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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Following the death of his partner, brash NYPD cop Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall, The Godfather) swears vengeance, going on a violent quest through the streets of 1970s New York City to find his assailants. His methods prove so hostile, and racist, that he is forced to resign from the police, rendering him a vigilante hellbent on justice. Ryan’s pursuit of take-no-prisoners fury puts him in the crosshairs of drug kingpins and revolutionaries, not to mention the very department that he was once a part of. Inspired by real life NYPD detective Eddie Egan, who was also the inspiration for William Friedkin’s The French Connection (1971) and its non-fiction source, BADGE 373 is a much more raw portrayal of inner city violence and New York at a point of transition going into the mid-1970s. Long living in the shadow of Friedkin’s film, as well as other more popular New York City set cop films of the era (including the same year’s Serpico, by Sidney Lumet), BADGE 373 is a vital time capsule of old New York, anchored by a fiery performance from Robert Duvall and energetic direction from noted New Hollywood producer Howard W. Koch (A New Leaf). Cinématographe is proud to present this long underseen entry in 70s crime cinema in a brand new 4K restoration from its original camera negative. Bonus Features: 1. Region A Blu-ray 2. New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative with original mono theatrical soundtrack 3. New audio commentary by film historian Steve Mitchell 4. "A Kernel of Truth" - a new video interview with retired NYPD detective Randy Jurgensen, friend of Eddie Egan and technical advisor on the film 5. "Police Film Protection" - a new video conversation between Jason Bailey, author of Fun City Cinema: New York City and the Movies That Made It, and Cinématographe's Justin LaLiberty 6. "Craftsman Kingmaker: Howard W. Koch and the Art of Getting It Done" - a new video essay by Daniel Kremer 7. English SDH subtitles

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BADGE 373 is a crime thriller in the tradition of THE FRENCH CONNECTION and SERPICO. Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall), a tough, no-nonsense and abrasive Irish cop, has to turn in his badge after scuffling with a suspect who then falls to his death from a rooftop. But that doesn't stop him from heading out on a one-man crusade to avenge his partners murder, all the while neglecting his new live-in girlfriend, Maureen (Verna Bloom). Ryans investigation leads him to Puerto Rican drum kingpin, Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), and the shipment of guns for the Puerto Rican Crime Syndicate. Real life policeman, Eddie Egan plays Duvalls Lieutenant.

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Comedy legend W.C. Fields (It’s a Gift) stars in one of his most famous roles as The Bank Dick. Egbert Sousé (Fields) is an unemployed drunk who divides his time between the Black Pussy Cat Café and his dreadful family. After unwittingly capturing a bank robber, he lands a job as a security guard which leads to complete absurdity. Written by the comedian himself under the pseudonym Mahatma Kane Jeeves and directed by Edward F. Cline (Fields’ partner-in-gags on My Little Chickadee and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break), The Bank Dick is one of the great classics of American comedy! The uproarious cast includes Una Merkel (42nd Street), Dick Purcell (Arise, My Love), “third stooge” Shemp Howard (Soup to Nuts), Franklin Pangborn (Hail the Conquering Hero), Grady Sutton (Man on the Flying Trapeze), Jessie Ralph (After the Thin Man) and Cora Witherspoon (Personal Property). Special Features: -NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Michael Schlesinger -Theatrical Trailer -Optional English Subtitles

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An FBI agent sends a kidnapper to prison, then goes after him when he escapes with cellmates.

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Is there a doctor in the house? At the eerie House of Frankenstein, the answer is "yes" -- and he's out to make right the experiment in playing God that's doomed his family for generations. There's also a Karloff in the house, a fact that makes 1958's Frankenstein 1970 a must-see for savvy fright fans. Twenty-seven years after scaring the daylights out of everyone as the lumbering monster in Frankenstein, Boris Karloff is at the other end of the laboratory switches and gizmos. He's Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an aging, hulking shambles of dignity and menace who agrees to let a TV crew shoot a horror flick at the family castle. The crew members don't know it yet, but they're just what the doctor ordered: fresh body parts, ready for harvesting!

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Comedy legend W.C. Fields (The Bank Dick) is up to his hilarious antics again alongside Baby LeRoy (The Old Fashioned Way) in It’s a Gift. Harold Bissonette (Fields), an inept grocer who is constantly badgered by his family, dreams of escaping to the California sunshine. A small inheritance from his Uncle Bean tempts Bissonette to sell everything and buy his dream orange ranch—sight unseen. After making the journey to California, the family quickly realizes they have been swindled and chaos ensues. Filled with some of the funniest dialogue ever to hit the silver screen, this classic comedy from director Norman Z. McLeod (Alice in Wonderland) showcases W.C. Fields at his finest! Special Features: -NEW Audio commentary by Film Historian James L. Neibaur, Author of THE W.C. FIELDS FILMS -Trailers -Optional English Subtitles Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews It's A Gift

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Comedy legend W.C. Fields (My Little Chickadee) is Ambrose Wolfinger, a henpecked husband who wants the afternoon off (his first in twenty-five years) to go to a wrestling match, so he tells his boss he must attend his mother-in-law’s funeral. The afternoon soon turns catastrophic. He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up getting hit by the body of a wrestler thrown from the ring. Directed by Buster Keaton cohort Clyde Bruckman (The General) with Fields’ uncredited help, Man on the Flying Trapeze is a high-flying act of comedic brilliance. The marvelous cast includes Mary Brian (Running Wild), Kathleen Howard (It’s a Gift), Grady Sutton (The Bank Dick) and Walter Brennan (Rio Bravo). Special Features: -Brand New 2K Master -Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at W.C. Fields: Vintage Documentary -W.C. Fields Trailers -Optional English Subtitles

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Comedy legend W.C. Fields (The Bank Dick) plays an inventor with a taste for drink in You’re Telling Me!, a rough-and-tumble Pre-Code. Having failed to sell his latest invention, Sam Bisbee (Fields) meets Marie Lescaboura (Adrienne Ames, The Death Kiss) on the train back to Crystal Springs, unaware that she is a foreign princess traveling incognito. Deciding to help make her new friend a success, Marie pays a visit to Sam’s hometown where she attempts to turn an uncouth eccentric into the darling of the country club set. Directed by Erle C. Kenton (Island of Lost Souls) and co-starring Joan Marsh (Road to Zanzibar) and Larry “Buster” Crabbe (Buck Rogers), this zany gem also features Fields’ uproarious recreation of his classic golfing sketch first performed in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918. Special Features: -Brand New 2K Master -Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at W.C. Fields: Vintage Documentary -W.C. Fields Trailers -Optional English Subtitles Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews You're Telling Me