Contains (work): Road to Singapore (Motion picture) Contains (work): High pressure (Motion picture) Contains (work): Private detective 62 (Motion picture) Contains (work): Key (Motion picture) Road to Singapore [dvd] High pressure [dvd] Private detective 62 [dvd] Key [dvd]
Notes:
Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque native, can be seen in Private Detective 62. Road to Singapore: William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh. High pressure: William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney. Private detective 62: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly. The key: William Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive. "Four pre-code classics including The road to Singapore, High pressure, Private detective 62, The key"--Container. Road to Singapore originally released as a motion picture in 1931. High pressure originally released as a motion picture in 1932. Private detective 62 originally released as a motion picture in 1933. The key originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Road to Singapore: based on a play by Roland Pertwee from a story by Denise Robins. High pressure: based on play Hot money by Aben Kandel. Private detective 62: based on a story by Raoul Whitfield. The key: based on play by R. Gore-Browne & J.L. Hardy. "These discs are expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container. Special features include trailers.
Contents:
Disc one. Road to Singapore / screenplay & dialogue by J. Grubb Alexander ; directed by Alfred E. Green -- Disc two. High pressure / screen version by Joseph Jackson ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy -- Disc three. Private detective 62 / screenplay by Rian James ; directed by Michael Curtiz -- Disc four. Key / screenplay by Laird Doyle ; directed by Michael Curtiz.
Summary:
Road to Singapore: The roving eye of boozing playboy Powell settles on a blonde disenchanted with her neglectful husband. High pressure: Powell's roguish wit is in high gear as he plays a garrulous promoter selling investors on a scheme to make ersatz rubber. Private detective 62: Private eye Powell falls for the socialite he's supposed to frame. The key: In volatile 1920 Dublin, British officer Powell sacrifices his freedom for the woman he loves and her political-captive husband.
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