Wallis instead brought Lancaster with him to Paramount, where new torn undershirts awaited. After his knockout debut in Mark Hellinger’s The Killers, Lancaster definitely wanted to branch out from his screen image as a hangdog noir loser in a torn undershirt. Producer Hal Wallis let Burt Lancaster work out his contract in 1949’s Rope of Sand, a moody tale of ‘international intrigue’ set in the diamond trade. Story & screenplay by Walter Doniger additional dialogue by John Paxton Starring: Burt Lancaster, Corrine Calvet, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sam Jaffe, Mike Mazurki. Three of the features are big-studio productions, with impressive location work.
It’s also a good selection for star power, featuring four actors key to the movement: Burt Lancaster, Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. The Essential Film Noir: Collection 4 has a pretty good batting average for noir relevance, as 4 of its 5 pictures show strong elements of the basic style. Imprint once again reaches into noir and emerges with a fourth grouping of titles featuring murder, intrigue and psychological malice. Starring: Burt Lancaster, Claude Rains, Corrine Calvet Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jan Sterling Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted De Corsia Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan Ida Lupino, Howard Duff.ĭirected by William Dieterle, Lewis Allen, Bretagne Windust, Harry Horner, Joel Newton Street Date / Available from / au 159.95 before discount Rope of Sand, Appointment with Danger, The Enforcer, Beware, My Lovely, Jenniferġ949-53 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 429 min. The male leads Burt Lancaster, Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart and Robert Ryan must contend with heroines Corrine Calvet, Jan Sterling, Phyllis Calvert and the great Ida Lupino. Viavision Imprint’s 4th Noir collection is here, with two core examples of the classic style, one solid gangster film, an adventure-intrigue tale set in South Africa and two psychological ‘woman in peril’ thrillers.
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