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Call Number: DVD Film-Noir Brasher
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Based on the novel The high window by Raymond Chandler.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.
George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner, Florence Bates, Marvin Miller.
"Philip Marlowe is retained to recover a rare and valuable coin that turns out to be a medium of exchange for blackmail information and the key to the murderer of a cameraman."--Container.
DVD, full screen (4:3 aspect ratio).
Contents: High window.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Distinctive mostly for the coin study thing.
submitted by lisa on June 19, 2017, 1:22pm
But then the coin really is just the MacGuffin.
I love the way the description above says "Contents: High window." Yes, the film has a high window in it. And guess what happens from that high window?
SERIES
20th Century Fox cinema archives.
PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2012]
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 videodisc (72 min.) : s.d., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bassler, Robert, 1903-1975.
Brahm, John, 1893-1982.
Hannah, Dorothy.
Montgomery, George, 1916-2000.
Guild, Nancy, 1925-
Janis, Conrad.
Roberts, Roy, 1906-1975.
Kortner, Fritz.
Bates, Florence, 1888-1954.
Miller, Marvin, 1913-1985.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Extortion -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Film noir.
Crime films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.