 1888 and he's in the village of Willoughby, a peaceful town where life is easy. He comes back in his own time, but as the pressures of work and his home life continue to mount, he decides that Willoughby is exactly where he would like to spend the rest of his days.


Episode 31 - The chaser

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Description: A U.S. Army lieutenant serving in the Philippines during WWII develops a harrowing ability to see in the faces of the men of his platoon, the men who will be the next ones to die.


Episode 32 - A passage for trumpet

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Description: Musician Joey Crown is down on his luck. An alcoholic, he can't find work because no one trusts him. Broke, he hocks his trumpet but then steps in front of truck which knocks him onto the sidewalk. He awakens in a strange world where no one can see him and he presumes that he has died. He eventually bumps into someone who can in fact see him, a fellow horn player who tells him that it's still within Joey's power to decide on life or death.


Episode 33 - Mr. Bevis

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Description: James B.W. Bevis is, by almost any definition, eccentric. He drives a car that once was Henry Ford's dream, he likes zither music and makes model ships. He's a bookkeeper by profession and his desk at work is always cluttered. He likes to bring in children at Christmas-time to sing carols. It all leads to him being fired. While drowning his sorrows at a nearby bar, he meets none other than his guardian angel who shows him that life can be considerably different for him if he wishes it....but is he prepared to make the changes necessary to obtain that lifestyle?


Episode 34 - The after hours

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Description: Marsha White is looking for a gold thimble as a gift for her mother. She can't find it anywhere in the store and an elevator operator suggests she try the 9th floor. She arrives there to find it abandoned but a sales clerk suddenly appears and has just what she is looking for. On the way back down to the main floor, she realizes the thimble she bought is scratched and goes to the complaints department where she is told there is no 9th floor in the building. She is shocked however to see a mannequin that looks just like the woman who served her. A return to the absent floor reveals the explanation to her dilemma.


Episode 35 - The mighty Casey

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Description: Mouth McGarry is the manager of the Hoboken Zephyrs professional baseball team. They are perennial losers and are already so far back in the standings that they have no chance of winning the pennant. McGarry is approached by Dr. Stillman who has a solution for him, Casey, who seems to be an ideal pitcher, the best McGarry has ever seen. The catch is that Casey is a robot. McGarry is eager to win and decides to use Casey without telling anyone. When his ruse is discovered, Dr. Stillman agrees to give Casey a heart to make him more human. The results aren't quite what McGarry had hoped for.


Episode 36 - A world of his own

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Description: Peeking into the window of her husband Gregory's study, Victoria West sees him with a beautiful woman. When she finally gets into the room however, the woman is nowhere to be found. His explanation is preposterous - he claims that when he speaks into his dictation machine, the characters for his play come to life before his eyes. Victoria's first reaction is that her husband should be committed and a demonstration still doesn't quite convince her. Gregory has something else to show her.

Video and audio information:

Video : 914 MB, 4929 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1434x1080 (4:3), V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC x265
Audio : 19 MB, 103 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR

Download link (torrent file):

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

The Whistler (1944), The mark of the Whistler (1944) - The Whistler movie collection - little known B-film film noir collection



Rating 6.3/10 + 6.5/10
Runtime: 122 min (60/62)
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: William Castle
IMDb Link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037461/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037049/

Cast

Richard Dix ... Earl C. Conrad (The Whistler)/Lee Selfridge Nugent (The mark of the Whistler)
Gloria Stuart ... Alice Walker (The Whistler)
J. Carrol Naish ... The Killer (The Whistler)
Alan Dinehart ... Gorman (The Whistler)
Janis Carter ... Patricia Henley (The mark of the Whistler)
Porter Hall ... Joe Sorsby (The mark of the Whistler)
Paul Guilfoyle ... 'Limpy' Smith (The mark of the Whistler)
John Calvert ... Eddie Donnelly (The mark of the Whistler)
Matt Willis ... Perry Donnelly (The mark of the Whistler)

Description: The Whistler is an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS radio network. The show was also broadcast in Chicago and over Armed Forces Radio. On the west coast, it was sponsored by the Signal Oil Company: "That whistle is your signal for the Signal Oil program, The Whistler." There were also two short-lived attempts to form east-coast broadcast spurs: July 3 to September 25, 1946, sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company; and March 26, 1947, to September 29, 1948, sponsored by Household Finance.

