Official Film Noir on Blu-ray Thread

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Did they take down the Western section? I'm getting a 404 error. The main page works fine.

Yes, they did. Not sure why they would.

[filmlover22]

I do see "This page is having technical difficulties. Go back and try something else." not sure if that is meaningful or just a generic 404 error message. But it wasn't the traditional "page not found." Guess we will have to wait if it comes back up

[CBHampson]

Originally Posted by hoytereden

I’ve been spending the last few evenings watching Noir Westerns. Blood On the Moon, Ramrod, Pursued, and Lust For Gold. I also own Day of the Outlaw and Colorado Territory. Any others you can think of? Forty Guns maybe?

I really like The Tin Star, though it's less 'noiry' than those you listed. It is Anthony Mann however, so there's definitely a little bit in there.

[Qbrickanon]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Did they take down the Western section? I'm getting a 404 error. The main page works fine.

It’s working now, thankfully.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Qbrickanon

It’s working now, thankfully.

Thanks for the heads-up!

Here's the complete list, in case it goes down again:

• 3:10 to Yuma, 1957
• Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955
• Bad Men of Tombstone, 1949
• Blood on the Moon, 1948
• Colorado Territory, 1949
• Day of the Outlaw, 1959
• Forty Guns, 1957
• Gun Fever, 1958
• Gun the Man Down, 1956
• Gunsight Ridge, 1957
• Jack Slade, 1953
• Jubal, 1956
• Last Train from Gun Hill, 1959
• Lust for Gold, 1949
• No Name on the Bullet, 1959
• One Foot in Hell, 1960
• Outlaw Girl, 1950
• Pursued, 1947
• Ramrod, 1947
• Rancho Notorious, 1952
• Raton Pass, 1951
• Rawhide, 1951
• Rebel in Town, 1956
• Roughshod, 1949
• Station West, 1948
• Stranger at My Door, 1956
• Surrender, 1950
• Terror in a Texas Town, 1958
• The Bounty Hunter, 1954
• The Brass Legend, 1956
• The Bravados, 1958
• The Capture, 1950
• The Furies, 1950
• The Gunfighter, 1950
• The Halliday Brand, 1957
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat, 1952
• The Ox-Bow Incident, 1943
• The Secret of Convict Lake, 1951
• The Showdown, 1950
• The Violent Men, 1955
• The Walking Hills, 1949
• Whispering Smith, 1948
• Yellow Sky, 1948

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Thanks for the heads-up!

Here's the complete list, in case it goes down again:

[Show spoiler]

• 3:10 to Yuma, 1957
• Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955
• Bad Men of Tombstone, 1949
• Blood on the Moon, 1948
• Colorado Territory, 1949
• Day of the Outlaw, 1959
• Forty Guns, 1957
• Gun Fever, 1958
• Gun the Man Down, 1956
• Gunsight Ridge, 1957
• Jack Slade, 1953
• Jubal, 1956
• Last Train from Gun Hill, 1959
• Lust for Gold, 1949
• No Name on the Bullet, 1959
• One Foot in Hell, 1960
• Outlaw Girl, 1950
• Pursued, 1947
• Ramrod, 1947
• Rancho Notorious, 1952
• Raton Pass, 1951
• Rawhide, 1951
• Rebel in Town, 1956
• Roughshod, 1949
• Station West, 1948
• Stranger at My Door, 1956
• Surrender, 1950
• Terror in a Texas Town, 1958
• The Bounty Hunter, 1954
• The Brass Legend, 1956
• The Bravados, 1958
• The Capture, 1950
• The Furies, 1950
• The Gunfighter, 1950
• The Halliday Brand, 1957
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat, 1952
• The Ox-Bow Incident, 1943
• The Secret of Convict Lake, 1951
• The Showdown, 1950
• The Violent Men, 1955
• The Walking Hills, 1949
• Whispering Smith, 1948
• Yellow Sky, 1948

No Winchester '73

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Qbrickanon

It’s working now, thankfully.

I emailed them earlier to let them know the Westerns tag wasn't there anymore, so I wonder if that was a factor in its return

Edit: Yep, here's the email responses, which was in my junk folder:

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

No Winchester '73

This isn't my site or list, in case I unintentionally misled anyone.

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

I emailed them earlier to let them know the Westerns tag wasn't there anymore, so I wonder if that was a factor in its return

Edit: Yep, here's the email response, which was in my junk folder:

Thanks for doing the Lord's work.

This has sent me down a rabbit hole. As expected, there are far more than 43 Western noirs.

Debating whether a couple of them I'm seeing on lists - like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - are actual Western Noirs.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

This isn't my site or list, in case I unintentionally misled anyone.

Not at all, it's listed in this thread because Imogen Sara Smith states in the description that it features "noirish shadows".

[MifuneFan]

Radiance Films have announced World Noir Volume 4 for September, for the UK only.

