Black Tuesday Blu-ray

'Black Tuesday' Director: Hugo Fregonese (1954) Eureka Masters of Cinema Limited Edition Blu-ray of 2000 copies | 2K scan

From the writer of The Big Heat and the director of Man in the Attic, Black Tuesday is an explosive crime drama starring one of Hollywood’s most beloved tough guys: Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar, The Last Gangster, I Am the Law and Key Largo)

Vincent Canelli is a violent mobster serving time on death row – but he has no intention of going to the electric chair. Following a plan put together by his moll, Canelli orchestrates a jailbreak on the night of his planned execution and takes several hostages in the process. He is joined by fellow death row inmate Peter Manning, and hopes to discover the location of a stash of stolen loot Manning hid away before his conviction. But is Manning willing to pay the price for freedom and look the other way as the psychopathic Canelli revels in murder and mayhem?

Standing tall alongside Key Largo, White Heat and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Black Tuesday is one of the finest gangster films to emerge from this later cycle – as old-fashioned wiseguys met with film noir sensibilities.

Limited Edition contents include:
- Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork
- Audio commentary with film noir expert Sergio Angelini, host of the Tipping My Fedora podcast
- Interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on director Hugo Fregonese
- Video essay by Imogen Sara Smith, author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City
- Video interview with critic and co-director of Il Cinema Ritrovato Ehsan Khoshbakht
- Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Black Tuesday by critic Barry Forshaw and film writer Craig Ian Mann