DVD/Blu-Ray News #339: Hell Bent For Leather (1960).

Directed by George Sherman
Starring Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally, Robert Middleton, Jan Merlin

Explosive Media out of Germany has announced another Audie Murphy picture coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in June — George Sherman’s Hell Bent For Leather (1960).

The first of the Audie Murphy pictures produced by Gordon Kay for Universal International, Hell Bent For Leather was directed by George Sherman in CinemaScope and Eastman Color. This one has a good part for Felicia Farr, one of my favorite actresses from 50s Westerns (The Last Wagon, Reprisal!, 3:10 To Yuma), and really incredible Lone Pine location work from Clifford Stine. This is a good one!

I’m so stoked that someone has gotten around to these Gordon Kay Murphy films on Blu-Ray, so a big thanks to the folks at Explosive Media. Highly recommended.

Thanks again to John Knight for the news.

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Blu-Ray News #338: Indicator/Powerhouse Sale.

For the next week — the clock’s ticking! — the fine folks at Powerhouse/Indicator in the UK are running a great sale across much of their incredible catalog.

Some are region-free, some are set for Region B. There’s some great stuff to be had here, from Budd Boetticher’s A Time For Dying (1969) to the John Ford At Columbia 1935-1958 set to their Columbia Noir series. Many, many more. Click on the image up top to start shopping!

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Coming Soon, A Podcast.

 

Stay tuned. More info to come.

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DVD/Blu-Ray News #337: Seven Ways From Sundown (1960).

Directed by Harry Keller
Starring Audie Murphy, Barry Sullivan, Venetia Stevenson, John McIntire, Kenneth Tobey

One of the last run of pictures Audie Murphy did for Universal International, produced by Gordon Kay and directed by Harry Keller (with a day or two by an uncredited George Sherman), Seven Ways From Sundown (1960) is a good one. Murphy’s as cool as ever, and there’s a great part for Barry Sullivan. Plus, John McIntire and Kenneth Tobey are along for the ride.

Explosive Media has announced a May 22 release for the picture on DVD and Blu-ray. It’ll be in its original 1.85 and region free.

It’s a solid picture (and it gets a chapter in my book). Highly, highly recommended.

Thanks to John Knight for the news.

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Texas Independence Day.

God bless Texas — and John Wayne.

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