LE DOS AU MUR aka BACK TO THE WALL (1958) with Jeanne Moreau
UN TEMOIN DANS LA VILLE aka WITNESS IN THE CITY (1959) with Lino Ventura
--and a Jean Gabin title that we actually haven't managed to screen in THE FRENCH HAD A NAME FOR IT series as yet:
LE ROUGE EST MIS aka SPEAKING OF MURDER (1957) directed by Gilles Grangier
https://www.kinolorber.com/product/french-noir-collection-speaking-of-murder-back-to-the-wall-witness-in-the-city-aka-le-rouge-est-mis-le-dos-au-mur-un-temoin-dans-la-ville-blu-ray
We screened TEMOIN in French #1 in November 2014 (and again in LA the following year); LE DOS AU MUR played in French #2 in November 2015.
A tad bit pricier than the usual Kino fare, this blu-ray set is discounted from list down to $33.
These are all Gaumont titles, so it raises some possibility that more of the French film giant's back catalogue might finally funnel its way here via Kino. Stay tuned...
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