BRITISH CINEMA: RENOWN PICTURES CRIME & NOIR: Blackout, Home to Danger, Meet Mr. Callaghan, Bond of Fear, No Trace, Recoil

Product Details

Format: 2-DVD9s
Version: Full Screen
Rating: NR
Runtime: 453 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Year: 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1950, 1953
Item #: 8558
Region: NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Color: B&W
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom
UPC: 089859855825
ISBN: 1-55739-579-9

Summary

Delve within the world of “Hard-boiled” deductions and who dunnits, with six movies that defined the world of British Cinema’s Crime and Noir.

Disc One:
BLACKOUT (1950) – In this tight little crime film directed by Robert S. Baker, a blind man's (Maxwell Reed) sight is restored in time to solve the mystery of his girl friend's dead (or is he?) brother and a gang of smugglers. (73 minutes)
HOME TO DANGER (1951) – A drug dealer tries to kill dead partner’s daughter when she inherits an old house. (66 minutes)
MEET MR. CALLAGHAN (1954) – Based on a Peter Cheyney novel, Slim Callaghan (De Marney), is required to solve the death of a much hated rich man. (88 minutes)

Disc Two:
BOND OF FEAR (1956) – A man and his family on a caravan holiday in France are taken hostage by an escaped convict (John Colicos). (72 minutes)
NO TRACE (1950) – Crime novelist (Hugh Sinclair) kills blackmailer and pretends to help police. (75 minutes)
RECOIL (1953) – Jean Talbot poses as a crook to infiltrate the gang who killed her father. (79 minutes)

TRT: 453 minutes

Bonus

Scene Selection
Trailers
British Cinema Promo

Actors

Disc One:
BLACKOUT: Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Patrick Doonan
HOME TO DANGER: Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson
MEET MR. CALLAGHAN: Derrick DeMarney, Harriett Johns

Disc Two:
BOND OF FEAR: Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, John Colicos,
NO TRACE: Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan
RECOIL: Edward Underdown, Elizbeth Sellars

Directors

BLACKOUT: Robert S. Baker
HOME TO DANGER: Terence Fisher
MEET MR. CALLAGHAN: Charles Saunders
BOND OF FEAR: Henry Cass
NO TRACE: John Gilling
RECOIL: John Gilling