Sirocco (1951)

This review is on Sirocco from 1951 which stars: Humphrey Bogart, Marta Toren, Lee J. Cobb, Everett Sloane, Gerald Mohr, Zero Mostel and is directed by Curtis Bernhardt.

Harry Smith (Bogart) runs guns to the rebels in 1925. The french arrest him along with others and force him to sell weapons to them, while having an interest in Feroud's (Cobb) mistress, Violette (Toren).

This is a TCM Vault release in partnership with SONY and has a pretty good video and audio quality. This is part of a five Bogart film collection from TCM. The film is presented in b&w, Full frame and runs for about 98mins (1hr 38mins).

I would give this film a 6/10 and the DVD a 4/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

The Harder They Fall (1956)

This review is on The Harder They Fall from 1956 which stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Edward Andrews and is directed by Mark Robson.

In his final film, Bogart makes an unforgettable impact as Eddie Willis, a publicist who accepts against his better judgment an offer from a corrupt prizefight promoter (Rod Steiger) to sponsor an untalented boxer from Argentina.

This is a TCM Vault release in partnership with SONY and has a great video and audio quality. This is part of a five Bogart film collection from TCM. The film is presented in b&w, Widescreen and runs for about 109mins (1hr 49mins).

I would give this film a 7/10 and the DVD a 4/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Knock on Any Door (1949)

This review is on Knock on Any Door from 1949 which stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts, Susan Perry and is directed by Nicholas Ray.

Andrew Morton (Bogart) is an attorney and Nick Romano (John Derek) is his client, a young man with long string of crimes behind him. After Romano lost his paycheck to gambling, hoping to buy his wife jewelry due to her announcing her pregnancy, he later finds her dead from suicide. When he turns to robbery again, he is caught by a cop and shoots him in frustration.

This is a TCM Vault release in partnership with SONY and has a great video and audio quality. This is part of a five Bogart film collection from TCM. The film is presented in b&w, Full screen and runs for about 100mins (1hr 40mins).

I would give this film a 8/10 and the DVD a 4/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Tokyo Joe (1949)

This review is on Tokyo Joe from 1949 which stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexasnder Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa, Jerome Courtland, Gordon Jones and is directed by Stuart Heisler.

The first American film to be shot on location in Japan since WWII, his gripping thriller finds Bogart as an expatriate American in Tokyo trying to win back his ex-wife (Florence Marly) from lawyer Mark Landis (Alexander Knox) while contending with blackmail and extortion from the former head of the Japanese secret service (Sessue Hayakawa).

This is a TCM Vault release in partnership with SONY and has a great video and audio quality. This is part of a five Bogart film collection from TCM. The film is presented in b&w, Full screen and runs for about 88mins (1hr 28mins).

I would give this film a 7.5/10 and the DVD a 4/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I recommend.

Love Affair (1932)

Bogart is enterprising, modest and occasionally perplexed as a working class aircraft engineer who is pursued and eventually seduced by a wealthy but jaded socialite (Dorothy Mackaill). Typical of the Pre-Code era, the film is notable for scenes of sexual suggestiveness and moments of refreshingly frank dialogue courtesy of Jo Swerling and Ursula Parrott.

This is a TCM Vault release in partnership with SONY and has a pretty good video and audio. This is part of a five Bogart film collection from TCM. The film is presented in b&w, Full screen and runs for about 68mins (1hr 8mins).

I would give this film a 6/10 and the DVD a 4/5. Overall this is a great DVD release and is a film I might recommend.