| Edition |
Director-approved special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 428 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 428.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter H. Clune, Danny Meehan, Howard Mann, Charles Creasap, Bill Da Prado, Milda Memenas, Joe Bubbico, Ruth Kaner, Gil Rogers, Jerry Douglas, Don Saroyan, Dean Sheldon. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Merrill Brody ; editor, Peggy Lawson ; music composed and conducted by, Meyer Kupferman ; camera operator, Erich Kollmar ; art director, Charles Rosen ; story consultant, Will Sparks. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. |
| Summary |
Frankie Bono is an orphan who has learned to make a profitable living as a contract killer. Traveling from Cleveland to New York during the Christmas season, he is charged with taking out mid-level Harlem numbers and drug kingpin Troiano. Stalking his prey as he goes about his daily routine, Bono is distracted by an unexpected encounter with a childhood friend whose sister sees him as a lonely man, not the barely human shell he has become. Acutely aware of his own mortality, Bono sees everything as a facade, the pretty Christmas lights mere glitzy decorations covering the festering rot of existence, and his own personal hell. |
| Note |
Special features: Requiem for a killer: The making of "Blast of Silence" ; Locations revisited ; On-set Polaroids ; Trailer. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Assassins -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Gangsters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Christmas plays -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Gangster films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Baron, Allen.
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Salt, Waldo.
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Crown, Alfred W., 1910-1984.
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Enright, Dan.
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Brody, Merrill, 1927-1996.
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McCarthy, Molly (Actress)
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Tucker, Larry, 1934-2001.
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Clune, Peter H.
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Meehan, Danny.
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Mann, Howard.
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Creasap, Charles.
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Da Prado, Bill.
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Memenas, Milda.
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Bubbico, Joe.
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Kaner, Ruth.
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Rogers, Gil, 1934-2021
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Douglas, Jerry, 1932-
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Saroyan, Don.
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Sheldon, Dean.
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Universal-International (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
160465029X |
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9781604650297 |
| Standard No. |
715515028721 |
| Music No. |
CC1745D Criterion Collection |
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