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AMMER FILM NOIR:
COLLECTOR'S SET. VOLUME ONE
complete 3-disc boxset


DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006

DVD Studio: VCI Video


ABOUT THE BOXSET:
In 1950, Hammer Films set up a deal with American Producer Robert L. Lippert to produce low-budget crime dramas to be made in the UK. Lippert would send over a shop-worn Hollywood star or promising American newcomer to give the films box-office appeal in the states, supported by the usual fine casts of British character actors that make most British movies worth watching. This five-year arrangement produced over a dozen well-made little B-noirs that seemed to have fallen through the film history ***s ... until now. VCI and Kit Parker Films are happy to offer another look at these dark, moody pictures made by the company that became one of Britain's most prolific film producers of the 1960's, many directed by Hammer's top director, Terence Fisher, cutting his teeth on mystery and suspense. The Collector's Set contains the Hammer Film Noir Volumes 1 thru 3. 


CONTENTS:

THE FLANAGAN BOY aka BAD BLONDE
(Reginald Le Borg; 1953, 81 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0045533/

THE LAST PAGE aka MAN BAIT
(Terence Fisher; 1952, 78 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0044871/

STOLEN FACE
(Terence Fisher; 1952, 72 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0045191/

MURDER BY PROXY aka BLACKOUT
(Terence Fisher; 1954, 72 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0046792/

THE GAMBLER AND THE LADY
(Patrick Jenkins; 1952, 72 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0044649/

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE aka HEAT WAVE
(Ken Hughes; 1954, 68 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0047067/



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DISC ONE
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THE FLANAGAN BOY aka BAD BLONDE
(Reginald Le Borg; 1953, 81 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0045533/
A scheming blonde (Barbara Payton) seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager.

THE LAST PAGE aka MAN BAIT
(Terence Fisher; 1952, 78 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0044871/
The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.

BONUS:
# Bios for both films.
# 3 commentaries by Richard M. Roberts: The World of Hammer Noir, Bad Blonde, Mab Bait.
# Trailers: Blonde Ice, Bad Blonde, Man Bait.


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DISC TWO
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STOLEN FACE
(Terence Fisher; 1952, 72 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0045191/
A plastic surgeon has a brief fling with a concert pianist, then she leaves him to go back to her previous boyfriend.

MURDER BY PROXY aka BLACKOUT
(Terence Fisher; 1954, 72 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0046792/
An American in London, down on his luck, runs into a beautiful blonde in a bar who offers him a lot of money to marry her.

BONUS:
# Bios for both films.
# 3 commentaries by Richard M. Roberts: The World of Hammer Noir, A Stolen Face, Blackout.
# Trailers: Portland Ecpose, Unholy Four, Bury Men Dead.


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DISC THREE
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THE GAMBLER AND THE LADY
(Patrick Jenkins; 1952, 72 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0044649/
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady.

THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE aka HEAT WAVE
(Ken Hughes; 1954, 68 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0047067/
An American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her rich husband.

BONUS:
# Bios for both films.
# 3 commentaries by Richard M. Roberts: The World of Hammer Noir, Gambler and The Lady. Heat Wave.
# Trailers: Deadly Game, Terror Street, Slightly Scarlet.


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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.72 + 7.56 + 6.91 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Time (total): 457 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 | Non-Anamorphic

Sound (main features): English

Subtitles: none

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