Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics. I
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The sniper and The big heat are full screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) ; 5 against the house, The lineup and Murder by contract are widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio).
The sniper is based on a story by Edna and Edward Anhalt.
The big heat is based on the Saturday Evening Post serial by William P. McGivern.
The lineup is based on the CBS television series ; from an idea created by Lawrence L. Klee.
Special features: Martin Scorsese on Murder by Contract, The Sniper and The Big Heat ; Michael Mann on The Big Heat ; The Influence of Noir with Christopher Nolan (The Lineup) ; commentary with authors Eddie Muller and James Ellroy on The Lineup ; commentary with author Eddie Muller on The Sniper.
The sniper (88 min., 1952) -- The big heat (91 min., 1953) -- 5 against the house (83 min., 1955) -- The lineup (86 min., 1958) -- Murder by contract (80 min., 1958).
The sniper: Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor, Frank Faylen, Richard Kiley, Mabel Paige, Marlo Dwyer, Geradline Carr.
The big heat: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby, Lee Marvin, Jeanette Nolan, Peter Whitney, Willis Bouchey.
5 against the house: Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith, Alvy Moore, Kerwin Matthews, William Conrad, Jack Dimond, Jean Willes.
The lineup: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche, William Leslie, Emile Meyer, Marshall Reed.
Murder by contract: Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi, Caprice Toriel, Michael Granger, Cathy Browne, Joseph Mell, Frances Osborne.
The sniper: San Francisco delivery van driver Edward Miller is unable to control his hatred of the women who reject him and the intense jealousy he feels whenever he sees lovers together. When he goes on a killing spree, the police must try and discover who he is. The big heat: A policeman is driven by grief to wage a relentless vendetta against a mobster. 5 against the house: Four Korean war vets dream up a college prank to rob a casino, convincing the girlfriend of one of them to help. Problems arise when one of the vets, who suffers from a war injury, turns the prank serious. The lineup: Police track two ruthless killers across San Francisco. Murder by contract: A hit man discovers his next target is a woman.
DVD ; NTSC ; Dolby digital ; fullscreen and widescreen ; region 1 encoding.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The Big Heat is the big pic here. submitted by lisa on July 26, 2018, 3:43pm Lotsa good noir lighting and acting throughout, though.
SERIES
Columbia Pictures film noir classics
I.
The collector's choice.
Sniper (Motion picture
Big heat (Motion picture)
Lineup (Motion picture)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English dialogue with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 5 videodiscs (428 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1435965051
9781435965058
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kramer, Stanley.
Dmytryk, Edward.
Brown, Harry, 1917-1986.
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963.
Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006.
Mohr, Gerald, 1914-1968.
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006.
Grahame, Gloria.
Brando, Jocelyn, 1919-2005.
Karlson, Phil, 1908-1985.
Madison, Guy.
Novak, Kim.
Keith, Brian, 1921-1997.
Silliphant, Stirling, 1918-1996.
Siegel, Don, 1912-1991.
Del Valle, Jaime, 1910-
Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014.
Keith, Robert, 1896-1966.
Anderson, Warner, 1911-1976.
Lerner, Irving, 1909-1976.
Chooluck, Leon, 1920-2002.
Edwards, Vince, 1928-1996.
Pine, Phillip.
Bernardi, Herschel.
Scorsese, Martin.
Nolan, Christopher, 1970-
Mann, Michael, 1943-
Columbia Pictures.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Korean War (1950-1953)
Serial murderers -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Criminal snipers -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Misogyny -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Police -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Revenge -- Drama.
Police -- Drama.
Ex-police officers -- Drama.
Gangsters -- Drama.
Criminals -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Drug traffic -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Assassins -- Drama.
Murder for hire -- Drama.
Robbery -- Reno -- Drama.
Casinos -- Reno -- Drama.
Veterans -- Reno -- Drama.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- Drama.
Assassins.
Casinos.
Criminal snipers.
Criminals.
Drug traffic.
Ex-police officers.
Gangsters.
Misogyny.
Murder for hire.
Police.
Revenge.
Robbery.
Serial murderers.
Veterans.
California -- San Francisco.
Nevada -- Reno.
Drama.
Film noir.
Crime films.
Police films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Caper films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion picture film collections.