New on Blu-ray: FULL HOUSE (1952) Starring Michel Simon, Raymond Rouleau & Van Dreelen

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Product Description: Three of France's most beloved fictional detectives are on the case in Full House (Brelan d'as), a portmanteau policier from director Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan).

First, Monsieur Wens (Raymond Rouleau, Falbalas), created by Stanislas-André Steeman (Quai des Orfèvres), is puzzled by a case in which the chief suspect seems to have the perfect alibi – he was with Wens at the time of the murder. Secondly, Peter Cheyney's Lemmy Caution (John van Dreelan, 13 Ghosts) becomes entangled with a femme fatale as he tackles a jewel robbery. The final segment focuses on Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret, as Michel Simon (L'Atalante) solves a murder from his sickbed with the aid of an altar boy.

Verneuil's masterful triple-helping of post-war Gallic noir boasts a screenplay co-written by Jacques Companéez (Casque d'or) and André Tabet (Witness in the City).

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DVD & Blu-ray: PORT OF SHADOWS / LE QUAI DES BRUMES (1938) Starring Jean Gabin

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Product Description: Port of Shadows (Le Quai Des Brumes) is director Marcel Carné’s (Children of Paradise) controversial adaptation of the Pierre Mac Orlan novel of the same name. Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean (Jean Gabin, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi), an army deserter looking for another chance at life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, when acts of both revenge and kindness turn him into front-page news. Port of Shadows starkly portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies, a quintessential example of poetic realism, one of the classics of the golden age of French cinema. Co-starring the blue-eyed phenomenon Michèle Morgan (The Chase) in her first major role and the menacing Michel Simon (The Train), with stunning cinematography by Eugen Schüfftan (The Hustler).

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: FRIC-FRAC (1939) Starring Fernandel, Michel Simon and Arletty

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Product Description: Before Bardot, there was Arletty, who, along with top stars Fernandel and Michel Simon, created the French comedy classic Fric-Frac, now available on Blu-ray for the English speaking market for the first time ever!

Fric-Frac, slang for "breaking and entering," is a story that serves as a metaphor for the Paris of the 1930s and is filled with the atmosphere of a light romantic comedy alongside the characters' clever repartee and sparring.

Marcel (Fernandel) works as an assistant to a jeweler whose bossy daughter, Renée, plans to marry. Unwittingly, Marcel pushes her away only to get mixed up with the lovely Loulou (the pretty and feisty Arletty) and her lazy friend Jo (Michel Simon), a couple of delinquent pickpockets who he finds fascinating. Marcel naively believes he can teach them the error of their ways, only to end up being an accomplice to their crime and the robbery of his boss' jewelry shop. Luckily, success is not theirs as the indomitable Renée intervenes just in time! This unstoppable trio - with Arletty's stellar delivery of charm and banter, Fernandel's naiveté, and Michel Simon's blend of both - served as a winning recipe for a flawless comedy.

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