The great Gatsby (1949) - lesser known drama directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Barry Sullivan, Shelley Winters, Howard Da Silva, Henry Hull, Ed Begley and Elisha Cook Jr.

Rating 6.5/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Elliott Nugent
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041428/

Cast

Alan Ladd … Jay Gatsby
Betty Field … Daisy Buchanan
Macdonald Carey … Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway
Ruth Hussey … Jordan Baker
Barry Sullivan … Tom Buchanan
Howard Da Silva … Wilson
Shelley Winters … Myrtle Wilson
Henry Hull … Dan Cody
Ed Begley … Myron Lupus
Elisha Cook Jr. … Klipspringer

Description: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

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Video : 2.37 GB, 3727 Kbps, 24 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 165
Audio : 125/73 MB (main/commentary), 192/112 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


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, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek), posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, first is original English and the other is commentary by autor and critic Paul Talbot. 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, commentary on Track 2)

On dangerous ground (1951) - another film noir from director Nicholas Ray, starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 82 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Nichols Ray
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043879/

Cast

Ida Lupino ... Mary Malden
Robert Ryan ... Jim Wilson
Ward Bond ... Walter Brent
Charles Kemper ... Pop Daly
Anthony Ross ... Pete Santos
Ed Begley ... Capt. Brawley

Description: The lonely and tough Jim Wilson is an efficient detective that frequently uses excessive violence to resolve his cases and even his partners do not approve his behavior. While chasing two cop killers, he blows the bladder of another suspect during the interrogation to get the information to catch the assassins. He is warned by his chief Captain Brawley to cool off, and when he beats another suspect on the street, Brawley sends him "upstate to Siberia" in the cold Westham to calm down and help the locals in a murder case of a girl. When he arrives, he visits the family of the victim, whose father Walter Brent is decided to kill the murderer. They chase the man through the snow, and after a car accident, they reach the isolated house of Mary Malden, a blind woman that lives alone in the middle of nowhere with her brother Danny that has mental problem. Brent and Jim are lodged by Mary to spend the night, and Jim is affected by Mary in a process of humanization and redemption.

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Video : 1.74 GB, 3036 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 658x480 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 150/42 MB (main/commentary), 256/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


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This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Glenn Erickson. 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, commentary on Track 2)

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) - lesser known film noir from director Richard Brooks, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Novak and Ed Begley

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 87 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Richard Brooks
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044533/

Cast

Humphrey Bogart ... Ed Hutcheson
Ethel Barrymore ... Margaret Garrison
Kim Hunter ... Nora Hutcheson
Ed Begley ... Frank Allen
Warren Stevens ... George Burrows
Paul Stewart ... Harry Thompson
Martin Gabel ... Tomas Rienzi
Joe De Santis ... Herman Schmidt

Description: Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York 'Day', finds that the late owner's heirs are selling the crusading paper to a strictly commercial rival. At first he sees impending unemployment as an opportunity to win back his estranged wife Nora. But when a reporter, pursuing a lead on racketeer Rienzi, is badly beaten, Hutcheson is stung into a full fledged crusade against the gangster, hoping Rienzi can be tied to a woman's murder...in the 3 issues before the end of 'The Day.'

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Video : 1.11 GB, 1904 Kbps, 25 fps, 720x576 ~> 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 115 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


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Firecreek (1968) - lesser known western from director Vincent McEveety, starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 104 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Vincent McEveety
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062975/

Cast

James Stewart ... Johnny Cobb
Henry Fonda ... Larkin
Inger Stevens ... 'Evelyn'/Evelyn Pittman
Gary Lockwood ... Earl
Dean Jagger ... Whittier
Ed Begley ... Preacher Broyles
Jay C. Flippen ... Mr. Pittman
Jack Elam ... Norman
James Best ... Drew

Description: Farmer and family man Johnny Cobb moonlights as a $2 a month sheriff in the quiet little town of Firecreek. When a gang of freebooters passes through, their leader Larkin, who is suffering from a minor wound, decides to spend the night. The gang members prove to be vicious, sadistic sociopaths who take advantage of the frightened townspeople, humiliating them for their own perverse amusement. Although Larkin disapproves of their behavior, his leadership role is tenuous, and he is reluctant to test it by exercising control over his men. The mild-mannered Cobb also seems hesitant to challenge the gang's antisocial behavior. Things come to a head when Meli, an Indian woman with a mixed race child, is sexually attacked by one of vicious psychopaths. Arthur, a mentally-challenged stable boy, comes to her aid and accidentally kills him. Cobb locks up Arthur pending a trial, but when the sheriff visits his pregnant wife, the gang breaks into the jail and lynches the boy...

