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Deadline.At.Dawn.1946.Backfire.1950.NTSC-DVDR

DEADLINE AT DAWN:

THEATRE DATE....: 4/3/1946
RELEASE DATE....: 7/16/2010
STORE DATE......: 7/13/2010
GENRE...........: Film-Noir/Mystery
RATiNG..........: 6.8/10 (313 Votes)

RUNTiME.........: 83 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: 2712 kBit/sec 6-pass CCE
AUDiO BiTRATE...: DD 1.0 @ 192 EN
ASPECT RATiO....: 4:3
ARCHiVES .......: dvdr-deadline.backfire.rar *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.37 GB* *4,476 MB* *4,583,794 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN, FR, ES

Deadline at Dawn represented not only the sole film directorial effort of Broadway's Harold Clurman, but also the
only cinematic collaboration between Clurman and his former Group Theatre associate, screenwriter Clifford Odets.
While on shore leave in New York, sailor Alex (Bill Williams) is slipped a doped-up drink by B-girl Edna (Lola
Lane). When he awakens, Alex discovers that she has been murdered. Though he believes that he's the killer, our
hero is talked into locating the actual miscreant by philosophical cab driver gus (Paul Lukas) and nightclub
dancer June (Susan Hayward). Adapted from a novel by Cornell Woolrich, Deadline at Dawn leans towards
pretentiousness at times, but is redeemed by the no-nonsense performance by Susan Hayward.

Director          ...    Harold Clurman

Susan Hayward         ...        June Goth
Paul Lukas         ...        Gus Hoffman
Bill Williams         ...        Alex Winkley
Joseph Calleia         ...        Val Bartelli
Osa Massen         ...        Helen Robinson

BACKFIRE:

THEATRE DATE....: 2/11/1950
RELEASE DATE....: 7/16/2010
STORE DATE......: 7/13/2010
GENRE...........: Crime/Drama/Film-Noir
RATiNG..........: 6.3/10 (50 Votes)

RUNTiME.........: 91 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: 3824 kBit/sec 6-pass CCE
AUDiO BiTRATE...: DD 1.0 @ 192, EN
ASPECT RATiO....: 4:3
ARCHiVES .......: dvdr-deadline.backfire.rar *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.37 GB* *4,476 MB* *4,583,794 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN, FR, ES

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) goes on a search for his army buddy
Steve Connolly (Edmond O'Brien). A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey
hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson (Virginia Mayo), who has fallen for
Corey. The rest
of the film emulates the 1946 noir exercise The Killers, with Julie and Corey interviewing various people with whom
Connolly has come in contact. One of those people, of course, is the actual killer, who now adds the
GI and the
nurse to the "hit list." Warner Bros. used Backfire to test the dramatic potential of singing star Gordon MacRae,
who passes that test with flying colors.

Director          ...    Vincent Sherman

Virginia Mayo         ...        Nurse Julie Benson
Gordon MacRae         ...        Bob Corey
Edmond O'Brien         ...        Steve Connolly
Dane Clark         ...        Ben Arno
Viveca Lindfors         ...        Lysa Randolph

From Warner Home Video's fifth Film-Noir Classics Collection, 2 movies per disc. There were no extras.

IMDB-DEADLINE AT DAWN: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0038458/
IMDB-BACKFIRE: http://former.imdb.com/title/tt0042219/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1528756

DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_reviews51/film_noir_classic_collection_vol._5.htm