Columbia Pictures film noir classics. II
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sloatsburg Public Library - Adult Entertainment DVD | CLA DVD FIL | On Shelf |
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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (425 min.) : sd., b&w or col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
043396319646
Notes
General Note
"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.
General Note
Special features: Martin Scorsese on The brothers Rico ; Pulp paranoia with Christopher Nolan ; Terror and desire with Emily Mortimer ; original theatrical trailers.
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures 1954-1959.
General Note
Human desire, The brothers Rico, and City of fear are in b&w. Pushover and Nightfall are in color.
Creation/Production Credits
Human desire: director, Fritz Lang ; producer, Lewis J. Rachmil ; screenplay, Alfred Hayes, based on the novel by Émile Zola, La bête humaine.
Creation/Production Credits
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.
Creation/Production Credits
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.
Creation/Production Credits
Nightfall: director, Jacques Tourneur ; producer, Ted Richmond ; screenplay, Stirling Sillphant, based on the novel Nightfall by David Goodis.
Creation/Production Credits
City of fear: director, Irving Lerner ; producer, Leon Chooluck ; screenplay, Steven Ritch, Robert Dillon.
Participants/Performers
Human desire: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan.
Participants/Performers
Pushover: Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone.
Participants/Performers
The brothers Rico: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren, Harry Bellaver.
Participants/Performers
Nightfall: Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond.
Participants/Performers
City of fear: Vince Edwards, John Archer, Patricia Blair, Steven Ritch.
Description
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 .
Description
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.
Description
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.
Description
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Language
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lang, F., Quine, R., Karlson, P., Tourneur, J., Lerner, I., Rachmil, L. J., Schermer, J., Richmond, T., Chooluck, L., Hayes, A., Huggins, R., Meltzer, L., Perry, B., Silliphant, S., Ritch, S., Dillon, R., Ford, G., Grahame, G., Crawford, B., Buchanan, E., MacMurray, F., Carey, P., Novak, K., Malone, D., Conte, R., Foster, D., Crosby, K., Gates, L., Darren, J., Bellaver, H., Ray, A., Keith, B., Bancroft, A., Brando, J., Gregory, J., Albertson, F., Bond, R., Edwards, V., Archer, J., Blair, P., Scorsese, M., Nolan, C., & Mortimer, E. (2010). Columbia Pictures film noir classics . Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fritz Lang et al.. 2010. Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Fritz Lang et al.. Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lang, Fritz, et al. Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
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