This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase (designed by Tony Stella) is limited to5,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Taking its name from the Lumire Brothers invention of the same name, Cinmatographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinmatographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome’s Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.

Norah Drain (Juliet Prowse, G.I. Blues), a Manhattan disco hostess, finds herself the victim of astalker and obscene phone caller. NYPD Lieutenant Dave Madden (Jan Murray, Fear City)overhears her complaints at the precinct and takes a personal interest in Drains case, findinghimself drawn not only to Drain but the sordid desires of the Times Square sex district. As Drainbegins to question the intentions of Madden, a sullen busboy at her workplace (Sal Mineo,Rebel Without a Cause) reveals himself as her stalker, putting her in a fight for her life on thestreets of New York City.

Directed by noted television and Broadway producer Joseph Cates and co-written by The DoomPatrol and Guardians of the Galaxy co-creator Arnold Drake, WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? is arelentlessly tawdry time capsule of mid-60s Times Square, evocatively shot on location, in starkblack and white, by Joseph C. Brun (Edge of the City). Peerlessly ahead of its time for 1965,WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR? was censored shortly after its original theatrical release and hassince only been available on video in its edited version. Cinmatographe is proud to present theworld blu-ray and 4K UHD debut of Joseph Catess seminal New York City thriller in itscompletely uncensored theatrical release version, adding back several minutes of never-on-video material, newly restored from original 35mm negative materials.

directed by: Joseph Cates
starring: Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray, Elaine Stritch, Bruce Glover
1965 / 94 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary with film historians Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd
• The Murder of Innocence – a video essay by Chris O’Neill
• Who Filmed Times Square – a featurette on the New York City locations of Who Killed Teddy Bear?
• Gallery of archival press clippings
• New text essays by film historian John Charles and film critic Kyle Turner
• English SDH subtitles