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Title:

Hunted & haunted : classics of film noir : Whistle stop ; Cat's canary ; Detour.

Publisher:

PC TreasuresInc.,

Copyright Date:

©2004

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 160 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Goldsmith, Martin M.,--1913-1994--Film adaptations.
Wolff, Maritta,--1918-2002--Film adaptations.
Wolff, Maritta,--1918-2002.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Gangster films.
Film adaptations.
Animated films.
Hitchhiking--United States--Drama.
Jazz musicians--United States--Drama.
False personation--Drama.
Extortion--Drama.
Detective and mystery films.

Other Authors:

Raft, George.
Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990.
McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959.
Neal, Tom, 1914-1972.
Savage, Ann, 1921-2008.
Ulmer, Edgar G. (Edgar George), 1904-1972.
Fromkess, Leon.
Drake, Claudia.
Erdody, Leo, 1888-1949.
MacDonald, Edmund.
Yordan, Philip.
Nebenzal, Seymour.
Moguy, Leonide, 1899-1976.
Conway, Tom, 1904-1967.
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
Wolff, Maritta, 1918-2002. Whistle stop.
Goldsmith, Martin M., 1913-1994. Detour.
PC Treasures, Inc.

Other Titles:

Whistle stop (Motion picture)
Detour (Motion picture : 1945)
Cat's canary.

Notes:

"Double feature, 2 movies plus a cartoon"--Container. Whistle stop: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway, Carmel Myers. Detour: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Roger Clark, Pat Gleason. Detour based on the novel by Martin Goldsmith. Whistle stop based on the novel by Maritta M. Wolff.

Contents:

Whistle stop / written for the screen by Philip Yordan ; produced by Seymour Nebenzal ; directed by Leonide Moguy -- Cat's canary -- Detour. / screen play, Martin Goldsmith ; produced by Leon Fromkess ; directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

Summary:

Whistle stop: Mary is a woman with a past who returns from the big city to her whistle stop hometown to find her former flame is now a womanizing boozer. (85 min.) Originally released as a motion picture in 1946. -- Cat's canary: cartoon. -- Detour: Why couldn't she have been a different girl? That's what Al Roberts, a small-time loser who picks up hitchhiker Vera on the way to California wants to know. Vera turns out to be one of the most evil-minded, cold-hearted and conniving femme fatales in the history of film. And she's got the goods on Al. How far will Al go to escape her clutches? (68 min.) Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60821407

UPC:

671196101026

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)