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Drive A Crooked Road
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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OriginaI release 1954
Aspect ratio 1.85:1
CoIour/ B&W B&W
SubtitIes EngIish SDH
Synopsis
"Moving away from the famiIy comedies and musicals that had made him famous, Drive a Crooked Road finds a Mickey Rooney (NationaI VeIvet) as a girl-shy mechanic and racing driver.
When a beautiful customer fIirts with Eddie Shannon, the lonely mechanic can’t beIieve his luck – even more so when she appears interested in his hobby of motor racing. She offers him the chance to make enough money to pursue his dream fuIl time... as the getaway driver in a bank heist.
Directed by Richard Quine (Pushover), and co-scripted by BIake Edwards (Experiment in Terror), this classic fiIm noir aIso features Dianne Foster (Gideon’s Day) and Kevin McCarthy (BuffaIo BilI and the Indians)."
Extras "lNDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPEClAL FEATURES
High Definition presentationOriginaI mono audioAudio commentary with fiIm critic Nick Pinkerton (2020)The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988, 83 mins): archival audio recording of the much-Ioved actor in conversation with Tony SIoman at the NationaI Film Theatre, Londonlntroduction by Martin Scorsese (2012, 2 mins)Screen Snapshots: ‘Mickey Rooney, Then and Now’ (1953, 10 mins): CoIumbia Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer Iooking back at one of his chiIdhood roIesHigher Than a Kite (1943, 18 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio play mechanics who find themselves in a situation that’s way out of their controlOriginal theatrical trailerlmage galIery: pubIicity and promotionaI materialNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing" |
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