| Description |
5 videodiscs (425 min.) : sound, black and white or color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Collector's choice |
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Collector's choice (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm))
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| System Details |
DVD ; Dolby digital ; widescreen ; region 1 encoding. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Cast |
Human desire: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan. |
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Pushover: Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone. |
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The brothers Rico: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren, Harry Bellaver. |
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Nightfall: Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond. |
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City of fear: Vince Edwards, John Archer, Patricia Blair, Steven Ritch. |
| Credits |
Human desire: director, Fritz Lang ; producer, Lewis J. Rachmil ; screenplay, Alfred Hayes, based on the novel by Émile Zola, La bête humaine. |
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Pushover: director, Richard Quine ; producer, Jules Schermer ; screenplay, Roy Huggins, adapted from two novels, The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh, and Rafferty by Bill S. Ballinger. |
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The brothers Rico: director, Phil Karlson ; producer, Lewis J. Rachmil ; screenplay, Lewis Meltzer and Ben Perry, based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Les frères Rico. |
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Nightfall: director, Jacques Tourneur ; producer, Ted Richmond ; screenplay, Stirling Sillphant, based on the novel Nightfall by David Goodis. |
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City of fear: director, Irving Lerner ; producer, Leon Chooluck ; screenplay, Steven Ritch, Robert Dillon. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Contents |
[1] Human desire (1954) -- [2] Pushover (1954) -- [3] The brothers Rico (1957) -- [4] Nightfall (1957) -- City of fear (1959). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Detective and mystery plays -- Videodiscs.
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Criminals -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Criminal investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Gangsters -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Radioactive substances -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Film noir.
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Crime films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
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Quine, Richard, 1920-1989.
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Karlson, Phil, 1908-1985.
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Tourneur, Jacques, 1904-1977.
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Lerner, Irving, 1909-1976.
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Rachmil, Lewis J., 1908-1984.
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Schermer, Jules.
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Richmond, Ted, 1910-2013
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Chooluck, Leon, 1920-2002.
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Hayes, Alfred, 1911-1985.
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Huggins, Roy, 1914-2002.
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Meltzer, Lewis.
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Perry, Ben (Ben L.)
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Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996.
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Ritch, Steven, 1921-1995.
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Dillon, Robert.
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Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006.
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Grahame, Gloria.
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Crawford, Broderick, 1911-1986.
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Buchanan, Edgar, 1903-1979.
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MacMurray, Fred, 1908-1991.
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Carey, Philip, 1925-2009.
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Novak, Kim.
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Malone, Dorothy.
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Conte, Richard, 1910-1975.
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Foster, Dianne, 1928-
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Crosby, Kathryn, 1933-
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Gates, Larry, 1915-1996.
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Darren, James.
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Bellaver, Harry, 1905-1993.
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Ray, Aldo.
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Keith, Brian, 1921-1997.
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Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005.
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Brando, Jocelyn, 1919-2005.
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Gregory, James, 1911-2002.
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Albertson, Frank, 1909-1964.
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Bond, Rudy.
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Edwards, Vince, 1928-1996.
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Archer, John, 1915-1999.
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Blair, Patricia, 1933-2013.
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Scorsese, Martin.
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Nolan, Christopher, 1970-
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Mortimer, Emily.
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Columbia Pictures.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Film Foundation.
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| Added Title |
Film noir classics. II |
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Film noir classics 2 |
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Human desire (Motion picture)
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Pushover (Motion picture)
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Brothers Rico (Motion picture)
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Nightfall (Motion picture : 1957)
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City of fear (Motion picture : 1959)
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| Standard No. |
043396319646 |
| Music No. |
31964 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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