Franklyn Farnum

ClassicFlix Blu-ray is using the same source and is superior to Youtube 4K Streaming

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHxbyV-8V6Y see caps

2012 Blu-ray is of similar fidelity but adds extra foley sounds. 2003 PAL DVD is a stereoized remix.

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber > Capelight Germany

(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)

Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.

Australia Imprint Blu-ray marginally better than Paramount Blu-ray see caps

Fox Blu-ray better encode than Criterion Blu-ray

2003 Fox DVD slightly better

Arrow's deluxe presentation is a fantastic package with great supplements, art and printed materials. Sadly the master is a heavily processed Paramount affair. It has seemingly been severely grain managed and the mono audio is horribly thin when it shouldn't be. Stereo and 5.1 options are also given but they seem to be more of home video remixes. They do not have the fidelity issue of the compromised mono but also show marked differences as if they were remixed from stem sources. This seems to have suffered lesser degrees of the problems that plagued The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance's 4K master. This is the best version to date but one wishes Paramount could leave scans alone.

Kino Lorber 2024 Reissue Blu-ray has much better encoding than previous Kino Lorber Blu-ray, or MoC or Germany Blu-ray see caps