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Olive Films have revealed that they will add two more titles to their Blu-ray catalog in early 2014: director Douglas Sirk's Sleep, My Love (1948), starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche, Rita Johnson, and Raymond Burr, and Anthony Mann's Men in War (1957), starring Aldo Ray, Robert Ryan, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, and Vic Morrow. The two releases will be available for purchase on April 15th.

Sleep, My Love

Claudette Colbert wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue. Based on the novel by Leo Rosten.

Men in War

During the Korean War, when their truck breaks down, Lieutenant Benson (Ryan) and his troops find themselves behind enemy lines with no way of contacting their headquarters. In order to survive their dangerous march to safety, Benson and Sergeant Montana (Ray) have no choice but to work alongside each other, despite their differences. Based on the novel by Van Van Praag.

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Independent U.S. distributors Olive Films have revealed that they have acquired a number of classic films which they are planning to release on Blu-ray and DVD in 2014. Amongst them are Frank Lloyd's The Shanghai Story (1954), Robert Aldrich's World of Ransom (1954), John H. Auer's The Eternal Sea (1955), and Massimo Dallamano's A Black Veil for Lisa (1968).

Here's the complete list with the titles Olive Films have acquired:

1. Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). Comedy/Drama.
Dir: Robert Altman – Cher, Sandy Dennis, Karen Black, Kathy Bates

2. Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951). Adventure.
Dir: William Marshall – Errol Flynn, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead

3. Man of Conquest (1939). Epic Historical Drama/Western.
Dir: George Nichols – Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, George "Gabby" Hayes

4. The Private Life of Bel Ami (1947). Drama.
Dir: Albert Lewin – George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak, John Carradine

5. Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945). Film Noir.
Dir: Robert Siodmak – George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Rains

6. Track the Man Down (1955) Film Noir.
Dir: R.G. Springsteen – Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, George Rose

7. A Black Veil For Lisa (1968). Gialo Horror.
Dir: Massimo Dallamano – John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi

8. The Eternal Sea (1955). War Drama.
Dir: John H. Auer – Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Dean Jagger, Virginia Grey

9. Hell's Five Hours (1958). Film Noir.
Dir: Jack L. Copeland – Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Vic Morrow

10. No Man's Woman (1955). Film Noir.
Dir: Franklin Adreon – Marie Windsor, John Archer, Nancy Gates

11. The Quiet Gun (1957). Western.
Dir: William F. Claxton – Forrest Tucker, Lee Van Cleef, Mara Corday, Jim Davis

12. Stranger at My Door (1956). Western.
Dir: William Witney – Macdonald Carey, Patricia Medina, Skip Homeier, Slim Pickins

13. Flying Disc Man From Mars (1950). Serial/Science Fiction.
Dir: Fred C. Brannon – Walter Reed, Lois Collier, Gregory Gaye

14. The Invisible Monster (1950). Serial/Horror.
Dir: Fred C. Brannon – Richard Webb, Aline Towne, Lana Bradford

15. The Beat Generation (1959). Crime Drama/Rock-N-Roll.
Dir: Charles F. Haas – Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Louis Armstrong, Jackie Coogan, Vampira, James Mitchum

16. The Big Operator (1959). Crime Drama/Rock-N-Roll.
Dir: Charles F. Haas – Mickey Rooney, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Ray Danton, Jim Backus, Jackie Coogan, Vampira

17. The Shanghai Story (1954). Film Noir.
Dir: Frank Lloyd – Ruth Roman, Edmond O' Brien, Richard Jaekel, Whit Bissell

18. The Weapon (1956). Thriller.
Dir: Val Guest – Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, Nicole Maurey

19. Woman They Almost Lynched (1953). Western.
Dir: Allan Dwan – John Lund, Brian Donlevy, Joan Leslie

20. World For Ransom (1954) Film Noir.
Dir: Robert Aldrich – Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Reginald Denny

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Independent distributors Olive Films have revealed that they will add two more titles to their catalog in early 2014: Sidney Lumet's The Pawnbroker (1964), starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Thelma Oliver, and Linda Geiser, and Joseph Losey's Stanger on the Prowl (1952), starring Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, Vittorio Manunta, Aldo Silvani, and Luisa Rossi.

