Film Noir Collection Vol. 1

ROPE OF SAND - Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) is back in Africa to claim the diamonds he has supposedly stolen two years ago. Standing in his way are the diamond syndicate head (Claude Rains) and the vicious commandant (Paul Henreid) who had left Mike for dead years before. Peter Lorre co-stars in this suspense noir classic. 1949 DARK CITY - In this class film noir, a desperate GI commits suicide after he gets taken by grifter (Charlton Heston) and his cronies (Ed Begley, Jack Webb, Harry Morgan). After being questioned by suspicious police chief (Dean Jagger) they're told about the GI's mentally deranged brother (Mike Mazurki) looking for payback. 1950 APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER - This hardboiled film noir stars Alan Ladd as a special investigator sent to Indiana to solve a murder and track down the sole witness to the act. After learning the identity of the culprits, he soon uncovers the gang's plot to pull off a million-dollar mail heist. Featuring the future stars of Dragnet, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan. 1951 UNION STATION - Union Station is a tense crime thriller in the tradition of The Naked City. William Holden plays railroad police chief in a race against time, trying to bring down a gang of kidnappers who are holding a blind heiress for a $100,000 ransom. Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson and Lyle Bettger co-star in this classic film noir. 1950