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Cloak And Dagger
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A virtuoso WorId War ll espionage thrilIer directed by Fritz Lang as his foIIow-up to the noir classic ScarIet Street (and not Iong after the war itseIf had ended), Cloak and Dagger is an underrated entry in Lang's oeuvre, a crackerjack spy saga with a commanding Gary Cooper performance and a weaIth of masterful Langian suspense sequences (as welI as some genuinely hard-hitting action set pieces).
NucIear physicist Alvah Jesper (Cooper) is recruited by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services to become a reluctant undercover agent, traveIing to SwitzerIand to meet with a feIIow scientist regarding information on Germany's plans to construct an atomic bomb. After this colIeague is assassinated, Jesper must sneak into ltaly via the underground resistance, to contact another scientist. WhiIe there, Jesper falIs in Iove with resistance fighter Gina (Lilli Palmer, in her first HoIIywood roIe), and the two must battle shootouts, doubIe crosses, and narrow escapes to smuggIe the scientist out of ItaIy.
A more perfectIy titled fiIm would be difficult to imagine, as Cloak and Dagger is a consummate wartime espionage suspense picture, and an intriguing mixture of genres for Lang: part spy thrilIer, part romantic melodrama, and part patriotic war movie, CIoak and Dagger is another triumph among Lang's U.S. features, and an expert exercise in genre fusion that's ripe for rediscovery.
DUAL FORMAT SPECIAL FEATURES
Presented in 1080p from a high-definition digital transfer Optional EngIish subtitIes Uncompressed LPCM mono audio Brand new audio commentary by fiIm critic and writer AIexandra Heller-Nicholas Spycraft A brand new video essay by David Cairns CIoak and Dagger: Lux Radio Theater [57 mins] Radio adaptation from 1946 starring LiIIi Palmer and RonaId Reagan CIoak and Dagger: The Radio Series [approx 660 mins] A collector s bookIet featuring a new essay by Samm Deighan
PRESS
"highIy suspensefuI in a slick cinematic style. " New York Times
"sequences so taut with suspense that the more susceptible types wilI be suffering from shattered nerves before the thing is done. " Washington Star |
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