Frank Sinatra: The Detective and The First Deadly Sin
Sinatra the cop: reviews of The Detective (1968) on Blu from Twilight Time + The First Deadly Sin (1980) from Warner Home Video.
Tag: Abby Mann
BR: Detective, The (1968)
Film: Very Good Transfer: Excellent Extras: Very Good Label: Twilight Time Region: All Released: December 8, 2015 Genre: Crime / Detective / Thriller Synopsis: A senior detective is pressured by the department to solve the murder of a councilman’s son. Special Features: Audio Commentary with film historians David Del Valle, Lem Dobbs, and Nick Redman / Stereo Isolated Music Track / 8-page colour booklet […]
Burt Lancaster Goes to War!
Burt Lancaster stars in Stanley Kramer and Abby Mann’s classic postwar drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) + John Frankenheimer’s WII art heist thriller The Train (1964), both on Blu via Twilight Time.
BR: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Abby Mann’s original 1959 Playhouse 90 teleplay was a risky venture in spite of being broadcast 15 years after the end of WWII, tackling the subject of Nazi atrocities when the general public (specifically American and European audiences) had little interest in hearing more tales about murdered Jews and details of something called concentration camps…
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