"Blast of Silence" opening sequence

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has been uploaded to supplement a review of the Criterion Collection release of the last great American noir, "Blast of Silence" (1961), directed, written, and starring Allen Baron. The review appears on the Media Funhouse blog at: www.mediafunhouse.blogspot.com The inimitable voice you hear, a hardboiled miracle, is that of the great Lionel Stander; the narration was written by blacklisted writer Waldo Salt.