Is it film noir? Although he manages to mess up the crooks' plans, Brodie and newly pregnant wife Audrey Long are soon fleeing cross-country from the law as well as from vicious gang leader Raymond Burr. Pick your movies, watch when you want, return, and repeat. --. Frankie leads the Hornets: he's 18, seething, coiled. Franz Waxman was no stranger to jazz-styled scores, having incorporated a somewhat jazzy sax solo in his masterwork A Place in the Sun (1953), as well as bouncy source cues for Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954), so in keeping with the style of the times when, for film composers, a jazz orchestra was as close to pop as they could go, Waxman scored Don Siegel’s Crime in the Streets with similarly bouncy rhythms, albeit with a more urgent rhythmic drive. Free delivery to your mailbox and free returns. Accept that we're past the point when masterpieces such as Gun Crazy, Out of the Past, and The Asphalt Jungle are going to turn up in collections. Crime In The Streets (1956) On a city's mean streets, the boys join gangs at 15. Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema (A Bullet For Joey, He Ran All the Way, Storm Fear, Witness to Murder) (4 Discs), Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/646829113> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/458264700#Topic\/crime>. Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript. The aspect ratio of the first six films is 1:33 to 1, the original ratio. Crime in the streets: Following a turf rumble with a rival gang, the street gang leader tells his gang to kill the snitch. Armored car robbery: Film about a deadly heist and the battle of wits between a fugitive gangster, his stripper moll, and a bulldog cop out to avenge his partner's death. 67 min. 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The aspect ratio of the last two is 1:66 to 1, which may have been the original ratio (though the IMDb says it was 1.85 to 1). If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh2008110765> ; http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/458264700#Topic\/robbery_california_los_angeles>. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway. Hustle: Complete Seasons One - Four (DVD). The subject field is required. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Learn more about the program. Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. Reproduction of any Original KQEK Content Requires Written Permission from Copyright Holder and/or Author. Here's what I like from first to worst: Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2010. Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.co.uk, amazon.com, amazon.ca, … Crime in the streets: James Whitmore, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, Mark Rydell. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. In short, Crime in the Streets is a perfect album, and a great intro to a composer better-known for his film work rather than his classical and concert repertoire (of which some has been recorded over the past 20 years). As his own mother admits, "Frankie's out of a whole different piece of cloth." I'm trying to get some of the disc to play. I got a replacement set today, with the same exact defects. Crack the case with a pair of film noir classics. Then again, Deadline at Dawn looks streamlined in comparison to Backfire (Warner Bros., made 1948, released 1950). (not yet rated) Great Prints of 8 Fine Old Crime-Focused Movies, This review is for the Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 5. The average-Joe hero played by Steve Brodie is an independent trucker tricked into abetting a robbery. Siegel and cameraman Sam Leavitt work hard to make it kinetic, though there's no getting around the problem-picture nature of Reginald Rose's script on the then-hot theme of juvenile delinquency. The E-mail message field is required. DVD conforme à ma commande et livraison rapide. Great collection, quality production with attractive packaging! The Decca LP is essentially a concept album, offering 3 re-recorded theme versions, 3 themes drawn from I, the Jury (1953), and as a brief wrap-up a suite, “Theme, Variations and Fugato,” which is essentially a non-filmic exploration that was in vogue at the time. On a city's mean streets, the boys join gangs at 15. Country of origin: USA; Year released: 1956; Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller; Director: Don Siegel; Length: 91 min; IMDb rating: Selected disc options for Crime in the Streets. Selected Blu-ray and DVD options for Crime in the Streets. Please enter recipient e-mail address(es). Armored car robbery: Film about a deadly heist and the battle of wits between a fugitive gangster, his stripper moll, and a bulldog cop out to avenge his partner's death. (The regular DVD edition is now out of print, and on the marketplace is usually much more expensive than the Archive edition, but I got a good deal on it. When a neighbor goes to the cops after seeing one of the Hornets with a zip gun, Frankie vows to kill the old guy, hatching a plan using Lou, who smiles and smokes, and "Baby," the 15-year-old son of an immigrant shopkeeper. Browse from thousands of movies and shows. We send out your disc the next business day. A Gershwinesque variation follows with Ray Turner slightly accompanied by drums and shimmering vibes, and the closing fugato assembles saxes, vibes, trombone, and piano in a whirlwind finale before the orchestra punches the cue with hard (and sometimes bawdy) stabs. And accept, with eyes unblinking, that some of the movies on which Warner, Columbia, and other distributors are slapping the noir label aren't true noirs--although why they aren't can be fascinating to contemplate, and some of them repay discovery on their own terms. 3 (Border Incident / His Kind of Woman / Lady in the Lake / On Dangerous Ground / The Racket). This movie has not been rated by the MPAA. Director Edward Dmytryk is no Hitchcock, and an extended sequence of Powell stalking his quarry's wife all over Buenos Aires turns ludicrous. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. One caveat is that this collection is a little short on extras; these are films which would benefit from commentaries which would place them in their cultural context. But its disc 3 companion, Armored Car Robbery (RKO, 1950), delivers the goods with whipcord spareness. Want to watch for free? All Rights Reserved. Frankie's brother Richie, who's about 12, worships and fears Frankie; he also figures out what his brother is up to. Some of these old movies try to say a lot and relevant to today. Whereas the first piece (“Nostalgia”) in rhythm and harmonica solo relates to the jukebox elements of “The Celebration,” the  second piece (“Song”) evokes the image a kind of midnight stroll with an almost wistful regard for midnight lights of a large city track lying far below – a pretty specific mood conveyed by the sax solo, and brief accompaniment from trumpets and woodwinds. When a neighbor goes to the cops after seeing one of the Hornets with a zip gun, Frankie vows to kill the old guy, hatching a plan using Lou, who smiles and smokes, and "Baby," the 15-year-old son of an immigrant shopkeeper. Very much a reflection fifties style as well as an experimental work where a classically trained composer could find a median between exacting harmony + melody with improvisation, Crime has a organized structure where soloists recap and reinterpret thematic material in increasingly strained moods. 91 min.) 91 min.) In Armored Car Robbery (1950), two police lieutenants (Charles McGraw and James Flavin) play cat-and-mouse with a clever thief planning a massive heist. Great collection/quality production and packaging! Caught-in-the-act immediacy highlights Disc 2’s corruption exposé The Phenix City Story and the hostage drama Dial 1119. Fugitives from justice -- California -- Los Angeles -- Drama. Crime In The Streets finally joining Franz Waxman’s CD discography is a major event! Each of the three variations are unique, yet there is a gradual progression from a skulking intro (bass, harp, harmonica, and muted brass with off-kilter piano) to haunting blues midsection, and closing with a big band variation. Scene after scene features bold lighting, forceful angles, and strong deep-focus setups--all before Mann had begun working with cameraman John Alton, whom many erroneously credit with being the source of the Mann visual style. The film is a cult classic from 1956. The movies are good but the disc can be a problem sometimes, Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2018. Ben Wagner, the social worker at a neighborhood settlement house, gets wind of the plan and tries to break through to Frankie.