The Guilty / High Tide

BLU-RAY / DVD DUAL-FORMAT EDITION Flicker Alley, in partnership with the Film Noir Foundation, is proud to release two newly restored noir classics from 1947 – The Guilty and High Tide. The Guilty, produced by Jack Wrather and released by Monogram Pictures, is a triumph of resourcefulness for its director, John Reinhardt. Based on a short story by legendary suspense writer Cornell Woolrich, this little-seen B movie centers on war veterans Mike Carr (Don Castle) and Johnny Dixon (Wally Cassell), roommates in a low-rent tenement. Working on only three sets, with a shoestring budget, Reinhardt and director of photography Henry Sharp evoke the dreadful, dead-of-night ambiance that was the domain of the era’s most prolific noir scribe, Cornell Woolrich. Thanks to the dedication of the Film Noir Foundation, The Guilty has been restored from a 35mm nitrate composite fine-grain master by UCLA Film & Television Archive, and is now presented in this world-premiere edition. High Tide was the