WICKED GAMES: THREE FILMS BY ROBERT HOSSEIN (LIMITED EDITION) BLU-RAY [PRE-ORDER]

Street Date 11/18/25

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A prison break, femme fatales and a genre-defining western: Robert Hossein (Rififi) was, both behind and in front of the camera, one of French cinema's great unsung stylists. Three of his finest genre exploits are collected here:

In The Wicked Go to Hell, two inmates (Henri Vidal, A Kiss for a Killer, and Serge Reggiani, The Leopard) join forces to stage a daring escape. In Nude in a White Car, a drifter (Robert Hossein, also director) is tempted into a night of passion by a pair of mystery blondes (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I know about Her, and Odile Versois, Passport to Shame). In The Taste of Violence a revolutionary kidnaps the daughter (Giovanna Ralli, The Mercenary) of a dictator to negotiate a prisoner swap with his two lieutenants Chamaco (Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection) and Chico (Hans H. Neubert, Der Richter von London).

FEATURES:
2K restorations by Gaumont for each film, presented on three discs
Original uncompressed mono audio for each film
Audio commentary on each film by critic and author Tim Lucas (2025)
Picking Strawberries - A newly created ‘making of’ featurette with historian Lucas Balbo, featuring archive interviews with Hossein and Jean Rollin (2025)
Behind Marked Eyes: The Cinematic Stare of Robert Hossein - A newly created featurette by Howard S. Berger about Hossein and his work (2025)
Interview with actor Marina Vlady (2014)
The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Classic French Cinema - A visual essay by critic Samm Deighan (2025)
The Taste of Violence appreciation by filmmaker and Western authority Alex Cox (2025)
Interview with author C. Courtney Joyner on The Taste of Violence and the Zapata Western subgenre (2025)
Trailers
Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and newly translated archival archival writing by Lucas Balbo
Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings