Friday, October 30, 2020

Panique AKA Panic (1946) - little known French film noir from director Julien Duvivier, starring Viviane Romance and Michel Simon

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 99 min
Language: English
Country: France
Directed by: Julien Duvivier
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038824/

Cast

Viviane Romance ... Alice
Michel Simon ... Monsieur Hire
Max Dalban ... Capoulade
Émile Drain ... Monsieur Breteuil dit le petit caporal
Guy Favières ... Monsieur Sauvage
Louis Florencie ... L'inspecteur Marcelin
Charles Dorat ... L'nspecteur Michelet

Description: In the suburbs of Paris, an old maid has just been murdered. Every body talks about that, except the misanthrope Mr Hire. The same evening, Alice, just getting out of jail, arrives and meets up with her lover Alfred again. They act as they do not know each other, for Alice went to jail to spare Alfred. But Mr Hire falls in love with Alice, and he suspects who the murderer is.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/0r5mbwzx


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.17 GB, 3154 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 73 MB, 104 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Caught (1949) - little known film noir from director Max Ophüls, starring James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Ryan

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 88 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Max Ophüls
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040221/

Cast

James Mason ... Larry Quinada
Barbara Bel Geddes ... Leonora Eames
Robert Ryan ... Smith Ohlrig
Frank Ferguson ... Dr. Hoffman
Curt Bois ... Franzi Kartos
Ruth Brady ... Maxine
Natalie Schafer ... Dorothy Dale

Description: It was Leonora Eames' childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a nightmare once she realizes the truth about her husband - he is power mad and insane! Since he will not grant her a divorce, she leaves her life of luxury on Long Island and goes to work as a receptionist in an impoverished doctor's office in NYC's lower east side. After Smith deceives her into a temporary reconciliation, Leonora becomes pregnant. By the time she realizes she is expecting, she and one of the doctors, Larry Quinada (James Mason), have fallen in love. But she is again lured backed to her wealthy husband to give her child financial security. Her sadistic husband is hell-bent on keeping her and her child prisoner. What will happen to Leonora?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/x2w2uip9


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.20 GB, 3656 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 656x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 174 MB, 275 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = FLAC, VBR


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