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Kit Parker Films and Mill Creek Entertainment continue their deep dive into what might be thought of as the substratum of film noir with this third collection culled from the Columbia catalog. The fact that this latest offering supposedly spans the years of 1956 through 1960 may give some indication of just how deep this particular dive is, since many film fans will probably (rightly or wrongly) feel like the late fifties and first year of the sixties are decidedly past the heyday of film noir. (That “supposedly” is in the previous sentence because the earliest actual release date for the films in this set seems to actually be 1957, not 1956, which perhaps makes my point even better.) Still, as with the first two collections, there are some really interesting films in this set, and genre aficionados will most likely find at least a few titles in this set, including some more British productions, that may well spark interest.

The Tijuana Story purports to be a “ripped from the headlines” affair, albeit circa 1957, and in fact the film begins with real life journalist Paul Coates, recounting his own personal headline (and accompanying story, of course), which provides the basis for this tale of a muckraking journalist trying to, in his own way, establish law and order in what almost might be thought of as a “wild west” outpost of corruption and villainy. There are a number of really interesting elements at play in The Tijuana Story, even if the film perhaps unavoidably recalls (ironically, it should be added, since it appeared a year before) Orson Welles’ 1958 ode to border town immorality, Touch of Evil. The focal element of a journalist named Manuel Acosta Mesa (Rodolfo Acosta) seemingly single handedly taking on a corrupt drug dealing syndicate may well have its basis in fact, but other elements of the film, including a teen love angle involving an American kid named Mitch (James Darren) and Mexican girl named Linda Alvarez (Joy Stoner), seem shoe horned into the proceedings in order to attract younger viewers. There’s a subplot involving marijuana use that may not rise to Reefer Madness levels, but which may still provoke snickers from some viewers.

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In Istanbul, a jazz trumpeter pulls the murdered body of a young woman from the surf. He remembers her from the night before, when he saw her at a millionaire playboy’s party and then later watched as she was assaulted by the party’s host and two of his friends. In confusion, Jimmy, the musician, leaves for Rio where he finds the sympathetic ear of Rita, a singer who invites him to live with her and helps him recover his equilibrium and his musical ability. Then, into the room walks a woman who looks like Wanda, the murder victim. Jimmy pursues her, not caring if she’s alive or dead. What’s going on?

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In this sequel to “Knock On Any Door”, the residents of a Chicago tenement building band together to insure that the son of Nick Romano does not follow in his father’s footsteps…to the electric chair.

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