Down Three Dark Streets

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

(aka "Down 3 Dark Streets " )

directed by Arnold Laven
USA 1954

Broderick Crawford as Agent Ripley takes over three cases for a murdered FBI man in "Down Three Dark Streets," a 1954 film also starring Ruth Roman, Marisa Pavan, Martha Hyer, and Max Showalter.

This is one of those police or FBI films done in semi-documentary style that abounded in the '50s. Each woman is involved in a crime; Roman is being threatened with her daughter's life if she doesn't turn over her late husband's insurance money; Pavan is the blind wife of a man jailed for being involved in car theft, but he won't reveal any information about the ring; and Hyer is the girlfriend of a wanted killer who is on the run. When two murders occur, Ripley is convinced they're tied to one of the cases, but which one? Great '50s LA sites are a highlight of this film, along with a suspenseful ending.

Excerpt of review from blanche-2 at imdb.com located HERE

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Theatrical Release: 2 September 1954 (USA)

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DVD Review: MGM (MGM Limited Edition Collection) - Region 0 - NTSC

Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the Review!

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from:
Distribution	MGM Region 0 - NTSC
Runtime	1:25:27
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.49 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.
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Audio	Dolby Digital Mono (English)
Subtitles	None
Features	Release Information: Studio: MGM Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 Edition Details: • None DVD Release Date: June 27th, 2011 Keep Case Chapters 9

Comments

Down Three Dark Streets is an unusual crime drama with three different investigations intertwined to find a cop killer. MGM released the film as part of their now defunct Limited Edition Collection of made-on-demand discs.

The progressive transfer is open-matte and per usual for MGM black-and-white films in this collection, there is a greenish hue on some monitors. The mono soundtrack is decent, but there are no extras provided on the disc.

- Gregory Meshman

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