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Video : 1.32 GB, 1809 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x364 ~> 855x364 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 130
Audio : 143 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


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Boomerang! (1947) - lesser known film noir based on a true story directed by Elia Kazan, starring Dana Andrews, Arthur Kennedy, Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 88 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Elia Kazan
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039208/

Cast

Dana Andrews ... State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey
Jane Wyatt ... Madge Harvey
Lee J. Cobb ... Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
Cara Williams ... Irene Nelson - Waitress at Coney Island Cafe
Arthur Kennedy ... John Waldron
Sam Levene ... Dave Woods - 'Morning Record' Reporter
Taylor Holmes ... T.M. Wade
Robert Keith ... Mac McCreery
Ed Begley ... Paul Harris

Description: This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where much loved local priest, Father Lambert, is shot and killed on the street in broad daylight, the police come under great pressure to find the shooter and bring him to justice. They extradite John Waldren who was arrested in a nearby state and question him unrelentingly until he's completely exhausted and signs a confession. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. He lays out the evidence in such a way as to try and prove Waldren's innocence.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.85 GB, 2997 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 48/65 MB (main/commentary), 76/102 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


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This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini. 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)

Hang 'em high (1968) - classic western directed by Ted Post, starring Clint Eastwood, Ed Begley. Inger Stevens, Ben Jhohnson and Charles McGraw

Rating 6.9/10
Runtime: 114 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Ted Post
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061747/

Cast

Clint Eastwood ... Marshal Jed Cooper
Inger Stevens ... Rachel Warren
Ed Begley ... Captain Wilson, Cooper Hanging Party
Pat Hingle ... Judge Fenton
Ben Johnson ... Marshal Dave Bliss
Charles McGraw ... Sheriff Ray Calhoun, Red Creek

Description: A band of vigilantes catch Jed Cooper and, incorrectly believing him guilty of cattle rustling and murder, hang him and leave him for dead. But he doesn't die. He returns to his former profession of lawman to hunt down his lynchers and bring them to justice.

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Video and audio information:

Video : 3.23 GB, 4033 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024*552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 367 MB, 448 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 6 channels, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


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Odds against tomorrow (1959) - crime drama from director Robert Wise, starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley and Gloria Grahame

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Robert Wise
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053133/

Cast

Harry Belafonte ... Johnny Ingram
Robert Ryan ... Earle Slater
Shelley Winters ... Lorry
Ed Begley ... Dave Burke
Gloria Grahame ... Helen
Will Kuluva ... Bacco
Kim Hamilton ... Ruth Ingram

Description: Dave Burke is looking to hire two men to assist him in a bank raid: Earl Slater, a white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a black gambler. Both are reluctant; but Burke arranges for Ingram's creditors to put pressure on him, while Slater feels humiliated by his failure to provide for his girlfriend; they eventually accept. But Slater loathes and despises blacks, and the tensions in the gang rapidly mount.

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Video : 3.29 GB, 4916 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768*576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 144
Audio : 132 MB, 192 Kbps, 44100 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 (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Dutch, Turkish) posters and screenshots included

Sorry, wrong number (1948) - classic film noir directed by Anatole Litvak starring Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey and Ed Begley

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 89 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040823/

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck ... Leona Stevenson
Burt Lancaster ... Henry Stevenson
Ann Richards ... Sally Hunt Lord
Wendell Corey ... Dr. Alexander
Harold Vermilyea ... Waldo Evans
Ed Begley ... James Cotterell
Leif Erickson ... Fred Lord
William Conrad ... Morano

Description: Leona Stevenson is an alluring, wealthy, and irritating hypochondriac whose psychosomatic illness has her bedridden. Leona's only lifeline is the telephone, which she uses to excess. One evening, Leona impatiently tries to locate her henpecked husband Henry who is late in coming home. However, when phone lines cross, she overhears two thugs plotting a murder. Desperate to thwart the crime, Leona begins a series of calls--to the operator, to the police, and others--and eventually deduces the shocking identity of the victim. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Leona, Henry is having problems of his own--he's become involved in a swindle and is being blackmailed. The film follows Leona, trapped in her lush apartment, as she tries to prevent an innocent from being murdered.