Each episode of The Whistler began with the sound of footsteps and a person whistling. The haunting signature theme tune was composed by Wilbur Hatch and featured Dorothy Roberts whistling with an orchestra. A character known only as the Whistler was the host and narrator of the tales, which focused on crime and fate. He often commented directly upon the action in the manner of a Greek chorus, taunting the characters, guilty or innocent, from an omniscient perspective. The stories followed a formula in which a person's criminal acts were typically revealed either by an overlooked but important detail or by the criminal's own stupidity. An ironic ending, often grim, was a key feature of each episode. But on rare occasions, such as "Christmas Bonus" broadcast on Christmas Day 1944, the plot's twist of fate caused the story to end happily for the protagonist.

The program was adapted into a film noir series of eight films by Columbia Pictures, between 1944 and 1948. The "Voice of the Whistler" was provided by an uncredited Otto Forrest. In the first seven films, veteran actor Richard Dix played the main character in the story – a different character in each film, ranging from mild-mannered sympathetic heroes to flawed and forceful villians. In the eighth film, made after Dix's retirement, Michael Duane played the main character. The opening to each movie - "I...am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes... I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak!"

The Whistler (1944) - A man, despondent over the death of his wife, wants to commit suicide but can't bring himself to do it. He hires a man to hire a professional killer to do the job. However, he soon finds out that his wife isn't really dead - but the man he paid to hire the hitman is, and he has no idea who the man hired or how to get him to call off the hit.

The mark of the Whistler (1944) - A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner of the impersonated man's father, who caused his partner to do time in prison.


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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.44 GB, 3418 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 766x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 106/83 MB (main/commentary), 246/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/VBR

Video : 1.13 GB, 2634 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 108 MB, 245 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, 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) and Greek) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

The Whistler contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Josh Nelson. 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)

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Z (1969) - classic French political drama based on true events, directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Yves Montand, Irene Papas, François Périer and Jacques Perrin

Rating 8.2/10
Runtime: 127 min
Language: French/Russian/English
Country: France/Algeria
Directed by: Costa-Gavras
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065234/

Cast

Yves Montand ... Z
Irene Papas ... Hélène
Jean-Louis Trintignant ... Le juge d'instruction
François Périer ... Le procureur
Jacques Perrin ... Le photojournaliste
Charles Denner ... Manuel
Pierre Dux ... Le général de gendarmerie Missou
Georges Géret ... Nick

Description: In a mid-sized metropolis (population 500,000) in a right-wing military led country, a pacifist organization, which supports the opposition party in the government, is planning on holding an anti-military, nuclear disarmament rally. The organization's charismatic leader - the deputy - is scheduled to arrive in the town from the capital the day of the rally. Beyond the problems arranging the rally due to the probable incitement of violence at such a rally, the organization learns of an unconfirmed report that there will be an attempt on the deputy's life. The rally does happen, after which a three-wheeled kamikaze runs over the deputy, who eventually passes away from his injuries. The official report is that the incident was a drunken accident. In reality, the deputy's death was murder orchestrated by the secret police, the general for who likens the pacifist organization to mildew killing off agricultural crops. A magistrate is assigned to the case. Although he does have political views, he is more interested in finding out the truth, and as such has to wade through the political rhetoric and politically motivated testimony he hears. Thrown into the mix is a photojournalist who too is looking for the truth, as it, he believes, will make a great front page story.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 3.15 GB, 3546 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 956x576 (1.66:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 123/78/86 MB (main/commentary/commentary), 135/85/94 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/1/1 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (for both main movie and commentaries), French, Spanish, German closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (for both main movie and commentaries), Spanish, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech) posters and screenshots included


Triple audio track information

This movie contains three audio tracks, one is original French and others are commentaries by director Costa-Gavras and film historian and writer Peter Cowie. 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)