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(aka "I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes!")

 

Directed by William Nigh
USA 1948

 

Future Oscar-winning producer Walter Mirisch (In the Heat of the Night) broke into the film business at poverty-row studio Monogram Pictures, with his first film “FALL GUY” in 1947, based on a short story by Cornell Woolrich. The next year Mirisch brought another production derived from a Woolrich work to the studio, with this 1948 Film-noir with a modest budget, a little-known cast, and directed by screen veteran William Nigh. The result was “I WOULDN’T BE IN YOUR SHOES”, a captivating tale about a down-on-his luck dancer set-up to be wrongly accused of murder (Don Castle), and the efforts of his devoted wife (Elyse Knox) to prove his innocence against all odds. Virtually unseen for decades, and now restored from original nitrate elements, this little gem of a film will impress new audiences and once seen, not soon be forgotten.

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Around Christmas time, a woman tries to prove the innocence of her dancer husband jailed for a crime she just knows he didn't commit.

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Theatrical Release: May 23rd, 1948

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Review: Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray

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Distribution Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:10:44.281        
Video

1.37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 23,696,458,245 bytes

Feature: 20,526,692,352 bytes

Video Bitrate: 34.97 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1769 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1769 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles English, None
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Studio: Warner Archive

 

1.37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-ray

Disc Size: 23,696,458,245 bytes

Feature: 20,526,692,352 bytes

Video Bitrate: 34.97 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• Warner Short: The Symphony Murder Mystery (21:27)
 • Warner Cartoon: Holiday For Shoestrings (7:22)


 Blu-ray Release Date: July 20th, 2021
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Chapters 31

 

 

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ADDITION: Warner Archive Blu-ray (September 2021): Warner Archive have transferred William Nigh's "I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes" to Blu-ray. Typical of Warner it's a clean, adept transfer. It is on a single layered disc with max'ed out bitrate and the 1080P presentation only has a few minor inconsistencies. Generally very pleasing, some grain, no damage and good contrast. 

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On their Blu-ray, Warner Archive use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes doesn't have any impactful aggressive moments and no credited score. The audio is as clean and travels with the film as evenly as the video. Warner Archive offer optional English subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

The Warner Archive Blu-ray offers a 21-minute Warner Short entitled The Symphony Murder Mystery about a cellist who is murdered during a symphony concert. Shortly afterwards, the manager of the hall is found dead, of an apparent suicide. Mystery ensues. There is also a 7.5 minute Warner cartoon; Holiday For Shoestrings to the tune of The Nutcracker, a number of elves do all the work in a shoe shop. Aside from 'shoes' it has no relationship to the film.

William Nigh's I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes is a short, economical, noir with a flashback of a man on death row scheduled for immanent execution. We enter as his current wife does all in her power to prove him innocent including flirtation with the inspector involved in solving it.. I liked it well enough - I am very happy the Warner Archive Blu-ray transfer but a commentary, or the like, would have made me endorse it more enthusiastically. For Noir buffs it is a solid 'B' double-feature starter.

Gary Tooze

 

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