NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Code Red Blu-ray (April 2022): Code Red have transferred Leon Capetanos + Lewis Teague's Dirty O'Neil to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "Brand New 2K Master". It looks as one might anticipate - occasional speckles and marks but the image is fairly consistent with a few weaknesses appearing to be part of the original production not the single-layered 1080P transfer. There is a slight blue-leaning but detail is surprisingly strong and it has some pleasing textures without undue gloss. Overall, an easy notch above SD and a worry-free HD presentation if not escalating to top tier status. 

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On their Blu-ray, Code Red use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track (24-bit) in the original English language. Dirty O'Neil has aggressive - notably in the conclusion with gunfire and a car crash - they carry modest depth. The score is by versatile journeyman Raoul Kraushaar (often credited as Ralph Stanley) who is credited with film compositions for She Should Have Said No, Billy the Kid vs. Dracula, 1953's Invaders from Mars, September Storm - 3D, and Fritz Lang's The Blue Gardenia. Most of his later work was in television until his retirement. Audio is about the same level as the video - imperfect but without egregious flaws. Code Red offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Code Red Blu-ray offers only a restored trailer.

Well... Dirty O'Neil is a bit notable with above-average (for this genre) production features, a decent-enough story - if getting quite dark in the finale - and there is a bevy of titillating 70's 'B' starlets - a few of whom weren't afraid of onscreen nudity. Mostly it's a lot of cheesecake posing in revealing, skimpy, clothing. These ladies include Pat Anderson (Bonnie's Kids,) Jeane Manson (Charles Bronson's 10 to Midnight,) Katie Saylor (Invasion of the Bee Girls,) Kitty Carl (The Centerfold Girls,) Tara Strohmeier (Truck Turner,) Susie Ewing (briefly in Hal Ashby's Shampoo,) Ella Edwards (an uncredited appearance in Mark Robson's Valley of the Dolls,) Anitra Ford (iconic 70's horror Messiah of Evil getting eaten by zombies in the grocery store), and June Fairchild (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.) Odds are you have seen these gals in plenty of films. So, the plot is that this lothario police officer (Morgan Paull) realizes he isn't taking his vocation seriously enough in a new small town where he has moved. He is basically just getting laid... without much effort. He gets a chance to redeem himself in a rather violent confrontation with baddies. It's a corollary for the film itself which also seeks recognition by ambitiously advancing beyond a superfluous sexploitation comedy. There you have it. Dirty O'Neil is better than you might expect. The, bare-bones, Code Red Blu-ray would probably get plenty of replay in the right hands... (cough, cough.)

Gary Tooze