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In a world of gangs and villains, one man - Moon - will stop at nothing to get the girl and take the spoils. Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the Sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade.
Starring Hammer girls Luan Peters (Lust for a Vampire, Twins of Evil) and Virginia Wetherell (Doctor Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Demons of the Mind), Man of Violence offers not only rare glimpses of a world gone by, but also some unexpected twists on generic convention.
Presented here in a stunning new High Definition transfer from the original negative, this release also includes The Big Switch (aka Strip Poker), Pete Walker's pulp thriller whose cinematic shoot-out was filmed on Brighton's now destroyed West Pier.
SPECIAL FEATURES - The Big Switch (aka Strip Poker) (1968, 65 mins)
- Dual Format Edition: includes both the Blu-ray and the DVD of the film and the extras
- Newly transferred to High Definition from the original negatives
- The Big Switch: Alternative export cut (1968, 77 mins)
- Original trailers for Man of Violence and The Big Switch
- Alternative Moon title-card
- Extensive illustrated booklet featuring newly commissioned contributions from Pete Walker, novelist Cathi Unsworth, producer and critic David McGillivray, and film historian Julian Petley
ITEM SPECIFICS
Region: | 2 - Europe (PAL), Japan (NTSC), South Africa, Middle East | Rating: | 18 | Year: | 1970 | Duration: | 108 minutes | Label: | BFI | Ratio: | Full Frame | Cast: | Michael Latimer, Luan Peters, Derek Aylward, Maurice Kaufmann, Derek Francis, Kenneth Hendel, George Belbin, Syd Conabere, Erika Raffael, Virginia Wetherell, John Keston, Jessica Spencer, Mark Allington, Sheila Babbage, Patrick Jordan
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Language: | English |
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