Film Noir 10 Movie Set
THE STRANGEROrson Welles plays a college professor named Charles Rankin who lives in a pastoral Connecticut town with his lovely wife Mary (Loretta Young). When an extremely nervous German gentleman named Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) arrives in town. Professor Rankin is actually notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. Nominated for an Oscar ? in 1947 for Best Writing Original Story.1946 B&W 95 minutesBORDERLINEAmericans Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray) and Madeline Haley (Claire Trevor) enter the scene and find themselves embroiled in the scene and find themselves embroiled in the illicit activities. Both are government agents but each one thinks the other is a crook. The real bad guy is Pete Rickie (Raymond Burr) head of the smuggling ring. At one point Macklin and Haley must pretend to be husband and wife and eventually they sort out the heroes from the villains and the dope ring is scuttled at least for the time being.1950 B&W 88 minutesHE WALKED BY NIGHTThe He of the title is Davis Morgan (Richard Basehart) a clever but psychopathic burglar (based on real-life criminal Erwin Wakler) Basehart stays one step ahead of the law by listening in to the police band on his radio. To avoid detection he changes his M.O. on each crime making it seem that the string of burglaries is the work of several thieves. But Basehart trips himself up when he kills a cop.1948 B&W 80 minutesCALL IT MURDERJury foreman Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) has no qualms about sentencing a woman to death for a crime of passion. He sticks to his firm belief that all murders must pay the supreme penalty until his own daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) kills a former lover who betrayed her. Humphrey Bogart plays a small but memorable role as one of the murder victims in this New York-filmed oddity.1934 B&W 74 minutesTHE RED HOUSEBased on the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain Edward G. Robinson plays Pete Morgan a farmer who harbors dark secrets and refuses to let anyone nea THE STRANGEROrson Welles plays a college professor named Charles Rankin who lives in a pastoral Connecticut town with his lovely wife Mary (Loretta Young). When an extremely nervous German gentleman named Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) arrives in town. Professor Rankin is actually notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. Nominated for an Oscar ? in 1947 for Best Writing Original Story.1946 B&W 95 minutesBORDERLINEAmericans Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray) and Madeline Haley (Claire Trevor) enter the scene and find themselves embroiled in the scene and find themselves embroiled in the illicit activities. Both are government agents but each one thinks the other is a crook. The real bad guy is Pete Rickie (Raymond Burr) head of the smuggling ring. At one point Macklin and Haley must pretend to be husband and wife and eventually they sort out the heroes from the villains and the dope ring is scuttled at least for the time being.1950 B&W 88 minutesHE WALKED BY NIGHTThe He of the title is Davis Morgan (Richard Basehart) a clever but psychopathic burglar (based on real-life criminal Erwin Wakler) Basehart stays one step ahead of the law by listening in to the police band on his radio. To avoid detection he changes his M.O. on each crime making it seem that the string of burglaries is the work of several thieves. But Basehart trips himself up when he kills a cop.1948 B&W 80 minutesCALL IT MURDERJury foreman Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) has no qualms about sentencing a woman to death for a crime of passion. He sticks to his firm belief that all murders must pay the supreme penalty until his own daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) kills a former lover who betrayed her. Humphrey Bogart plays a small but memorable role as one of the murder victims in this New York-filmed oddity.1934 B&W 74 minutesTHE RED HOUSEBased on the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain Edward G. Robinson plays Pete Morgan a farmer who harbors dark secrets and refuses to let anyone nea THE STRANGEROrson Welles plays a college professor named Charles Rankin who lives in a pastoral Connecticut town with his lovely wife Mary (Loretta Young). When an extremely nervous German gentleman named Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) arrives in town. Professor Rankin is actually notorious Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. Nominated for an Oscar ? in 1947 for Best Writing Original Story.1946 B&W 95 minutesBORDERLINEAmericans Johnny Macklin (Fred MacMurray) and Madeline Haley (Claire Trevor) enter the scene and find themselves embroiled in the scene and find themselves embroiled in the illicit activities. Both are government agents but each one thinks the other is a crook. The real bad guy is Pete Rickie (Raymond Burr) head of the smuggling ring. At one point Macklin and Haley must pretend to be husband and wife and eventually they sort out the heroes from the villains and the dope ring is scuttled at least for the time being.1950 B&W 88 minutesHE WALKED BY NIGHTThe He of the title is Davis Morgan (Richard Basehart) a clever but psychopathic burglar (based on real-life criminal Erwin Wakler) Basehart stays one step ahead of the law by listening in to the police band on his radio. To avoid detection he changes his M.O. on each crime making it seem that the string of burglaries is the work of several thieves. But Basehart trips himself up when he kills a cop.1948 B&W 80 minutesCALL IT MURDERJury foreman Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) has no qualms about sentencing a woman to death for a crime of passion. He sticks to his firm belief that all murders must pay the supreme penalty until his own daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) kills a former lover who betrayed her. Humphrey Bogart plays a small but memorable role as one of the murder victims in this New York-filmed oddity.1934 B&W 74 minutesTHE RED HOUSEBased on the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain Edward G. Robinson plays Pete Morgan a farmer who harbors dark secrets and refuses to let anyone nea
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Recent Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-02-2007
- "Dark films"
Film noir, or "Dark Film" is a cinematic genre that spanned the years 1940 to 1960. This distinct style makes use of heavy shadows and patterns of darkness. Often in film noir the hero reaches a less than happy ending through defeat,...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-14-2006
- great set, great price, crappy box!
these films are good quality, but yeah, everyone else was right, the very first time i opened it the whole thing came apart in my hands!
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-27-2006
- not the greatest transfers but for the price what do you want
i found most of the movies here to be good,a few clinkers but all were fun. i still marvel at how many people complain about the quality of the transfers on these sets. now if the movies are un watchable thats one thing,but for the price...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-24-2006
- Good collection overall
First a rating of the films, favorite to least favorite: 1 DOA (10/10) Very good example of film noir with lots of the elements of the genre. A very complex story with great characters that make it worth watching over and over again.2...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-02-2007
- "Dark films"
Film noir, or "Dark Film" is a cinematic genre that spanned the years 1940 to 1960. This distinct style makes use of heavy shadows and patterns of darkness. Often in film noir the hero reaches a less than happy ending through defeat,...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-14-2006
- great set, great price, crappy box!
these films are good quality, but yeah, everyone else was right, the very first time i opened it the whole thing came apart in my hands!
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-26-2006
- Transfers Poor
If you just want to follow the plots, this set is a cheap way to see 10 good films. I think the richness of deep blacks and whites are a major component of the film noir experience and and for me they add immeasurably to the viewing....
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