Monsters and Madmen [4 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Something a little different from Criterion - a four DVD set with four 50's films from producers Richard and Alex Gordon, subtitled "Four Chilling Tales of Inner Torment and Outer Space." None of the four films, "The Atomic Submarine," "First Man Into Space," "The Haunted Strangler," and "Corridors Of Blood," are traditional "classics," but instead could be considered "genre" classics and will appeal to the crowd that collects the Hammer films and other lost films of the 50's. Take it on faith that Criterion wouldn't release these without a known market, and they have probably added bonus features to enhance the value.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 4
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Screen: Black and White
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Features:
  • New, restored high-definition transfers
  • Audio commentaries by producers Richard and Alex Gordon and writer Tom Weaver
  • New video interviews with cast and crew
  • Censor cuts
  • Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
  • Stills galleries
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Booklets featuring essays by producer John Croydon and critics Maitland McDonagh, Bruce Eder, and Michael Lennick

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Arthur Franz - Reef
       Anthony Dawson - Supt. Burk
       Bill Edwards - Lt. Dan Prescott
       Dorothy Gordon - Hannah
       Bill Nagy - Wilson
       Bob Steele - Griff
       Roger Delgado - Mexican Consul
       Jean Kent - Cora Seth
       Peggy Ann Clifford - Kate
       Jack Mulhall - Murdock
       Jean Moorhead - Helen
       Richard Tyler - Carney
       Des Roberts - Dr. Johnson
       Jessica Cairns - Maid
       Adrienne Corri - Rachel

• Director:

  Robert Day, Spencer Gordon Bennet

• Producer:

  John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter Jr., Irving A. Block, Alex Gordon, Jack R. Rabin

• Screenwriter:

  Jan Read, John C. Cooper, Jean Scott Rogers, Orville H. Hampton, Lance Z. Hargreaves

• Screen Story:

  Wyott Ordung

• Cinematographer:

  Lionel Banes, Geoffrey Faithfull, Gilbert Warrenton

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Frederick Lewis

• Composer (Music Score):

  Buxton Orr, Neil Brunnenkant, Alexander Laszlo

• Editor:

  Peter Mayhew, William Austin

• Art Director:

  John Elphick, Tony Masters, Don Ament, Daniel Haller

• Co-producer:

  Henry Schrage

• Associate Producer:

  Orville H. Hampton

• Set Designer:

  Harry Reif

• Makeup:

  Wally Schneiderman

• Special Effects:

  Les Bowie, Irving A. Block, Louis de Witt, Jack R. Rabin