Edition |
Double feature collector's set. |
Description |
3 videodiscs (457 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD-9; all regions; NTSC; aspect ratio 1.33:1; Dolby Digital. |
Note |
Bonus features: scene selections, bios, trailers, photo gallery. Bonus comments: The world of Hammer noir by Richard M. Roberts. |
Contents |
Vol. 1. Bad blonde / Robert L. Lippert presents ; screenplay by Guy Elmes and Richard Landau ; based on the novel by Max Catto ; Exclusive Films, Ltd. ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Reginald Le Borg (1953, 81 min. ; also known by title The Flanagan boy) ; Man bait / Lippert Pictures Inc. presents ; screenplay by Frederick Knott ; based on a story by James Hadley Chase ; Exclusive Films Limited ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Terence Fisher (1952, 84 min. ; also known by title The last page) -- Vol. 2. Stolen face / a Lippert Pictures presentation ; screenplay by Martin Berkeley, Richard H. Landau ; based on an original story by Alexander Paal and Steven Vas ; Exclusive Films, Ltd. ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Terence Fisher (1952, 72 min.) ; Blackout / a Lippert Pictures presentation ; produced by Exclusive Films ; screenplay by Richard Landau ; from the novel 'Murder by proxy' by Helen Nielsen ; produced by Michael Carreras ; directed by Terence Fisher (1954, 87 min. ; also known by title Murder by proxy) -- Vol. 3. The gambler and the lady / Robert L. Lippert presents ; Exclusive Films Limited ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Patrick Jenkins and Sam Newfield (1952, 72 min.) ; Heat wave / Robert L. Lippert presents ; Exclusive Films Ltd. ; screenplay by Ken Hughes, based on his novel High wray ; produced by Anthony Hinds ; directed by Ken Hughes (1954, 68 min. ; also known by title The house across the lake). |
Cast |
Bad blonde: Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater, Sidney James, Tony Wright, Marie Burke, Selma Vaz Dias, Enzo Coticchia. |
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Man bait: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds, Eleanor Summerfield, Meredith Edwards, Harry Fowler, Diana Dors. |
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Stolen face: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, André Morell, Mary Mackenzie, John Wood, Arnold Ridley, Susan Stephen, Diana Beaumont, Terence O'Regan. |
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Blackout: Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Andrew Osborn, Harold Lang, Jill Melford, Alvys Maben, Michael Golden, Nora Gordon, Alfie Bass. |
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The gambler and the lady: Dane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards, Anthony Forwood, Eric Pohlmann, Julian Somers, Anthony Ireland. |
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Heat wave: Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Sidney James, Susan Stephen, Paul Carpenter, Alan Wheatley. |
Credits |
Bad blonde: Music, Ivor Slaney ; director of photography, Walter Harvey ; editing, James Needs. |
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Man bait: Music, Frank Spencer ; director of photography, Walter Harvey ; editing, Maurice Rootes. |
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Stolen face: Music, Malcolm Arnold ; director of photography, Walter Harvey ; editing, Maurice Rootes. |
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Blackout: Music, Ivor Slaney ; director of photography, Jimmy Harvey ; editing, Maurice Rootes. |
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The gambler and the lady: Music, Ivor Slaney ; director of photography, Walter Harvey ; editing, Maurice Rootes. |
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Heat wave: Music, Ivor Slaney ; director of photography, Walter Harvey ; editing, James Needs. |
Note |
Originally released as sepoarate motion pictures between 1952 and 1954. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Bad blonde: A scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager who is promoting the young man's career. |
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Man bait: The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in his entanglement in blackmail and murder. |
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Stolen face: A plastic surgeon has a brief fling with a concert pianist, who leaves him to return to her previous boyfriend. He finds a horribly scared patient and fashions her face into the image of his former lover and enters into a marriage that is disappointing. |
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Blackout: An American drifter in London meets a stunning blonde while on a bender at a bar. The girl tricks him into marrying her while he is in a drunken stupor. When he wakes up he finds 500 pounds in his pocket and discovers he is involved in a murder and an inheritance scam. |
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The gambler and the lady: A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, and neither is his past. |
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Heat wave: An American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her rich husband. |
Subject |
Murder -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Extortion -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- England.
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Adultery. (OCoLC)fst00797378
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Extortion. (OCoLC)fst00918984
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) (OCoLC)fst01156439
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst01710306
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Added Author |
Lippert, Robert L.
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Valk, Frederick, 1895-1956.
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James, Sidney.
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Reynolds, Peter.
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Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015.
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Morell, André, 1909-1978.
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Mackenzie, Mary.
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Lee, Belinda.
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Davies, Betty Ann, 1910-1955.
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Slater, John.
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Chance, Naomi, 1930-2003.
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Huntley, Raymond, 1904-1990.
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Edwards, Meredith.
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Nicol, Alex.
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Brooke, Hillary, 1914-1999.
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Stephen, Susan, 1931-2000.
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Slaney, Ivor.
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Harvey, Walter.
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Needs, James, 1919-2003.
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Spencer, Frank.
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Rootes, Maurice, 1917-1997.
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Arnold, Malcolm.
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Hinds, Anthony, 1922-2013.
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LeBorg, Reginald.
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Elmes, Guy, 1920-1998.
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Landau, Richard.
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Payton, Barbara.
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Catto, Max, 1909-1992.
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Fisher, Terence, 1904-1980.
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Knott, Frederick.
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Brent, George, 1904-1979.
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Chapman, Marguerite, 1918-1999.
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Chase, James Hadley, 1906-1985.
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Berkeley, Martin.
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Henreid, Paul.
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Paal, Alexander.
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Vas, Steven, 1894-1967.
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Carreras, Michael, 1927-1994.
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Clark, Dane, 1912-1998.
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Lee, Belinda, 1935-1961.
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Jenkins, Patrick.
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Summerfield, Eleanor.
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Newfield, Sam, 1899-1964.
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Byron, Kathleen, 1921-2009.
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Hughes, Ken, 1922-2001.
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Nicol, Alex, 1916-2001.
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Nielsen, Helen.
Murder by proxy.
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Lippert Pictures, Inc.
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Exclusive Films, Ltd.
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Kit Parker Films.
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VCI Entertainment (Firm)
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Spine Title |
Hammer film noir double feature collector's set |
Standard No. |
089859055423 |
ISBN |
1557399034 |
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9781557399038 |
Music No. |
#KPF-554 VCI Entertainment |
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