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Film Noir - The Dark Side of Hollywood (Sudden Fear / The Long Night / Hangmen Also Die / Railroaded / Behind Locked Doors) (1947)

Joan Crawford , Jack Palance , Anatole Litvak , Anthony Mann  |  NR |  DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan
  • Directors: Anatole Litvak, Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, David Miller, Fritz Lang
  • Writers: Bertolt Brecht, Edna Sherry, Eugene Ling
  • Format: Box set, Black & White, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Kino Video
  • DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000GTJS8A
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,872 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Film Noir - The Dark Side of Hollywood (Sudden Fear / The Long Night / Hangmen Also Die / Railroaded / Behind Locked Doors)" on IMDb

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The first great period of Anthony Mann's career was the string of blackly brilliant late-'40s thrillers and crimebusting movies--T-Men, Raw Deal, Border Incident, et al.--that marked the full flowering of film noir. We won't kid you: Railroaded was made just before Mann hit his spectacular stride--and just before the low-rent Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) evolved into the somewhat more prestigious Eagle-Lion. The rather plodding story line has to do with a young deliveryman's framing for a robbery and the incidental murder of a cop, and the slightly-at-cross-purposes efforts of his sister (Sheila Ryan) and a police detective (Hugh Beaumont, better-known as "Ward Cleaver") to clear him. Much more worthy of contemplation is the saturnine John Ireland as the principal evildoer, a small-time crook whose readiness to whack any number of people, innocent and guilty alike, gets creepier with each passing reel.

Mann hadn't yet teamed with cinematographer John Alton, and the lighting is generic--blah for the daylight scenes, merely murky for the night stuff. Still, it's gratifying to see that Mann on his own was already reaching for the occasional deep-focus composition, outré set piece (a shootout among upended stools in a darkened saloon), and surprising texture--like the close-up of a bullet hole in an alligator purse that announces a life lost, with chilling matter-of-factness, off screen and between scenes. --Richard T. Jameson

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Box set includes Sudden Fear, The Long Night, Hangmen Also Die, Railroaded, Behind Locked Doors

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69 of 82 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 classic NOIRS from the studio vaults July 24, 2006
Format:DVD
Wow! Great deal! These films retail for $29.95 each. This collection includes great titles from great directors (Fritz Lang, Anthony Mann) and they star some of Hollywood's all time greats like Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, Jack Palance and many more. Here's a little description for each film:

SUDDEN FEAR (1952) - STARRING JOAN CRAWFORD, JACK PALANCE & GLORIA GRAHAME - DIRECTED BY DAVID MILLER - NOMINATED FOR 4 ACADEMY AWARDS - SYNOPSIS: Joan Crawford turns in one of the most emotionally charged performances of her career as a playwright who must use her plotting skills to save her own life, in this beautifully crafted film noir thriller. On a train headed home to California, Myra Hudson (Crawford) falls in love with, and marries, actor Lester Blaine (Jack Palance) whom she has just fired from her most recent New York play. Back on her San Francisco estate, something evil appears to be lurking just beneath the surface of the couple's idyllic life. Enter Gloria Grahame as Palance's girlfriend (in a stunning performance the New York Times called "hard, brash and sexy."). Soon it is clear that they are after more than new scripts as they greedily scheme for Myra's money. Director David Miller (Lonely Are The Brave) guides the story with supreme confidence, assisted by gorgeous black and white cinematography and an excellent score by Elmer Bernstein, as Sudden Fear races towards its jolting climax. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Crawford) and Best Supporting Actor (Palance), Sudden Fear is the unbeatable combination of a lushly produced Joan Crawford melodrama and a drop-dead suspense thriller. They just don't make 'em like this anymore!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Tight, sharp, taut--classic film noir November 17, 2001
Format:DVD
The short (73 minutes) of this film is not a problem at all; Anthony Mann's direction is so strong that there's no wasted moment. While some films noir suffer from being overly stiff (cf. The Big Combo), this one's fluidity is definitely in evidence. John Ireland is the standout here, but the two female leads--Sheila Ryan and Jane Randolph--are almost as good. A real plus, plotwise, is the 'good girl' falling (at least temporarily) for the bad guy.

Similarly, the 'bad girl' ultimately turns good. These reversals, coupled with the bad guy's peculiar behavior (the infamous perfuming of his bullets) and an unusual shoot-out in a long-after-closing bar full of upside-down barstools make for an interesting film.

Hugh Beaumont's good guy cop is a well-matched foil to John Ireland's Duke Martin, whose occasionally drunk girlfriend meets with Beaumont, near the end, to rat out what she thinks is her two-timing boyfriend.

