Kino Lorber on April 11 will release on Blu-ray Disc two Westerns from the 1950s, The Mississippi Gambler and They Came to Cordura.
Both films carry a suggested retail price (SRP) of $24.95.
Director Rudolph Mate’s The Mississippi Gambler (1953) finds riverboat gambler Mark Fallon (Tyrone Power) playing a high-stakes game for love and money. Fallon, on his way to New Orleans, meets Angelique Dureau (Piper Laurie), a Southern belle who spurns his charm and advances. Using his winnings to build a casino, Fallon’s card skills make him a fortune, while his pursuit of the fiery Angelique leads to knife fights, family feuds and duels over personal honor.
The Blu-ray Disc was made from a brand-new 2K master and includes new audio commentary by film historian Toby Roan.
Also arriving April 11 is They Came to Cordura (1959), which was directed by Robert Rossen and is set during the 1916 war against Pancho Villa. They Came to Cordura stars Gary Cooper as Thomas Thorn, a career Army officer given the humiliating task of leading five Medal of Honor candidates to the military base of Cordura, Texas. Branded a coward during battle, Thorn hopes to learn what these men, each of whom performed heroically under fire, possess which he lacks. But as the grueling journey through the desert progresses, the “heroes” panic, attempting murder and mutiny as the quest for survival reveals their true characters. Rita Hayworth co-stars as the seventh member of the group, an American expatriate who gradually comes to appreciate Thorn’s quiet integrity as he leads his mutinous charges through a desperate odyssey.
Bonus features include an introduction by filmmaker and film historian Bertrand Tavernier.