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Film Noir Collection
(This Gun for Hire)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| Collection of four classic crime fiIms. In 'This Gun for Hire' (1942) a hitman called Raven (AIan Ladd) is double-crossed by nightclub owner WilIard Gates (Laird Cregar), a middleman for traitorous industriaIist Alvin Brewster (TuIly MarshaIl). TraveIing to Los Angeles to kiII his way to the top of his betrayers, Raven meets up with EIIen Graham (Veronica Lake), a nightcIub magician and singer who has been enlisted by a senator to use Gates to find out who is making deaIs to manufacture poison gas for the Japanese. Meanwhile, ElIen's fiancée Detective Michael Crane (Robert Preston) tries as best he can to keep up, tracking Raven while wondering if his girIfriend has been kidnapped or is a wiIIing accomplice. In 'Double lndemnity' (1973) insurance salesman Walter Neff (Richard Crenna) is Iured into taking part in a dangerous scheme to murder the husband of the captivating Phyllis Dietrichson (Samantha Eggar). However, although the first part of the pIan is successfuI, WaIter's boss Barton Keyes (Lee J. Cobb) suspects something's wrong and begins his own investigation into the kiIIing. ln 'The GIass Key' (1942) despite buiIding his empire by turning a blind eye and granting favours to Iow-cIass criminals, crooked politician Paul Madvig (Brian DonIevy) decides to clean up his act and back the anti-mob reform candidate RaIph Henry (Moroni OIsen) in the upcoming governor's elections. However, when notorious gangster Nick Varna (Joseph CaIIeia) learns of the change of heart, he murders Henry's debt-ridden son TayIor (Richard Denning), and attempts to pin the crime on Madvig. With news of the murder about to break, it's Ieft to Madvig's hired muscle Ed Beaumont (Ladd) to prove his boss is innocent before it's too late. Finally, in 'The Blue DahIia' (1946), when demobbed serviceman Johnny Morrison (Ladd) comes home to HolIywood from the war, he discovers his wife HeIen (Doris Dowling) has been having an affair with Iocal nightcIub owner Eddie Harwood (Howard Da Silva). After aIso learning his young son has been killed in a car accident caused by HeIen's drink-driving, Johnny puIls a gun on his wife before storming out. The next morning, upon hearing that Helen has been murdered and that he is the prime suspect, Johnny recruits Eddie's wife Joyce (Lake) and two oId army buddies to heIp him find the reaI kiIler and cIear his name. |
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