Film Noir Classic Collection. Vol. 5Film Noir Classic Collection. Vol. 5
8 Timeless Suspense Thrillers
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DVD, 2017
Current format, DVD, 2017, , All copies in use.DVD, 2017
Current format, DVD, 2017, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsCornered (102 min.) From England to continental Europe to Buenos Aires, an ex-RCAF pilot stalks the Nazi collaborator who murdered his bride. But one fact constantly surfaces during his quest: no one can describe the mysterious man.
Desperate (73 min.) A postwar Everyman accepts what he thinks is an honest trucking job, only to find he's the driver in a botched heist that puts him and his bride on the run from the cops and the cons who planned the job.
The Phenix City story (87 min.) Corruption, brutality and vice plagued Phenix City, Alabama, for 100 years, so who would dare to change it? The jolting tale of those who risked their lives to bring the burg's syndicate of thugs and murderers to justice.
Dial 1119 (75 min.) An asylum inmate escapes to the city, where he takes hostages at a local dive, guns down a bar employee and warns authorities his captives will be next if the doctor whose testimony first put him away doesn't arrive within the hour.
Crime in the streets (91 min.) Following a turf rumble with a rival group, a street gang leader tells his gang to do what they've never done before: kill a snitch.
Armored car robbery (67 min.) A deadly heist and the battle of wits and firepower between a fugitive gangster, his stripper moll, and a bulldog cop, out to avenge his partner's death, who uses hidden microphones, lab work and his own well-honed instincts to close the net.
Backfire (91 min.) A recovering war veteran attempts to prove his pal is innocent of murder. Aiding him is his resourceful nurse. And a secretive doctor, a lively undertaker, a desperate gambler, a dying witness nad a haunting Viennese melody all lead them to a shocking climax.
Deadline at dawn (83 min.) A gangster's sister lies dead. All clues point to a sailor as the murderer. Slated to depart for duty at dawn, the swabbie, aided by a good-hearted dime-a-dancer and an affable cabbie, has mere hours to prove his innocence.
Desperate (73 min.) A postwar Everyman accepts what he thinks is an honest trucking job, only to find he's the driver in a botched heist that puts him and his bride on the run from the cops and the cons who planned the job.
The Phenix City story (87 min.) Corruption, brutality and vice plagued Phenix City, Alabama, for 100 years, so who would dare to change it? The jolting tale of those who risked their lives to bring the burg's syndicate of thugs and murderers to justice.
Dial 1119 (75 min.) An asylum inmate escapes to the city, where he takes hostages at a local dive, guns down a bar employee and warns authorities his captives will be next if the doctor whose testimony first put him away doesn't arrive within the hour.
Crime in the streets (91 min.) Following a turf rumble with a rival group, a street gang leader tells his gang to do what they've never done before: kill a snitch.
Armored car robbery (67 min.) A deadly heist and the battle of wits and firepower between a fugitive gangster, his stripper moll, and a bulldog cop, out to avenge his partner's death, who uses hidden microphones, lab work and his own well-honed instincts to close the net.
Backfire (91 min.) A recovering war veteran attempts to prove his pal is innocent of murder. Aiding him is his resourceful nurse. And a secretive doctor, a lively undertaker, a desperate gambler, a dying witness nad a haunting Viennese melody all lead them to a shocking climax.
Deadline at dawn (83 min.) A gangster's sister lies dead. All clues point to a sailor as the murderer. Slated to depart for duty at dawn, the swabbie, aided by a good-hearted dime-a-dancer and an affable cabbie, has mere hours to prove his innocence.
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- In English with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned.
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- Irish, William, 1903-1968
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- Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, [2017], ℗2010
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