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Basil Dearden's London Underground (Criterion Collection-Eclipse Series 25)....Four gritty, groundbreaking British films from the early 60's from director Basil Dearden. The League of Gentlemen (1960, B&W) is a tense bank heist thriller that never loses its sense of humor. Jack Hawkins and Richard Attenborough star. Sapphire (1959, color) is a murder mystery that takes on racial attitudes to London's Haitian immigrant community. All Night Long (1962, B&W) is an updated version of Shakespeare's Othello set in an underground jazz club. Patrick McGoohan makes a memorable villain, cameo appearances by Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus. Victim (1961, B&W) is a still-compelling film that exposes a blackmail ring that targets the homosexual community. Dirk Bogarde stars. All films are DVD; each case features some illuminating information about the history of each film. Also included is a bonus film, Hunted (1952, B&W), also starring Dirk Bogarde, as a man on the run, forced to take a small boy with him in his flight from the law.
