Rent Framed (1947)
3.5 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 22min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Mike Lambert (Glenn Ford), unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he's driving. After meeting seductive Paula (Janis Carter) at the La Paloma Cafe, he finds himself in trouble with the law. On the basis of a few burning glances, Paula pays his fine and finds him a room, but her motives are not what they seem. Mike lucks into a job with miner Jeff Cunningham (Edgar Buchanan), but against his will he's drawn ever deeper into Paula's schemes.
- Actors:
- Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Stanley Andrews, Walter Baldwin, Jack Baxley, Eugene Borden, Al Bridge, Paul E. Burns, Charles Cane, David Fresco, Nacho Galindo, Martin Garralaga, Fred Graff, Robert Kellard, Philip Kieffer, Kenneth MacDonald
- Directors:
- Richard Wallace
- Producers:
- Jules Schermer
- Writers:
- Ben Maddow, John Patrick
- Aka:
- They Walk Alone / Paula
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/02/2021
- Run Time:
- 83 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Imogen Sara Smith on 'Framed'
- The Guardian Interview with Ernest Borgnine (2001): archival audio recording
- Ernest Borgnine in Conversation (2009): archival video recording
- The End of the Affair: archival interview with Peter Ford, son of Glenn Ford
- Swedes in America (1943): Irving Lerner's Oscar-nominated short film, presented by Ingrid Bergman
- Diary of a Sergeant (1945): Joseph M. Newman's documentary portrait of Harold Russell
- The Steps of Age (1950): dramatised documentary, written and directed by Ben Maddow Caribbean (1951): documentary account of life and culture in the West Indies, British Guiana, and British Honduras
- The Senate Crime Investigations (1951): extracts from the US senate committee's hearings into organised crime that would influence many noirs
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity materials
- Six short films starring the Three Stooges, lampooning the tropes and themes of the features included in this set
- World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
