"Director: Jules Dassin"

• Rififi | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £12.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (38.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Jules Dassin's 1954 film 'Rififi' was an instant success. Based on the novel of the same title 'Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes' by Auguste le Breton the film's use of hard-boiled slang and the gangster garb of trench coats top hats and a cigarette dangling from one corner of the mouth went on to become the emblems of Humphrey Bogart-style noir classics. Jean Servais is Tony le Stephanois a master thief with a battered face and a tubercular cough souvenirs of a recent stint in the pe

• Rififi | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  RIFIFI (ri-f -fi) n. French argot. 1. Quarrel, rumble, free-for-all, open hostilities between individuals or gangs, rough and tumble confrontation between two or more individuals. 2. A tense and chaotic situation involving violent confrontations between parties. A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic François Truffaut to declare the best Film Noir I have ever seen , Jules Dassin s Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Ocean s Eleven since its release. Following Tony, le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

• Night and the City (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (28/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the lowlife novel of the same name, Night and the City was directed by the twice Academy Award-nominated Jules Dassin and stars Richard Widmark as Harry Fabian, an ambitious American hustler who dreams of getting into the wrestling business in post-war London. The film was at the centre of a controversy when its director, Jules Dassin, was added to the Hollywood blacklist during the production of the film, and was unable to oversee either the editing or music score. Upon initial release the film was overlooked by critics but was re-evaluated in the 1960s when it was celebrated for its ground-breaking lack of sympathetic characters and finally recognised as a baroque masterpiece of corruption, paranoia and doom. Extras: Includes both the US and the previously unseen British version of the film Original theatrical trailer Audio commentary on the US release by Paul Duncan New audio commentary on the British version by film critic Adrian Martin The Guardian Lecture: Jules Dassin interviewed by film critic Alexander Walker (1981) Actor Richard Widmark interviewed at the National Film Theatre in 2002 by Adrian Wootton

• The Naked City | Blu Ray | (27/10/2014) from £15.84   |  Saving you £7.14 (55.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This is one of them. Jules Dassin followed up his explosive prison picture Brute Force with another slice of hard-boiled crime fiction. Within a decade he’d make Thieves’ Highway Night and the City and Rififi thus confirming Dassin’s position as one of the all-time-great film noir directors. New York the middle of summer. A blonde ex-model is murdered in her bathtub and detectives Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and Halloran (Don Taylor) are assigned to the case. Their investigation will lead them through the entire city from Park Avenue to the Lower East Side culminating in a thrilling climax atop the Williamsburg Bridge. Inspired by the work of the infamous tabloid photographer Weegee The Naked City was the first major Hollywood production to be shot entirely on the streets of New York making use of more than a hundred authentic locations. Both its editing and its cinematographer would earn Academy Awards while the film itself would be recognised by the Library of Congress as one of American cinema’s most significant motion pictures. Special Edition Contents: New high definition digital transfer of the film High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation Original mono 1.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired Audio commentary by screenwriter Malvin Wald Jules Dassin at LACMA – a 40-minute interview with Bruce Goldstein in which the director discusses his career The Hollywood Ten – a 1950 documentary short on the ten filmmakers blacklisted from Hollywood for their refusal to name names before the House of Un-American Activities including The Naked City’s screenwriter Albert Maltz Gallery of production stills by infamous photojournalist Weegee Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring the original poster and newly commissioned artwork by Vladimir Zimakov Collector’s booklet containing new writing on the film by Alastair Philips Barry Salt and Sergio Angelini illustrated with original production stills

• The Naked City | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £9.43   |  Saving you £10.56 (111.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Master of film noir Jules Dassin directs this influential crime thriller starring Barry Fitzgerald and Don Taylor as two detectives trying to decipher the clues of the vicious murder of the beautiful Jean Dexter. With the tabloids following the story closely the two set to work with an army of detectives and forensic professionals. On discovering Jean's shady relationship with cheating Frank Niles they begin to unravel the clues that some stolen jewelry is leading them on. However with the killer still at large the detectives are in a dangerous position; as they get ever closer to the truth they begin to realise the threat they are putting themselves in.

