SIROCCO - BD

(Curtis Bernhardt, 1951, 99 mins)
Release date: 22 April 2024
Standard Edition Blu-ray

Humphrey Bogart (Dead Reckoning), Märta Torén (Deported), Lee J Cobb (The Family Secret), and Everett Sloane (The Lady from Shanghai) star in Sirocco, a thrilling tale of war and passion.

Harry Smith (Bogart) is a black marketeer in colonial Syria, selling arms to the resistance movement against French rule. When he falls for beautiful nightclub singer Violetta (Torén), he becomes caught between her lover, Colonel Feroud (Cobb), and the leaders of the rebel movement.

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt (A Stolen Life) and photographed by Burnett Guffey (Knock on Any Door), Sirocco is an exotic film noir classic in the vein of Casablanca.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson (2022)
• The South Bank Show: ‘Bogart: Here’s Looking at You, Kid’ (1997, 52 mins): episode of the long-running British arts television series, featuring Humphrey Bogart’s son, Stephen Bogart, looking back at his father’s life and career
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924404