Film Noir: Dark Side of Cinema XII (Blu-ray)

This collection features three film noir classics. UNDERTOW (1949) Best known for fright fare such as House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler and Lets Kill Uncle, cult director William Castle turns his lens on guns and gangsters for the film noir gem Undertow. Scott Brady (I Was a Shoplifter) stars as Tony Reagan, a gambler just out of wartime military service. No longer interested in wagers and speculations, Reagan wants only to open up a mountain vacation lodge. Before this can take place, however, he is framed for murder and forced to go on the run from both the police and the unknown killers. Dorothy Hart (Larceny) and Peggy Dow (Shakedown) play the love interests in this serpentine tale of mob-and-moll double-crosses, with John Russell (Yellow Sky), Bruce Bennett (Mildred Pierce) and future star Rock Hudson (The Tarnished Angels) in his second film appearance. OUTSIDE THE WALL (1950) Richard Basehart (He Walked by Night) stars as Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly