Blu-ray Review Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XI – Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

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Three more Universal-International noirs are unearthed from the vaults in the 11th installment of Kino’s Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema series. First, when a man’s wife dies of a heart attack, gossip and jealously could cost him his own life in A Woman’s Vengeance. Next, a young woman is blackmailed into working for a ruthless pawnbroker’s crime ring in I Was a Shoplifter. Finally, an honest prison warden finds himself giving into temptation and getting into a major problem in Behind the High Wall. All three films are making their Blu-ray debut in this set.



A Woman's Vengeance (1948)



Released: 14 May 1948
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 96 min




Director: Zoltan Korda
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery



Cast: Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy
Writer(s): Aldous Huxley



Plot: A cheating husband is charged in the...

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Excellent and much appreciated reviews as always, Mychal! Thank you for your thorough and detailed assessment and critical appreciation of these films. I'm way behind on buying my most wanted trios in KL's line of Dark Side of Cinema boxsets, but your reviews are a factor in which ones I'll buy first.