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

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (August 2023): Kino have transferred Ida Lupino's Outrage to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "Restored in HD by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Fine Grain". Aside from a handful of frame-specific damage marks and a few speckles it looks quite strong in 1080P on a dual-layered disc with a max'ed out bitrate. The darker scenes remain detailed, shadows contrast visibly (DoP Archie Stout - John Ford's The Quiet Man, Fort Apache, The Hurricane etc.) and there is a consistent texture. I had a very pleasing HD presentation.  

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. Outrage has few aggressive moments that but an effectively dramatic score by Paul Sawtell (The Cat Creeps, The Jungle Captive, Jungle Woman, Lost City of the Jungle, 5 Steps to Danger, A Game of Death, Inferno, Silver City, The Fly, Denver and Rio Grande, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea etc.) sounding clean with consistent dialogue in the lossless transfer. Kino offer optional English subtitles (SDH) on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers a new commentary by, one of our favorites, film historian Imogen Sara Smith (In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City.) She discusses Outrage as being 'Noir adjacent' (not Noir), similarities with films of the dark cycle, it being one of the few films to focus on sexual assault at that time, Lupino as an economical director, how she would make films dealing with contemporary social problems - characters who lives are violently interrupted, Lupino's independent production company 'The Filmakers Inc.' with her husband, writer, Collier Young, Mala Powers (18 at the time of production) and much more. It is at Imogen Sara's usual exceptional standards - informative with observant analysis. There are also a handful of noir-ish film trailers although none for Outrage.

Ida Lupino's Outrage is not a film noir despite the wonderful shadowy sequences set in an American small town and a distraught protagonist who commits a crime. Ann must withdraw from her sympathetic fiancé and supportive family in an attempt to free herself from the damaging psychological trauma. Ida Lupino, consistently forward in her filmmaking, contrasting a Hollywood that distanced itself from the violent act (although the word “rape” is never uttered in the movie's dialogue), Outrage remains incredibly sensitive - frequently heartbreaking. It's a film I am extremely happy to have seen via the Kino Blu-ray. The Imogen Sara Smith commentary adds essential value. Strongly recommended!

Gary Tooze