Crime Wave (1953)
Crime, Thriller • 1h 13m
Director: André de Toth
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello, Nedrick Young, James Bell, Dub Taylor, Gayle Kellogg, Mack Chandler, Iris Adrian, Joe Bassett, Charles Cane, Timothy Carey, Fred Coby, Dennis Dengate, Eileen Elliott, Fritz Feld, Charles Ferguson, Diane Fortier, Kit Guard, Jim Hayward, Mary Alan Hokanson, Thomas E. Jackson, Fred Kelsey, Jack Kenney, Faith Kruger, Lyle Latell, Harry Lauter, Ruth Lee, Richard Lightner, Bert Moorhouse, Mary Newton, Shirley O'Hara, John Pickard, George Ross, Ted Ryan, Sandy Sanders, Bill Schroff, John Veitch, Shirley Whitney, Guy Wilkerson, Harry Wilson, Jack Woody, Hank Worden
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4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Overview
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: André de Toth
Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)
New UCLA restoration from Original Camera Negative
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Warner Archive Blu-ray in October
More Crime on Blu-ray
Director: Michael Mann
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode, new restoration of mono mix which should be better than what was on the WB 4K Blu-ray and 1999 DVD and revised colour timing to make the film look more like it did in 1971.
WB 4K 5.1: a remix but has higher fidelity
Mono: 4K Blu-ray/1999 DVD
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion Box Set coming October 20th with FiM encode
Director: Ron Shelton
Australia Imprint 4K Blu-ray disappointing, nice new master, but poor encode, grain completely crippled in some scenes, artifacts abound, etc, makes Kino Lorber look like FiM.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
UK Second Sight Trilogy Boxset 4K Blu-ray
US Magnolia Pictures 4K Blu-ray uses the same source but with worse encoding
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