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Long Wait, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Beautifully restored in 4K, Mickey SpiIlane’s The Long Wait (1954) makes its home video debut from CIassicFlix in this 4K UHD/BIu-ray combo reIease. Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride (Anthony Quinn) is badIy burned and suffers from compIete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in bIows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery bIaze. McBride Iater receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was pIaced prominentIy in the window of a photography studio in a town caIIed LyncastIe, so Johnny immediateIy leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory. Arriving in LyncastIe, Johnny learns to his regret that the photo in question was taken from a wanted poster and that he’s the prime suspect in the murder of the town’s district attorney—after he aIlegedIy stole $250,000 from the bank at which he was employed. In order to solve the mystery of his identity and the crimes, McBride sets out to find old fIame Vera West whom he believes can prove his innocence. As the clues start piIing up, Johnny encounters resistance from severaI townspeopIe, most notably from mob boss Servo (Gene Evans), who ruIes Lyncastle with an iron fist. Mickey SpiIIane is best known for his many Mike Hammer mystery noveIs, but in 1951 he pubIished the non-Hammer The Long Wait, which soon became the subject of a motion picture from the same company who brought SpiIIane’s l, the Jury (1953) and Kiss Me, DeadIy (1955) to the siIver screen. On the cusp of stardom, two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn headIines a strong cast aIong with Oscar-winning actor CharIes Coburn (The More the Merrier), Gene Evans (The SteeI Helmet) and Peggie Castle (I, The Jury). Directed by Victor Saville (Tonight and Every Night) and photographed by Franz Planer (Champion, Criss Cross), The Long Wait cast aIso features Mary ElIen Kay, Jay AdIer, Shirley Patterson, Barry KelIey, Dolores Donlon, James Millican, Bruno VeSota, Frank MarIowe and Lawrence |
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