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(aka 'The Devil Inside')
directed by Cliff Owen
UK 1961
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The Syndicate's William Sylvester heads the cast of this aptly
titled early-Sixties suspense thriller featuring an MI5 man entrusted with a
high-tension undercover assignment. Co-starring legendary Swedish siren Mai
Zetterling and iconic character player John Meillon, Offbeat is a
stylish, compelling drama made available here in a brand-new transfer from the
original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. |
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Theatrical Release: February 1961 (UK)
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DVD Review: Network - Region 2 - PAL
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| Runtime | 1:09:33 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
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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 | English 2.0 | |
| Subtitles | None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Network Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Edition Details: Chapters 10 |
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Offbeat is one of the better of these British Crime-thrillers from the late 50's, early 60s. It includes polished burglaries, undercover cops, wrestling gyms, billiard hails, tunnelling, smart criminals and the hottie Mai Zetterling. It's very much in-line with the Noir style and is competently told. This is a good film - and deserved to be longer than it's B-limitations. The DVD is yet another competent and watchable, reasonably-priced, single-layered SD PAL transfer from Network out of the UK. It's a clean anamorphic (1.66:1) image, a bit thin and glossy but plenty of depth. It's quite sharp and very pleasing in-motion. Audio is clear and clean with a light jazz score by Ken Jones (Indiscreet) There are no subtitles on the region 2, PAL, disc. Extras include an image gallery of lobby cards and poster plus a 'synopsis' PDF at the root of the SD disc. The film may be the best of these short British crime-drams that I have seen so far - The Teckman Mystery (1954), Do You Know This Voice? (1964), Circle of Danger (1951), Murder on Monday (1952). Although I like them all - to date - this stands out for its well told story and 'dark-side' characters. Recommended! - Gary Tooze |
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