The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Blu-ray + DVD)
Fate drew them together… and only murder could part them!
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: May 29, 2012
- Originally Released: 1946
- Label: Film Chest Company
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott & Kirk Douglas | |
Performer: | Matt McHugh, Judith Anderson, Janis Wilson, Darryl Hickman, Walter Baldwin, Catherine Craig, Charles D. Brown, James Flavin, Frank Orth, Roman Bohnen & Ann Doran | |
Directed by | Lewis Milestone | |
Edited by | Archie Marshek | |
Screenplay by | Robert Rossen | |
Composition by | Miklos Rozsa | |
Story by | John Patrick | |
Produced by | Hal B. Wallis | |
Director of Photography: | Victor Milner |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
A forgotten classic with great stars, get reminded...
Hollywood.com
Rating: 3.5/5 --
slick entertainment with a taut narrative and shrewd direction
Filmcritic.com
A gripping film noir, all the more effective for being staged by Milestone as a steamy romantic melodrama.
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Time Out
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is one of those really dark films noir that tends to get away with more than it seems to be getting away with.
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Combustible Celluloid
Pervaded by his guilty-liberal fascination with power and money.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 4.5/5 --
One of the most effective and underrated noirs of that classic era.
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 3/5 --
Buscando ecoar o infinitamente superior Pacto de Sangue (também com Stanwyck), o filme desperta interesse por sua moral ambígua, mas se enfraquece em função do final implausível. Mas Douglas impressiona já em sua estréia.
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Product Description:
Although this was director Lewis Milestone's only venture into the realm of noir, it remains a classic of the genre. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as the title character, a tough, spoiled, willful heiress married to the local D.A., Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), a weak-willed alcoholic. When old friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) suddenly returns to town after many years away, he approaches Walter to help with the case of Toni Marashek (Lizabeth Scott), a friend who has been falsely accused of a crime. Sam is surprised, at first, to learn of Walter's marriage, knowing both of the parties, but quickly begins to put the pieces together. It turns out that Martha's tyrannical aunt (Judith Anderson) met an untimely end on the night that Sam left town, and Martha fears that Sam will reveal what he knows about that night, thereby destroying the lives of both she and her husband. Consequently, she begins to plot against Sam, whom she also loves in her own twisted fashion. Every element seems perfectly in place in this typically guilt-saturated noir, with superb direction from Milestone, a memorable score by Miklos Rozsa, and an outstanding performance by Kirk Douglas in his film debut.
Keywords:
Action
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Classic
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Family Interaction
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Murder
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Film Noir
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Recommended
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 8,280
- UPC: 851169003094
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