Search - Crime Classics 50 Movie Pack (12pc) on DVD

Entertainment Your Grandparents Watched

Acute Observer | Jersey Shore USA | 01/27/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Crime Classics 50 Movies

These twelve two-sided DVD discs contain 50 crime or mystery films. They are comparable to the TV dramas of the 1950s-1960s. They were ground out to provide entertainment at the lowest cost. Some of the studios would be called "Poverty Row", a low-budget independent producer. While still entertaining, these are mostly overlooked by modern generations. They provide a view of culture in 1930s America. Their sight and sound quality are in line with the cost of this set, and vary from film to film. They were selected on price. Remember the movies on TV in the 1950s and 1960s? Thirty-one of these films were made in the 1930s, thirteen in the 1940s, and six in 1951 or later.

This lists the films in DVD order with the year of production.

01 A: Big Town After Dark 1947 / Born To Fight 1936
01 B: Borderline 1950 / The Girl in Lover's Lane 1954
02 A: The Phantom Broadcast 1933 / Suddenly 1954
02 B: Murder on the Campus 1933 / Death from a Distance 1935
03 A: The King Murder 1932 / The Lady in Scarlet 1935
03 B: Sinister Hands 1932 / The Lady Confesses 1945

04 A: Shoot to Kill 1947 / Shadows on the Stairs 1941
04 B: Prison Train 1938 / They Never Come Back 1932
05 A: The Hoodlum 1951 / Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947
05 B: Black Gold 1936 / Blonde Ice 1948
06 A: Bridge of Sighs 1936 / Circumstantial Evidence 1935
06 B: Convicted 1931 / The Devil Diamond 1937

07 A: Double Cross 1941 / Ellis Island 1936
07 B: Exile Express 1939 / Hollywood Stadium Mystery 1938
08 A: Hold That Woman 1940 / Midnight Limited 1940
08 B: Murder At Dawn 1932 / Murder At Glen Athol 1936
09 A: Murder By Invitation 1941 / Murder in the Museum 1934
09 B: Rogue's Gallery 1944 / The Dark Hour 1936

10 A: The Last Alarm 1940 / The Panther's Claw 1942
10 B: The Red House 1947 / Tomorrow at Seven 1933
11 A: Whistle Stop 1946 / Death in the Shadows 1985
11 B: Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940 / Poppies Are Also Flowers 1966
12 A: Night Life in Reno 1931 / Convicts At Large 1938
/ Tough to Handle 1937
12 B: The President's Mystery 1936 / Racing Blood 1936
/ The Shadow: Invisible Avenger 1958

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