Press Release Warner Archive Collection Press Release: Springfield Rifle (1952) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

COMING TO BLU-RAY FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION ON APRIL 29th!
New 2025 1080pHD MASTER FROM 4K SCAN OF ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE

SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (1952)
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes
COLOR
BD-50
NOT RATED
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Special Features: Classic Cartoons: FEED THE KITTY and RABBIT'S KIN, Joe McDoakes Short: SO YOU WANT TO ENJOY LIFE, Original Theatrical Trailer
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian
Directed by Andre de Toth

Academy Award winner Gary Cooper stars as a Union officer in the United States' Civil War who goes undercover--pretending to be court-martialed--to uncover who is stealing army horses and selling them to the South before they can hijack a delivery of the new Springfield Rifle. While delivering a shipment of horses desperately needed to mount a big offensive in the United States' Civil War, Union Major Lex Kearny (Cooper) is overwhelmed by a band of Confederate raiders. Rather than risk the lives of his men, he sounds retreat, leaving the precious cargo behind--for which he faces a court-martial. But this is only a ploy to send Kearny underground to find who has been stealing horses from the Union Army. Kearny's mission remains so secret that even his wife (Phyllis Thaxter) believes he has gone renegade, and she surrenders evidence that implicates him as a Southern spy. Now, can Kearny stop the gang of traitorous horse thieves before he is sentenced to death for espionage?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Robert Harris]

Waiting for an upgrade on this since 1952.

 

[Robin9]

When I read this New 2025 1080pHD MASTER FROM 4K SCAN OF ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE I know immediately I'm going to buy the disc! This is very good news.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Waiting for an upgrade on this since 1952.

The iTunes HD digital is rather bad.

 

[Daniel Melius]

I will be getting this on release day and dont care about bargain hunting for it. Im a big fan of all of his wb films. And they have camera negatives still around unlike his earlier paramount releases.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Thank you for supporting HTF when you preorder using the link below. As an Amazon Associate HTF earns from qualifying purchases. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link.

https://www.amazon.com/Springfield-...10-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[Alan Tully]

Ah, another WarnerColor film gets the Archive treatment. If the reviews are as expected, I'll be adding this to my little western library (although the 1952 western I'd love from Warner Archive is The Big Sky, but maybe the extant film elements just aren't up to it).

 

[Robert Harris]

Ah, another WarnerColor film gets the Archive treatment. If the reviews are as expected, I'll be adding this to my little western library (although the 1952 western I'd love from Warner Archive is The Big Sky, but maybe the extant film elements just aren't up to it).

This is the earliest incarnation of Eastman Color - which bodes well.