Saturday, January 16, 2021

He ran all the way (1951) - little known film noir directed by John Berry, starring John Garfield, Shelley Winters and Wallace Ford

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 78 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Berry
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043625/

Cast

John Garfield ... Nick Robey
Shelley Winters ... Peg Dobbs
Wallace Ford ... Fred Dobbs
Selena Royle ... Mrs. Dobbs
Gladys George ... Mrs. Robey
Norman Lloyd ... Al Molin
Robert Hyatt ... Tommy Dobbs
Clancy Cooper ... Stan

Description: The uptight and dumb small time thief Nick Robey and his partner and only friend Al Molin steal $10,000.00 from a man, but the heist goes wrong. Al Molin is killed by a policeman and Nick shoots him in the spine. He hides out in a public swimming pool and meets the lonely spinster Peggy Dobbs in the water. Nick uses Peggy to lie low. He offers a ride in a taxi to her and she invites him to her apartment, where she introduces her family to him. When Nick discovers that he killed the cop, he decides to use Peggy's apartment as hideout to wait the police manhunt cool down. When Nick finds that Peggy loves him, he invites her to leave town with him and asks her to buy a used car. However, Nick cannot trust anybody and believes Peggy has betrayed him.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/tr0gam1u


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.55 GB, 4695 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788*576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 155
Audio : 54 MB, 96 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles Separate English (although seem to be not 100% accurate translation), French, Spanish) posters and screenshots included

Monday, January 11, 2021

A double life (1947) - lesser known film noir from director George Cukor, starring Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien and Shelley Winters

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 105 min
Language: English/Italian/Swedish
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039335/

Cast

Ronald Colman ... Anthony John
Signe Hasso ... Brita Kaurin
Edmond O'Brien ... Bill Friend
Shelley Winters ... Pat Kroll
Ray Collins ... Victor Donlan
Philip Loeb ... Max Lasker
Millard Mitchell ... Al Cooley
Joe Sawyer ... Ray Bonner

Description: Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, it's terrible to be around him. That's the reason why his wife Brita divorced him; although she still loves him and works with him, she couldn't stand living with him anymore. So when Anthony accepts to play Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him and with each day his mind gets filled more and more with Othello's murderous jealousy.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/nyr6uj21


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.56 GB, 2123 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 648*480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 337 MB, 448 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC-3, CBR


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