Olive Films announced
this past week a group of post-Labor Day DVD and Blu-ray that includes director
Charles F. Hass’ 1959 crime thriller starring the late Mickey Rooney, The
Big Operator.
Slated for delivery on
Sept. 16, Rooney stars as a sadistic “union boss,” which is nothing more than a
cover for his criminal enterprise.
Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren co-star as husband and wife — he takes
on the mob — while none other than Dennis the Menace (Jay North) plays their
son.
Other familiar faces in
this overlooked film gem include Mel Tormé, Jim Backus, Jack Coogan, Ray Danton
(The
George Raft Story, The Beat Generation, etc.) and Vampira (who also
appear with Danton, Cochran and Van Doren in The Beat Generation … of
note, both The Big Operator and The Beat Generation were directed by
Hass).
Elsewhere on the
September release calendar from Olive Films are Distant Drums and South
of St. Louis (both available on DVD and Blu-ray on Sept. 23) and Betty
Boop Essential Collection, Volume #4 (Sept. 30).
To download this week's
complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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