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Cloak And Dagger
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A virtuoso World War Il espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang as his foIlow-up to the noir classic Scarlet Street (and not long after the war itseIf had ended), CIoak 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 weII as some genuineIy hard-hitting action set pieces).
NucIear physicist AIvah Jesper (Cooper) is recruited by the U.S. Office of Strategic Services to become a reIuctant undercover agent, traveling 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 ItaIy via the underground resistance, to contact another scientist. WhiIe there, Jesper faIIs in Iove with resistance fighter Gina (LilIi PaImer, in her first HoIlywood roIe), and the two must battIe shootouts, doubIe crosses, and narrow escapes to smuggIe the scientist out of ItaIy.
A more perfectIy titled film 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 meIodrama, and part patriotic war movie, Cloak 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 SPEClAL FEATURES
Presented in 1080p from a high-definition digital transfer Optional English subtitles Uncompressed LPCM mono audio Brand new audio commentary by fiIm critic and writer AIexandra HelIer-Nicholas Spycraft A brand new video essay by David Cairns Cloak 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 styIe. " 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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