Definitely one of the better films noir on DVD.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A MOVIE THAT IS NOT SEEN IS A DEAD MOVIE August 26, 2000
Format:DVD
[I]f you're not a huge fan of both Anthony Mann and the Film Noir genre,
you won't be interested at all in RAILROADED. BUT YOU WILL BE WRONG !
You will miss John Ireland in the role of a sexual perverted bad guy
who likes to perfume his bullets before killing ; in RAW DEAL, another
Anthony Mann's movie shot one year later that you can find in the DVD
standard courtesy of the Roan Group, you will also find one of these
degenerated killers, this time impersonated by a vicious Raymond
Burr.

You will also miss the long bare hands fight between Jane
Randolph and Sheila Ryan, very unusual in Hollywoodian productions of
that period. And there are numerous other anthology scenes that you
will miss.

So make your choice but don't forget that there is only a
scene access as bonus feature if you want to consider Anthony Mann's
RAILROADED as

A DVD for your library.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT MOVIE October 1, 2000
Format:VHS Tape
John Ireland is sensational in this movie, as always. He is one of the best actors ever, and it is sad he is not remembered that way. RAILROADED and RAW DEAL are both wonderful showcases for his talent. I reccommend any movie with John Ireland in it.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to the negs. September 21, 2011
Format:DVD
I am surprised at the negative reviews for this release. Everyone seems to like SUDDEN FEAR and THE LONG NIGHT, but what about HANGMEN ALSO DIE? It has been one of my favorites for years. Whenever I want to see something unrelentingly dark and gloomy with beautiful photography, I watch HANGMEN. It was directed by Fritz Lang, co-written by Bertolt Brecht, and photographed by James Wong Howe. How could it be less than brilliant? Then there's RAILROADED directed by the great Anthoiny Mann. It's a B film, but Mann's B films are better than many A's. RAILROADED isn't as brilliant as T-MEN, but it is still a good watch. BEHIND LOCKED DOORS is the least of the bunch, but even it is fun in a lurid, Samuel Fuller, tabloid kind of way.

Some of the negative comments are about the lack of restoration. Honestly, I get so tired of these people harping on restoration. They act like anyone who releases an unrestored film is callously trying to cheat their customers. They should be glad these films are available at all. There's nothing that says they have to be, and many films never will be. Wouldn't you rather have them than not have them? If kino hadn't released these five films, you wouldn't be able to buy them, period. And the way people whine, you would think that film restoration is a cheap and easy thing that distributors withold out of pure meanness. In reality, restoration is massively expensive. Even minor restoration is beyond the means of most distributors, and a full restoration would bankrupt most companies. To do a good job at restoration requires a huge investment and can only be done on films which will sell enough copies to make that money back. That's the financial reality at this point in the game. So stop whining and be thankfull for what we've got.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, fast-paced Crime Drama with a bonus...
Railroaded has a lot going for it -- the film noir stylish cues, sexy characters, taut storyline, and the sense that you too could easily get set-up (railroaded). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Elkman
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Film Noir...
How can you go wrong with Joan Crawford, Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame?? A really good film noir. Crawfords performance is actually not that good here.... Read more
Published 3 months ago by MarcS
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth Seeing
A very well made noir B movie, with good photography, direction, and acting but just an average story. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Phulax
4.0 out of 5 stars American Psycho 201
I am, and I am publically on record on this question, very indulgent toward an off-hand femme fatale in a film noir shooting up a guy, even a guy trying to help her, in order to... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Alfred Johnson
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff
I have watched 3 of the films so far. As noir films, they are very good.

RAILROADED and BEHIND LOCKED DOORS are average quality picture/sound. Read more
Published 21 months ago by MARK C. BALE
3.0 out of 5 stars so so..
I love film noirs but beware: this set has only 2 worth seeing. "Sudden Fear" with Joan Crawford and "The Long Night" with Barbara Bel Geddes. Read more
Published on November 9, 2010 by Rachel D. Estrada
3.0 out of 5 stars CHOO-CHOO!
RAILROADED! is a good Anthony Mann low-budget noir. John Ireland is wonderfully villainous in the role of Duke Martin. Read more
Published on May 11, 2010 by ronzo
5.0 out of 5 stars Moviebuff
Out of all the film noir movies, "Railroaded" is on my top ten list as the best. I can watch this movie over and over.
Published on June 9, 2009 by Ron J. Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars 'Ward' Not Dealing With The 'Beaver' This Time
For people who grew up watching "Leave It To Beaver" on TV, this film offers Hugh Beaumont as a main character. Beaumont is famous for playing Beaver's dad "Ward. Read more
Published on April 13, 2009 by Craig Connell
4.0 out of 5 stars Obscure noir
The collection Film Noir - The Dark Side of Hollywood boasts on the box cover that it features "Five Classics from the Studio Vaults". Read more
Published on March 22, 2007 by mrliteral
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