Out of the Past (Blu-ray)

Everything you want in a film noir you'll find in OUT OF THE PAST (1947). a tenacious detective (Robert Mitchum) spinning his wheels to make good. A drop-dead beauty (Jane Greer) up to no good, and moneyed mobster (Kirk Douglas) with a sharks grin, plus double-crosses, fall guys, shadowy rooms and bleak souls. Mitchum solidified his tough-guy persona in this archetypal film noir directed with memorable style by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie). He plays Jeff Bailey, a one-time private investigator walking the straight and narrow of small-town life. Until an acquaintance from his past pulls him back into the troubles he'd left behind. Build my gallows high, baby, Bailey sneers as events stack up against him. With dialogue like that and much more OUT OF THE PAST builds it's reputation high. Presented with commentary by Author/Film-Noir Specialist James Ursini.

Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Lee Elson, Frank Wilcox, Mary Field, Jose Portugal, Jess Escobar, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston, Paul Valentine, Dickie Moore, Ken Niles, Hubert Brill, Brooks Benedict, Mike Lally, Homer Dickinson, Bill Wallace, Primo Lopez, Mildred Boyd, Ted Collins, Caleb Peterson, Theresa Harris, Wesley Bly, Sam Warren, Tony Roux, Eumenio Blanco, Vic Romito, Michael Branden, Wallace Scott, John Kellogg, Oliver Blake, James Bush, William Van Vleck, Phillip Morris, Charles Regan, Harry Hayden, Adda Gleason, Manuel Paris

Director: Robert Sparks, Warren B. Duff