The Warner Archive Collection has officially announced their lineup of new Blu-ray releases for October 2025. 8 new titles will be arriving on Blu-ray this October in addition to the previously announced 4K UHD and Blu-ray releases of ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’*. The newly announced Blu-ray releases include ‘Manhattan Melodrama’, ‘A Summer Place’, ‘Out of the Fog’, ‘The Master Of Ballantrae’ and more. The releases will be released in two waves and available to own on Blu-ray October 14 and October 28, 2025. You can find full details, artwork and the specific release date for each title below!

COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 14th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!
New 2025 1080p HD master from 4K scan of the original nitrate camera negative!

THE RACKET (1951)
BD-50
Running Time: 89 Minutes
B&W
Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
NOT RATED
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott

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SPECIAL FEATURES: Feature commentary by Turner Classic Movies host Eddie Muller, Original Theatrical Trailer

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Nick Scanlon (Robert Ryan) is an old-fashioned kind of gangster. If someone crosses you, settle it with a fist or a bullet. Tom McQuigg (Robert Mitchum) is an old-fashioned kind of cop. Grab the bad guy, not the bribe. But they are both living in a corrupt new world on both sides of the law, efficient green-eyeshade types who run a crime ring like a corporation. They will not mind if Scanlon and Tom McQuigg square off…. if they bring each other down.
Ryan and Mitchum, who co-starred in the ground-breaking Crossfire return for another tense, character-driven, twist-laden film noir. Who’ll stab you in the back? You’ll be surprised. Making its Blu-ray debut, newly remastered from a 4K scan of the original nitrate negative, THE RACKET this new presentation draws the audience into this Film Noir classic as never before.

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COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 14th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!
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RAFFERTY AND THE GOLD DUST TWINS (1975)
BD-50
Running Time: 91 Minutes
COLOR
Aspect Ratio: 16×9 2.39:1 Letterbox
Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
RATED R
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Cast: Alan Arkin, Sally Kellerman, Mackenzie Phillips

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Contains the Original Theatrical Trailer.

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Gunny Rafferty (Alan Arkin) is a lonely ex-marine adrift in the sea of humanity known as Los Angeles. In the morning, he leaves his rundown apartment and drives his beat-up car to a boring, mind-numbing job. But today is going to be different when Gunny meets two footloose female drifters Mac and Frisbee (Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips) who cajole him into take a road trip to New Orleans. Resigning himself to the situation, Rafferty joins forces with this terrible twosome. On the road, their odyssey shifts into high gear as these lovable losers get into one comic misadventure after the other. Two of their victims, Charles Martin Smith (American Graffiti) and Harry Dean Staton (Paris, Texas) get humorously stung by the antics of consummate femme fatale/pool hustler Frisbee. Eventually romance brings Rafferty and Mac together. Even Frisbee’s hostile attitude softens as these lost souls form a compassionate fondness for each other. Finishing their journey on a bittersweet, but hopeful note, director Dick Richards (co-producer of Tootsie) crafted a funny and tender twist on the “road movie” that celebrates the human spirit.

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COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 14th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!

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LOVELY TO LOOK AT (1952)

BD-50

Running Time: 103 Minutes

COLOR

Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.37:1 with side mattes

Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono

NOT RATED

Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH

Cast: Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ann Miller, Marge and Gower Champion, Red Skelton

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SPECIAL FEATURES: Classic M-G-M Tom and Jerry cartoon “DOG TROUBLE” (HD), Pete Smith Speciality “HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?”, Original Theatrical Trailer

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In this delightful 1952 musical comedy, a remake of the earlier musical hit “Roberta”, legendary director Mervyn LeRoy brings together an all-star cast with superb Jerome Kern melodies and spectacular dance numbers. The story finds would-be Broadway producers (Red Skelton, Howard Keel and Gower Champion) who decide to raise money by selling Skelton’s half-interest in a Parisian dress salon. When they fly to Paris to meet the co-owners (Kathryn Grayson and Marge Champion), they soon discover the salon is as down and out as they are. Eventually, a plan comes into play with the hope of turning dress sales around with a musical fashion show. But everything gets side-tracked when everyone starts to fall in love-complicated by the arrival of Keel’s old girlfriend (played by a ravishing Ann Miller). The film’s climax is the stunning fashion show sequence featuring gowns by designed by the great Adrian (making a return to M-G-M for the first time in over a decade) and breathlessly directed by Vincente Minnelli at the top of his form. With songs like “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” and “I Won’t Dance”, stand-out dance routines by the Champions, and a charming cameo appearance by Zsa Zsa Gabor, it’s easy to see why Lovely To Look At is a standout M-G-M musical providing enchanting entertainment.

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A SUMMER PLACE (1959)

BD-50

Running Time: 130 Minutes

COLOR

Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.85:1

Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono

NOT RATED

Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH

Cast: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, Constance Ford

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SPECIAL FEATURES: Classic Cartoon “A WITCH’S TANGLED HAIR” (HD), Original Theatrical Trailer

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Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee star as two young lovers whose relationship catalyzes the end of their parents’ marriages during a vacation on a Maine island, A Summer Place. Young, innocent and in love on an idyllic island, Johnny (Donahue) and Molly (Dee) face the anger and guilt unleashed by the dissolution of their parents’ relationships after Molly’s father (Richard Egan) rekindles an affair he had with Johnny’s mother before either was married. Now, can young love survive as Johnny and Molly witness the enmity that has replaced the passion their parents once felt in this classic romance? Directed with style and panache by Delmer Daves, the film went on to big box-office success, and spawned a hit single with its love theme, as recorded by Percy Faith & His Orchestra. Now see this beloved audience favorite, having been meticulously remastered from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative, especially for its Blu-ray disc debut.

