Noir Archive Vol 1

[bigshot]

I received this yesterday and gave it a quick check. The transfers are great. Three blu-rays with nine Columbia features...

Address Unknown (1944)
Escape in the Fog (1945)
The Guilt of Janet James (1947)
The Black Book (aka The Reign of Terror) (1949)
Johnny Allegro (1949); 711 Ocean Drive (1950)
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
Assignment Paris (1952)
The Miami Story (1954)

They've announced two more boxes to be released over the next few months. Worth picking up and the price is right too.

[moviepas]

Noir Archive Blu Ray Vol 2 is already up for Pre-order. Got Vol 1 a week ago all the way to Australia.

[rodney4130]

Volume 3 has also been announced.

[s.w.a.c.]

Are these from Mill Creek? They've been putting out some great no-frills blu-rays using Columbia titles lately. Imagine my surprise at finding The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T for under $10 in a Wal-Mart blu-ray bin. They've also done some decent reissues of Hammer titles, some double feature blu-rays well worth the $8.99 or so.

EDIT: Oldies.com says they're from Kit Parker Films. Either way, very tempting.

[s.w.a.c.]

Vol. 2
Bait (1954) dir/Hugo Haas cst/Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar
The Crooked Web (1955) dir/Nathan Juran cst/Frank Lovejoy, Mari Blanchard, Richard Denning
The Night Holds Terror (1955) dir/Andrew Stone cst/Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes, David Cross
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) dir/Arthur Lubin cst/Bill Travers, Ronald Squire, Finlay Currie, Belinda Lee
Cell 2455, Death Row (1955) dir/Fred F. Sears cst/William Campbell, Robert Campbell, Marian Carr
5 Against the House (1955) dir/Phil Karlson cst/Alvy Moore, William Conrad, Kerwin Mathews
New Orleans Uncensored (1955) dir/William Castle cst/Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland, Helene Stanton
Spin a Dark Web (1955) dir/Vernon Sewell cst/Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson, Martin Benson
Rumble on the Docks (1956) dir/Fred F. Sears cst/Laurie Carrol, James Darren, Michael Granger

Fun set, I think I've already got 5 Against the House in one of those Columbia Noir sets, and I have a MOD DVD of Spin a Dark Web (and the great one-sheet for it is hanging on my wall above my desk). Don't mind upgrading that latter title.

[s.w.a.c.]

Vol. 3 has more repeats for me, but still enough new-to-me titles to make it worthwhile.

The Crimson Kimono
The Lineup
The Shadow in the Window
The Long Haul
Pickup Alley
The Tijuana Story
She Played with Fire
The Case Against Brooklyn
Man on a String

[Paul Penna]

EDIT: Oldies.com says they're from Kit Parker Films. Either way, very tempting.

The Volume 1 case and disc menus are all branded Mill Creek, but the back cover has the line "Complied in collaboration with Kit Parker Films"