The Chase [Blu-ray]

Arthur Penn directed this atmospheric melodrama with a stellar pedigree (scripted by Lillian Hellman and based upon a play by Horton Foote) and a checkered production history. Penn later disowned the film, complaining that producer Sam Spiegel constantly interfered during production and later barred him from the editing room. "I have never made a film under such unspeakable conditions," Penn said. "I was used merely to move the actors around like horses." The Chase takes place in Tarl, a Te...