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Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott r...

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Main Authors:	Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (Composer), Harline, Leigh (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Turner Entertainment Co, RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Allen, Lewis, 1905-2000 (Director), Rosenberg, Frank P. (Producer), Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982 (Screenwriter), Webb, James R. (Screenwriter), Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 (Actor), Foch, Nina (Actor), Marlowe, Hugh, 1911-1982 (Actor), Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967 (Actor), Gross, Jack J. (Producer), Siegel, Don, 1912-1991 (Director), Homes, Geoffrey, 1902-1977 (Screenwriter), Adams, Gerald Drayson (Screenwriter), Mitchum, Robert (Actor), Greer, Jane, 1924-2001 (Actor), Bendix, William, 1906-1964 (Actor), Knowles, Patric, 1911-1995 (Actor), Novarro, Ramon, 1899-1968 (Actor), Alvarado, Don (Actor), Qualen, John, 1899-1987 (Actor), Wormser, Richard, 1908-1977
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English dialogue with optional French subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and the hearing impaired.
Series:	Film noir classic collection ; v. 4. Film noir classic collection double feature.
Subjects:	Lawyers > United States > Drama. Gangsters > United States > Drama. Malicious accusation > United States > Drama. Swindlers and swindling > Mexico > Drama. Police > Mexico > Drama. Film noir. Legal films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. Embroiled in dirty mob politics, the situation becomes intolerable when his former protege is charged with a murder that seems to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob. The big steal: Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidently meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Soon the local Inspector General (El Gato) is involved. Fiske races across Mexico, pursued by Jane and Duke, trailed by the real Capt. Blake. The crafty Inspector General is waiting for them in Tihuacan but they all give him the slip.
Item Description:	The big steal based on the Saturday Evening Post story "The road to Carmichael's" by Richard Wormser. Illegal originally released as a motion picture in 1955; The big steal originally released as a motion picture in 1949. Special features: Commentaries by Nina Foch and film historian Patricia King Hanson on 'Illegal' and film historian Richard B. Jewell on 'The big steal;' vintage "Behind the cameras" segment with Edward G. Robinson from the 'Warner Bros. presents' TV series; new featurettes: "Illegal: marked for life" and "The big steal: look behind you;" theatrical trailers. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Illegal: Music, Max Steiner ; director of photography, J. Peverell Marley ; editor, Thomas Reilly. The big steal: Director of photography, Harry J. Wild ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music, Leigh Harline.
ISBN:	1419851233 9781419851230 1419856596 (set) 9781419856594 (set)