Columbia Pictures film noir classics. IV
(DVD or VCD)

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Contributors
Lewis, Joseph H., 1907-2000. Director
Berkeley, Martin. Screenwriter
Babcock, Dwight V. 1909-1979. Screenwriter
Richmond, Ted, 1910-2013. Producer
Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966. Screenwriter
Published
[Calif.] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2013.
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 443 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Available from another library
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Published
[Calif.] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2013.
Format
DVD or VCD
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
UPC
700867900238

Notes

General Note
Title and credits from container.
General Note
"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Film Foundation and Turner Classic Movies again partner to present the fourth collection in this series ... fully restored and remastered"--Container.
General Note
So dark the night, based upon a story by Aubrey Wisberg. Johnny O'Clock, original story by Milton Holmes. Walk a crooked mile, adapted from a story by Bertram Millhauser. Walk east on Beacon! suggested by The crime of the century / by J. Edgar Hoover ; from the Reader's Digest.
General Note
Videodisc release of five motion pictures originally released in 1946 (So dark the night), 1947 (Johnny O'Clock), 1948 (Walk a crooked mile), 1950 (Between midnight and dawn) and 1952 (Walk east on Beacon!).
General Note
Bonus features include publicity stills, scene stills, trailers and movie posters; Martin Scorsese introduces So dark the night.
Creation/Production Credits
So dark the night: director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, Jerome Thoms ; music, Hugo Friedhofer.
Creation/Production Credits
Johnny O'Clock: director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editors, Warren Low, Al Clark ; music, George Duning.
Creation/Production Credits
Walk a crooked mile: director of photography, George Robinson ; editor, James E. Newcom ; music, Paul Sawtell.
Creation/Production Credits
Between midnight and dawn: director of photography, George E. Diskant ; editor, Gene Hevlick ; music, George Duning.
Creation/Production Credits
Walk east on Beacon!: director of photography, Joseph C. Brun ; editor, Angelo Ross ; music, Louis Applebaum.
Participants/Performers
So dark the night: Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Egon Brecher, Helen Freeman.
Participants/Performers
Johnny O'Clock: Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Drew, Nina Foch, S. Thomas Gomez, John Kellogg.
Participants/Performers
Walk a crooked mile: Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Carl Esmond.
Participants/Performers
Between midnight and dawn: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka, Gale Robbins, Anthony Ross, Roland Winters.
Participants/Performers
Walk east on Beacon!: George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore.
Description
So dark the night: "A complicated story of a Parisian detective ... who falls in love while on vacation, only to see the woman murdered"--Container.
Description
Johnny O'Clock: "Johnny O'Clock ... is a junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis ... but is senior in the eyes of Nelle, Guido's wife and Johnny's ex. This love triangle leads to a web of complications, leaving Police Inspector Koch ... to unravel the threads of deceit and a murdered casino employee's sister ... to tug on Johnny's heartstrings"--Container.
Description
Walk a crooked mile: "The tale of an FBI agent ... and a Scotland Yard detective ... who must bust a spy ring working to infiltrate an atomic research facility"--Container.
Description
Between midnight and dawn: "Dan Purvis ... and Rocky Barnes ... are lifelong pals who survived WWII and continue their armed service as uniformed prowl car boys on the night shift in LA. But their friendship is tested by their ongoing battle with a ruthless racketeer ... and the love they share for a beautiful radio announcer"--Container.
Description
Walk east on Beacon!: "[A] tale of Communist spies stealing secrets about the Manhattan Project. The source material was a Reader's Digest article by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and the movie shares Hoover's obsession with surveillance"--Container.
Target Audience
Not rated by MPAA.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen 1.33:1; Dolby digital 2.0.
Language
In English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lewis, J. H., Berkeley, M., Babcock, D. V. 1., Richmond, T., Rossen, R., Nealis, E. G., Bruce, G., Whytock, G., Douglas, G., Adams, G. D., Katcher, L., Ling, E., Stromberg, H., Rosten, L., De Rochemont, L., Werker, A. L. 1., Geray, S., Cheirel, M., Borden, E., Codee, A., Brecher, E., Freeman, H., Powell, D., Keyes, E., Cobb, L. J., Drew, E., Foch, N., Gomez, T., Kellogg, J., Hayward, L., O'Keefe, D., Allbritton, L., Esmond, C., Stevens, M., O'Brien, E., Storm, G., Buka, D., Robbins, G., Ross, A., Winters, R., Murphy, G., Currie, F., Gilmore, V., Scorsese, M., Wisberg, A., Holmes, M., Millhauser, B., & Hoover, J. E. 1. (2013). Columbia Pictures film noir classics (Full screen.). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Joseph H. Lewis et al.. 2013. Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Joseph H. Lewis et al.. Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lewis, Joseph H., et al. Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Full screen., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2013.

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