World Noir Volume 4 ( 1955 / 1958 / 1962) (UK-only)

https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/prod...-noir-vol-4-le

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 2K restorations for each film by Gaumont
  
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
  
• Newly improved optional English subtitles for all films
  
• Newly designed artwork based on original posters
  
• Limited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring archival pieces and new writing by critics and experts including Imogen Sara Smith, Farran Nehme, Jake Cole and more
  
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

CHNOUF

• Audio commentary by Nick Pinkerton (2019)
• Archival interview with Henri Decoin on Jean Gabin (1960)
• New visual essay on Chnouf and drugs in film noir by Frank Krutnik (2025)
• Trailer

BACK TO THE WALL

• New audio commentary by Daniel Kremer (2025)
• Archival retrospective interview with Édouard Molinaro (2011)
• Trailer

PARIS PICK-UP

• New audio commentary by Tim Lucas (2025)
• Archival interview with director Marcel Bluwal
• Archival behind-the-scenes report on Paris Pick-up (1962)
• Archival interview with actor Robert Hossein and writer Frédéric Dard about their play (1963)
• Inspector Leclerc Investigates: The Grey Jackets - episode of 1962 TV crime serial directed by Marcel Bluwal

Kino has previously released Chnouf, as well as Back to the Wall (French Noir Collection)

[ravenus]

^Why all French, I wonder?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by ravenus

^Why all French, I wonder?

Yeah, I really wish it had films from different countries like the previous 3 volumes. It really would have made for sense to be the start of a new French Noir Collection series. Surely they have other upcoming films that would fit into such box sets. I'd contact Fran and suggest this, but I'm sure it's too late.

[DaBargainHunta]

Question for the noir experts in the thread:

Is this noir?

The Seventh Cross (1944)



It's certainly shot like a noir, and IMDb identifies it as one, but - MAJOR SPOILERS! -

[Show spoiler]it has a "happy ending" - though how happy can it be really be when the other six men are dead and the Holocaust will rage on for nine more years?

[sherlockjr]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Question for the noir experts in the thread:

Is this noir?

The Seventh Cross (1944)



It's certainly shot like a noir, and IMDb identifies it as one

IMDB's genre identifications are user contributed. I wouldn't ever go by those as definitive. It's not on Wikipedia's list of film noirs which has references to earlier noir books that list a particular film as noir with indications of a film's noir underpinnings. Wikipedia simply labels THE SEVENTH CROSS a "drama".

It also seems to me a war (or pre-War) prisoner escape movie. Nothing particularly noir about it other than the cinematography. The protagonist isn't doomed by his own mistakes, he's trying to escape being in a concentration camp--a pretty good idea if you ask me! I seriously don't see how it's any more noir than, say, THE MORTAL STORM or STALAG 17.

[Qbrickanon]

Originally Posted by DaBargainHunta

Question for the noir experts in the thread:

Is this noir?

The Seventh Cross (1944)



It's certainly shot like a noir, and IMDb identifies it as one, but - MAJOR SPOILERS! -

[Show spoiler]it has a "happy ending" - though how happy can it be really be when the other six men are dead and the Holocaust will rage on for nine more years?

Did you just watch it on TCM too?

While it does have some noir elements in hindsight, it never crossed my mind while watching it. The paranoia and distrust do make it feel more noir tinged than an average prison escape movie

[Show spoiler](plus it’s narrated by a dead guy)

, but I wouldn’t consider it noir.

[DaBargainHunta]

Originally Posted by Qbrickanon

Did you just watch it on TCM too?

Yep!

Originally Posted by Qbrickanon

While it does have some noir elements in hindsight, it never crossed my mind while watching it. The paranoia and distrust do make it feel more noir tinged than an average prison escape movie

[Show spoiler](plus it’s narrated by a dead guy)

, but I wouldn’t consider it noir.

It only crossed my mind because it looks like a noir. And then the IMDb designation made me wonder. But it doesn't really play like a noir for me either.

[RiFiFi1955]

What is the biggest Noir do we think hasn't hit blu-ray yet? Not your personal most wanted title but just biggest title. My most wanted is probably D.O.A or new restorations of The Red House and Kansas City Confidential but I am not sure what the biggest title is that hasn't been released. Dead Reckoning in the US I would think but it did get the Indicator release.

[Qbrickanon]

Not sure if they’re the biggest, but The Narrow Margin (1952) and Born to Kill (1947). D.O.A. would be high on my list as well— is there a problem with the existing film elements, or was that a rumor?

[jonmayo15]

Stranger On The Third Floor as the first "true" noir has to be one of the bigger titles missing as well.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Qbrickanon

D.O.A. would be high on my list as well— is there a problem with the existing film elements, or was that a rumor?

No one currently has access to what are seemingly the only high-quality elements that still exist. They're currently held by Wade Williams' estate.