Billy Wilder

A Chicago, al tempo del proibizionismo, e precisamente il 29 febbraio 1929, gli uomini di Al Capone uccidono sei gangster di una banda rivale. Il massacro avviene all'interno di un'autorimessa e due musicisti, Joe, suonatore di sassofono e Jerry, suonatore di contrabbasso, ne sono involontari testimoni. Braccati dai banditi, i due riescono a far…

Here’s a Varèse Encore release of another very early title from our CD Club. Miklós Rózsa’s luminous Fedora was actually just the second title released from the original Varèse CD Club, way back in 1989! It’s been out of print, expensive and hard to get ever since. But now the timing is perfect. We are so excited about making this late-Rózsa classic available once again. As a special bonus, this Encore Edition also retains the Crisis Guitar Suite, performed by Daryl Denning.

Two struggling musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), witness the Saint Valentine's Day massacre of 1929. When the Chicago gangsters, led by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), see them, the two flee for their lives. They escape and decide to leave town, taking a job that requires them to disguise themselves as women…

Un giovane scrittore, dopo un precoce successo iniziale, incontra sul suo cammino delle serie difficoltà per sottrarsi al tormento delle quali ricorre all'alcool. Lasciatosi andare per la china fatale in breve diventa un alcoolizzato e a nulla servono gli sforzi del fratello e della propria fidanzata per strapparlo al vizio - Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events, all gone wrong because of the bottle.