• Film Noir Collection | DVD | (16/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This 4-disc collection includes the classic film noir titles Fallen Angel (1945 Otto Preminger) Whirlpool (1949 Otto Preminger) Night and the City (1950 Jules Dassin) and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950 Otto Preminger). With their combination of intrigue moral ambiguity and stylised black and white photography these essential noirs exemplify the very best that this much loved Hollywood genre has to offer. This release is accompanied with a fully illustrated booklet carrying essays on all titles.

• Topkapi | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £9.43   |  Saving you £6.56 (69.57%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This wonderful caper film manages to balance the right amount of intrigue suspense and humour created by the stellar cast including the extremely sexy and seductive Melina Mercouri and the wonderfully talented Peter Ustinov who was awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role. A small-time con-man (Ustinov) with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewellery thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence suspecting a

• Night And The City | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Thieves Highway Dual Format | Blu Ray | (19/10/2015) from £21.99   |  Saving you £-2.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Thieves' Highway was made during a remarkable run of noir pictures that confirmed its director, Jules Dassin, as one of the genre's major forces. Following on from Brute Force and The Naked City, with Night and the City and Rififi soon to follow, it more than deserves its place in such hallowed company. Returning from the war to discover his father has been crippled in an altercation with a brutish mob-connected kingpin, Nick Garcos puts aside thoughts of settling down and instead focuses them on revenge. He buys an old army surplus truck and hits the road a 36-hour non-stop to San Francisco and, he hopes, a little justice Starring Richard Conte as Garcos and Lee J. Cobb as the object of his hate-filled intentions, Thieves' Highway is as tough as film noir gets. Adapting his own novel, A.I. Bezzerides (who would later bring Kiss Me Deadly to the big screen) created a slice of pure pulp poetry.

• Never On Sunday | DVD | (12/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Glasses are smashing fingers are snapping and everyone's dancing to the sultry music of the bouzoukies! It's just another glorious moment in the carefree world of Illia (Melina Mercouri) Greece's most radiant lady of the night. Sensuous Illia adores her life and every man in her seaport paradise adores her. But when Homer (Jules Dassin) a stuffy American intellectual sails into town and tries to reform her Illia shows him that she's one free spirit who's happy with her wild

• Rififi | Blu Ray | (17/11/2014) from £9.09   |  Saving you £10.90 (119.91%)   |  RRP £19.99

  RIFIFI (ri-f’ -fi) n. French argot. 1. Quarrel rumble free-for-all open hostilities between individuals or gangs rough and tumble confrontation between two or more individuals. 2. A tense and chaotic situation involving violent confrontations between parties. A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic François Truffaut to declare “the best Film Noir I have ever seen” Jules Dassin’s Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Ocean’s Eleven since its release. Following Tony le Stéphanois (Jean Servais) a master thief fresh out of jail wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist famed for its finite detail and incredible tension but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin’s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Arrow Academy is proud to present Jules Dassin’s legendary film in 1080p high definition for the first time in the UK. FEATURES: High Definition restoration Uncompressed original mono PCM audio Newly translated English subtitles Introduction by French cinema critic and author Ginette Vincendeau Interview with Jules Dassin Q&A with Jules Dassin from BFI Southbank London Original Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring two original artworks Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic and filmmaker David Cairns Alastair Philips on source novel author Auguste Le Breton and the Série Noire a contemporary review by François Truffaut notes on the translation and the BBFC’s John Trevelyan on Rififi illustrated with original posters and stills

• Brute Force | Blu Ray | (15/09/2014) from £16.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nobody Really Escapes. Before making the French crime classic Rififi Jules Dassin was arguably the greatest of film noir directors responsible for a string of gems including The Naked City Thieves' Highway and Night and the City. Brute Force kickstarted that run of pictures and never did a film live up to its name more. Burt Lancaster is Joe Collins one of a number of convicts squeezed into cell R17 intent on staging a prison break. Not only does he need to return to the side of his cancer-ridden wife (Ann Blyth) he also wants to escape the clutches of sadistic warden Captain Munsey (an unforgettable performance from Hume Cronyn) who enjoys a reign of terror over the inmates. Beautifully shot by the great William H. Daniels tautly written by Richard Brooks (Blackboard Jungle In Cold Blood) and impeccably acted by its ensemble of noir familiars Brute Force remains a prison movie classic. Special Features: High definition digital transfer Newly created and exclusive content Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork to be revealed! Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film and more!

