{"product_id":"film-noir-the-dark-side-of-cinema-iii-abandoned-the-lady-gambles-the-sleeping-city-blu-ray","title":"Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema III (Abandoned \/ The Lady Gambles \/ The Sleeping City) (BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis collection features three film noir classics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eABANDONED (1949)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNoir great Dennis O’Keefe \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(T-Men, Raw Deal, Cover Up\u003c\/em\u003e) and Gale Storm (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBetween Midnight and Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e) expose a baby-selling racket in the searing crime drama Abandoned, co-starring Jeff Chandler (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMan in the Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e) and Raymond Burr (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePitfall\u003c\/em\u003e). When Paula Considine (Storm) arrives in Los Angeles to find her sister Mary, she soon learns the unwed mother is dead and her newborn infant is missing. Teaming up with a cynical reporter named Mark Sitko (O’Keefe), Paula discovers Mary was the victim of a black market adoption ring run by Mrs. Leona Donner (Marjorie Rambeau, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTorch Song\u003c\/em\u003e) and her sleazy assistant Kerric (Burr). Hoping to entrap the pair, Paula and Sitko devise a plan but the sting operation proves to have deadly consequences. This classic film noir was beautifully shot by William H. Daniels (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWoman in Hiding\u003c\/em\u003e) and wonderfully directed by Joseph M. Newman (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e711 Ocean Drive\u003c\/em\u003e), with top-notch supporting performances by Jeanette Nolan (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e) and Mike Mazurki (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMurder, My Sweet\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE LADY GAMBLES (1949)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom Michael Gordon, the outstanding director of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Web, An Act of Murder, Woman in Hiding, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pillow Talk\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePortrait in Black\u003c\/em\u003e, comes this classic film noir starring screen legend Barbara Stanwyck (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDouble Indemnity, Witness to Murder\u003c\/em\u003e) as a once respectable and vibrant wife who has become a desperately out-of-control high-roller gambler. A chance visit into a Las Vegas casino introduces Joan Boothe (Stanwyck) to the seductive allure of poker and the craps table. All too soon, she ignores her devoted husband (Robert Preston, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWake Island, This Gun for Hire\u003c\/em\u003e) and older sister (Edith Barrett, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Walked with a Zombie\u003c\/em\u003e) as she compulsively chases after hard-hearted Lady Luck. Beautifully shot by Russell Metty (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTouch of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e) and featuring a stellar supporting cast that includes Stephen McNally (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiplomatic Courier\u003c\/em\u003e), John Hoyt (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eO.S.S\u003c\/em\u003e.), Leif Erickson (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the Waterfront\u003c\/em\u003e) and Tony Curtis (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6 Bridges to Cross\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTHE SLEEPING CITY (1950)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrug pushing and gambling set the stage for murder in \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sleeping City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, a hardboiled film-noir thriller shot on the streets of New York. When a doctor is shot dead outside Bellevue Hospital, detective Fred Rowen (Richard Conte, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCry of the City, Thieves’ Highway\u003c\/em\u003e) is assigned to find the killer. Posing as an intern, Rowen is befriended by the hospital’s elevator operator and a ward nurse (Coleen Gray, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiss of Death, Nightmare Alley\u003c\/em\u003e) he begins to date. As his investigation continues and potential witnesses wind up dead, Rowen finds himself next on the murderer’s list when he uncovers a narcotics ring. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect and he doesn’t know whom he can trust! 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