Out of the Past

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Out of the Past

" Out of the Past is one of the greatest of all film noirs, the story of a man who tries to break with his past and his weakness and start over again in a town, with a new job and a new girl. The movie stars Robert Mitchum, whose weary eyes and laconic voice, whose very presence as a violent man wrapped in indifference, made him an archetypal noir actor."

"Film noir is known for its wise-guy dialogue, but the screenplay for "Out of the Past" reads like an anthology of one-liners. It was based on the 1946 novel Build My Gallows High by "Geoffrey Homes," a pseudonym for the blacklisted Daniel Mainwaring, and the screenplay credit goes to Mainwaring, reportedly with extra dialogue by James M. Cain." - Roger Ebert

Starring Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer, and Rhonda Fleming.

Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry of American Film.

DVD

Commentary by author James Ursini
Available with subtitles in English, Spanish and French.

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Black & White
97 minutes
Released: 1947
Rated: NR

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Film-noir, Thriller, Drama

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