Warner Bros. Pictures Tough Guys Collection - Great six-disc boxed set from the 1930s, starring the great tough guys of the era, includes 'G' Men (1935), starring James Cagney; Bullets or Ballots (1936), with Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart; San Quentin (1937), also starring Bogie; A Slight Case of Murder (1938), with Edward G. Robinson in a Damon Runyan story; Each Dawn I Die (1936), another Cagney tour-de-force' and City for Conquest (1940), starring Cagney and Arthur Kennedy. Extras include commentaries, cartoons, newsreels, and shorts, including several episodes of "How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones"!
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 3 - Third volume in the noir series from Warner. A Mexican and an American agent team up to take on a California rancher who's been exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers, in Border Incident (1949). Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy star. A professional gambler (Robert Mitchum) and a beautiful singer (Jane Russell) get caught up in a deported crime lord's plan to get back into the U.S., in His Kind of Woman (1951). With Vincent Price, Raymond Burr. "YOU look into the gun of a fear-maddened killer" in Lady in the Lake (1947), director/star Robert Montgomery's "subjective camera" adaptation of the Raymond Chandler mystery about Detective Philip Marlowe's return to sleuthing. On Dangerous Ground (1952) focuses on a hardened New York cop (Robert Ryan) who softens up when he meets a compassionate blind girl (Ida Lupino)...the sister of a murder suspect. The Racket (1951) depicts the struggle between the police and the gang of racketeers they hope to put out of business. Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott star. Also included in this six-disc set is the documentary Film Noir: Bringing Darkness Into Light. 8 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; bonus shorts Women in Hiding (1940), You, The People (1940); more.
Sybil 30th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition (1976) - Sally Field won an Emmy for her stirring portrayal of Sybil Dorsett, a school teacher so haunted by her troubled childhood that she develops over 16 separate personalities. Based on a true story, this gripping made-for-TV movie also stars Joanne Woodward as the psychiatrist charged with helping Sybil deal with her past and get her life back on track. With Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett. 187 min. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround stereo; Subtitles: Spanish, French; documentary; photo gallery; more.
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