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HAMMER FILM NOIR:
COLLECTOR'S SET. VOLUME TWO
complete 4-disc boxset


DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007

DVD Studio: VCI Video


ABOUT THE BOXSET:
Back before Hammer Films became famous for its horror movies, it had put out a slew of these "B" movies, working with American producer Robert Lippert. The Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set 2 is a boxed set of eight such movies, representing Volumes 4 through 7 in the series (the first three are in a separate collection).


CONTENTS:

TERROR STREET aka 36 HOURS
(Montgomery Tully; 1953, 80 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0046411/

WINGS OF DANGER
Terence Fisher; 1952, 73 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0045331/

FACE THE MUSIC aka THE BLACK GLOVE
(Terence Fisher; 1954, 84 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0046784/

THIRD PARTY RISK aka THE DEADLY GAME
imdb.com/title/tt0048715/

THE GLASS CAGE aka THE GLASS TOMB
(Montgomery Tully; 1955, 59 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0048123/

FIVE DAYS aka PAID TO KILL
(Montgomery Tully; 1954, 71 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0047325/

THE STRANGER CAME HOME aka THE UNHOLY FOUR
(Terence Fisher; 1954, 80 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0047634/

RACE FOR LIFE aka MASK OF DUST
(Terence Fisher; 1954, 65 min.)
imdb com/title/tt0047385/



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DISC ONE
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TERROR STREET aka 36 HOURS
(Montgomery Tully; 1953, 80 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0046411/
An American pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife's murder and has just 36 hours to prove his innocence.

WINGS OF DANGER
Terence Fisher; 1952, 73 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0045331/
When his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling.


BONUS:
# Bios for both films.
# 3 commentaries by Alan K. Rode: Terror Street, Dan Dureya, Steve Fisher.
# Trailers: Terror Street, They Were So Young, Unholy Four, Unwed Mother.
# photo gallery.


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DISC TWO
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FACE THE MUSIC aka THE BLACK GLOVE
(Terence Fisher; 1954, 84 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0046784/
Newly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.

THIRD PARTY RISK aka THE DEADLY GAME
(Daniel Birt; 1954, 63 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0048715/
An American on vacation in Spain gets mixed up with a smuggling ring.

BONUS:
# Bios for both films.
# The Black Glove Trivia.
# Deadly Game Trivia.
# Trailers: The Deadly Game, The Unholy Four, Race For Life.


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DISC THREE
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THE GLASS CAGE aka THE GLASS TOMB
(Montgomery Tully; 1955, 59 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0048123/
Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.

FIVE DAYS aka PAID TO KILL
(Montgomery Tully; 1954, 71 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0047325
A failed business deal forces James Nevill to blackmail his weak-willed friend into murdering him so that his wife can collect his insurance, but circumstances suddenly change.


BONUS:
# Bios for both films.
# 5 Trailers.
# Photo Galleries for both films.
# The Glass Tomb commentary by Richard M. Roberts.