Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain (1955-1957)
de Ken Hughes, Terence Fisher, Mark Robson, Sidney Gilliat, Vernon Sewell
Powerhouse Films - 15 décembre 2025
Titre Original : A Prize of Gold / The Last Man to Hang / Wicked as They Come / Spin a Dark Web / The Long Haul / Fortune Is a Woman
Audio : English
Sous-titres : English SDH
Durée : 8h20
Format : Blu ray 2K - 6 films / import UK
Zone : B
Genre : Film Noir, Thriller, Aventure
Synopsis
Our sixth journey into Columbia Pictures’ film noir output walks a different path, taking a detour into the mysterious world of the Whistler, as we present all eight films in the popular series.
Contenu et Bonus
- High Definition presentations of A Prize of Gold, The Last Man to Hang, Wicked as They Come, Spin a Dark Web, The Long Haul, and Fortune Is a Woman
- Two presentations of Fortune Is a Woman: with the original UK title sequence; and as She Played with Fire, with the US titles
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Thirza Wakefield and Melanie Williams on A Prize of Gold (2025)
- Audio commentary with writers Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on The Last Man to Hang (2025)
- Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross on Spin a Dark Web (2025)
- Audio commentary with film historians Will Fowler and Vic Pratt on The Long Haul (2025)
- Audio commentary with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby on Fortune Is a Woman (2025)
- Golden Opportunity (2024): archival interview with clapper worker Geoff Glover, who fondly recalls his work on his first ever film, A Prize of Gold
- The BEHP Interview with Bill Lewthwaite (2008): archival video recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the editor of A Prize of Gold in conversation with Glyn Jones
- The BEHP Interview with Anthony Mendleson (1993): archival audio recording, featuring the Fortune Is a Woman costume designer in conversation with Linda Wood and Dave Robson
- The BEHP Interview with Maxwell Setton (1991): archival audio recording, featuring the producer of Wicked as They Come and The Long Haul in conversation with John Legard and Dave Robson
- The BEHP Interview with Vernon Sewell (1994): archival audio recording, featuring the Spin a Dark Web director in conversation with Roy Fowler
- The Guardian Lecture with Ivor Montagu (1977): archival audio recording of a lecture delivered by the The Last Man to Hang screenwriter at the National Film Theatre, London on the subject of Lenin and cinema
- Film Fanfare No. 5 (1956): British Pathé newsreel presenting a lucky competition winner visiting the set of The Last Man to Hang and meeting its cast and crew
- Lies Lanckman on ‘A Prize of Gold’ (2025): in-depth appreciation by the academic and film historian
- A Test for Love (1937): a dramatised short film on the dangers of venereal diseases, which provided an early credit for Spin a Dark Web director Vernon Sewell
- This Little Ship (1953): Fortune Is a Woman star Jack Hawkins narrates this documentary about the UK’s first nuclear weapons test
- Original theatrical trailers for A Prize of Gold, Wicked as They Come, and The Long Haul
- US theatrical trailer for Spin a Dark Web
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Jonathan Bygraves, Andrew Spicer, Pamela Hutchinson, Robert Murphy, Chloe Walker, and Bethan Roberts; an archival on-set report for A Prize of Gold; extracts from The Last Man to Hang’s pressbook; collected archival interviews with Wicked as They Come director Ken Hughes; an American Cinematographer report on The Long Haul; a reprint of a Films and Filming article on Fortune Is a Woman filmmakers Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder; new writing on A Test for Love and This Little Ship; and film credits
- World and UK premieres on Blu-ray