Universal Noir #1
Details by Film
The Web
Larceny
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Abandoned
Streaming Options
Deported
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Naked Alibi
The Web
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Larceny
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Kiss the Blood off My Hands
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Abandoned
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Deported
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Naked Alibi
A new series of box sets – following Indicator's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures.
Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder (The Web), confidence tricksters (Larceny), lovers on the lam (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), an adoption racket (Abandoned), transatlantic criminals (Deported), and police brutality (Naked Alibi).
This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
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- Audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle on The Web (2022)
- Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross on Larceny (2022)
- Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on Abandoned (2022)
- Audio commentary with filmmaker and film historian Daniel Kremer on Deported (2022)
- Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2022)
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Iris Veysey, Jill Blake, Karen Hannsberry, Sabina Stent, Sergio Angelini and Walter Chaw, extensive archival articles and interviews, new writing on the various short films, and film credits
- Film Noir Festival Q&A with Victoria Price (2018, 30 mins): archival video recording of Vincent Price’s daughter in conversation with the Film Noir Foundation’s Alan K. Rode following a screening of The Web
- The Heel with Sex Appeal (2022, 29 mins): author and critic Nick Pinkerton assesses the life, career and screen persona of big-screen tough guy Dan Duryea
- Easy to Get (1947, 22 mins): short film made as part of the US Armed Forces’ ‘Easy to Get’ campaign on venereal diseases, directed by Joseph M Newman
- Return to Europe (2022, 11 mins): critic and writer Christina Newland discusses the work of Robert Siodmak and the twin influences of American and European cinema on Deported
- Absolute Magnetism (2022, 42 mins): academic Lucy Bolton discusses the life and career of Gloria Grahame, one of film noir’s greatest femmes fatales
- Audio commentary with film historian Josh Nelson (2022)
- Lux Radio Theatre: The Web (1947, 53 mins): vintage radio adaptation of the screenplay, featuring Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien and Vincent Price reprising their roles from the film
- Image galleries: publicity and promotional materials
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional materials
- The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978, 63 mins): archival audio recording of the much-loved star in conversation with film critic Martin Shawcross at London’s National Film Theatre
- A Salute to France (1944, 36 mins): promotional film by the Office of War Information on the wartime alliances of the French, British and American nations, co-directed by Garson Kanin and Jean Renoir, and starring Burgess Meredith, Philip Bourneuf, and Deported’s Claude Dauphin
- The Cinematographer (1951, 10 mins): documentary directed by Jerry Hopper, produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, providing a guide to the role of director of photography
- Skirmish on the Home Front (1944, 13 mins): promotional short film for war bonds starring Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton, Susan Hayward, and The Web’s William Bendix
- United Action Means Victory (1939): documentary short about the 1938-39 General Motors strike, with narration written by Kiss the Blood Off My Hands screenwriter Ben Maddow
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional materials
- Theatrical Trailer
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional materials
- Image galleries: publicity and promotional materials
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional materials