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Film noir, 10-movie spotlight collection

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videorecording

Rating: Not rated; Touch of evil rated PG-13

Film noir

videorecording DVD

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10-movie spotlight collection

This gun for hire (1 hr., 21 min.): Double-crossed by his boss, a hit man vows revenge and finds himself involved with a sultry nightclub singer who has motives of her ownThe glass key (1 hr., 26 min.): A loyal right-hand man must endure gangsters, the police and the advances of his boss' fiancee as he searches for a killerDouble indemnity (1 hr., 48 min.): An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect his insurance policyPhantom lady (1 hr., 27 min.): A loyal secretary risks her life to try to find the mysterious woman who may prove her boss did not murder his wifeThe blue dahlia (1 hr., 40 min.): A WWII veteran is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic strangerBlack angel (1 hr., 21 min.): After Kirk Bennett is accused of a beautiful singer's murder, his wife tries to prove his innocence with the help of the victim's estranged husbandThe killers (1 hr., 43 min.): Two hit men kill and unresisting victim prompting an insurance investigator to uncover his past involvement with Kitty CollinsThe big clock (1 hr., 36 min.): A hotshot crime magazine editor inadvertently becomes the subject of a murder investigation after spending an evening with his boss' mistressCriss cross (1 hr., 26 min.): An armored truck driver reunites with his ex-wife and plots a robbery with her new husband to cover up their affairTouch of evil (1 hr., 51 min.): A narcotics officer puts the life of his new bride at risk as he investigates a crooked police chief

This gun for hire -- The glass key -- Double indemnity -- Phantom lady -- The blue dahlia -- Black angel -- The killers -- The big clock -- Criss cross -- Touch of evil

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