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Alan Ladd (Appointment with Danger) plays the title role in this film noir about a former OSS operative who returns to Italy after the war to avenge the death of resistance worker Giulia (Wanda Hendrix), but only to find out that his "deceased" lover is not only still alive, but also the wife of a powerful Italian baron (Francis Lederer). Carey decides to stick around, hoping to flush out the traitor who'd caused the wartime deaths of several of his OSS colleagues and resistance fighters. Enhanced by the incidental musical number "Mona Lisa", which subsequently won the 1951 Academy Award for Best Original Song and later became an all-time classic. Directed by Mitchell Leisen (No Man of Her Own).

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Brand New HD Master from a 4K Scan. In this film noir classic, an ex-Marine Jim Henry (Richard Conte, Cry of the City, Thieves' Highway), wrongly accused of killing a barmaid, hitches a ride with a photographer Mrs. Cummings (Joan Bennett, The Woman in the Window, Scarlet Street) and her model Susan Willis (Wanda Hendrix, Prince of Foxes, Ride the Pink Horse) while being pursued by Las Vegas Detective White Eagle (Reed Hadley, I Shot Jesse James, Zorro's Fighting Legion), who's leading the manhunt. Top-notch direction by cult filmmaker Nathan Juran (The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jack the Giant Killer) and based on a story by U.S. Anderson (TV's Bonanza) and Roger Corman (Tales of Terror, Premature Burial).

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Tyrone Power, Orson Welles. Cesare Borgia is bent on dominating Italy, one strategic marriage and wicked scheme at a time. But an unforeseen impediment arises when his trusty aide has a change of heart and turns the tables on him. Directed by Henry King. 1949/b&w/107 min/NR/fullscreen. Blu-ray

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Hollywood actor turned idiosyncratic auteur Robert Montgomery (Here Comes Mr. Jordan) directs and stars in this striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. He plays a tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty. Ride the Pink Horse features standout supporting performances from Fred Clark, Wanda Hendrix, and especially Thomas Gomez, who became the first Hispanic actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for his role here. With it's relentless pace, expressive cinematography by the great Russell Metty (All That Heaven Allows), and punchy, clever script by Charles Lederer (His Girl Friday) and Ben Hecht (Spellbound), this is an overlooked treasure from the heyday of 1940s film noir.