The Reckless Moment (1949) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

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Country of origin:: USA, 1949
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Item number:: 10293357
UPC/EAN:: 5060697921212
Release date:: 16.11.2020
Genre:: Drama, Thriller
Playing time ca.:: 82 Min.
Director:: Max Ophüls
Actor:: Joan Bennett, James Mason, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill
Film music:: Salter/Stoloff
German title:: Schweigegeld für Liebesbriefe (1949)
Language:: Englisch
Picture:: 4:3
Subtitles:: Englisch

The legendary Max Ophuls (Letter from an Unknown Woman, La Ronde) directs this tense and stylish 1949 film noir melodrama. Joan Bennett (Scarlet Street, Suspiria) stars as a suburban housewife who covers up a murder to protect her teenage daughter, only to find herself blackmailed by an immoral small-time crook, played by James Mason.

Extras

High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
Making an American Movie (2010, 42 mins): an analysis by Lutz Bacher, author of Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios
Maternal Overdrive – Todd Haynes on 'The Reckless Moment' (2006, 22 mins): the award-winning writer-director discusses one of his favourite films
Focus on James Mason (2018): Sarah Thomas and Adrian Garvey explore the distinguished actor’s long career
Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Reviews

Lexikon des Int. Films: "Atmosphärisch sehr dichte, eindrucksvoll gespielte Mischung aus Melodram und Kriminalthriller, die sich stilistisch und thematisch am Kino der "Schwarzen Serie" orientiert; vor allem die Charakterisierung der weiblichen Heldin und die brillante Kameraarbeit verraten deutlich Ophüls' individuelle Handschrift."