COP OR HOOD / FLIC OU VOYOU (1979) - Blu-ray Release of Action Comedy Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo

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Product Description: Screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo (Le Doulos, The Hunter Will Get You) gives one of his slickest, slyest performances in the action-packed comedy-thriller, Cop or Hood (Flic ou voyou). When a small-town police chief is found dead in a prostitute’s house, a particularly handsome and quick-witted Paris commissioner named Stan Borowitz (Belmondo) is sent to investigate. Posing as the prostitute’s long-lost brother “Antonio Cerruti,” he discovers a mare’s nest of “ripoux” (French for “corrupt cops”). In fact, the whole town is downright dirty, right up to the mayor! Director Georges Lautner (Le Professionnel, Icy Breasts) teams with screenwriters Michel Audiard (The Body of My Enemy, Deadly Circuit) and Jean Herman (The Outsider, Dog Day) for one of Belmondo’s wittiest, wildest outings. Featuring the lovely Marie Laforêt (Purple Noon) and a jazzy score by Philippe Sarde (Barocco) with Chet Baker on trumpet.

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New on Blu-ray: LE SOLDATESSE / THE CAMP FOLLOWERS (1965)

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Product Description: Le Soldatesse (The Camp Followers) is a heartbreakingly moving wartime drama starring the luminous Anna Karina (Pierrot le Fou, Alphaville) and directed by the great Valerio Zurlini (The Desert of the Tartars, Family Portrait). Lieutenant Martino (Tomas Milian) can no longer stand the death and disease surrounding him in Athens, and puts in a request to be relocated. So along with Sergeant Castagnoli (Mario Adorf) he is tasked with delivering twelve prostitutes to various military outposts across the Axis territory. It is an unpleasant task, made even more so by the fascistic Major Alessi (Aca Gavric), who they pick up along the way. Karina plays Elenitza, a soft spoken prostitute who develops a sympathetic relationship with Martino. Alessi becomes increasinglyunhinged during the journey, becoming a violent and maniacal supporter of the Blackshirts, whose brutal tactics tear the group apart.

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DVD & Blu-ray: Claude Chabrol's BLUE PANTHER aka MARIE CHANTAL VS DR. KHA (1965)

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Product Description: French New Wave legend Claude Chabrol, the director of Le Boucher, The Third Lover, Line of Demarcation and L’Enfer, took a turn into the Eurospy genre with this ’60s-chic romp. On a train bound for Switzerland, a secret agent (Roger Hanin, Breathless, Code Name: Tiger) entrusts Marie-Chantal (Marie Laforêt, Purple Noon, The Girl with the Golden Eyes) with a jewel in the shape of a panther with ruby eyes. Unbeknownst to her, this jewel contains a virus powerful enough to destroy all humankind. The fiendish Doctor Kha (Akim Tamiroff, Touch of Evil, Alphaville) is just one among many spies from different nations trying to get their hands on the panther. But the cool-as-ice Marie-Chantal will evade all attacks by sheer female cunning, and shows panther-like qualities in dealing with her male—and female—foes. Francisco Rabal (L’Eclisse), Serge Reggiani (Le Doulos), Charles Denner (Bluebeard) and Stéphane Audran (Les Biches) lead the star-studded supporting cast in this colorful spoof of international espionage capers.

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