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Forgotten noir collector's set. Series one / Kit Parker Films.
LIBRA DVD 016 201 v. 1-3
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Meynell, Laurence, 1899-1989. Creaking chair, author.
- Series:
- Kit Parker double features
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor unions--Corrupt practices--Oregon--Drama.
- Labor unions.
- Human trafficking--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Drama.
- Human trafficking.
- Usury--Drama.
- Usury.
- Arson--Drama.
- Arson.
- Arson investigation--California--Los Angeles--Drama.
- Arson investigation.
- Murder--England--London--Drama.
- Murder.
- Meynell, Laurence, 1899-1989--Film adaptations.
- Meynell, Laurence.
- Political corruption--Drama.
- Political corruption.
- Organized crime--Drama.
- Organized crime.
- Criminals--Drama.
- Criminals.
- Criminal investigation.
- Labor unions--Corrupt practices.
- England--London.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Oregon.
- Criminal investigation--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Crime films.
- Film adaptations.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Film noir.
- Motion pictures, United States.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 3 videodiscs (428 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Anamorphic widescreen (vol. 1); [standard format (vol. 2-3)].
- Other Title:
- Forgotten noir collector's set. Series 1
- Place of Publication:
- [Tulsa, OK] : distributed by VCI Entertainment, [2009]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Portland exposé: "The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them."--IMDb website.
- They were so young: "Five European models arrive in Rio de Janeiro and become trapped in a white slavery ring."--Container of a different release of this title.
- Loan shark: An ex-con gets an undercover job at a tire company in order to expose a loan shark.
- Arson, Inc.: An insurance investigator goes undercover in order to expose a ring of arsonists.
- Shadow man: Why is Cesar Romero's character carrying around the dead body of Kay Kendall's character?
- Shoot to kill: A gangster is framed by a crooked DA so the gangster's wife secures a job as the DA's assistant, the better to find the proof of the DA's dishonesty. She gets help from a reporter who falls in love with her.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. Portland exposé (72 min.) / Allied Artists Pictures Corporation presents ; directed by Harold D. Schuster ; written by Jack DeWitt ; a Lindsley Parsons production. They were so young (80 min.) / a Lippert Pictures presentation ; produced and directed by Kurt Neumann ; screenplay by Felix Luetzkendorf and Kurt Neumann based on an outline prepared from official documents by Jacques Companeez
- vol. 2. Loan shark (ca. 74 min.) / Lippert Pictures, Inc. presents an Encore Production ; directed by Seymour Friedman ; screenplay by Eugene Ling and Martin Rackin, from a story by Martin Rackin ; produced by Bernhard Luber. Arson Inc. (ca. 63 min.) / Exclusive Films present ; Robert L. Lippert presents ; directed by William Berke ; original story, Arthur Caesar ; screenplay, Maurice Tombragel ; produced by William Stephens
- vol. 3. Shadow man (ca. 83 min.) / Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributots Ltd. ; Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy present a Merton Park Studios production ; directed by Richard Vernon ; screenplay by Richard Vernon ; produced by William H. Williams. Shoot to kill (ca. 63 min.) / Robert L. Lippert presents ; produced and directed by William Berke ; original screenplay, Edwin V. Westrate.
- Participant:
- (Portland exposé) Edward Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg.
- (They were so young) Scott Brady, Raymond Burr, Johanna Matz.
- (Loan shark) George Raft, Dorothy Hart, John Hoyt.
- (Arson, Inc.) Robert Lowery, Ann Gwynne, Edward Brophy.
- (Shadow man) Cesar Romero, Kay Kendall, Edward Underdown.
- (Shoot to kill) Russell Wade, Susan Walters, Vince Barnett.
- Credits:
- (Portland exposé) Director of photography, Ekkehard Kyrath; editor, Maurice Wright; music, Paul Dunlap.
- (They were so young) Director of photography, Carl Berger; editor, Eva Kroll; music, Michael Jary.
- (Loan shark) Director of photography, Joseph Biroc; editor, Al Joseph; music, Heinz Roemheld.
- (Arson, Inc.) Director of photography, Carl Berger; editor, Edward Mann; music, Raul Kraushaar.
- (Shadow man) Director of photography, Phil Grindrod; editor, Geoffrey Muller; music, Eric Spear.
- (Shoot to kill) Director of photography, Benjamin Kline; editor, Arthur A. Brooks; music, Darrell Calker, Gene Rodgers.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of six motion pictures produced in 1947 (Shoot to kill),1949 (Arson, Inc.), 1952 (Loan shark), 1953 (Shadow man), 1954 (They were so young) and 1957 (Portland exposé).
- Shadow man is based on The creaking chair / by Lawrence Meynell.
- They were so young also released under German title: Mannequins für Rio. Shadow man also released under title: Street of shadows
- Special features (vol. 1) original theatrical trailers; commentary by Lindsley Parsons; original advertising material; bios; stills gallery; (vol. 2) original theatrical trailers; 'Inside Lippert : part 1, 1907-1949'; audio commentary for Loan shark by Richard M. Roberts; bios; stills gallery; movie trivia; (vol. 3) original theatrical trailers; 'Inside Lippert : part 2, 1950-1976'; original advertising material; Shoot to kill schudule & Luana Walters Wardrobe plot; Shoot to kill day player & stuntman contracts; Shoot to kill original script sample pages with director's notes.
- "VCI Film Noir Classics to die for."--Opening frames.
- (Shadow man) "The following is the original British release version titled 'Street of shadows.' It contains 7 minutes of scenes that were deleted from the U.S. version."--Opening frames.
- Aspect ratio for vol. 1: enhanced for 16x9 monitors; aspect ratio for vol. 2-3: 4x3.
- Contains:
- Portland exposé
- They were so young
- Mannequins für Rio
- Loan shark
- Arson, Inc.
- Shadow man
- Street of shadows
- Shoot to kill
- ISBN:
- 1557391866
- 9781557391865
- OCLC:
- 475679949
- Publisher Number:
- 089859055027
- KPF-550 Kit Parker Films
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