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Columbia Pictures film noir classics, Columbia Pictures, I

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Label

Columbia Pictures film noir classics, Columbia Pictures, I

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Columbia Pictures film noir classics

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

Columbia Pictures

Runtime

428

Series statement

Collector's choice

Summary

Police are baffled by random killings of women; Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion takes on a powerful crime syndicate; plans to rob a casino as a hoax by a group of friends go awry when one of them takes it very seriously; two hit men must explain the disappearance of a heroin stash to their boss; a normally pragmatic hit man finds he has misgivings when his next job is to kill a woman who is about to give evidence against his boss

Table Of Contents

The sniper (1952) / produced by Stanley Kramer ; written by Harry Brown ; directed by Edward Dmytryk -- The big heat (1953) / produced by Robert Arthur ; screenplay by Sydney Boehm ; directed by Fritz Lang -- 5 against the house (1955) / produced by Stirling Silliphant ; written by John Barnwell, William Bowers, Stirling Silliphant ; directed by Phil Karlson -- The lineup (1958) / produced by Jaime Del Valle ; written by Stirling Silliphant ; directed by Don Siegel -- Murder by contract (1958) / produced by Leon Chooluck ; written by Ben Simcoe ; directed by Irving Lerner

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

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