Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DAR

Summary: "This collection features three classic noir films from the 1950s. Thunder on the Hill (1951)--directed by the great Douglas Sirk, a nun (Claudette Colbert) races against time to prove the innocence of a convicted murderess (Ann Blyth) who is being escorted to prison for a date with the gallows. The Price of Fear (1956)--a woman (Merle Oberon) guilty of a hit-and-run accident frames another...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY FIL

Summary: Norah Larkin is a working girl who wakes up a murderess after passing out in the apartment of brutish playboy Harry Prebble. Branded "The Blue Gardenia" by a sensational columnist, Norah dodges dragnets, informants and the cruel hand of fate as she struggles to conceal her involvement with Prebble, and to remember the details of her ill-fated night. As her hopes for justice fade, she decides to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BLU

Summary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BIG

Summary: When a man murders his nagging wife because his affections have turned to her far-more-pleasant younger sister, it appears he has executed the perfect crime--until a minor slip-up arouses the suspicions of a family friend.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CON

Summary: "Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MIL

Summary: After being wrongfully convicted of a crime, a young woman is imprisoned for 13 years and forced to give up her daughter. Upon her release, she sets in motion an elaborate plan of retribution, but does not know what is in store.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2006

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LADY

Summary: Bob the gambler and his friends learn that the Deauville Casino expects to pull in 800 million francs. On the night of the heist Bob plays the casino tables until the appointed time. Before the dawn breaks, some of the men and women will win, some will lose, and some will die.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2002

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BOB

Contents: Out of the past (fullscreen presentation, 97 min.) -- Angel face (fullscreen presentation, 92 min.) -- Home from the hill (widescreen presentation, 150 min.) -- The sundowners (widescreen presentation, 133 min.).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCM

Summary: Former private detective Jeff Baily is trying to lead a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him and he finds himself framed for murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Home Entertainment 2004

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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY OUT

Summary: The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACE

Summary: Collects four noir-tinged dramas set in London in the late 1950s and early 1960s that deal with issues such as racism, homophobia, and the lingering effects of World War II.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAS

Summary: John Forbes is a family man who's tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens. Her boyfriend has robbed a store insured by Forbes' company and has showered her with gifts using the loot. Forbes comes to collect the ill-gotten gifts, but the boyfriend is in jail, and Forbes falls hard...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Chest 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIT

Summary: This classic film noir concentrates on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. Aveteran cop is murdered by small-time delinquents Tom Riley and Spud. Rookie cop Andy Mitchell, who looked up to the veteran policeman as a father figure, embarks on a perilous search to bring his mentor's killers to justice. Shot in a pioneering semi-documentary style by Gordon Dines (Pool...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BLU

Summary: A young detective goes undercover in Tokyo's sweltering streets to find the pickpocket who stole his gun.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2004

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STR

Summary: A gangster story about a hitman who lost his last target, and now another hitman is after him.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BRA

Summary: The Boss (1956): Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY FIL

Summary: A priest hears a murderer's confession and then becomes the murder suspect himself.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA I

Summary: A down-on-his-luck private detective searches for an ex-convict's missing girlfriend and finds himself in a dark world of mayhem and murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Home Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUR