Ride the pink horse / Universal-International presents ; screenplay by Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer ; produced by Joan Harrison ; directed by Robert Montgomery.

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A striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. A tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ride the pink horse (Motion picture) Criterion collection ; 750.
Corporate Authors:	Universal-International (Firm) (Presenter, Production company) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Montgomery, Robert, 1904-1981 (Film director, Actor) Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 (Screenwriter) Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976 (Screenwriter) Harrison, Joan, 1907-1994 (Film producer) Hendrix, Wanda, 1928-1981 (Actor) King, Andrea, 1919-2003 (Actor) Gomez, Thomas, 1905-1971 (Actor) Clark, Fred, 1914-1968 (Actor) Smith, Art, 1899-1973 (Actor) Gaines, Richard, 1904-1975 (Actor) Conde, Rita, 1914-1989 (Actor) Flores, Iris (Actor) Renaldo, Tito (Actor) Rhodes, Grandon (Actor) Herzbrun, Bernard (Art director) Boyle, Robert (Robert F.) (Art director) Dawson, Ralph, 1897-1962 (Editor of moving image work) Gausman, R. A. (Russell A.), 1892-1963 (Set designer) Emert, Oliver (Set designer) Tamkin, David (composer (expression)) Wood, Yvonne, 1914-1999 (Costume designer) Metty, Russell (director of photography.) Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968 (composer (expression)) Almereyda, Michael Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993 Ride the pink horse (Motion picture)
Language:	English
Published:	©2015
Edition:	DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 750.
Subjects:	Mexican Americans > New Mexico > Drama. Gangsters > New Mexico > Drama. Revenge > Drama. Extortion > Drama. New Mexico > Drama. Crime films. Film noir. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama. Crime films. Film noir. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Detective and mystery films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	A striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. A tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty.
Note:	Based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. DVD release of the 1947 motion picture. Special features: Commentary (featuring film noir scholars Alain Silver and James Ursini); In lonely places (new interview with Imogen Sara Smith, author of In lonely places: film noir beyond the city); Radio adaptation (Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1947, features Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, and Thomas Gomez reprising their roles) Accompanied by supplemental insert containing an essay by filmmaker and writer Michael Almereyda.
Call Number:	PN1995.9.G3 R534 2015 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:	9781604659672 160465967X
Credits:	Art direction, Bernard Herzbrun & Robert Boyle ; film editor, Ralph Dawson ; set decorations, Russell A. Gausman & Oliver Emert ; orchestrations, David Tamkin ; gowns, Yvonne Wood ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; music, Frank Skinner.
System Details:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Cast:	Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, Thomas Gomez, Fred Clark, Art Smith, Richard Gaines, Rita Conde, Iris Flores, Tito Renaldo, Grandon Rhodes.