Film noir classic collection double feature.
Crime wave: Three San Quentin escapees kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Wounded, one of the escapees flees through black-shadowed streets to the handiest refuge: with former cellmate Steve Lacey. Steve is paroled, with a new life and lovely wife, and can't afford to be caught associating wit...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English with subtitles in French and English SDH for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
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©2007
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| Series: | Film noir classic collection.
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| Online Access: | Credits from Internet Movie Database View cover art |
| Summary: | Crime wave: Three San Quentin escapees kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Wounded, one of the escapees flees through black-shadowed streets to the handiest refuge: with former cellmate Steve Lacey. Steve is paroled, with a new life and lovely wife, and can't afford to be caught associating with old cronies. But homicide detective Sims wants to use Steve to help him catch the other 2 escapees, who in turn extort his help in a bank job. Decoy: A drop-dead femme fatale revives her hunk from the dead because he knows where the $400,000 in loot is buried. |
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| Item Description: | Crime wave: from a Saturday Evening Post story by John and Ward Hawkins. Decoy: original story by Stanley Rubin. Special features: Crime wave: Commentary by James Ellroy and Eddie Muller; Crime wave: the city is dark; Theatrical trailer -- Decoy: Commentary by Stanley Rubin and Glenn Erickson; Decoy: a map to nowhere. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC, region 1, Full screen (1.33:1) format, Dolby digital mono. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Crime wave: director of photography, Bert Glennon ; art director, Stanley Fleischer ; film editor, Thomas Reilly ; set decorator, William L. Kuehl ; wardrobe by Moss Mabry ; music by David Buttolph. Decoy: director of photography, L.W. O'Connell ; edited by Jason Bernie ; set designer, Dave Milton ; musical director, Edward J. Kay. |
| ISBN: | 9781419851223 1419851225 1419856596 9781419856594 |