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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089859055423
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Vci Video
Manufacturer: Vci Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Vci Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Running Time: 457 minutes
Sales Rank: 23861
Studio: Vci Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 16, 1952
Editorial Review:
Description:
In 1950, Hammer Films set up a deal with American Producer Robert L. Lippert to produce low-budget crime dramas to be made in the UK. Lippert would send over a shop-worn Hollywood star or promising American newcomer to give the films box-office appeal in the states, supported by the usual fine casts of British character actors that make most British movies worth watching. This five-year arrangement produced over a dozen well-made little B-noirs that seemed to have fallen through the film history cracks…..until now. VCI AND Kit Parker Films are happy to offer another look at these dark, moody pictures made by the company that became one of Britain's most prolific film producers of the 1960's, many directed by Hammer's top director, Terence Fisher, cutting his teeth on mystery and suspense. The Collector's Set contains the Hammer Film Noir Volumes 1 thru 3. Bonus Features: Scene Selection| Bios| Promo Trailer| Photo Gallery| Bonus Comments: The World Of Hammer Noir by Richard M Roberts. Specs: 3-DVD9s; Dolby Digital; 457 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA – R; Year - 1953, 1952, 1954; SRP - $29.99.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - HAMMER FILM NOIR
If you like Film noirs, you'll love these. Nobody does it any better than Hammer Studios.
Rating: - Hammer Does Noir
I'm a big fan of both Hammer Horror and Film Noir so I knew that I would enjoy these films. I watched them intermittantly with the Warner Bros Film Noir Vol 4 and they held their own against Hollywood's best. This collection of films answered my question as to where Terrence Fisher developed his expert craft.
I would give it 5 Stars except that I don't trust 5 Star reviews.
Rating:  - Just ok.
A good introduction to "B" films. These are late 1940's (actually from the 50s) dramas with some noir elements. The films look great--as if they haven't been seen in 50 years--which is probably the case, since they're not too exiting.
I won't give a running commentary like some reviewers but I thought Heat Wave was pretty fair. The story is essentially the same as The Postman Always Rings Twice but its well done and not as slow as the other films. Hillary Brook, who went on to superstardom ... Read More
Rating: - Great fun for the lover of UK 50's films
Great English character actors with a lone American star (usually up and coming or on the way down)...but all still full of great talent, Barbara Payton was excellent. There are literate film noir style scripts with interesting twists that keep you guessing, and low budget sets but with creative shooting. And it is fun to see the exterior shots of London from the 50's.
Getting to see films like these were not feasible until DVD, thank you to the inventors of DVD!
Rating: - Noir, British style
Back in the `30s and `40s, many movie studios had their specialties. Warner Bros. was known for its gangster and "social problem" films; MGM did the musicals, and Universal did the monster movies. Later, in the `50s and `60s, Britain's Hammer Films got a reputation for being a good horror house, starting with The Curse of Frankenstein and continuing for a couple of decades of Frankenstein, Dracula and other movies. Before Curse of Frankenstein, however, Hammer didn't yet have the horror identity and during ... Read More
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