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Title Columbia Pictures film noir classics. II.

Publication Info. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD Set  DVD SET-C    Check Shelf
Description 5 videodiscs (425 min.) : sound, black & white or color ; 12 cm.
Series Collector's choice
Collector's choice (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm))
Note Title from container.
"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and The Film Foundation partner once again to bring five films to DVD for the first time, fully restored and remastered"--Container.
Special features: Martin Scorsese on The brothers Rico ; Pulp paranoia with Christopher Nolan ; Terror and desire with Emily Mortimer ; original theatrical trailers.
Originally released as motion pictures 1954-1959.
Human desire, The brothers Rico, and City of fear are in b&w. Pushover and Nightfall are in color.
Contents Human desire (91 min., 1954) -- Pushover (88 min., 1954) -- Brothers Rico (92 min., 1957) -- Nightfall (79 min., 1957) -- City of fear (75 min., 1959).
Credits Human desire: director, Fritz Lang ; producer, Lewis J. Rachmil ; screenplay, Alfred Hayes, based on the novel by Émile Zola, La bête humaine.
Pushover: director, Richard Quine ; producer, Jules Schermer ; screenplay, Roy Huggins, adapted from two novels, The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh, and Rafferty by Bill S. Ballinger.
The brothers Rico: director, Phil Karlson ; producer, Lewis J. Rachmil ; screenplay, Lewis Meltzer and Ben Perry, based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Les frères Rico.
Nightfall: director, Jacques Tourneur ; producer, Ted Richmond ; screenplay, Stirling Sillphant, based on the novel Nightfall by David Goodis.
City of fear: director, Irving Lerner ; producer, Leon Chooluck ; screenplay, Steven Ritch, Robert Dillon.
Cast Human desire: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan.
Pushover: Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone.
The brothers Rico: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren, Harry Bellaver.
Nightfall: Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond.
City of fear: Vince Edwards, John Archer, Patricia Blair, Steven Ritch.
Summary Human desire: A Korean War veteran comes back to his job as a railroad engineer, and becomes entangled with a violent co-worker and the man's alluring wife in a web of deception, suspicion, and murder .
Pushover: A cop, staking out the apartment of a bank robber's girlfriend, makes a move on her to get information. But he makes the mistake of really falling for her, testing his loyalties with deadly results.
The brothers Rico: A businessman and husband is contacted by his former organized crime boss, and is drawn back into the danger of the mob, putting his family on the line.
Nightfall: A commercial artist is pursued by the police for a crime he didn't commit, and chased by criminals for money he didn't steal.
City of fear: A convict steals a container from the prison infirmary, thinking it contains cocaine, and escapes, intending to sell the drug for a fortune. However, the powder is really a highly radioactive substance that will kill everyone who is exposed to it.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details DVD ; Dolby digital ; widescreen ; region 1 encoding.
Language English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Subject Murder -- Drama.
Detective and mystery plays.
Criminals -- Drama.
Criminal investigation -- Drama.
Gangsters -- Drama.
Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
Radioactive substances -- Drama.
Adultery -- Drama.
Genre/Form Film noir.
Detective and mystery films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Added Author Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
Quine, Richard, 1920-1989.
Karlson, Phil, 1908-1985.
Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977.
Lerner, Irving, 1909-1976.
Rachmil, Lewis J., 1908-1984.
Schermer, Jules.
Richmond, Ted, 1910-2013
Chooluck, Leon, 1920-2002.
Hayes, Alfred, 1911-1985.
Huggins, Roy, 1914-2002.
Meltzer, Lewis.
Perry, Ben (Ben L.)
Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996.
Ritch, Steven, 1921-1995.
Dillon, Robert.
Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006.
Grahame, Gloria.
Crawford, Broderick, 1911-1986.
Buchanan, Edgar, 1903-1979.
MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991.
Carey, Philip, 1925-2009.
Novak, Kim, 1968-
Malone, Dorothy, 1912-
Conte, Richard, 1910-1975.
Foster, Dianne, 1928-2019
Crosby, Kathryn, 1933-
Gates, Larry, 1915-1996.
Darren, James.
Bellaver, Harry, 1905-1993.
Ray, Aldo.
Keith, Brian, 1921-1997.
Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005.
Brando, Jocelyn, 1919-2005.
Gregory, James, 1911-2002.
Albertson, Frank, 1909-1964.
Bond, Rudy, 1912-1982.
Edwards, Vince, 1928-1996.
Archer, John, 1915-1999.
Blair, Patricia, 1931-
Scorsese, Martin.
Nolan, Christopher, 1970-
Mortimer, Emily.
Columbia Pictures.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Film Foundation.
Added Title Film noir classics. II
Human desire (Motion picture)
Pushover (Motion picture)
Brothers Rico (Motion picture)
Nightfall (Motion picture : 1957)
City of fear (Motion picture : 1959)
ISBN 9781435979048
1435979044
Standard No. 043396319646
Music No. 31964 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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