Stranger on the Prowl

This two-pronged story concerns a nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life, and a young boy from an impoverished family, who is forced to steal when he loses his milk money.

The Pawnbroker

Rod Steiger gives a mesmerizing Oscar nominated performance as the embittered survivor of a Nazi death camp who can't escape the ghosts of his past or the powerful lesson that awaits him in the future. Now a Harlem pawnbroker, Sol Nazerman condemns the dregs of society who pass through his shop and ridicules his idealistic assistant, Ortiz. But when Ortiz, powerfully portrayed by Jaime Sanchez, puts his life on the line for Sol, only then does he learn the ultimate truth about hope and humanity. Under the brilliant direction of Sidney Lumet, Steiger's first starring role in the major leagues is among the finest of his career. Hugely controversial and denounced by everyone including the Catholic Legion of Decency for a taboo-breaking nude scene, this landmark film remains not just powerful entertainment, but a stunning example of how movies can alter our emotions and perceptions forever.

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In response to the many inquiries we’ve received about Saul Bass’ PHASE IV – questions about the ‘lost’ ending and which version is being released on*October 27,*2015 – we can confirm we are releasing the original 1974 Paramount Pictures 84-minute theatrical cut, as it is currently the only version available for licensing.*We have no doubt that fans of the film will be pleased with the Blu-Ray version, its first time available in HD.

Much has been written about PHASE IV since its initial theatrical release in 1974 including the thought-to-be-lost “original” or “expanded” ending of the film that was shown in 2012 following a special presentation of the theatrical release version in Los Angeles by The Cinefamily. It should be noted that before 2012 Saul Bass’ original ending has never been shown theatrically, although select shots can be seen in the original theatrical trailer.

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Independent U.S. distributors Olive Films will add ten new titles to their Blu-ray catalog this March. Amongst them are Don Hulette's Breaker! Breaker!, John Dahl's Kll Me Again, David Gordon Green's Undertow, and Harold Becker's The Boost.

Breaker! Breaker!

Chuck Norris does double-duty as both star and fight choreographer in the action-packed Breaker! Breaker!

Breaker! Breaker! features Chuck Norris (Firewalker) at his butt-kicking best as a trucker on a mission to locate his kidnapped brother. J.D. Dawes (Norris) finds himself run afoul of the corrupt and unscrupulous Judge Joshua Trimmings (George Murdock, The Mack) and his henchmen, when he ventures into a small desert town in search of his missing brother. Judge Trimmings doesn't much like truckers ...and Dawes doesn't much like anyone who messes with his family – it' s a combustible combination in the high-octane action drama Breaker! Breaker!, directed by Don Hulette (A Great Ride), written by Terry Chambers (13 Nuns) and co-starring Jack Nance (Eraserhead), Michael Augenstein (Macbeth), Don Gentry (Born Again) and Terry O' Connor.

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

Bandits

Barry Levinson (Rain Man) mines cinematic gold in Bandits, starring Cate Blanchett, Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton. Conjuring up memories of another silver screen trio – Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Myrna LoyinTest Pilot– Willis (The Sixth Sense) and Thornton (Sling Blade) star as Joe and Terry, escaped convicts on the lam planning to rob a few banks to fund a new life just south of the border. Blanchett (Carol) stars as Kate Wheeler, a woman also on the run – from an unhappy marriage. Fate intervenes when Kate runs into Terry (quite literally) with her car. She soon finds herself joining the boys on their cross-country trek in this comic caper co-starring January Jones (TV' s Mad Men) and William Converse-Roberts (Kiss the Girls).

