Tonight's Movie: Cage of Gold (1950) - A Kino Lorber Blu-ray Review

On the heels of their terrific French Noir releases, Kino Lorber Studio Classics is now releasing Brit Noir Collections.The first set was released a month ago, with Volume II due this coming week and Volume III a month after that, in late July.Volume IV is said to be "coming soon."Based on watching CAGE OF GOLD (1950), the first film in Collection I, I'm going to have a wonderful summer watching my way through these sets.I'll mention at the outset that this film is particularly heavy with twists and turns, some of which will be discussed below, so anyone wishing to see the story unfold "cold" may want to return to this review after watching.Jean Simmons stars as Judith, an artist whose quiet life in postwar London -- which includes dating an earnest young doctor, Alan (James Donald) -- is disrupted by the return of Bill (David Farrar) into her life.Judith had had a crush on Bill during the war, and he quickly sweeps her off her feet. She ends her relationship with Alan to pursue…