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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: VCI ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0089859055522
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Vci Video
Manufacturer: Vci Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vci Video
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Running Time: 137 minutes
Sales Rank: 111366
Studio: Vci Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 1953
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The Man from Cairo (1953) - Tough-guy Raft investigates the a theft of $100 million in gold hidden in the Algerian desert. Solid film noir with action adventure and Irene Papas in a tub! Mask of the Dragon (1951) - An American soldier is mysteriously killed after delivering a jade dragon from Korea to the US.Bonus:GEORGE RAFT BIOGRAPHY by Stone WallaceMan From Cairo Photo GalleryMask of the Dragon Advertisement GalleryTrailersBiosScene SelectionRuntime: 137minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating: NR UPC: 089859055522 Manufacturer No: KPF555
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Rating:  - Truth in advertising would never sell this non-noir DVD. For George Raft fans only, and then just barely
VCI, its marketing department and those reviewers who uncritically praise this kind of cinematic baloney should be ashamed of themselves. Calling these two movies "forgotten noirs" makes amnesia sound good. They are to noirs what Sam Newfield, responsible for Mask of the Dragon, is to directing. They're just fourth-rate movies churned out to make a fast, quick buck. Rent the disc if you must. If you need to buy it, try to find a copy in a discount bin.
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Rating:  - "Forgotten Noir #4 ... Man from Cairo (1953) & Mask of Dragon (1951) ... VCI Home Video (2007)"
VCI Entertainment and Kit Parker Films presents "FORGOTTEN NOIR 4" ... Man From Cairo (1953) & Mask of Dragon (1951) --- (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Film noir has sources not only in cinema but other artistic mediums as well...the low-key lighting schemes commonly linked with the classic mode are in the tradition of chiaroscuro and tenebrism, techniques using high contrasts of light and dark developed by 15th- and 16th-century painters associated with Mannerism and the Baroque...film noir's ... Read More
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