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

Kill Me Again

Kill Me Again would be one of three on-screen appearances by Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley (then Mrs. Val Kilmer) which includes the Ron Howard directed and George Lucas produced fantasy film Willow and Francis Ford Coppola's horror film Twixt.

Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer, Heat), a down on his luck private investigator is looking to score some cash in order to pay off his debt to a local loan shark. Fay Forrester (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Willow) – in femme fatale mode – is looking to disappear, having just made off with a suitcase full of money stolen from her psychotic boyfriend Vince (Michael Madsen, Kill Bill) following a robbery gone wrong. Fate will bring Jack and Fay together. And fate may tear them apart in the modern day noir Kill Me Again, directed by John Dahl (The Last Seduction, Red Rock West) from a screenplay by Dahl and David W.Warfield. Kill Me Again features supporting performances by Jon Gries (Taken), Bibi Besch (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) and Nick Dimitri (The Fugitive).

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

The Trip

The Trip features a cast and crew of Academy Award winners and nominees including screenwriter Jack Nicholson (Best Actor winner for As Good AsIt Gets and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest); Peter Fonda (Best Actor nominee, Ulee's Gold; Best Screenplay, Easy Rider–a nomination shared with The Tripco-star Dennis Hopper); Bruce Dern (Best Actor nominee, Nebraska) and Dennis Hopper (Best Supporting Actor nominee, Hoosiers).

With The Trip, Roger Corman delves deep inside the mind of the artist. TV commercial director Paul Groves (Peter Fonda, The Wild Angels), with both his personal and professional life in crisis due to a crumbling marriage and stagnating career, begins to experiment with LSD to free himself artistically. Paul' s trip provides the viewer with psychedelic and hallucinatory moments worthy of Fellini, as an onslaught of strange, beautiful and terrifying images flood Paul' s subconscious and leads to a revelatory denouement. Featured in The Trip are Bruce Dern (co-star of the Corman directed The Wild Angels) as John, the self-proclaimed LSD guru who sends Paul on his trip; Susan Strasberg (Psych-Out) as Paul' s estranged wife; and Dennis Hopper (Chattahoochee) as a drug-culture every man. The Trip, written for the screen by Jack Nicholson (Psych-Out, Ironweed) would beoneof several collaborations with mentor Roger Corman including The LittleShop of Horrors, The Raven and The Terror.

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

Undertow

With the drama thriller Undertow, director David Gordon Green proves once again his ability to navigate any genre (the romantic All the Real Girls, the dramatic George Washington, and the comedic Pineapple Express) with ease.

Following the death of his wife, John Munn (Dermot Mulroney, My Best Friend's Wedding) moves to Georgia with his two sons Chris (Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot) and Tim (Devon Alan, Simon Birch) in hopes of making a new start for his family. Once there, rebellious Chris finds a kindred spirit in his Uncle Deel (Josh Lucas, American Psycho), who recently left prison and still holds a grudge against his brother for marrying the woman he loved. Resentments soon boil over with tragic consequences sending Uncle Deel in hot pursuit of his fleeing nephews in the dramatic thriller Undertow. Undertow, directed by David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls) from a screenplay by Joe Conway and Green, based on a story by Lingard Jervey, co-stars Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Robert Longstreet (Pineapple Express) and Terry Loughlin (October Sky).

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

Clean Slate

The multi-faceted Dana Carvey stars as an amnesic detective alongside Academy Award nominee James Earl Jones (Best Actor,The Great White Hope) in the comedy with thrills, Clean Slate.

Clean Slate stars Saturday Night Live alum Dana Carvey as Maurice Pogue, a private detective recovering from amnesia. Pogue suffers a head injury that affects his short-term memory (which disappears every time he falls asleep), an affliction that will jeopardize his professional life as well as a major case against mobster Cornell (Michael Gambon, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban),in which he' s a witness. Add to the mix a murder plot, double-crosses and a possible femme fatale (Valeria Golino, Rain Man) and you have the ingredients for a first-rate comic thriller. Clean Slate, directed by Mick Jackson (L.A. Story) from a screenplay by Robert King, features supporting performances by James Earl Jones (Star Wars), Kevin Pollak (L.A.Story), Michael Murphy (Phase IV), Jayne Brook (Kindergarten Cop) and Olivia d'Abo (Wayne's World 2).

