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Women in danger : 1950s thrillers / Universal International presents.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 794 4 discs
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- TCM vault collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Drama.
- Women.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Film noir.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Physical Description:
- 4 videodiscs (365 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in. black and white
- burning
- Other Title:
- 1950s thrillers
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1,85:1 and 2:00:1) and full screen (1.33:1) presentations; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby digital
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Woman in hiding: Mill heiress Ida Lupino thought she had the ideal man in new hubby Stephen McNally, but when she learns of his intent to take a murderous shortcut to her family fortune, she becomes a "Woman in Hiding" (1950).
- Female on the beach: Lonely widow Joan Crawford learns that her newly purchased seaside abode comes with a deadly legacy (1955).
- Unguarded moment: Esther Williams may be out of the pool, but not out of danger, as a high school teacher stalked by an unknown degenerate (1956).
- Price of fear: Dog track owner Lex Barker gets charmed by Merle Oberon, only to be made the fall guy for a hit-and-run she committed (1956).
- Contents:
- Woman in hiding (1950 ; 93 min.) / screenplay by Oscar Saul ; directed by Michael Gordon
- Female on the beach (1955 ; 97 min.) / directed by Joseph Pevney ; screenplay by Robert Hill and Richard Alan Simmons
- Unguarded moment (1956 ; 95 min.) / directed by Harry Keller ; screenplay by Herb Meadow and Larry Marcus
- Price of fear (1956 ; 80 min.) / directed by Abner Biberman ; screenplay by Robert Tallman.
- Participant:
- Woman in hiding: Ida Lupino, Stephen McNally, Howard Duff, John Litel.
- Female on the beach: Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling, Cecil Kellaway.
- Unguarded moment: Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews.
- Price of fear: Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Warren Stevens
- Notes:
- Woman in hiding originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
- Female on the beach originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
- Unguarded moment originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
- Price of fear originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
- Synopses derived from Amazon.com.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 810077535
- Publisher Number:
- 025192140204
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