Film Details: Golden Age Noir [7-Feature Set] DVD | Dir.: Robert Florey, Arthur Ripley, Robert Aldrich, Robert Mulligan, Bernard Girard | Cast: Merle Oberon, Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Woodward, Dick Powell, Walter Matthau, Ida Lupino, Lee Marvin, Charles Boyer, Barabra Billingsley, Lawrence Dobkin, Richard Jackel, Regis Toomey, Jayne Meadows, Mike Kellin, Robert Webber, George MacCready
For the first half of the 1950s, TV anthology series were a prime staple of American's viewing habits. Here are seven excellent examples of hand-picked episodes with the accent on suspense, the sordid and the darkly ironic side of the human experience.
Overview:
For the first half of the 1950s, televised anthology series were a prime staple of American's viewing habits. Here are seven excellent examples of hand-picked episodes with the accent on suspense, the sordid and the darkly ironic side of the human experience. Many of movieland's most famous stars are presented here at the dawn of their careers. The originals eries are "Four Star Playhouse", "Suspense", "The Star And The Story", and the completely forgotten "Counterpoint".
Episodes Include:
SOUND OFF, MY LOVE
Lovely Merle Oberon is having ear trouble. She relents to trying a new hearing aid, then starts hearing things she's not supposed to, like her closest friends plotting to murder her. 1953, directed by Robert Florey and co-starring Barabra Billingsley and Lawrence Dobkin.
DARK STRANGER
Edmond O'Brien is a successful writer of murder novels. Suddenly the characters he is writing about (Joanne Woodward) and his plotlines start appaering in the real world, and he has to try to stop the carnage he himself has set into motion. 1955, directed by Arthur Ripley, the premiere episode of "The Star And The Story".
THE SQUEEZE
Gambling superstar Dick Powell is caught between spoiled rich brats and gangsters. 1953, written by Blake Edwards, directed by Robert Aldrich, and featuring Richard Jackel and Regis Toomey.
F.O.B. VIENNA
Walter Matthau in a show-stopping early performance as a manufacturer in Europe who is being sabotaged by the sneaky, sinister Commies. Also featuring Jayne Meadows, this is an extremely rare kinescope of the original live broadcast on the program "Suspense", and is not included in the recently released double box set of "The Best Of Suspense". 1953, directed by Robert Mulligan, from a live performance also featuring Mike Kellin and Robert Webber.
HOUSE FOR SALE
Ida Lupino arrives alone to check out a secluded house which is for sale. Unfortunately, a recently escaped homicidal maniac (George MacCready) has also found his way to the house.
COUNTERPOINT: WITNESS
On this truly lost, surprisingly gritty and hardboiled series from the early 50s, Lee Marvin makes his TV debut as non-nonsense Lieutenant Krane (several years ahead of "M Squad"). A small-time hood commits a simple jewel heist, but a clown working at a burlesque joint across the street happens to witness the crime. With his past record, the hood figures he has to rub out the clown and then blow town with his low-rent girlfriend. Marvin is caught in the middle of all this investigating the original crime. A real gem with a fascinating surprise twist at the climax, presented here for the first time anywhere! Directed by Bernard Girard.
A PLACE OF HIS OWN
Brain-damaged war vet Charles Boyer is tricked by his scheming family into confessing to a murder his brother committed. Directed by Robert Florey.
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