Blood Orange 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Hammer Films 3 Three Stops to Murder

Another Hammer classic painstakingly restored in 4K from the original film negatives!

Introducing Hammer's 2-Disc Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Region B) for 1953's Blood Orange. Ex-FBI agent turned private eye Conway is called in to investigate a jewel robbery at an exclusive London fashion house. But when murder enters the frame, the catwalk becomes a crime scene – and the killer is still at large.

Hollywood favorite Tom Conway – famed for playing Sherlock Holmes, The Falcon, Bulldog Drummond and Simon Templar – stars in this sharp-edged crime thriller from director Terence Fisher.  Co-starring Naomi Chance as a model hiding dangerous secrets and Richard Wattis as a grumbling police inspector.

Blood Orange has been painstakingly restored by Hammer in 4K from the original film negatives.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This set contains 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (Region Free) and Blu-ray (Region B) Discs. An all-region Blu-ray player is required to read Region B Discs. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B Discs. Looking for all-region players? We got your covered!

Limited Edition Features:

• Blood Orange and supporting material on two discs in a stylish digipak and rigid box: one UHD and one Blu-ray, with the content duplicated across both formats
• English, French, Italian, Spanish and German subtitles on each version of the film

Disc Features:

• New commentary with author and critic Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw, author of Brit Noir and The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
• New commentary with film historian Lucy Bolton and film critic Phuong Le
• Dressed to Kill: Screenwriter and author David Pirie and Wayne Kinsey, writer of numerous books on Hammer, discuss Michael Carreras, his relationships and his work at Hammer in the early 1950s
• I'm Just a Girl!: award-winning film-maker Alice Lowe discusses Blood Orange and female representation in British cinema
• The ABC of British B!: Artist and film scholar Cathy Lomax, film historian Richard Hollis and author Gavin Collinson discuss Hammer's run of B movies which formed the company's staple output for the best part of a decade
• The House of Glamour: author and fashion historian Liz Tregenza gives insight into the fashions and fashion industry portrayed so vividly in Blood Orange
• A short gallery of stills and publicity material alongside tracks from Ivor Slaney’s score

Book Features:

• New article by Hammer expert Wayne Kinsey examining the making of Blood Orange
• New article by Robert JE Simpson on Hammer's "sister company" and initial distributor, Exclusive Films
• New article by Nora Fiore on the "bad girls" of Hammer Noir and how they stack up against American femme fatales
• New article by Wayne Kinsey, who examines a key piece of Bray Studios architecture used to good effect on Blood Orange
• New article by crime and Noir expert Barry Forshaw on lead actor Tom Conway
• New article by Gavin Collinson, who takes a look at cinema’s often-jaundiced take on the fashion industry
• Article by Denis Meikle on James Carreras, whose drive, initiative and inexhaustible energy drove Hammer to global success
• Archive interview with Harry Oakes, focus puller on many Hammer films

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1953
• Audio: 5.1/Mono/English
• Aspect Ratio:
• Subtitles: English (optional)
• Runtime: 76
• Discs: 2