Crack-Up - Claire Trevor

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

(aka "Galveston" )

directed by Irving Reis
USA 1946

After a train wreck sends art critic George Steele (Pat O’Brien) into a mental tailspin, he’s fired from his job at a New York art museum. Seems unjust – until you learn there was no train wreck. This relentless, nervy film noir explores the sinister world of violence and the monied world of aesthetics as Steele’s attempt to reconstruct what really happened leads him to murder, mania and an international conspiracy that threatens the museum’s masterpieces. Herbert Marshall (Foreign Correspondent, The Letter) joins the hunt as a mysterious Brit who’s awfully chummy with the cops. And noir great Claire Trevor (Murder, My Sweet; Key Largo) plays Steele’s sweetheart, a savvy journalist who may know more a lot more than she’s telling.

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Theatrical Release: 6 September 1946 (USA)

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DVD Review: Warner Home Video (Warner Archive Collection) - Region 0 - NTSC

Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the Review!

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from: Coming to Blu-ray by Warner Archive in April 2026:
Distribution	Warner Home Video Region 0 - NTSC
Runtime	1:33:09
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.92 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate
Audio	Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (English)
Subtitles	None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Warner Home Video Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 Edition Details: • None DVD Release Date: August 24th, 2010 Keep Case Chapters 10

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Warner Archive Collection keeps going strong with film noir releases and this thriller from RKO. Crack-Up was released back in August. We only recently seen it for review and, unfortunately, the progressive transfer is not the best in the collection.

The single-layered MOD disc has many instances of marks and speckles and the image is overly grainy/noisy in some scenes, although blacks are solid. The mono soundtrack is decent and there are no extras for this title. Despite the drawbacks of the print (most likely, the best Warner has for this film without going through costly restoration), it is a recommended purchase for any film noir fan.

- Gregory Meshman

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