Fritz Lang and William Castle headline the latest TCM Vault release on July 8th.
The 2-disc set, Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers, Vol. 2 will contain three new-to-DVD titles: You and Me (1938), Undertow (1949) and Hollywood Story (1951); Ministry of Fear (1944) is included on the set, but received a Blu-ray and DVD release from Criterion last year.
Bonus features will be those usually associated with the Vault line (below).
Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else!
Born at the dark crossroads of the hard-boiled crime writing that thrived in midcentury American pulp magazines and the shadow-saturated, off-kilter camerawork of European émigré directors who fled to Hollywood with the rise of Nazism, film noir perfectly captured the gloomier moods of wartime America-while somehow making danger and desperation irresistibly attractive.
All but Ministry are available for the first time on DVD in this collection, which also contains multiple digital bonus features including an introduction by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz, behind-the-scenes photos, production stills, poster and lobby card galleries, and an original essay by Film Noir Foundation founder and president Eddie Muller-making this the perfect box set for any noir aficionado looking to round out their collection.
You and Me (1938, 90 min.)
George Raft and Sylvia Sydney star as Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, two former convicts who find honest work in a department store and love with one another-until a dark secret from Helen's past drives them apart and drives Joe back to his criminal ways.
Ministry of Fear (1944, 86 min.)
Ray Milland plays Stephen Neale, a man just released from an asylum who struggles to convince anyone that he has uncovered a Nazi spy ring. Based on a novel by Grahame Greene, with a score by Miklós Rózsa, this atmospheric film is part noir, part spy thriller.
Undertow (1949, 71 min.)
B western and TV regulars Scott Brady and John Russell are old friends who reunite, and discover they have more in common than either would have suspected. Dorothy Hart and Peggy Dow play the love interests in this complicated tale of mob and moll double crosses.
Hollywood Story (1951, 76 min.)
Richard Conte is Larry O'Brien, a stage producer with dreams of being in the movie business who decides to shoot a documentary about the mysterious death of a silent film director, only to find himself in danger of suffering the same fate. With cameos by silent film stars such as Helen Gibson and Francis X. Bushman, it is reminiscent of Sunset Blvd., released a year prior.
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