Classic Movies: THE CAT O'NINE TAILS (1971) - Limited Edition

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Product Description: Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer/director Dario Argento with delivering a follow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatly enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as ''nine times more suspenseful'' than its predecessor, was The Cat O' Nine Tails.

When a break-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arno (Karl Malden, Patton, One-Eyed Jacks), who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institute's scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperiled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, Cannibal Apocalypse), Franco's young niece, may also be in the killer's sights…

This second entry in the so-called ''Animal Trilogy'' found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (Il Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron Blood), and featuring another nerve-jangling score by Academy Award Winner Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), The Cat O' Nine Tails remains one of Argento's most suspenseful and underrated films.

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Director: Dario Argento

Starring: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 112 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Italian

Studio: Arrow Video

Home Video Release Date: March 6, 2018

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Blu-ray + DVD

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Encoding Format: 16:9

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

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DVD: English
Blu-ray: English

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DVD: Mono
Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono

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DVD: English, English SDH

Blu-ray: English, English SDH

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Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp
Double-sided fold-out poster
4 lobby card reproductions
New audio commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
New interviews with co-writer/director Dario Argento, co-writer Dardano Sacchetti, actress Cinzia De Carolis and production manager Angelo Iacono
Script pages for the lost original ending, translated into English for the first time
Limited edition booklet illustrated by Matt Griffin, featuring an essay on the film by Dario Argento, and new writing by Barry Forshaw, Troy Howarth and Howard Hughes