Blu-ray Review Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXV – Blu-ray Review (2 Viewers)

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Today, Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXV. Hungarian-born film director John H. Auer and 3 of his films at Republic Pictures are the focus of the 25th volume of Kino’s Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema Blu-ray series. First, a plot by John Carroll to have Vera Ralston marry his terminally ill brother Robert Paige takes an unexpected turn in The Flame. Next, the city of Chicago bears witness to several disparate characters whose paths cross in City That Never Sleeps. Finally, Evelyn Keyes tries to find ex-husband Wendell Corey – believed to be dead after the Pearl Harbor bombing – in post-WWII Honolulu in Hell’s Half Acre. City That Never Sleeps and Hell’s Half Acre were previously released on Blu-ray by Olive Films, while The Flame makes its Blu-ray debut here.



Hell's Half Acre (1954)



Released: 01 Jun 1954
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 90 min




Director: John H. Auer
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