Silver screen icons. Murder mysteries
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Criminal behavior -- Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Drama.
Extortion -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film noir.
Husband and wife -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Marlowe, Philip -- (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Private investigators -- Drama.
Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Statues -- Drama.
Trials (Murder) -- Drama.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, [2017].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (432 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929596683

Notes

General Note
Container erroneously indicates that there is French dubbing and French subtitles on the films, but there are not.
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
The Maltese falcon is based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett. The big sleep is based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Dial M for murder is based upon the play by Frederick Knott. The postman always rings twice is based on the novel by James M. Cain.
General Note
Originally released as individual motion pictures in 1941 -1955.
Creation/Production Credits
The Maltese falcon: Director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; art director, Robert Haas ; music by Adolph Deutsch.
Creation/Production Credits
The big sleep: Music by Max Steiner ; film editor, Christian Nyby ; art director, Carl Jules Weyl.
Creation/Production Credits
Dial M for murder: Music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin ; director of photography, Robert Burks ; film editor, Rudi Fehr ; art director, Edward Carrere.
Creation/Production Credits
The postman always rings twice: Musical score, George Bassman ; director of photography, Sidney Wagner ; film editor, George White ; art direction, Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell.
Participants/Performers
The Maltese falcon: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr.
Participants/Performers
The big sleep: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Participants/Performers
Dial M for murder: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt.
Participants/Performers
The postman always rings twice: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Alan Reed.
Description
The Maltese falcon: Some high-living lowlifes want to get their hands on a bejeweled falcon. Detective Sam Spade wants to find out why and find out who will take the fall for his partner's murder.
Description
The big sleep: L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and ends up wearing out his gumshoes trailing murderers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more.
Description
Dial M for murder: Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her money and because she had an affair the year before. He blackmails an old college associate to strangle her, but when he dials a Mayfair exchange to set the plot in motion, his right number gets the wrong answer.
Description
The postman always rings twice: Illicit lovers botch their first attempt to bump off her husband.
Target Audience
Not rated (The Maltese falcon ; The big sleep ; The postman always rings twice) ; MPAA rating: PG (Dial M for murder).
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In English with optional English or Spanish (except for The big sleep) subtitles; closed-captioned.
Awards
National Film Registry selection, 1989 (The Maltese falcon); 1997 (The big sleep).
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Huston, J., Hawks, H., Faulkner, W., Brackett, L., Furthman, J., Hitchcock, A., Knott, F., Garnett, T., Ruskin, H., Busch, N., Bogart, H., Astor, M., George, G., Lorre, P., MacLane, B., Patrick, L., Greenstreet, S., Bacall, L., Vickers, M., Malone, D., Milland, R., Grace, P. o. M., Cummings, R., Williams, J., Turner, L., Garfield, J., Kellaway, C., Cronyn, H., Ames, L., Totter, A., Reed, A., Hammett, D., Chandler, R., & Cain, J. M. 1. (2017). Silver screen icons . Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John Huston et al.. 2017. Silver Screen Icons. Burbank, CA: Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John Huston et al.. Silver Screen Icons Burbank, CA: Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Huston, J., Hawks, H., Faulkner, W., Brackett, L., Furthman, J., Hitchcock, A. and Knott, F. et al (2017). Silver screen icons. Burbank, CA: Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Huston, John, et al. Silver Screen Icons Distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 2017.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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