Black Eye (1974)
Action, Crime • 1h 38m
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth, Teresa Graves, Floy Dean, Richard Anderson, Cyril Delevanti, Richard X. Slattery, Larry D. Mann, Bret Morrison, Frank Ashmore, Nancy Fisher, Teddy Wilson, Eugene Elman, Wayne Sutherland, Jim Malinda, Joanne Bruno, Belinda Balaski, Maree Cheatham, Bob Minor, Susan Arnold, Priscilla Cory, Bobby Hall, William O'Connell, John C. Moskoff, Lilyan McBride, Nick Ramus, Edmund Penney, Walter Scott
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 11 months ago
Overview
An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
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MCA LaserDisc
Criterion Blu-ray generally has more noise reduction than the DVDs and the other two blu-rays, but its EQ more closely matches the LaserDisc - though dialogue still sounds a bit comparatively hollow. See blah-ray review
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Warner Archive Blu-ray in October
More Action on Blu-ray
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
Director: James Gunn
Commentary is only on Streaming
Director: Anthony Mann
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Olive Blu-ray
Barebones Olive BD of a Paramount HD master. Visually it's solid overall with some moments of great clarity, primarily in the big outdoor and aviation sequences. Otherwise it shows its age.
Director: John Woo
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review: Disk Kino
better encoding, some shots are better on Shout! Factory, others on Arrow
Shout! Factory/Arrow 4K Blu-ray has the original mono
Director: Michael Mann
Director: Guillermo del Toro
WB 4K Blu-ray teased by Guillermo Del Toro
CA Alliance Blu-ray or dutch Blu-ray are the same masters but have additional sharpening.
The original DVD has an isolated score and a exclusive easter egg
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