Rent Abandoned (1949)
3.4 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 19min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Paula Considine (Gale Storm) arrives in Los Angeles trying to find the whereabouts of her missing sister. The girl had recently had a baby before her disappearance. Asking for information at City Hall a local crime reporter called Mark Sitko (Dennis O'keefe) overhears the young ladies distraught conversation. He offers his services and connections to help with tracking down the story. Leading these two amateur sleuths to cross paths with a private detective and thrown into a shadowy world of black market baby racketeering!!!
- Actors:
- Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall, Raymond Burr, Marjorie Rambeau, Jeanette Nolan, Mike Mazurki, Will Kuluva, David Clarke, William Frambes, Sid Tomack, Perc Launders, Steve Darrell, Clifton Young, Ruth Sanderson, Frank Cady, Marcella Cisney, Edward Clark, Bert Conway
- Directors:
- Joseph M. Newman
- Producers:
- Jerry Bresler
- Writers:
- Irwin Gielgud, William Bowers
- Aka:
- Abandoned Woman / Not Wanted
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/11/2022
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentaries with Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman on 'Abandoned'
- The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978): archival audio recording of the much-loved star in conversation
- The Heel with Sex Appeal: Nick Pinkerton on Dan Duryea
- Return to Europe: Christina Newland on Robert Siodmak
- Absolute Magnetism: Lucy Bolton on Gloria Grahame
- Film Noir Festival Q&A with Victoria Price (2018): archival video recording of Vincent Price's daughter in conversation
- United Action Means Victory (1939): documentary short written by Ben Maddow
- Skirmish on the Home Front (1944): short film starring William Bendix
- A Salute to France (1944): short film starring Claude Dauphin
- Easy to Get (1947): short campaign film directed by Joseph M Newman
- The Cinematographer (1951): documentary short directed by Jerry Hopper
- Image galleries
- UK premieres on Blu-ray
