Warner Bros.

Film Noir Classic Collection Vol. 5

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Release Date: Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $39.97

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Directed by: Edward Dmytryk, Anthony Mann, Phil Karlson, Harold Clurman, Richard Fleischer, Don Siegel, Gerald Mayer, Vincent Sherman, William Cameron Menzies

Featuring: Dick Powell, Steve Brodie, John McIntire, Susan Hayward, Charles McGraw, John Cassavetes, Marshall Thompson, Viveca Lindfors, Walter Slezak, Audrey Long, Richard Kiley, Paul Lukas, Adele Jergens, Sal Mineo, Virginia Field, Dane Clark, Micheline Cheirel, Raymond Burr, Kathryn Grant, Bill Williams, William Talman, James Whitmore, Andrea King, Virginia Mayo, Nina Vale, Douglas Fowley, Edward Andrews, Joseph Calleia, Mark Rydell, Sam Levene, Edmond O'Brien, Morris Carnovsky, William Challee, Lenka Peterson, Osa Massen, Virginia Gregg, Leon Ames, Gordon MacRae, Edgar Barrier, Biff McGuire, Lola Lane, Don McGuire, Keefe Brasselle, Ed Begley, Steven Geray, John Larch, Jerome Cowan, Richard Rober, Jack La Rue, Helen Martin, Marvin Miller, James Bell, Gregory Gaye, William Conrad, Luther Adler

Out of the vaults and into the light: a fascinating 4-Disc Set showcasing 8 genre gems rich with the intensity and diversity of noir! Disc 1 wreaks revenge, with Dick Powell on the hunt in Cornered and Steve Brodie on the lam in Desperate. Caught-in-the-act immediacy highlights Disc 2’s corruption exposé The Phenix City Story and the hostage drama Dial 1119. Disc 3 turns procedural with noir ace Charles McGraw bulldogging the perps of an Armored Car Robbery then turns to social-conscience filmmaking with Crime in the Streets (John Cassavetes and Sal Mineo star). An unfatale femme is rare in noir but invaluable when strong dames help their men out of jams, as do Disc 4’s Susan Hayward in Deadline at Dawn and Virginia Mayo in Backfire. Step into the shadows and suspense.

Year: 1945-1956
Time: 682 total min.