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The Gentle Gunman (US Limited Edition Blu-ray)

Director: Basil Dearden

Cast: John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellers

John Mills (Town on Trial) and Dirk Bogarde (H.M.S. Defiant) star in The Gentle Gunman, a riveting wartime thriller directed by Ealing Studios regular Basil Dearden (The Rainbow Jacket). Brothers Terry (Mills) and Matt (Bogarde) are undercover IRA foot-soldiers involved in a bombing campaign during the London Blitz. When Terry begins to question his part in the violence, Matt warns him to go into hiding. However, determined to clear his name, Terry vows to play his part in freeing a group of IRA members who have been captured by the British police.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• New 4K restoration
• Original mono audio
• Battle for the Soul (2025): director and screenwriter James Dearden introduces his father’s work
• The Guardian Interview with Dirk Bogarde (1983): archival audio recording of the great actor in conversation with Tony Bilbow at the National Film Theatre, London
• A Closer Look at ‘The Gentle Gunman’ (2022): broadcaster Matthew Sweet and film critic Phuong Le discuss the film’s production and themes
• All Hands (1940): short film produced by Ealing Studios for the ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ campaign, starring John Mills
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Robert Murphy, archival production reports on the making of the film, extracts from the film’s pressbook, an overview of contemporary critical responses, new writing by Jeff Billington on All Hands, and full film credits
• US premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (3,000 4K UHDs and 2,000 Blu-rays) for the US

All features subject to change