Vera and the Bean




Warner Archive Podcast show

Summary: Director Richard Rush's Freebie and the Bean (1974) starring Alan Arkin, James Caan, is a seminal cynical cop comedy that mixes politically incorrect insouciance with slam bang action and is new to Blu-ray featuring a fantastic new 2017 1080p master. TV's Alice is back with The Complete Fifth Season (1980) on DVD featuring the continuing adventures of Mel's Diner. New Westerns coming to DVD for the first time include The Crossfire (1933) with Tom Keene, The Lion and the Horse (1952) with Steve Cochran and Cow Country (1953) with Edmund O'Brien. This week, five films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy come back in print on DVD including Manhattan Melodrama (1934), Evelyn Prentice (1934), Double Wedding (1937), I Love You Again (1940) and Love Crazy (1941).