The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Blu-ray + DVD)

Fate drew them together… and only murder could part them!
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  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: May 29, 2012
  • Originally Released: 1946
  • Label: Film Chest Company

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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is one of those really dark films noir that tends to get away with more than it seems to be getting away with. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Jul 2, 2012
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Vintage thriller that too often veers more toward mopey melodrama than sizzling film noir. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Jun 19, 2012
A gripping film noir, all the more effective for being staged by Milestone as a steamy romantic melodrama. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
Pervaded by his guilty-liberal fascination with power and money. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: 4.5/5 -- One of the most effective and underrated noirs of that classic era. Full Review
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Jun 2, 2010
Rating: 3.5/5 -- slick entertainment with a taut narrative and shrewd direction
Filmcritic.com
Dec 10, 2004
Rating: B -- Though well-crafted, this potboiler is a second-tier film noir, mostly known for featuring Kirk Douglas screen debut, as Stanwyck's weakling hubby; in a few years, Douglas will develop his more characteristic persona as a tough, tenacious he-man. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Nov 5, 2007

Product Description:

Although this was director Lewis Milestone's only venture into the realm of noir, it remains a classic of the genre. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as the title character, a tough, spoiled, willful heiress married to the local D.A., Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), a weak-willed alcoholic. When old friend Sam Masterson (Van Heflin) suddenly returns to town after many years away, he approaches Walter to help with the case of Toni Marashek (Lizabeth Scott), a friend who has been falsely accused of a crime. Sam is surprised, at first, to learn of Walter's marriage, knowing both of the parties, but quickly begins to put the pieces together. It turns out that Martha's tyrannical aunt (Judith Anderson) met an untimely end on the night that Sam left town, and Martha fears that Sam will reveal what he knows about that night, thereby destroying the lives of both she and her husband. Consequently, she begins to plot against Sam, whom she also loves in her own twisted fashion. Every element seems perfectly in place in this typically guilt-saturated noir, with superb direction from Milestone, a memorable score by Miklos Rozsa, and an outstanding performance by Kirk Douglas in his film debut.

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  • UPC: 851169003094
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