UNIVERSAL NOIR #1 w/120-Page Book (Non-USA Region B Blu-Ray)

IMPORTANT: These Region B blu-ray discs won't work on standard American blu-ray players. You'll need an all-region or region-free player to view these discs… Please be sure your equipment is compatible with region B discs before you order.... Sorry, no refunds for disc incompatibility. This listing is for the brand new, super-stacked Indicator 6-disc Region B Limited Edition blu-ray box set Universal Noir #1 , which features six of the renowned studio's noteworthy crime films. It includes a gorgeous 120-page book and more special features than you'll ever watch (see below for full details). The box set is BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED and i s limited to 6,000 total copies. It ships promptly by Media Mail with tracking from New York City in a sturdy box with padding for a safe, ding-free journey. Please message me if you have any questions, and thanks for looking! BLU-RAY INFO: THE WEB (Michael Gordon, 1947) LARCENY (George Sherman, 1948) KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS (Norman Foster, 1948) ABANDONED (Joseph M Newman, 1949) DEPORTED (Robert Siodmak, 1950) NAKED ALIBI (Jerry Hopper, 1954) A new series of box sets – following Indicator 's acclaimed Columbia Noir series – focusing on the film noir output of another of the major Hollywood studios, Universal Pictures . Starring such high-profile talents as Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Vincent Price, Edmond O’Brien, Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Jeff Chandler, the six films in this volume feature embezzlement and murder ( The Web ), confidence tricksters ( Larceny ), lovers on the lam ( Kiss the Blood Off My Hands ), an adoption racket ( Abandoned ), transatlantic criminals ( Deported ), and police brutality ( Naked Alibi ). This stunning collection marks the UK Blu-ray premiere of all six films, and also features an array of fascinating contextualising extras, including newly recorded commentaries for each film, critical appreciations, archival short films, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition presentations of The Web , Larceny , Kiss the Blood Off My Hands , Abandoned , Deported and Naked Alibi

Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian David Del Valle on The Web (2022) Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross on Larceny (2022) Audio commentary with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson on Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (2022) Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on Abandoned (2022) Audio commentary with filmmaker and film scholar Daniel Kremer on Deported (2022) Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson on Naked Alibi (2022)

The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978): archival audio recording of the star of Kiss the Blood Off My Hands in conversation with film critic Martin Shawcross at London’s National Film Theatre

Archival Interview with Victoria Price (2018): the daughter of Vincent Price in conversation with the Film Noir Foundation’s Alan K Rode following a screening of The Web at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival

Lucy Bolton on Gloria Grahame (2022): the academic discusses one of the great femme fatales of film noir

Christina Newland on Robert Siodmak (2022): the critic and writer looks at the Deported director’s extensive work in film noir

Nick Pinkerton on Dan Duryea (2022): the author and critic assesses the life and career of the big-screen tough guy

Lux Radio Theatre: ‘The Web’ (1947): radio adaptation featuring Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien and Vincent Price reprising their roles from the film

United Action Means Victory (1939): documentary short about the 1938-39 General Motors strike, with narration written by Kiss the Blood Off My Hands screenwriter Ben Maddow

Skirmish on the Home Front (1944): WWII propaganda short starring film noir mainstays Alan Ladd and William Bendix

Easy to Get (1947): documentary short directed by Abandoned filmmaker Joseph M Newman as part of the US Army’s ‘Easy to Get’ campaign on venereal disease Theatrical trailer for Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Image galleries: publicity and promotional materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Iris Veysey, Jill Blake, Karen Hannsberry, Sabina Stent, Sergio Angelini and Walter Chaw, extensive archival articles and interviews, new writing on the various short films, and film credits UK premieres on Blu-ray Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units