Criterion has announced a March 17th street date for the 1947 film noir, Ride the Pink Horse, on DVD and Blu-Ray.

This is the first time the Robert Montgomery classic will be released on DVD and Blu after years of being available on various public domain box sets.

A few bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below).

Hollywood actor turned idiosyncratic auteur Robert Montgomery directs and stars in this striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. He plays a tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty.

Ride the Pink Horse features standout supporting performances from Fred Clark, Wanda Hendrix, and especially Thomas Gomez, who became the first Hispanic actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for his role here. With its relentless pace, expressive cinematography by the great Russell Metty, and punchy, clever script by Charles Lederer and Ben Hecht, this is an overlooked treasure from the heyday of 1940s film noir.

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