 | Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 1 (Bad Blonde / Man Bait )
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $7.49 DVD 7/06: blond bombshells in weak stories
Bad blonde (AKA The woman is trouble, The Flanagan boy--UK) (1953) TT1:21 -- Dir.: Reginald Le Borg; w/: Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater, Sid James, Tony Wright
Man bait (AKA The last page--UK) (1952) TT1:24 -- Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds, Diana Dors
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 | Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 2: Stolen Face and Blackout
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.99 DVD 7/06: 2 strong flicks
A stolen face (1952) TT1:12 -- Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: Paul Henreid, Lizabeth Scott, Mary Mackenzie, André Morell, John Wood
Blackout (AKA Murder by proxy--UK) (1954) TT1:27 -- Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: Dane Clark, Belinda Lee, Betty Ann Davies, Eleanor Summerfield, Andrew Osborn
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 | Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 3
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $8.24 DVD 7/06: the best so far
The gambler and the lady (1952) TT1:12 -- Dirs.: Patrick Jenkins, Terence Fisher; w/: Dane Clark, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards, Thomas Gallagher, Eric Pohlmann
Heat wave (AKA The house across the lake--UK) (1954) TT1:08 -- Dir.: Ken Hughes; w/: Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke, Susan Stephen, Sid James, Alan Wheatley
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 | Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set (Bad Blonde / Blackout / The Gambler and the Lady / Heat Wave / Man Bait / Stolen Face)
Buy new: $27.49 / Used from: $19.98 DVD 8/06: Volumes 1-3 released individually have covers with plot synopses and great artwork but lack chapter/booklet inserts. The collection of volumes 1-3 is in a box twice as thick as the usual keep case and has 3 DVDs awkwardly housed on one spindle. There are no inserts and the cover is uninformative. The individually released volumes are esthetically desirable.
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 | Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 4 (Terror Street / Wings of Danger)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.95 DVD 12/06:
Terror street (AKA 36 hours--UK) (1953) TT1:24 -- Dir.: Montgomery Tully; w/: Dan Duryea, Eisle Albin, Gudrun Ure, Eric Pohlmann, John Chandos
Wings of danger (AKA Dead on course--UK) (1952) TT1:13 -- Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: Stars Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty, Kay Kendall, Naomi Chance, Arthur Lane
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 | Hammer Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 5 (The Glass Tomb / Paid to Kill)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.98 DVD 12/06: "the glass tomb" is a silly film and not film noir.
The glass tomb (AKA The glass cage--UK) (1955) TT0:59 -- Dir.: Montgomery Tully; w/: John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann, Sid James
Paid to kill (AKA Five days--UK) (1954) TT1:11 -- Dir.: Montgomery Tully; w/: Dane Clark, Paul Carpenter, Thea Gregory, Cecile Chevreau, Anthony Forwood
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 | Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 6
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $8.98 DVD 6/07:
The black glove (AKA Face the musicUK) (1954) TT1:24 Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield, John Salew, Paul Carpenter, Geoffrey Keen
The deadly game (AKA The big deadly gameUS, Third party riskUK) (1954) TT1:03 Dir.: Daniel Birt; w/: Lloyd Bridges, Maureen Swanson, Finlay Currie, Simone Silva, Ferdy Mayne
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 | Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 7
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.98 DVD 6/07:
The unholy four (AKA A stranger came homeUK) (1954) TT1:20 Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: William Sylvester, Paulette Goddard, Patrick Holt, Paul Carpenter, Alvys Maben
Race for life (AKA Mask of dustUK) (1954) TT1:19 Dir.: Terence Fisher; w/: Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, Peter Illing, Alec Mango, James Copeland
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 | Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set, Vol. 2 (Terror Street / Wings of Danger / The Glass Tomb / Paid to Kill / The Black Glove / The Deadly Game / The Unholy Four / A Race for Life)
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $24.59 DVD 6/07: Volumes 4-7 collected in one set. Four keep cases identical to those of the respective single volumes are housed in a slip case bearing information on the eight flicks. There are no inserts but the other negative comments for the set of volumes 1-3 do not apply.
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