DVD watch

0 Comments | USA TODAY, June, 2007 | by Mike Clark

Director Samuel Fuller's new-on-DVD Hell and High Water (1954, Fox, unrated, $15) has Richard Widmark, a sub, Alaskan ice, Red Chinese and CinemaScope. The fifth film released in 20th Century Fox's then-new widescreen process, it raises a question: What were the first three?

The Robe

1953, Fox, rated G, $15

In a now stilted but still imposing epic constructed around the garment Jesus wore, Victor Mature as Demetrius remarkably out-acts Richard Burton's Roman officer. Even so, Burton got an Oscar nomination. The film also boasts a memorable Alfred Newman score and Jay Robinson's unforgettable Caligula. Nine months later, Fox had a sequel "

Demetrius and the Gladiators -- ready to rip.

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953,...