Author Imogen Sara Smith (who's pulled noir chat duties before on titles like The Sleeping City) provides a brisk audio commentary that covers all the bases including the film's writing process (including the origin of that wild curtain raiser), the cast and crew, and the manipulation of noir tropes including the notable characteristics of the Paula character. The Indicator release is taken from a typically excellent Sony master with a pristine LPCM English mono track and optional SDH subtitles, which applies to the other five films in the box as well. First released on DVD in 2014 as part of the Glenn Ford: Undercover Crimes set (which is odd since nothing's undercover in this film), Framed first bowed in 2020 on Blu-ray in Australia as part of Imprint's Essential Film Noir Collection 1 set featuring a commentary by Film Noir Foundation's Alan K. It's really a prototypical noir right down to the core with its patsy leading man and jaded view of humanity, with regular studio director Richard Wallace keeping it lean and unfussy all the way to the oddly downbeat "happy" ending. Modest but highly effective, Framed gets a lot of mileage out of Ford's everyman persona and particularly Carter's riveting femme fatale, a crackling performance from an actress who remained in steady demand for years but never quite hit the A-list level in Hollywood. Soon the job-seeking Mike is embroiled in an elaborate murder scheme involving a silver mine, embezzlement, and a severe case of mistaken identity. Thanks to failed brakes he ends up hitting a car fender and later gets a citation, paid for in a bar by the alluring Paula (Carter) who reports her new friendship to her shady partner, Steve (Sullivan). Here he's Mike, first seen careening at high speed in a cargo truck through a small mountain town. First comes one of a string of films with Columbia noir leading man Glenn Ford, Framed, which came in the immediate wake of his star-making success in Gilda. As usual these are all postwar thrillers with only one made before the 1950s, all with that unmistakable Columbia combination of sun-blasted bright sets and conflicted characters committing dark deeds involving organized crime, domestic murder plots, and other various antisocial behavior. limited 6,000-unit set of Columbia crime classics, all making their domestic HD debuts and half of the six on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere. Indicator (Blu-ray) (UK RB HD), Sony (DVD) (US R0 NTSC) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9)įollowing swiftly on the heels of its robust and essential Columbia Noir #1, Indicator returns with another U.K. Starring Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel, Michael Granger Indicator (Blu-ray) (UK RB HD), Turner Classic Movies (DVD) (US R0 NTSC) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9) MURDER BY CONTRACT Indicator (Blu-ray) (UK RB HD), Mill Creek (Blu-ray) (US RA HD), Sony (DVD) (US R0 NTSC) TIGHT SPOT Starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis Indicator (Blu-ray) (UK RB HD), Turner Classic Movies (DVD) (US R0 NTSC) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9) AFFAIR IN TRINIDAD Starring Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett, Neville Brand, Ernest Borgnine Indicator (Blu-ray) (UK RB HD), Kit Parker Films (Blu-ray) (US RA HD) THE MOB Starring Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley
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Starring Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley
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