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British noir III : 5 film set.

New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2021]

2 videodiscs (408 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file region 1

DVD video

When Chief Inspector Tanner arrives at the house of Lord and Lady Lebanon to investigate the murder of their chauffeur, he quickly notices a lot of strange things about the household; when a priceless Buddhist artefact is stolen from a Japanese temple, a popular radio personality accidentally becomes involved in the case; a gambler falls in love with a young woman and believes she is bringing him luck, but his gambling rival also becomes interested in her; follows a family struggling to put their lives back together after their eldest son is executed for murder; a private detective works on a case involving a stolen secret formula and a kidnapped girl.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932 -- Film adaptations.

Butler, Gerald, 1907-1988 -- Film adaptations.

Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Nobility -- Great Britain -- Drama.

Theft -- Investigation -- Drama.

Gambling -- Drama.

Families -- Drama.

Film noir.

Crime films.

Detective and mystery films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

King, George, 1899 or 1900-1966, director.

Freeland, Thornton, 1898-1987, director.

Goring, Marius, 1912-1998, actor.

Landis, Carole, 1919-1948, actor.

Johns, Glynis, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932. Frightened lady.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Butler, Gerald, 1907-1988. They cracked her glass slipper.

British noir 3

British noir three

Case of the frightened lady (Motion picture).

Brass monkey (Motion picture : 1948).

Third time lucky (Motion picture : 1949).

Tall headlines (Motion picture).

Breakaway (Motion picture : 1956).

Originally released as motion pictures 1940-1956.

"The frightened lady" based on the play by Edgar Wallace; "Third time lucky" based on the novel "They cracked her glass slipper" by Gerald Butler.

Dolby digital, full screen 1.33:1.

Marius Goring, Penelope Dudley-Ward ; Carole Landis, Carroll Levis ; Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh ; Mai Zetterling, Michael Denison ; Tom Conway, Honor Blackman.

For private home use only.

The frightened lady (1940, 78 min.) / producer, S.W. Smith ; screenplay, Edward Dryhurst ; directed by George King -- Brass monkey (1948, 82 min.) / producer, N.A. Bronsten ; screen play, Alec Coppel ; directed by Thornton Freeland -- Third time lucky (1949, 87 min.) / producer, Mario Zampi ; screenplay, Gerald Butler ; directed by Gordon Parry -- Tall headlines aka The frightened bride (1952, 91 min.) / producer, Raymond Stross ; screenplay, Audrey Erskine-Lindop, Dudley Leslie ; directed by Terence Young -- Breakaway (1956, 70 min.) / producers, Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman ; screenplay, Norman Hudis ; directed by Henry Cass.

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