Humphrey Bogart
Series
Criterion collection volume 810
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele who has a history of violent behavior becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing them...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (230 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich - just to name a few. Marlowe is hired to protect a young woman and in the process, he falls in love with the woman's older sister.
3) Stand-in
Publisher
ClassicFlix
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the bank sends financial analyst Atterbury Dodd to investigate a failing Hollywood studio they are considering selling, he learns there is more to the movie industry than his calculations.
4) High Sierra
Series
Criterion collection volume 1099
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
After a Prohibition-era gangster is released from prison, he longs for a simpler life, but he is lured back for one last heist by his old boss.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ex-G.I Rip Murdock tries to find out who framed his pal Johnny and then killed him. While tracking his war buddy's shadowy past, Rip becomes involved with the mysterious night club singer who had once been his friend's sweetheart.
6) Dark passage
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name, but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With extraordinary beauty, talent and grace, Spanish dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) was born to be a star. Aided by American movie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), she attains great success and fortune in Hollywood's land of dreams. But, though she gives her all for stardom, there is one thing Maria will never compromise - her soul.
10) Beat the devil
Publisher
Alpha Video Distributors
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land in East Africa believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 178 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Willie comes marching home. A new soldier becomes frustrated when he finds his new post is in his hometown and not abroad.
Up the river. Two inmates escape to help a former prisoner.
13) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
16) Casablanca
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012, 1942.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (102 min.) : sound, b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (226 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The treasure of Sierra Madre: Gold in the hills, avarice in the hearts of men. Two hard-luck drifters and a grizzled prospector discover gold. Then greed and paranoia set in.
The Maltese falcon: Detective Sam Spade goes in search of a priceless statuette after the death of his partner.
Author
Series
Criterion collection volume 1208
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white. ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
Three buddies return home from World War I and begin a profitable bootlegging operation, until romance and rivalry get in the way of business.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young waitress Gabby Maple, and a handful of others hostage.
20) The enforcer
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A crusading District Attorney is out to convict the head of a vicious murder-for-hire ring. But when his star witness is killed, Bogart must race against time to find the evidence he needs to bring down the mob boss. Told in a series of flashbacks, this tense, tough-as-nails crime thriller on the cutting edge of film noir was based on actual Murder, Inc. trials.