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Get an instant library of some of the greatest mystery classics ever to come out of Hollywood on twelve double-sided DVDs. Never has such a comprehensive collection of great classic mystery features been assembled in one exciting package – all for an amazingly low price!… More >>
Mystery Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
To be fair I’ve only seen a fraction of the movies on this set. I found out about it a day after I bought a “film noir collection” and an Edward G. Robinson collection which yielded 5 of the films included here. I netflixed a collection that included three more to see wheather I should chalk up not buying this set as a mistake and try to get what ever I could for the set I had and buy this instead. Now I’m glad I kept the nine dollar difference. “Impact” “Second Woman” “Scarlet Street” and “They made me a Criminal” are awful. “Too Late for Tears”, “Kansas City Confidential”, and “The Stranger” are OK. “He walked by Night” is barely passable. I sort of wish I could see “Suddenly” because it sounds interesting, as do “Quicksand” and “Jigsaw” and I definately admire “Detour” if only for its strict adherence to noir conventions and its creative manuvering around the Hayes Office’s provision that the bad guy must be punished.
Rating: 2 / 5
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I wanted Turnabout but you sent me this compilation that had a movie “Topper” written by Thorne Smith who wrote “Turnabout.
I felt kind of taken.
Phyllis Singer
Rating: 1 / 5
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I was very disappointed in the product. For the most part, they were a very poor quality of recordings. I realized that they were old, but with the new computor knowledge that we have, I would have expected the DVD’s to be better. I guess the only answer to this poor product, is I got what I purchased. A very poor product for Amazon to be selling.
Rating: 2 / 5
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these are really old movies — 30s and 40s, so the image quality is very poor. I’d say go for other options unless you’re into those old movies.
Rating: 2 / 5
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This is mainly a contents listing of 5 box sets of film-noir collections. Quality is excellent for the Warner box–the films are not public domain and were remastered. The four other collections are of public-domain films, some of which were fixed up somewhat. Film quality is variable (dropouts, scratches, cropped images, fuzziness, low contrast). Most films are quite watchable, and there are some very good versions, especially if low price is considered (e.g., Hitch-hiker–only on CLA9). However, there are some marginal issues (e.g., Red house–only on FN10) and some extremely bad issues (e.g., Man who cheated himself–only on CLA9).
Ratings based on video-audio quality and emphasizing value for money: 5* = CLA1; 4* = CLA9, KIL5, MY10; 3* = FN10
COLLECTIONS–SUMMARY:
*** CLA1 = Film noir classic collection (Warner, 2004) [5 movies, 1944-50] $49.95 list. Extras: 5 film commentaries; 1 introduction; 2 trailers. Note: Volume 2 with 5 more noir films will appear in 7/05.
*** CLA9 = Classic film noir (St. Clair, 2005) [9 movies, 1946-53] $9.95 list. Extras: poster gallery (in color); featurette (About film noir, TT5:00); 7 trailers (TT16:00)
*** FN10 = Film noir: 10 movies (Brentwood, 2004) [10 movies, 1934!, 1945-52] $19.95 list. Extras: 40 trailers (4/disk)
*** KIL5 = 5 film noir killer classics (Questar, 2004) [5 movies, 1945-49] $29.95 list. Extras: The posters of film noir (in color, TT3:50); 2 featurettes (What is film noir?, TT13:00; Femme fatale, TT7:53); 38 Film noir trailers (TT1.58:07)
*** MY10 = Mystery classics: 50 movie pack (Treeline, 2004) [10 film noir movies, 1945-54, 40 other movies, 1931-52] $34.95 list. Extras: none
COLLECTIONS–CONTENTS:
Asphalt jungle, The (1950) = CLA1
Borderline (1950) = FN10 Note: at best marginally film noir!
Call it murder (aka Midnight) (1934) = FN10 Note: a 1934 film, not film noir!
Detour (1945) = CLA9 FN10 KIL5 MY10 Note: right-hand-drive vehicles in first scene a goof of film, not a reissue mistake!
D.O.A. (1950) = CLA9 FN10 KIL5
Gun crazy (aka Deadly is the female) (1949) = CLA1
He walked by night (1948) = FN10 MY10
Hitch-hiker, The (1953) = CLA9
Hollow triumph (aka The scar–UK) (1948) = CLA9
Impact (1949) = MY10
Kansas City confidential (1952) = FN10 MY10
Man who cheated himself, The (1950) = CLA9
Murder, my sweet (aka Farewell my lovely) (1944) = CLA1
Out of the past (1947) = CLA1
Quicksand (1950) = CLA9 MY10
Red house, The (1947) = FN10 Note: rural film noir!
Scarlet Street (1945) = FN10 KIL5 MY10
Second woman, The (1951) = FN10 MY10
Set-up, The (1949) = CLA1
Strange love of Martha Ivers, The (1946) = CLA9
Stranger, The (1946) = CLA9 FN10 KIL5 MY10 Note: The separate Roan Group issue (with Cause for alarm, 1951) is superior.
Suddenly (1954) = MY10
Too late for tears (aka Killer bait) (1949) = CLA9 KIL5 MY10
Rating: 5 / 5
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