Private Hell 36 (1954) On Blu-ray

Actor:           Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger, Dorothy Malone                                                                                                                      
Director:      Don Siegel
Genre:          Mystery
Year:             1954
Studio:          Olive Films
Length:         81
Released:    August 21, 2012
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         Blu-ray
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Ida Lupino co-wrote and stars in this classic film noir about a desperate cop (Steve Cochran) straying off the straight-and-narrow, falling for a world-weary lounge singer (Lupino), and betraying his honest partner (Howard Duff). Directed with grim, artful efficiency by Don Siegel (Charley Varrick), Private Hell 36 is a thriller that revels in the claustrophobic tawdriness of its characters and is much smarter and potent than its gears-turning plot first reveals. The stellar cast includes Dean Jagger as the detectives' Captain and Dorothy Malone as Duff's understandably worried wife.