Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI [Dr. Broadway / Smooth as Silk / The Great Gatsby]
This collection features three unsung gems of classic film noir.
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby works his way from poor fisherman to extravagant Long Island millionaire and then risks it all to woo back his former love.
The Lost Weekend
A would-be writer’s dissatisfaction with life leads to a self-destructive three-day binge.
Nevada Smith
Born in the 1890s to a Native American mother and a white father during the California gold rush, Nevada Smith has his life turned upside down after he finds that his parents have been murdered by vicious killers.
Unconquered
Screen icon Gary Cooper stars as peace-loving Chris Holden, an 18th-century militiaman who buys and then frees beautiful English slave Abby Hale. When a supplier of illegal firearms covets Abby for himself, he sparks a vicious battle between a Native American tribe and a few brave colonists.