| Description |
4 videodiscs (433 min.) : sound, black and white with some color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical DTS-HD master audio rda |
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digital optical Dolby Digital rda |
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video file Blu-Ray 1080p high definition rda |
| Note |
The Maltese falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. |
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Casablanca based on the play Everybody comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. |
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre based on the novel by B. Traven. |
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African queen based on the novel by C.S. Forester. |
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All movies are in black and white, except The African Queen is in color. |
| Contents |
The Maltese Falcon (1941, 100 min.) -- Casablanca (1942, 102 min.) -- The treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, 126 min.) -- The African queen (1951, 105 min.). |
| Credits |
Maltese falcon: writer and director, John Huston. |
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Casablanca: director, Michael Curtiz ; screenplay, Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch ; music, Max Steiner ; producer, Hal B. Wallis. |
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre: writer and director, John Huston ; music, Max Steiner ; producer, Henry Blake. |
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African queen: producer, Sam Spiegel ; director, John Huston ; adapted for the screen by James Agee and John Huston ; director of photography, Jack Cardiff. |
| Cast |
Maltese falcon: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet. |
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Casablanca: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. |
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett. |
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African queen: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell, Peter Swanwick, Richard Marner. |
| Summary |
Maltese falcon: After the death of his partner, San Francisco private eye Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette. |
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Casablanca: 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. |
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Two down-and-out Americans in Mexico meet a grizzled old prospector who piques their interest with stories of his gold-hunting experiences. The Americans gather a stake and set off with the old prospector in search of fortune. |
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African Queen: A hard-drinking river trader and a prim missionary become unlikely travel companions on a river expedition in a war-torn jungle as they battle nature, a German gunboat, and each in German East Africa in 1914. |
| Audience |
The Maltese Falcon: Not rated. Casablanca: PG. The treasure of the Sierra Madre: Not rated. The African queen: PG. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, widescreen 1.85:1, 16x9 presentation; DTS-HD master audio (English), Dolby Digital (French, Spanish); 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Subject |
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 -- Film adaptations.
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Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Subject |
Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Private investigators -- United States -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Swindlers and swindling -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prospecting -- Mexico -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Americans -- Mexico -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Africa, Central -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Steamboats -- Africa -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Morocco -- History -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Sierra Madre (Mexico) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Romance films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
Maltese falcon.
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Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor.
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Astor, Mary, 1906-1987, actor.
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Greenstreet, Sydney, actor.
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Lorre, Peter, actor.
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MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969, actor.
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Patrick, Lee, 1906-1982, actor.
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George, Gladys, 1904-1954, actor.
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Huston, John, 1906-1987, director.
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Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962, director.
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Steiner, Max, 1888-1971.
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Epstein, Philip G., screenwriter.
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Koch, Howard W., Jr., 1916-2001, screenwriter.
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Burnett, Murray.
Everybody comes to Rick's.
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Alison, Joan.
Everybody comes to Rick's.
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Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982, actor.
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Rains, Claude, 1889-1967, actor.
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Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943, actor.
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Henreid, Paul, actor.
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Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, actor.
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Holt, Tim, 1918-1973, actor.
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Bennett, Bruce, 1906-2007, actor.
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Traven, B.
Schatz der Sierra Madre.
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Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966.
African Queen.
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Agee, James, 1909-1955, screenwriter.
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Hepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003, actor.
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Morley, Robert, actor.
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Bull, Peter, 1912-1984, actor.
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Bikel, Theodore, actor.
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Gotell, Walter, 1924-1997, actor.
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Swanwick, Peter, 1922-1968, actor.
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Marner, Richard, 1921-2004, actor.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Maltese falcon (Motion picture : 1941)
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Casablanca (Motion picture)
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Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Motion picture)
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African Queen (Motion picture)
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| Standard No. |
883929374151 |
| Music No. |
3000054994 Paramount Pictures |
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