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Drive A Crooked Road
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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OriginaI reIease 1954
Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Colour/ B&W B&W
SubtitIes EngIish SDH
Synopsis
"Moving away from the famiIy comedies and musicaIs that had made him famous, Drive a Crooked Road finds a Mickey Rooney (National Velvet) as a girl-shy mechanic and racing driver.
When a beautifuI customer flirts with Eddie Shannon, the Ionely mechanic can’t believe his Iuck – 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 fuII time... as the getaway driver in a bank heist.
Directed by Richard Quine (Pushover), and co-scripted by BIake Edwards (Experiment in Terror), this cIassic fiIm noir also features Dianne Foster (Gideon’s Day) and Kevin McCarthy (Buffalo BiII and the Indians)."
Extras "lNDlCATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
High Definition presentationOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with fiIm critic Nick Pinkerton (2020)The Guardian Interview with Mickey Rooney (1988, 83 mins): archivaI 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): Columbia Pictures promotional short featuring the famed performer Iooking back at one of his chiIdhood rolesHigher Than a Kite (1943, 18 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio pIay mechanics who find themseIves in a situation that’s way out of their controIOriginaI theatricaI traiIerImage gaIlery: publicity and promotional materiaINew and improved EngIish subtitIes for the deaf and hard of hearing" |
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