Cornel Wilde
Author
Language
English
Description
A police lieutenant (Cornel Wilde) is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown (Richard Conte, later most famously known as playing Don Barzini in "The Godfather") because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead, with devastating results.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1955.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A noir classic about a police lieutenant who comes under pressure from a gang headed by a vicious thug. He is helped by the gangster's wife, jealous at her husband's affair with another woman, who supplies him with information to help him close the net on his foe. "*Where the usual noir takes place in a nightmare world, this one seems to inhabit a dream: there's no longer fear in the images, but rather a distanced, idealized beauty.*" - Dave Kehr,...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dazzling spectacle of life behind the scenes with Ringling Bros.-Barnum and Bailey Circus. Celebrating the extravagant three-ring circus, this classic film from Cecil B. DeMille depicts the passionate scenes of love and jealousy behind the greatest show on Earth. Winner of Best Picture and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story at the **Academy Awards**. Winner of Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Cinematography - Color at the **Golden...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An extremely possessive woman will do whatever it takes to keep her husband all to herself. Based on the best-selling novel by Ben Ames Williams.
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 328 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The big combo: The story of Leonard Diamond, a police lieutenant obsessed with mob kingpen Mr. Brown -- because he's in love with Brown's girlfriend Susan Lowell.
Johnny One-Eye: Martin Martin, a major league racketeer, barely gives the D.A.'s men the slip when they come to arrest him for a five-year-old murder he and his ex-partner Dane Cory committed. When Martin realizes that Cory must have bargained with the D.A., he sets up a meeting to talk...