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Blast of Silence Director: Allen Baron Cast: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter Clume

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/15/2008
  • Original Release: 1961
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 7,751

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Requiem for a Killer: the making of "Blast of Silence"; Rare on-set Polaroids; Photos of locations in 2008; Plus: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and a four-page graphic-novel adaptation of the film by acclaimed artist Sean Phillips (Criminal, Sleeper, Marvel Zombies)

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Disc #1 -- Blast of Silence
1. "Remembering" [4:07]
2. "At Noon You Make Contact" [2:20]
3. "The Target's Name is Troiano" [2:53]
4. "He Turns Your Stomach" [8:24]
5. Time to Kill [3:27]
6. "Alone at Dinner" [2:57]
7. "You Hate Parties" [3:07]
8. December 25 [6:46]
9. December 26 [8:34]
10. Silencing a Rat [5:40]
11. "Hoodlum Strangled!" [5:43]
12. Another Bad Moment [7:32]
13. The Last Day [6:23]
14. The Hit [5:35]
15. "God Moves in Mysterious Ways" [3:42]
1. Beverly Hills, 2006 [4:20]
2. Penn Station/Lionel Stander [2:25]
3. Boyhood Memories [2:14]
4. Downey's [6:23]
5. Staten Island Ferry [2:47]
6. Harlem [4:20]
7. Watching Troiano [2:46]
8. Christmas [1:27]
9. Newsstand [2:18]
10. Solitude and Delusions [5:40]
11. Love Nest [9:35]
12. Cold Death [6:44]
13. From New York to Hollywood [4:23]
14. Sound of Silence [4:29]

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A few days in the life of a murderer go under the microscope in this offbeat and intense low-budget film noir, the first feature from director Allen Baron. Frankie Bono (Baron) is a hired killer from Cleveland who travels to New York City a few days before Christmas on an assignment. Bono, a bitter loner who has few friends and little use for relationships with others, has been brought to the Big Apple to rub out Troiano (Peter Clume), a second-rate mobster. After a less than pleasant encounter with Big Ralph (Larry Tucker), a rotund underground gun dealer, Bono begins casing out Troiano and discovers his target is out of town for a few days, giving him some time to kill. Bono bumps into a childhood friend who thinks he could use a friend and introduces Frankie to Lorrie (Molly McCarthy), but when she invites him to her flat for dinner, the evening doesn't go well and Bono feels more alienated than ever. While keeping tabs on Troiano, Bono runs into Big Ralph again, with consequences that put the hit man and his career in great danger. Blast of Silence features a distinctive and highly dramatic second-person narration read by Lionel Stander (whose name does not appear in the credits); the narration was written by the then-blacklisted Waldo Salt under the name Mel Davenport. Director Allen Baron originally cast Peter Falk as Frankie Bono, but ended up playing the lead after Falk dropped out to take a better paying role in the crime drama Murder Inc. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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