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Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics. : III (2012, original release: 1945)
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Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2012]
Series: TCM vault collection, Collector's choice, 
Description:  5 videodiscs (ca. 419 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language:  English


My name is Julia Ross and The mob are full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Drive a crooked road, Tight spot and The burglar are widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio)

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"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Film Foundation and Turner Classic Movies partner on the third collection in the series ... fully restored and remastered"--Container

My name is Julia Ross is based on the book The woman in red by Anthony Gilbert

The mob is based on the Collier's magazine story Waterfront by Ferguson Findley

Drive a crooked road is from a story by James Benson Nablo

Tight spot is based upon the play Dead pigeon by Lenard Kantor

The burglar is adapted from the novel The burglar by David Goodis

Originally released as motion pictures by Columbia Pictures Corporation in 1945 (My name is Julia Ross), 1951 (The mob), 1954 (Drive a crooked road), 1955 (Tight spot), and 1957 (The burglar)

Special features include scene stills and movie posters; Martin Scorsese introduces Drive a crooked road and The burglar

My name is Julia Ross: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready, Roland Varno, Anita Bolster, Doris Lloyd

The mob: Broderick Crawford, Betty Buehler, Richard Kiley, Otto Hulett, Matt Crowley

Drive a crooked road: Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster

Tight spot: Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith

The burglar: Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers, Peter Capell, Mickey Shaughnessy

My name is Julia Ross: "An unemployed London secretary is hired as a live-in assistant for an elderly woman but soon finds herself in a nightmarish situation"--Container

The mob: "A police detective ... goes undercover as a dock worker in New Orleans in order to investigate the criminal activities of a waterfront racket"--Container

Drive a crooked road: "Los Angeles mechanic and race car enthusiast Eddie Shannon is seduced by a gangster's girlfriend and blackmailed into participating as the getaway driver in a bank robbery"--Container

Tight spot: "A district attorney springs former model Sherry Conley from prison and tries to pressure her to testify against a powerful mobster she knew through close mutual acquaintances"--Container

The burglar: "A cunning jewel thief ... targets the mansion of a wealthy evangelist as his final career heist"--Container

Not rated by MPAA

DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen and wide screen; Dolby digital

In English

My name is Julia Ross / The mob / Drive a crooked road / Tight spot / The burglar / (ca. 64 min., 1945) -- (ca. 86 min., 1951) -- (ca. 83 min., 1954) -- (ca. 96 min., 1955) -- (ca. 90 min., 1957) Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Muriel Roy Bolton ; produced by Wallace Macdonald ; directed by Joseph H. Lewis Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by William Bowers ; produced by Jerry Bresler ; directed by Robert Parrish Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Blake Edwards ; adaptation by Richard Quine ; produced by Jonie Taps ; directed by Richard Quine Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by William Bowers ; produced by Lewis J. Rachmil ; directed by Phil Karlson Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screenplay by David Goodis ; produced by Louis W. Kellman ; directed by Paul Wendkos

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