The Reckless Moment (Region Free)

(Max Ophuls, 1949)

Release date: 16 November 2020

Standard Edition Blu-ray

The legendary Max Ophuls (Letter from an Unknown Woman, La Ronde) directs this tense and stylish 1949 film noir melodrama. Joan Bennett (Scarlet Street, Suspiria) stars as a suburban housewife who covers up a murder to protect her teenage daughter, only to find herself blackmailed by an immoral small-time crook, played by James Mason (North by Northwest, The Deadly Affair).

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES

High Definition remaster

Original mono audio

Making an American Movie (2010, 44 mins): an in-depth analysis by Lutz Bacher, author of Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios

Maternal Overdrive (2006, 23 mins): award-winning writer-director Todd Haynes discusses one of his favourite films

James Mason as Homme Fatal (2018, 27 mins): illustrated lecture by academic Adrian Garvey, recorded as part of the Focus on James