John Houseman – Stream On Demand

Kirk Douglas stars with Edward G. Robinson in the 1962 melodrama by director Vincent Minnelli.

‘Two Weeks in Another Town’ – Old Hollywood meets the 1960s on Criterion Channel

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Kirk Douglas stars in this Technicolor movie melodrama of old Hollywood pros attempting a career comeback on a cut-rate Italian production.

Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino star in the film noir by Nicholas Ray

Robert Ryan is ‘On Dangerous Ground’

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Ida Lupino costars in this unusual film noir about an angry urban cop tracking a killer in snowy mountain country and confronting his own righteous rage along the journey.

Blu-ray: ‘On Dangerous Ground’ on Warner Archive

Blu-ray, Blu-ray review, film noir, Warner Archive 01/06/2017 Sean Axmaker

On Dangerous Ground (Warner Archive, Blu-ray) (1952), directed by Nicholas Ray from a script he developed with A.I. Bezzerides and producer John Houseman, opens on the urgent yet fractured dramatic score by Bernard Herrmann, a theme that rushes forward anxiously, pauses with quieter instruments, then jumps again as we watch the nocturnal city streets in […]