Tag: Crime-thriller

Warning Shot (1967 film, Kino Lorber) Blu-ray review

Produced and directed by Buzz Kulik, Warning Shot is 1967 mystery film about a cop who kills a man in self-defense, but the gun of the person he shot is missing, which makes the cop look as if he killed him for no reason and could be accused of murder!  The film has a lot…


The Cop (Un Conde) Blu-ray review

The Cop (Un Conde) is a French- Italian crime film from 1970 directed by Yves Boisset. This film is known for some scenes of both extreme violence and themes of police corruption that had to be cut or re-shot for the film to be released in France. The violent story is about a various crime…


I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes Blu-ray review

Imagine being accused of murder because you wore a certain pair of dancing shoes. Well, that’s what happened here in the 1948 American crime film with the classic title, I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes. In this movie, you probably wouldn’t! I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes is a crime drama about a Tom Quinn…


The Secret Ways Blu-ray review

Screen great Richard Widmark, known for his lead roles in some of the best Noirs from the forties and fifties such as Road House, Kiss of Death and Night and the City, stars in a crime-espionage thriller called The Secret Ways. This movie is one I had not heard of, but when Kino Lorber announced…


Dragnet (1954) Blu-ray review

During the 1950s, Dragnet was one of the most famous and successful television series. The series starred Jack Webb as hard-nosed Sgt. Joe Friday. The show was popular enough to give it a full-length feature film in 1954 with Jack Webb in his usual role, and also handled the directing chores. The story is simple…