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Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4 (Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension) (1949)
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| Starring: | Robert Mitchum, Audrey Totter, Claude Rains, Edward G. Robinson, Jane Greer, Cyd Charisse, Maureen O'Sullivan, Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter, Sterling Hayden, William Bendix, Farley Granger |
| Director: | John Sturges, Anthony Mann, Fred Zinnemann, Nicholas Ray, Andre De Toth |
| Genre: | Film Noir, Mystery/Thriller |
| Year: | 1949 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 0 minutes |
| Released: | July 31, 2007 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:
DISC 1
Act of Violence (1948, 82 min)
Ex-World War II pilot Frank Enley (Van Heflin) is a respected contractor and family man. Then his troubled, gimp-legged bombardier (Robert Ryan) shows up with a gun and a score to settle. Perhaps neither man is what he seems to be as director Fred Zinnemann (The Day of the Jackal) guides a searing Act of Violence, "the first postwar noir to take a challenging look at the ethics of men in combat" (Eddie Muller, Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir).
Mystery Street (1950, 93 min)
Murder lives on Mystery Street. John Sturges (The Great Escape) directs a revealing-for-the-era procedural about a Boston cop (Ricardo Montalban) solving a whodunit with the help of a Harvard forsensic expert (Bruce Bennett). Welcome to CSI Noir.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Film Historian Commentaries by Dr. Drew Casper on Act of Violence and Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward on Mystery Street
- New featurette: Act of Violence - Dealing with the Devil
- New featurette: Mystery Street - Murder at Harvard
- Theatrical trailers
DISC 2
Crime Wave (1954, 74 min)
Sterling Hayden wears a badge and a scowl in Crime Wave. He's sure parolee Gene Nelson won't go straight. Will events prove him right? Andre de Toth directs and Charles Bronson joins the cast of this stylish hunt for a cop killer on L.A.'s mean streets.
Decoy (1946, 76 min)
Decoy is another crisp thwack to the jaw, a showcase of how film noir can do so much with so little. Tragic short-lived Jean Gillie stars as one of noir's toughest cookies, a drop-dead beauty who chemically revives her sweetheart-in-crime after he gets the gas chamber. Sher's after money, not love: he knows where the loot is stashed. Now that's romance that will melt a noir fan's heart.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentaries by James Ellroy and Fim Historian Eddie Muller on Crime Wave and Writer Stanley Rubin and Film Historian Glenn Erickson on Decoy
- New Featurette: Crime Wave - The City is Dark
- New Featurette: Decoy - A Map to Nowhere
- Crime Wave theatrical trailer
DISC 3
Illegal (1955, 88 min)
When his career as a D.A. unexpectedly collapses, tenacious Victor Scott turns to defending criminal lowlifes. Scruples? "None whatever," Scott says. Edward G. Robinson plays Scott, a snap-crackle-pow remake of The Mouthpiece (1932) directed by Lewis Allen.
The Big Steal (1949, 71 min)
Out of the Past’s Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer re-team in The Big Steal, speeding along Mexican roadways in pursuit of a grifter who has a suitcase that may be stuffed with cash. The road twists and so does this driven cat-and-mouse tale directed by Clint Eastwood’s filmmaking mentor, Don Siegel.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio commentaries by Nina Foch and film historians Patricia King Hanson and Richard B. Jewell
- Vintage "Behind the Cameras" segment with Edward G. Robinson from the "Warner Bros. Presents" TV series
- New featurette: "Illegal: Marked for Life"
- New featurette: "The Big Steal: Look Behind You"
- Theatrical trailers
DISC 4
They Live By Night (1948, 95 min)
All Bowie (Farley Granger) and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) want is to let their new love blossom. But crime is barren soil for tenderness. Thugs have the young lovers under their thumbs, forcing Bowie to be their accomplice. Debuting Nicholas Ray directs "one of the most poignant and unforgettable noirs ever made" (The Movie Guide).
Side Street (1950, 83 min)
In Side Street, Granger and O'Donnell are struggling marrieds in an unforgiving Manhattan. In a moment of weakness, he steals what he thinks is a few hundred dollars. But it's $30,000, tied to crime, and Granger's attempt to return it puts him in deeper peril. Anthony Mann directs with a flair that makes the city a key player in this noir nerve-jangler.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Farley Granger and Film Historian Eddie Muller on They Live by Night and Historian/Critic Richard Schickel on Side Street
- New Featurette: They Live By Night - The Twisted Road
- New Featurette: Side Street - Where Temptation Lurks
- Side Street Theatrical trailer
DISC 5
Where Danger Lives (1950, 80 min)
Woozy Robert Mitchum - smitten with desire for deceitful Faith Domergue and walloped in the head with a fireplace poker by her hubby (Claude Rains) - journeys Where Danger Lives when the would-be lovebirds go on the lam. Ahead is Mexico, miles back is the husband's corpse. But the final destination for the illicit pair could be a dead end in this dark diamond directed by John Farrow.
Tension (1950, 91 min)
Noir favorite Audrey Totter two-times her devoted milquetoast spouse (Richard Basehart) and the Tension mounts as he plots revenge, then sees his plan take an unexpected turn. Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan and William Conrad co-star in a bitter tale of the postwar American Dream frayed into nightmare.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Film Historian Commentaries by Alain Silver and James Ursini on Where Danger Lives and Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward with Audrey Trotter on Tension
- New Featurette: Where Danger Lives - White Rose for Julie
- New Featurette: Tension - Who’s Guilty Now?
- Theatrical Trailers
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