Blood Orange Limited Collectors Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray

The eternal "amateur detective" Tom Conway—who, during his long career in Britain and Hollywood, played Sherlock Holmes, The Falcon, Bulldog Drummond, and the famous Simon Templar—plays a quick-witted private detective in this elegant crime thriller by director Terence Fisher. With Naomi Chance as a model with a secret and Richard Wattis as a dyspeptic police inspector, Blood Orange is presented here in a brand new 4K restoration from the original film elements in its original theatrical format.

Former FBI agent Tom Conway teams up with the police to track down the thieves behind a jewelry robbery at an exclusive fashion house in London. However, it isn't long before the first body turns up.

EXTRA:

New commentary with author and critic Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw, author of Brit Noir and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction.

New commentary with film historian Lucy Bolton and film critic Phuong Le.

Dressed to Kill: Screenwriter and author David Pirie and Wayne Kinsey, author of several books on Hammer, discuss Michael Carreras, his relationships, and his work at Hammer in the early 1950s.

I'm Just a Girl!: Award-winning filmmaker Alice Lowe discusses Blood Orange and female representation in British cinema. Artist and film scholar Cathy Lomax, film historian Richard Hollis, and author Gavin Collinson discuss Hammer's series of B movies, which constituted the company's main production for most of a decade.

The House of Glamour: Author and fashion historian Liz Tregenza provides insight into the fashion and fashion industry so vividly portrayed in Blood Orange.

A short gallery of still images and advertising material accompanied by music from Ivor Slaney's soundtrack.

The booklet contains:

New article by Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey examining the making of Blood Orange.

New article by Robert JE Simpson on Hammer's "sister company" and original distributor, Exclusive Films. in Hammer Noir and how they compare to American femme fatales. New article by Wayne Kinsey, who examines an important part of Bray Studios' architecture that was used to great effect in Blood Orange.

New article by crime and noir expert Barry Forshaw on leading man Tom Conway.

Article by Denis Meikle on James Carreras, whose drive, initiative, and inexhaustible energy led Hammer to global success.

Archive interview with Harry Oakes, star of many Hammer films.

Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265

Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)

HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10

Aspect ratio: 1.37:1

Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1

Audio

English: LPCM 2.0 Mono

English: DTS-HD 5.1

Subtitles

English SDH, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Discs

4K Ultra HD

Blu-ray Disc

Two discs (1 BD-100, 1 BD-50)

Packaging

Slipcase

Inner sleeve

Booklet

Playback

4K Blu-ray: Region-free

2K Blu-ray: Region B