Some Came Running (1958)
Drama, Romance • 2h 16m
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, Steve Peck, Connie Gilchrist, Ned Wever, Jan Arvan, Arthur Berkeley, George Brengel, John Brennan, George Calliga, Steve Carruthers, George Cisar, Bud Cokes, Carole Conn, Chuck Courtney, Paul Cristo, Sheryl Deauville, Roy Engel, Franklyn Farnum, Joe Gray, Don Haggerty, Stuart Holmes, Anthony Jochim, James Jones, Donald Kerr, Len Lesser, Leota Lorraine, Denny Miller, Frank Mitchell, Monty O'Grady, Carmen Phillips, Ric Roman, Marion Ross, Lili Rosson, John Roy, Paul Russell, William Schallert, Scott Seaton, George E. Stone, Albert T. Viola, Geraldine Wall, Dave White, Raoul Freeman
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Overview
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
Director: Vincente Minnelli
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Warner Archive, 2k + 4k scans
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Warner Archive Blu-ray in October
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Martin Scorsese
Other releases have horrendous DNR
Director: Roman Polanski
Kino Lorber disc has audio pitch errors
Director: Roman Polanski
Director: Terrence Malick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Lovely underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion but encode is sadly low-pass filtered by Pixelogic, and even then, the encode is still less than ideal. Still easily obliterates any prior disc release, but certainly wouldn't hurt to have a UK or German label take a crack at this same master.
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Sourced from a 4K scan of the 35mm Fine Grain. Even with its unfortunate and noticeable print damage, tears, and other issues, still easily beats any prior disc release, though the Imprint BD (same master as Kino, but inferior encode) included in their Essential Film Noir Collection Vol. 3 set does include more extras. https://youtu.be/-Wrsn6-XJCo
Director: Michael B. Jordan
Caveat: No IMAX expanded aspect ratio
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