| Description |
4 videodiscs (359 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video rda |
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DVD |
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video file DVD rda |
| Note |
Videodisc release of four motion pictures from 1945 (Detour), 1949 (Impact), 1950 (D.O.A.) and 1952 (Kansas City confidential). |
| Contents |
D.O.A. -- Detour -- Impact -- Kansas City Confidential. |
| Credits |
Directors, Rudolph Mate (S.O.A.), Edgar G. Ulmer (Detour), Arthur Lubin (Impact), Phil Karlson (Kansas city confidential). |
| Performer |
Cast for D.O.A.: Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Beverly Garland, Neville Brand ; Cast for Detour: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Roger Clark, Pat Gleason ; Cast for Kansas City confidential: John Payne, Coleen Bray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam ; Cast for Impact: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker. |
| Summary |
D.O.A. is the story of Frank Bigelow who while on vacation in San Francisco is poisoned by a deadly slow-acting poison. Can he find his murderer before time runs out? Detour is the story of a man's pursuit of the woman he loves that is blocked by fate and another woman. Impact is the story of Walter Williams, a wealthy industrialist whose vicious, two-timing wife, Irene, and her lover, Jim Torrance, plot his death in an "Accidental" car crash. In Kansas City confidential an armored car robbery goes down and four robbers get away clean with 1.2 million in cash, a decorated and down on his luck veteran named Joe Rolfe is accused of being involved and is mercilessly beaten up by the local police. Released due to lack of evidence, Joe decides to look for the men who set him up and then pay them back. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Fate and fatalism -- Drama.
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Bank robberies -- Drama.
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Amnesiacs -- Drama.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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| Added Author |
O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985.
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Britton, Pamela, 1923-1974.
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Adler, Luther, 1903-1984.
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Garland, Beverly, 1926-2008
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Brand, Neville, 1920-1992
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1899-1964.
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Garland, Beverly.
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Grand, Neville.
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Neal, Tom, 1914-1972.
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Savage, Ann.
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Drake, Claudia.
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MacDonald, Edmund.
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Ryan, Tim, 1899-1956.
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Ulmer, Edgar G. (Edgar George), 1904-1972.
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Gleason, Pat.
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Donlevy, Brian.
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Lubin, Arthur, 1901-1995
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Payne, John, 1912-1989
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Gray, Coleen, 1922-
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Elam, Jack, 1916-2003
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Karlson, Phil, 1908-1985
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Alpha Video Distributors.
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| ISBN |
14.99 |
| Standard No. |
089218090690 |
| Music No. |
ALP 0906D Alpha Video |
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ALP 6114D, ALP 4067D, APL ALP 6287D, ALP 4120D Alpha Video |
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