| Description |
5 videodiscs : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Columbia Pictures film noir classics ; I |
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Collector's choice |
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Columbia Pictures film noir classics ; I.
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Collector's choice.
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| Note |
Title from container. |
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The sniper and The big heat are full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) ; 5 against the house, The lineup and Murder by contract are widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio). |
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The sniper is based on a story by Edna and Edward Anhalt. |
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The big heat is based on the Saturday Evening Post serial by William P. McGivern. |
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The lineup is based on the CBS television series ; from an idea created by Lawrence L. Klee. |
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Special features: Martin Scorsese on Murder by Contract, The Sniper and The Big Heat ; Michael Mann on The Big Heat ; The Influence of Noir with Christopher Nolan (The Lineup) ; commentary with authors Eddie Muller and James Ellroy on The Lineup ; commentary with author Eddie Muller on The Sniper. |
| Contents |
Sniper (88 min., 1952) -- Big heat (91 min., 1953) -- 5 against the house (83 min., 1955) -- Lineup (86 min., 1958) -- Murder by contract (80 min., 1958). |
| Credits |
The sniper: Columbia Pictures presents Stanley Kramer's production ; screenplay by Harry Brown ; directed by Edward Dmytryk ; director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, George Antheil. |
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The big heat: Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay by Sydney Boehm ; produced by Robert Arthur ; directed by Fritz Lang ; director of photography, Charles Lang ; editor, Charles Nelson. |
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5 against the house: Columbia Pictures Corporation presents : screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, William Bowers, John Barnwell ; produced by Stirling Silliphant and John Barnwell ; directed by Phil Karlson ; director of photography, Lester White ; editor, Jerome Thoms ; music, George Duning. |
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The lineup: Columbia Pictures presents ; written by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Jaime Del Valle ; directed by Don Siegel ; director of photography, Hal Mohr ; editor, Al Clark. |
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Murder by contract: Columbia Pictures presents ; written by Ben Simboe ; produced by Leon Chooluck ; directed by Irving Lerner ; director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; music, Perry Botkin ; editor, Carlo Lodato. |
| Cast |
The sniper: Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor, Frank Faylen, Richard Kiley, Mabel Paige, Marlo Dwyer, Geradline Carr. |
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The big heat: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey. |
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5 against the house: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, Kerwin Matthews, William Conrad, Jack Dimond, Jean Willes. |
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The lineup: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche, William Leslie, Emile Meyer, Marshall Reed. |
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Murder by contract: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel, Michael Granger, Cathy Browne, Joseph Mell, Frances Osborne. |
| Summary |
The sniper: San Francisco delivery van driver Edward Miller is unable to control his hatred of the women who reject him and the intense jealousy he feels whenever he sees lovers together. When he goes on a killing spree, the police must try and discover who he is. The big heat: A policeman is driven by grief to wage a relentless vendetta against a mobster. 5 against the house: Four Korean war vets dream up a college prank to rob a casino, convincing the girlfriend of one of them to help. Problems arise when one of the vets, who suffers from a war injury, turns the prank serious. The lineup: Police track two ruthless killers across San Francisco. Murder by contract: A hit man discovers his next target is a woman. |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital ; fullscreen and widescreen ; region 1 encoding. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Serial murderers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Criminal snipers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Misogyny -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Revenge -- Drama.
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Police -- Drama.
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Ex-police officers -- Drama.
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Gangsters -- Drama.
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Criminals -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Drug traffic -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
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Assassins -- Drama.
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Murder for hire -- Drama.
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Robbery -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama.
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Casinos -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama.
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Veterans -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Film noir.
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Crime films.
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Police films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Caper films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kramer, Stanley.
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Dmytryk, Edward.
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Brown, Harry, 1917-1986.
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Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963.
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Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006.
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Mohr, Gerald, 1914-1968.
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Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
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Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006.
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Grahame, Gloria.
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Brando, Jocelyn, 1919-2005.
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Karlson, Phil, 1908-1985.
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Madison, Guy.
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Novak, Kim, 1968-
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Keith, Brian, 1921-1997.
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Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996.
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Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
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Del Valle, Jaime, 1910-
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Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014
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Keith, Robert, 1896-1966.
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Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976.
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Lerner, Irving, 1909-1976.
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Chooluck, Leon, 1920-2002.
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Edwards, Vince, 1928-1996.
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Pine, Phillip.
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Bernardi, Herschel.
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Scorsese, Martin.
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Nolan, Christopher, 1970-
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Mann, Michael, 1943-
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Columbia Pictures.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Film noir classics. I |
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Sniper (Motion picture : 1952)
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Big heat (Motion picture)
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Lineup (Motion picture)
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5 against the house.
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Five against the house.
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Murder by contract.
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| ISBN |
1435965051 |
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9781435965058 |
| Standard No. |
043396306011 |
| Music No. |
30601 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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