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

Jinxed

Jinxed stars two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Actress, Bette Midler (The Rose, For The Boys) and Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor, Rip Torn (Cross Creek).

High-rolling gambler Harold Benson (Rip Torn, Men in Black) is on a winning streak thanks to"jinxed" blackjack dealer Willie Brodax (Ken Wahl, The Wanderers) – Harold just can' t loose when he' s playing at Willie' s table. The only way for Willie to break his streak of bad luck, as suggested by casino manager Milt (Val Avery, Black Caesar), is to take something prized from Harold. Enter Harold' s mistress, lounge singer Bonita Friml (Bette Midler, The Rose), a prize in the eyes of Willie, in the romantic comedy Jinxed. Jinxed is directed by Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry) from a screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy and David Newman based on a story by Gilroy.

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

The Boost

The Boost features a riveting lead performance by Academy Award nominee James Woods (Best Actor, Salvador).

James Woods (Best Seller) and Sean Young (Fatal Instinct) star in the dramatic cautionary tale The Boost. Living the high life – figuratively and literally –married couple Lenny and Linda Brown (Woods and Young) will see their fast lane L.A. lifestyle come crashing down around them when the real estate market takes a sudden downturn. Unemployed and in debt, Lenny and Linda' s hedonistic lifestyle and casual drug use soon spiral out of control as they careen toward an abyss. The Boost, wrote film critic Roger Ebert, is"one of the most convincing and horrifying portraits of drug addiction I've ever seen."The Boost, directed by Harold Becker (The Onion Field) from a screenplay by Darryl Ponicsan (based on the Benjamin Stein book Ludes: A Ballad of the Drug and the Dream), features supporting performances by Steven Hill (TV' s Law & Order), John Kapelos (The Breakfast Club), Amanda Blake (TV's Gunsmoke) and Grace Zabriskie (TV' s Twin Peaks).

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

Making the Grade

From high school rebel in The Breakfast Club to prep school impersonator, Judd Nelson's (Blue City) irreverent brand of humor is prominently on display in Making The Grade. Rich, preppy Palmer Woodrow (Dana Olsen, The 'Burbs) would much rather be skiing in Europe than attending Hoover Academy prep school, which provides Palmer with his last shot at graduating. As it turns out Palmer is more motivated than anyone imagines.Enter Eddie Keaton (Nelson), a low-rent con artist in need of cash and on the run from a loan shark (Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine). With $10,000 and a Porsche courtesy of Palmer, Eddie assumes his identity. Hoover Academy will never be the same. Making The Grade, directed by Dorian Walker (Teen Witch) from a screenplay by Gene Quintano based on a story by Quintano and Charles Gale, co-stars Jonna Lee (Chained Heat), Gordon Jump (House Calls) and Ronald Lacey (Raiders of the Lost Ark).

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

My Summer Story

Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen (Best Supporting Actress, Melvin and Howard) takes on the role of Mrs. Parker in My Summer Story, the sequel to the perennial family favorite A Christmas Story.

The Parker family celebrates a warmer–but no less festive – season in My Summer Story, a sequel to A Christmas Story starring Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard), Charles Grodin and Kieran Culkin. The laughs are hardier and the adventures more adventurous as Ralphie Parker (Kieran Culkin, Father of the Bride) goes in search of the perfect spinning top in order to beat his arch rival and school bully Lug Ditka (Whit Hertford, Jurassic Park), while Mrs. Parker (Steenburgen) and Mr. Parker (Grodin) cope with the boisterous neighbors, among other summer pursuits. Bob Clark (A Christmas Story) directs My Summer Story from a screenplay by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Clark based on the novel by Shepherd.

STREET DATE: MARCH 22.

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