Hard Lessons

Screen icon Alan Ladd produces and stars in Hell on Frisco Bay (1955). This crime spectacle, shot on location in noir central - San Francisco appears for the first time on both Blu-ray and DVD. Director Jerry Schatzberg's masterclass in empathetic acting from two very different, but equally dynamic, acting titans, Scarecrow (1973) starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, comes to Blu-ray. Rachel Ward makes her "scream" debut in the early eighties slasher, Night School (1981). Directed by Ken Hughes (Casino Royale and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) comes to Blu-ray red with blood. On DVD, The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete Fourth Season (1999-2000) sees the young staff of The King's Towers enter into a new maturity while its proprietors begin to make plans to step aside. This week we have two triple feature DVD Collections featuring classic WB character actors. Glenda Farrell Triple Feature includes the films, The Law in her Hands (1936), Here Comes Carter (1936) and Dance Charlie Dance (1937) while the Guy Kibbee Triple Feature includes Mary Jane's Pa (1935), Going Highbrow (1935) and The Big Noise (1936).