British noir. II.
(DVD)

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Contributors
Gilbert, Lewis, 1920-2018, film director,
Chaffey, Don, 1917-1990 film director.
Thomas, Gerald, 1920-1993, film director.
Birt, Daniel, 1907-1955, film director.
Harris, Vernon, 1905-1999, screenwriter.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Kino Classics, [2020].
Status
On Shelf
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - VideoDVD BRITISH BOn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Crime -- England -- London -- Drama.
Crime films.
Detective and mystery films.
Extortion -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Juvenile delinquents -- Drama.
Murder -- Drama.
Railroad accidents -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Vaults (Strong rooms) -- Drama.

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Kino Classics, [2020].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (363 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
738329233839

Notes

General Note
"Cosh boy" based on the play "Master crook" by Bruce Walker. "Time is my enemy" based on the play "Second chance" by Ella Adkins. "Time lock" based on the play by Arthur Hailey.
General Note
"Cosh boy" released in the United States as "The slasher." "The vicious circle" also known as "The circle."
General Note
Originally released as motion pictures between 1949 and 1957.
Creation/Production Credits
Cosh boy: Director of photography, Jack Asher ; editor, Charles Hasse ; music, Lambert Williamson ; costume designer, Felix Evans ; art director, Bernard Robinson.
Creation/Production Credits
Time is my enemy: Photography, Geoffrey Faithfull ; editor, Sam Simmonds ; wardrobe, Ronald Beck ; art director, George Davey.
Creation/Production Credits
Time lock: Director of photography, Peter Hennessy ; editor, John Trumper ; musical direction, Stanley Black ; wardrobe, Vi Murray ; art director, Norman Arnold.
Creation/Production Credits
The interrupted journey: Director of photography, Erwin Hillier ; supervising editor, Michael C. Chorlton ; music, Stanley Black ; wardrobe supervisor, Amy Binney ; art director, Ivan King.
Creation/Production Credits
The vicious circle: Director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, Peter Boita ; music, Stanley Black ; wardrobe, Vi Murray ; art director, Jack Stevens.
Participants/Performers
Cosh boy: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres.
Participants/Performers
Time is my enemy: Dennis Price, Renee Asherson, Susan Shaw, Patrick Barr, Duncan Lamont, Brenda Hogan, Alfie Bass, Agnes Laughlan, Bonar Colleano.
Participants/Performers
Time lock: Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall, Vincent Winter, Robert Ayres, Alan Gifford, Larry Cross, Sandra Francis, Gordon Tanner, Jack Cunningham, Victor Wood, Peter Mannering, Roland Brand, Sean Connery, Murray Kash, David Williams.
Participants/Performers
The interrupted journey: Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden, Tom Walls, Alexander Gauge, Ralph Truman, Vida Hope, Dora Bryan.
Participants/Performers
The vicious circle: John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns, Rene Ray, Lionel Jeffries, Lisa Daniely, David Williams, Diana Lambert, Hal Osmond, Gillian Moran.
Description
Cosh boy: A gang of teenage delinguents, led by Roy, is earning money by mugging women on the streets of London. The police catch up with them and at their hearing, the judge sentences them to a youth club to reform their ways. The boys use the club as the base for their growing operation.
Description
Time is my enemy: Radley is a small-time crook, believed to be dead, who returns to his wife after a long absence to find her remarried to a wealthy publisher. When Radley kills a jeweler in a robbery, he is blackmailed by his partner, so in turn Radley blackmails his wife.
Description
Time lock: A South Yorkshire bank employee's young son is accidentally sealed in a bank vault with a 63-hour time lock. The vault cannot be opened manually and with less than ten hours of oxygen left inside the safe, it becomes a race to save the boy.
Description
The interrupted journey: After reconsidering eloping with another woman at the last minute, John North pulls the emergency brake on the train he is traveling on and returns home to his wife. Later on, after the train crashes and many of the passengers end up dying including his mistress, John becomes a suspect when the police discover that she had been murdered prior to the crash.
Description
The vicious circle: Dr. Howard Latimer receives a telephone call apparently from his movie mogul friend, asking him to pick up film star Frieda Veldon at the airport and drive her to her hotel. A few days later, he arrives at his flat only to find Frieda's dead body. The police are called in and now he must solve the mystery himself in order to prove his innocence.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Home use only.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, L., Chaffey, D., Thomas, G., Birt, D., Harris, V., MacKinnon, A., Rogers, P., Pertwee, M., Durbridge, F., Angel, D. M., Proudlock, R., Havelock-Allan, A., Kenney, J., Collins, J., Baddeley, H., Gingold, H., Davies, B. A., Ayres, R., Price, D., Asherson, R., Shaw, S., Barr, P., Lamont, D., Hogan, B., Bass, A., Lauchlan, A., Colleano, B., Beatty, R., Patterson, L., McDowall, B., Winter, V., Gifford, A., Cross, L., Francis, S., Tanner, G., Cunningham, J., Wood, V., Mannering, P., Brand, R., Connery, S., Kash, M., Williams, D., Hobson, V., Todd, R., Norden, C., Walls, T., Gauge, A., Truman, R., Hope, V., Bryan, D., Mills, J., Farr, D., Middleton, N., Hyde-White, W., Culver, R., Johns, M., Ray, R., Jeffries, L., Daniely, L., Lambert, D., Osmond, H., Peiró, G., Asher, J., Faithfull, G., Hennessy, P., Hillier, E., Heller, O., Hasse, C., Simmonds, S., Trumper, J., Chorlton, M. C., Boita, P., Williamson, L., Black, S., Evans, F., Beck, R. (. d., Murray, V., Binney, A., Robinson, B., Davey, B., Arnold, N., King, I., Stevens, J., Walker, B., Adkins, E., & Hailey, A. (2020). British noir . Kino Classics.

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

Lewis Gilbert et al.. 2020. British Noir. [New York, N.Y.]: Kino Classics.

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

Lewis Gilbert et al.. British Noir [New York, N.Y.]: Kino Classics, 2020.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Gilbert, L., Chaffey, D., Thomas, G., Birt, D., Harris, V., MacKinnon, A. and Rogers, P. et al (2020). British noir. [New York, N.Y.]: Kino Classics.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, Lewis, et al. British Noir Kino Classics, 2020.

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