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COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 28th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!
New 2025 1080p HD master from 4K scans of best preservation elements

MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (1934)
BD-50
Running Time: 90 Minutes
B&W
Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
NOT RATED
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Cast: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy

Special features: Classic M-G-M shorts “THE BIG IDEA” (HD) and “ROAST BEEF AND MOVIES” (HD) and the Original Theatrical Trailer

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Manhattan Melodrama holds a special place in movie lore. It is the film notorious gangster John Dillinger saw with his mysterious “lady in red” before exiting the theater and walking right into an FBI ambush. Even without that momentous historical footnote, Manhattan Melodrama would be a film to reckon with. Because Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy — three of the greatest stars ever to shine in the M-G-M heavens — bring to memorable screen life this Oscar -winning* Best Original Story about boyhood pals who end up on opposite sides of the law…and who fall for the same woman. The film marked the only pairing of rugged Gable and urbane Powell, and it marked the first-ever teaming of frequent partners Powell and Loy. Director W. S. Van Dyke liked what he had seen of the Powell-Loy chemistry. Over the objections of Louis B. Mayer, he cast them next in his low-budget detective film, The Thin Man. The rest, as is much associated with this fine film, is history.

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COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 28th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!
New 2025 1080p HD master from 4K scans of the original Nitrate camera negative!

THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938)
BD-50
Running Time: 80 Minutes
B&W
Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
NOT RATED
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene

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SPECIAL FEATURES: Classic cartoons “THE PEGUIN PARADE” (HD) and “PORKY THE GOB” (HD), Original Theatrical Trailer

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This zany screwball comedy classic finds Barbara Stanwyck starring as dizzy heiress Melsa Manton. Melsa, and her manicured band of Park Avenue pranksters think Manhattan is an amusement park built just for them. When Melsa stumbles across a murder victim, the pranksters decide to play detective. The only trouble is the murderer is playing too – for keeps. Henry Fonda is Gotham reporter Peter Ames, who falls headlines-over-heels for Melsa. They’re destined for romance, with a few detours on the way, including a missing body, a safecracker, a charity ball rife with motives, and mystery as well as another corpse (kept conveniently cold in fridge). It’s a witty, madcap whodunit. Leave it to Stanwyck and Fonda to show exactly how it’s done!

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COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 28th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!
New 2025 1080p HD master from 4K scan of the original Nitrate Camera Negative

OUT OF THE FOG (1941)
BD-50
Running Time: 90 Minutes
COLOR
Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
NOT RATED
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Cast: John Garfield, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
Directed by Anatole Litvak

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SPECIAL FEATURES: Two classic WB cartoons “THE HECKLING HARE” (HD) and “HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT” (HD) and the Original Theatrical Trailer

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John Garfield and Ida Lupino star in this big-screen adaptation of Irwin Shaw’s play “The Gentle People,” a pre-World War II allegory warning of the seductive allure and danger inherent in pretending the looming danger of fascism could be ignored. In a small fishing town, the local people are relentlessly threatened by a local thug, Harold Goff (Garfield). The menacing Goff extorts cash each week for “protection,” yet the townspeople feel it is better to pay and turn the other cheek than risk violence. But everything begins to change when the town tailor, Johan Goodwin (Thomas Mitchell) discovers his daughter (Lupino) has become attracted to Goff, who she thinks will be her ticket to escape her dull, small-town life. Buttressed by a sharp screenplay by Robert Rossen and Jerry Wald (The Roaring Twenties), and sturdy direction from Anatole Litvak, OUT OF THE FOG is a prescient and powerful story worthy of re-discovery.

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COMING TO BLU-RAY DISC ON OCTOBER 28th from THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!
New 2025 1080p HD master from 4K scans of Original Technicolor Negatives

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE (1953)
BD-50
Running Time: 90 Minutes
COLOR
Aspect Ratio: 16×9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
NOT RATED
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Cast: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel, Beatrice Campbell

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Special features: Classic Cartoons BULLY FOR BUGS (HD) and PLOP GOES THE WEASEL(HD), Original Theatrical Trailer

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The gleam in his eye matches that of his drawn sword. Errol Flynn, the greatest of swashbuckling stars, triumphs again in The Master of Ballantrae. In his final swashbuckling adventure for Warner Bros., Flynn portrays Ballantrae Castle’s Jamie Durisdeer, a heroic Highlander-turned-pirate in a colorful version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterwork of gallantry. William Keighley, who directed Flynn in The Prince and the Pauper and The Adventures of Robin Hood, delayed his retirement from moviemaking to guide this lavish adventure shot on location in Scotland (including Eilean Donan Castle), the Cornwall section of England and Sicily by two-time Oscar® winner Jack Cardiff. And what a rousing adventure it is. En Garde, movie fans!

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*Also previously announced for October by the Warner Archive Collection are the highly anticipated 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray releases of ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’ arriving on October 14. You can find full details for those releases HERE!