The Secret Fury (1950)
Crime, Drama • 1h 25m
Director: Mel Ferrer
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl, Paul Kelly, Philip Ober, Elisabeth Risdon, Doris Dudley, Dave Barbour, Vivian Vance, Edit Angold, Pat Barton, Vangie Beilby, June Benbow, Edward Biby, Gail Bonney, Hazel Boyne, Chet Brandenburg, Clifford Brooke, Gene Brown, Wheaton Chambers, Cliff Clark, Ann Codee, Tom Coleman, James Conaty, Babs Cox, Abe Dinovitch, Eddie Dunn, Ralph Dunn, Art Dupuis, Estelle Etterre, Herbert Evans, José Ferrer, Joseph Forte, Joel Friedkin, Kay Garrett, Herschel Graham, Charmienne Harker, Sam Harris, Percy Helton, George Hoagland, Marjorie Kane, Kenner G. Kemp, Bert Kennedy, Mike Lally, John Mantley, Russell Meeker, Bert Moorhouse, Vido Musso, Richard Neill, William J. O'Brien, Vivien Oakland, Jacqueline Park, Willard Parker, Paul Picerni, Joe Ploski, Howard Quinn, Greg Rhinelander, Ruth Robinson, Adele Rowland, Ernie Royal, Dick Ryan, Frank J. Scannell, Hal Schaefer, Carl Sklover, Larry Steers, Norman Stevans, Alvin Stoller, Burk Symon, Harry Tenbrook, Connie Van, Margaret Wells, Walt Yoder
No official release
No official edition exists. Anything circulating comes from unofficial sources, so there is no release this site can recommend.
Best video release
Unofficial DVD
About the film
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
More Crime on Blu-ray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
The 4K discs in both Criterion and Imprint sets are low-passed even though encoded by FiM and has better contrast and highlights compared to Kino Lorber.
MGM DVD/Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray mono
Director: Brian De Palma
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Director: Toshiharu Ikeda
UK Third Window Blu-ray and US Error 4444 Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Director: Arthur Penn
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the WB release without the filtering Comparison between the Criterion and WB.
5.1: WB 4K Blu-ray, a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: Criterion 4K Blu-ray (restored for the box set)
Director: Michael Mann
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · thedigitalbits.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and is better than Criterion, see caps https://slow.pics/c/Z2RRQAAT
Criterion 4K Blu-ray vs Blu-ray: caps colors are more different and nuanced than anticipated even in the SDR-converted caps and the usual gain in highlight detail is also apparent. Encode looks excellent except for the brightest areas as usual.
5.1/5.0 mix (essentially a 4-track mix in 5.1 and 5.0 containers respectively)-Arrow/Criterion 4K Blu-ray. Only imperceptible differences in bit-depth: 20 vs 24.
2.0 mix- Arrow 4K Blu-ray (original stereo)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
US Magnolia BD
UK Entertainment One release contains directors commentary track
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Both come from a 4K scan of a 35mm film out which was made from the original 2K DI but the Lionsgate release has visible dust and damage marks while the Universal release is cleaned up more thoroughly. Both releases suffer from DNR which seems to have been baked into the DI. The colour grade is basically the same for both releases but the Lionsgate has Dolby Vision whereas the Universal is HDR10 only. The compression on the Lionsgate UHD base layer is apparently fine so the FEL doesn't make much of a difference.
The Lionsgate UHD has Dolby Atmos whereas the Universal UHD has DTS:X. Kick-ass was originally released with a 5.1 track which may be on the Universal Blu-ray.
The Lionsgate UHD is on a BD-100, the Universal UHD is on a BD-66.
The Universal UHD has no extras.
Director: Joel Coen
Director's Cut: Disappointing UK StudioCanal/US Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical Cut: LaserDisc or 2001 UK Universal DVD
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=21782879#post21782879 - comparison. StudioCanal is a massive improvement to the Criterion but still flawed in some areas (chroma noise)
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