Columbia Pictures film noir classics. II
(DVD Set) 

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Published
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2010.
Format
DVD Set
Language
English
UPC
043396319646

Notes

General Note
Human desire based on the novel by ©?mile Zola, La b©®te humaine.
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Pushover adapted from two novels, The night watch by Thomas Walsh, and Rafferty by Bill S. Ballinger.
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The brothers Rico based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Les fr©·res Rico.
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Nightfall based on the novel Nightfall by David Goodis.
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Originally released as motion pictures by Columbia Pictures Corporation in 1954 (Human desire, Pushover ), 1957 (The brothers Rico, Nightfall), and 1959 (City of fear).
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"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and The Film Foundation partner once again to bring five films to DVD for the first time, fully restored and remastered"--Container.
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Special features: Martin Scorsese on The brothers Rico ; Pulp paranoia with Christopher Nolan ; Terror and desire with Emily Mortimer ; original theatrical trailers.
General Note
Human desire, The brothers Rico, and City of fear are in b&w. Pushover and Nightfall are in color.
Creation/Production Credits
[Human desire] Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Danielle Amfitheatrof, conducted by Morris Stoloff.
Creation/Production Credits
[Pushover] Director of photography, Lester H. White ; editor, Jerome Thoms ; music, Arthur Morton, conducted by Morris Stoloff.
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[The brothers Rico] Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, Charles Nelson ; music, George Dunning, conducted by Morris Stoloff.
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[Nightfall] Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; editor, William A. Lyon ; music, George Dunning, conducted by Morris Stoloff.
Creation/Production Credits
[City of fear] Director of photography, Lucien Ballard ; editor, Robert Lawrence ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
Participants/Performers
[Human desire] Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley, Diane DeLaire, Grandon Rhodes .
Participants/Performers
[Pushover] Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone. E.G. Marshall, Allen Nourse,
Participants/Performers
[The brothers Rico] Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren, Atrgentina Brunetti, Lamont Johnson, Harry Bellaver, Paul Picerni, Paul Dubov, Rudy Bond, Richard Bakalyan, William Phipps.
Participants/Performers
[Nightfall] Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond.
Participants/Performers
[City of fear] Vince Edwards, John Archer, Steven Ritch, Patricia Blair, Kelly Thordsen, Lyle Talbot, Cathy Browne, Sherwood Price, Joseph Mell, ,
Description
[Human desire] A Korean War veteran comes back to his job as a railroad engineer, and becomes entangled with a violent co-worker and the man's alluring wife in a web of deception, suspicion, and murder .
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[Pushover] A cop, staking out the apartment of a bank robber's girlfriend, makes a move on her to get information. But he makes the mistake of really falling for her, testing his loyalties with deadly results.
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[The brothers Rico] A businessman and husband is contacted by his former organized crime boss, and is drawn back into the danger of the mob, putting his family on the line.
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[Nightfall] A commercial artist is pursued by the police for a crime he didn't commit, and chased by criminals for money he didn't steal.
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[City of fear] A convict steals a container from the prison infirmary, thinking it contains cocaine, and escapes, intending to sell the drug for a fortune. However, the powder is really a highly radioactive substance that will kill everyone who is exposed to it.
Target Audience
Not rated by MPAA.
System Details
DVD ; Dolby digital ; widescreen ; region 1 encoding.
Language
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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