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In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maddow, Ben 1909-1992 (Author)
Other Authors: Hayden, Sterling 1916-1986 (Actor), Calhern, Louis 1895-1956 (Actor), Hagen, Jean 1923-1977 (Actor), Whitmore, James 1921-2009 (Actor), Jaffe, Sam 1893-1984 (Actor), McIntire, John 1907-1991 (Actor), Lawrence, Marc 1910-2005 (Actor), Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962 (Actor)
Format: Video DVD Software
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] The Criterion Collection [2016]
Series:The Criterion collection 847
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Summary:In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme
Item Description:Orig., USA: 1950
Special features: audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore; new interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey; archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film; episode of the television program City lights from 1979 featuring John Huston; Pharos of chaos a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Haydon; audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston; trailer. Container insert includes essay "A left-handed form of human endeavor" by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien
Physical Description:2 DVD-Videos (112 min.) schwarz-weiß 4 3/4 1 Faltblatt
ISBN:9781681432403
1681432404
9785515190712
5515190718

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