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directed by Edwin L. Marin
USA 1948
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Three friends from way back. Barney Runson (William Bendix) is a plainclothes detective. Dan Gannin (George Raft) is a high-stakes bookie and Hal Towers (Harry Morgan) works one of his lower-level operations. They’re on opposite sides of the law, but they remain pals. Then the syndicate starts trying to run a protection racket on the local bookies, and they chuck Hal down a flight of stairs. Dan swears vengeance, but Barney is putting the pressure on him to let the police handle it. He recruits Dan’s sister (Gale Robbins) and sweetheart (Marilyn Maxwell) to help his cause, but Hal has a code and is determined to do things his way. |
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Theatrical Release: 11 September 1948 (USA)
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DVD Review: Warner Home Video (Film Noir Archive Collection) - Region 0 - NTSC
Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the Review!
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| Runtime | 1:18:39 | |
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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) | |
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Information: Studio: Warner Home Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 8 |
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Director Edwin L. Marin
and actor George Raft collaborated on a number of crime
dramas starting with Johnny Angel (not to be confused
with
Johnny Allegro and
Nocturne for RKO and Mr. Ace,
Christmas Eve and Intrigue for United
Artists. Race Street, co-starring William Bendix
and Marilyn Maxwell, was their final collaboration for
RKO. Edwin L. Marin would pass away in 1951, having
directed 6 Randolph Scott westerns in his last 3 years.
Race Street is a routine crime drama - George Raft plays
a high-stakes bookie and a club owner Dan Gannin,
William Bendix is his old friend and a police detective
Barney Runson, Harry Morgan is his other friend Hal
Towers who gets killed by a syndicate for Dan to swear
vengeance. Marilyn Maxwell plays Dan's love interest and
Gale Robbins plays his sister and sings a few songs.
There is some impressive camera work, including the
first song number with Gale Robbins floating over the
club and the Hal's murder sequence, and noir atmosphere
holds up till the very end. Made-on-demand disc from Warner Archive was announced to be released same week as their Nocturne, Red Light and Roadblock discs, but was delayed for 2 months. The single-layered disc features a new progressive transfer, with little damage, but the contrast and grain level are fine. There mono audio has some hiss, but it's never intrusive and, per usual, there are no subtitles provided. There are no extras and film gets only 8 chapters. For the right price, we can easily recommend this release for any dark cinema fan. |
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