• Thieves' Highway | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.00%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in and around San Francisco, Thieves' Highway is a tale of an American G.I., Nick, who comes home from World War II to find his father, a produce truck driver, paralysed after a fight with a crooked truck driver. So instead of the young vet building a new life for himself and settling down with his girl, Nick gets embroiled in his father's feud. To get back at the thug, Nick tries to lay a trap. But his hunger for revenge changes his personality to the point where he risks losing everything that ever mattered to him.

• Circle Of Two | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  True love knows no bounds. A rebellious 16 yr. old finds comfort in an ageing artist leading to an ill-fated romance where 2 people so wrong for each other are really so right.

• Thieves Highway | DVD | (13/03/2006) from £12.40   |  Saving you £0.59 (4.76%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Former G.I. Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) is a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father: ruthless market operator Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Along the way he is seduced by siren Rica (Valentina Cortesa) and drawn into the San Francisco produce racket landing him in a web of treachery and heartbreak...

• Rififi | Blu Ray | (09/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic Francois Truffaut to declare “the best Film Noir I have ever seen”, Jules Dassin’s Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Ocean’s Eleven since its release.Following, Tony le Stephanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin’s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature.An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Arrow Academy is proud to present Jules Dassin’s legendary film in 1080p high definition for the first time in the UK.

• Obsession | DVD | (20/09/2008) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-0.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  This is a story about a young woman coming of age and finding a deeper love with a man who just happens to be somewhat older. Tatum O'Neal plays the part perfectly as a young teenage girl falling in love with a man Richard Burton who showed and gave her respect love honesty and trust. Richard Burton plays a reclusive painter who was on his last leg when this bright light came into his world. This light shone so brightly it overwhelmed him and in doing so sparked new life into his tired and somewhat forgotten soul. He begins to paint again and thus he is reborn. The beauty of this tale is there was never a physical relationship between the two but more importantly shows how pure and blind love can and maybe should be. If you have ever loved and lost and yet never ever forgotten the truth that was there when you felt such powerful and sincere emotions then this movie is indeed for you.

• Brute Force | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £23.65   |  Saving you £-7.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From film noir master Jules Dassin comes subversive prison epic Brute Force starring Burt Lancaster as hardened inmate Joe Collins and Hume Cronyn as cruel Captain Munsey. On realising his opportunity to be made Warden Munsey plans to abuse the inmates into a revolt which he can take control of and prove his credentials as Captain. However standing in his way to promotion is Collins who co-ordinates the revolt with intelligence and soon has the inmates taking over the prison.

• Dassin Noir: Three Film Noir Classics by Jules Dassin | DVD | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Three thrilling film noir classics from the masterful director of Rififi and Night and the City.Brute ForceAt overcrowded Westgate Penitentiary, violence and fear are the norm and the least contented prisoner is tough, single-minded Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster). Joe hates chief guard Captain Munsey, a petty dictator who glories in absolute power. After one infraction too many, Joe and his cell-mates are put on the dreaded drain pipe detail; prompting an escape scheme that has every chance of turning into a bloodbath.The Naked CityThe vicious murder of beautiful blonde Jean Dexter sends Detectives Dan Muldoon and young Jimmy Halloran (Barry Fitzgerald and Don Taylor) to work on a case with the classic twists and turns of hard boiled pulp fiction. This two time Oscar winner is notable for being as much noir crime as it is hard hitting realism with its stark documentary portrait of the Big Apple.RififiTony le Stephanois is a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, Dassin’s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. The Special Features comprise of;Three original theatrical trailers and a critical analysis of Rififi by Ginette Vincendeau

• Topkapi | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This wonderful caper film manages to balance the right amount of intrigue suspense and humour created by the stellar cast including the extremely sexy and seductive Melina Mercouri and the wonderfully talented Peter Ustinov who was awarded the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role. A small-time con-man (Ustinov) with passport problems gets mixed up with a gang of world-class jewellery thieves plotting to rob the Topkapi museum in Istanbul. Turkish intelligence suspecting arms smuggling gets involved and under pressure the con man rises to heights he'd never dreamed of.