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12 angry men (1957) - classic court drama directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, Ed Binns, Ed Begley and Jack Warden

Rating 9.0/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: Englishbr /> Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/

Cast

Martin Balsam ... Juror #1
John Fiedler ... Juror #2
Lee J. Cobb ... Juror #3
E.G. Marshall ... Juror #4
Jack Klugman ... Juror #5
Ed Binns ... Juror #6
Jack Warden ... Juror #7
Henry Fonda ... Juror #8
Joseph Sweeney ... Juror #9
Ed Begley ... Juror #10
George Voskovec ... Juror #11
Robert Webber ... Juror #12

Description: A 12-man jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old Puerto Rican boy accused in the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. They come from different walks of life - the foreman, Juror No.1 is an energetic and accommodating football coach, Juror No. 2 is a quiet but curious bank clerk, Juror No.3 is an energetic and stubborn businessman, Juror No. 4 is a respected and critical broker, Juror No. 5 is a young Baltimore Orioles fan, Juror No. 6 is a tough house painter, Juror No.7 is a loud and fast-talking salesman, Juror No.8 is a quiet architect, Juror No. 9 is an intelligent and observant old man, Juror No. 10 is a loud and obnoxious garage owner, Juror No. 11 is an East European watchmaker nd finally Juror No. 12 is an energetic advertising agent who loves to crack jokes. Action takes place in a small room, on a hot summer day, and the case appears to be open-and-shut - the defendant has a weak alibi; a knife he claimed to have lost is found at the murder scene and several witnesses either heard screaming, saw the killing or the boy fleeing the scene. Eleven of the jurors immediately vote guilty; only Juror No. 8 (Mr. Davis, played by Henry Fonda) casts a not guilty vote. At first Mr. Davis' bases his vote moreso for the sake of discussion after all, the jurors must believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty. As the deliberations unfold, the story quickly becomes a study of the jurors' complex personalities (which range from wise, bright and empathetic to arrogant, prejudiced and merciless), preconceptions, backgrounds and interactions. That provides the backdrop to Mr. Davis' attempts in convincing the other jurors that a "not guilty" verdict might be appropriate.

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Also a set of extras included:

* 12 Angry Men: From TV to the Big Screen - in this video interview, film scholar Vance Kepley discusses the history of 12 Angry Men, and specifically its evolution from teleplay to feature film. The interview was recorded exclusively for Criterion in 2011 at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison. In English, not subtitled (2011, 25:33 mins)
* Lumet on Lumet - four different interviews with director Sidney Lumet edited together for him to tell his story from his early acting days, the importance of working on television, how he got into directing and then getting the chance to work on 12 Angry Men. In English, not subtitled (2011, 22:58 mins)
* On Boris Kaufman - cinematographer John Bailey discusses the legacy and visual style of cinematographer Boris Kaufman (12 Angry Men, On the waterfront), filmmaker Dziga Vertov's younger brother. In English, not subtitled (2011, 38:21 mins).
* Reflections on Sidney - a new interview with the director's close friend and collaborator Walter Bernstein. In English, not subtitled (2011, 9:28 mins)
* Introduction by Ron Simon - an introduction to a movie by producer, writer and curator at the Paley Center for Media, Ron Simon. In English, not subtitled (2011, 14:04 mins)
* On Reginald Rose - Ron Simon takes a look at the legacy and importance of Reginald Rose, the writer of 12 Angry Men. In English, not subtitled (2011, 14:59 mins)
* Tragedy on a temporary town - Sidney Lumet's movie, which was written by Reginald Rose and first aired as part of The Alcoa Hour on NBC on February 19, 1956. In English, not subtitled (1998, 55:11 mins,)


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.25 GB, 3352 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 960x572 (5:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 132/55 MB (main/commentary), 192/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


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Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film Historian Drew Casper. 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)