CRITERION COLLECTION: RIDE THE PINK HORSE [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1947
• Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
• Plot: Hollywood actor turned idiosyncratic auteur Robert Montgomery directs and stars in this striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. He plays 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. Ride the Pink Horse features standout supporting performances from Fred Clark, Wanda Hendrix, and especially Thomas Gomez, who became the first Hispanic actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for his role here. With its relentless pace, expressive cinematography by the great Russell Metty, and punchy, clever script by Charles Lederer and Ben Hecht, this is an overlooked treasure from the heyday of 1940s film noir.
• Cast: Robert Montgomery, Thomas Gomez, Rita Conde, Iris Flores, Wanda Hendrix, Grandon Rhodes, Tito Renaldo, Richard Gaines, Andrea King, Art Smith, Martin Garralaga, Edward Earle, Harold Goodwin, Maria Cortez, Fred Clark, Donald Kerr, Jose Alvarado, Jimmy Ames, Connie Asins, Martha Brenes, Paul Bryar, Robert Cabal, Jerry De Castro, John Doucette, Harry Garcia, Amadita García, Ernest Hilliard, Lyle Latell, Rose Mary Lopez, Kenneth Ross MacKenzie, Paul Maxey, Ralph Montgomery, Howard Negley, Carmen Pallais, Olga Pérez, Julian Rivero, Beatrice Roberts, William Ruhl, Margarita Savilla, Leonardo Scavino, Charles Stevens, Miguel Tapia, Enrique Valadez, Harry J. Vejar, Virginia Wave, Florence Wix, Jack Worth, Roque Ybarra Jr., Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Dorothy B. Hughes, Joan Harrison, Russell Metty, Ralph Dawson, Frank Skinner, Jack A. Bolger Jr., Leslie I. Carey, Robert F. Boyle, Bernard Herzbrun
• Director: Robert Montgomery
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Universal Studios Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie