Title from container. "DVD collection on 11 double-sided DVDs"--Container.(Disc #6 is missing) "50-movie DVD collection-- hours of entertaining crime thrillers"--Container. Edward G. Robinson, Lloyd Bridges, Lawrence Tierney, Angela Lansbury, Robert Cummings, Preston Foster, Ann Baxter, Yul Brynner, George Raft, Hedy Lamarr.
Contents:
Disc 1. The mandarin mystery ; The red house ; The man who had influence ; The strange woman -- Disc 2. Half a sinner ; Guest in the house ; Ten minutes to live ; Fear in the night -- Disc 3. The wrong road ; The naked kiss ; Sinners in paradise ; The capture -- Disc 4. Phantom fiend, The ; The sleeping tiger ; Shoot to kill ; Slightly honorable -- Disc 5. The Devil's party ; Love from a stranger ; Prison shadows ; Whistle stop -- Disc 6 is missing-- Disc 7. Sucker money ; The chase ; Woman in the shadows ; The scar -- Disc 8. The mystery of Mr. Wong ; Strange illusion ; Strange love of Martha Ivers, The ; Man who cheated himself -- Disc 9. Cause for alarm ; Woman on the run ; Please murder me ; A life at stake -- Disc 10. The limping man ; The hoodlum ; Trapped ; The pay-off -- Disc 11. The great flamarion ; Parole, Inc. ; Baby face Morgan ; Woman condemned, The -- Disc 12. There was a crooked man ; Two sharp knives ; The inner circle ; Things happen at night ; Flowers from a stranger ; Plan for escape.
Summary:
"Return to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of grey. Deception, betrayal, corruption, larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales filled with features that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation"--Container.
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