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BLACK TUESDAY (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition Blu-ray

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18 Nov. 2024
Genre Crime
Format Blu-ray
Contributor Hugo FREGONESE, Edward G. ROBINSON, Jean PARKER, Peter GRAVES
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 20 minutes

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Written by Sydney Boehm (The Big Heat) and directed by Hugo Fregonese (Man in the Attic), Black Tuesdayis an explosive crime drama starring one of Hollywood’s most beloved tough guys: Edward G. Robinson, the star of Little Caesar, The Last Gangster, I Am the Law and Key Largo.

Vincent Canelli (Robinson) is a violent mobster serving time on Death Row – but he has no intention of going to the electric chair. Following a plan put together by his moll, Hatti (Jean Parker, Dead Man’s Eyes), Canelli orchestrates a jailbreak on the night before his execution and takes several hostages in the process. Canelli is joined by fellow Death Row inmate Peter Manning (Peter Graves, Stalag 17), and hopes to discover the location of a stash of stolen loot Manning hid away before his conviction. But is Manning willing to pay the price for freedom and look the other way as the psychopathic Canelli revels in murder and mayhem?

While the Hollywood gangster movie was at the height of its success in the early 1930s, it resurged in the 1940s and into the next decade as crime pictures found a new popularity in the post-war period. Standing tall alongside Key Largo, White Heat and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Black Tuesday is one of the finest gangster films to emerge from this later cycle – as old-fashioned wiseguys met with film noir sensibilities. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present this key crime picture of the 1950s on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from an astonishing new restoration.

LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:

Limited edition of 2000 copies | Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Scott Saslow | 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K scan of the 35mm fine grains | Optional English subtitles | A brand new audio commentary with film noir expert Sergio Angelini, host of the Tipping My Fedora podcast | From Argentina to Hollywood – a brand new interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on director Hugo Fregonese | No Escape – A brand new video essay by Imogen Sara Smith, author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City | Brand new video interview with critic and codirector of Il Cinema Ritrovato Ehsan Khoshbakht | Theatrical trailer | PLUS:A collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Black Tuesday by critic Barry Forshaw and film writer Craig Ian Mann

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Edward G. Robinson as gangster Vincent Canelli in Black Tuesday... exhibits a sadistic bent rivalled only by James Cagney in White HeatAlain Silver, film historian and critic

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  • Rated ‏ : ‎ Suitable for 12 years and over
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.2 x 13.8 x 1.9 cm; 130 g
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Hugo FREGONESE
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 20 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 18 Nov. 2024
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Edward G. ROBINSON, Peter GRAVES, Jean PARKER
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Eureka Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DFMKTVS1
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2024
    An absolute cracker of a gangster film. A bit late perhaps 1954 but with Robinson at the top of his game and director Fregonese keeping the pace moving and the tension rising this is one film anyone who loves gansger films and EGR should definitely own. Very violent but without the blood and guts today's directors are so fond of, I am sure this was an "X" on cinema release. Now only a questionable 12. The body count is very high with EGR being responsible for most of the (sensless) killings. The jailbreak may be far fetched, but it is admirably filmed. At 80 mins not a second is wasted. EGR is supported by a fascinating group of actors. Graves as Manning who knows where 200,000 dollars that he stole are hidden, his back story is never explained, Jean Parker in a rather wasted role as "Hattie" EGR's moll(!, Warren Stevens, jack Kelly, Milburn Stone, Russell Johnson, James Bell, Hal Baylor, and many unbilled familiar faces include Ed Cobb and Frank Ferguson. The BLURAY is superb B/W with mint picture, sound, and SUBTITLES (but I did have to use my remote to access them as they don't appear on the "menu"). The booklet has almost full cast list and 2 essays, both worth reading. Highly recomended as a fascinating piece of gangster cinema.
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