Über eine mögliche “Film Noir Collection” von Sony hatte ich bereits Ende April berichtet. Mittlerweile ist auch ein Termin für das Vol. 1-Set bekannt geworden: Am 3. November 2009 erscheint die Box in den USA.

• “The Sniper” [USA 1952, Edward Dmytryk]
• “Heißes Eisen / The Big Heat” [USA 1953, Fritz Lang]
• “5 Against the House” [USA 1955, Phil Carlson]
• “Der Henker ist unterwegs / The Lineup” [USA 1958, Don Siegel]
• “Der Tod kommt auf leisen Sohlen / Murder by Contract” [USA 1958, Irving Lerner]

Movies Unlimited dazu:

A San Francisco detective traces a series of seemingly random killings to a sharp-eyed loner who uses his rifle as a means to exact deadly revenge on the women who have rejected him, in “The Sniper” (1952). Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Gerald Mohr star. Four college pals plot to rob a casino in Reno just to prove it can be done, in “5 Against the House” (1955), but their plan to return the money is threatened when one of them intends to keep it for himself. Brian Keith, Guy Madison, Alvy Moore, Kim Novak star. Then, when a mother and her young daughter unknowingly destroy a stash of heroin, a pair of hit men must keep them alive long enough to explain it to their boss, in “The Lineup” (1958). With Eli Wallach, Robert Keith. Finally, “Murder by Contract” (1958) is a gritty, atmospheric drama starring Vince Edwards as a professional hit man hired to kill a woman who is about to turn in evidence against the seedy mobster he works for. Caprice Toriel, Phillip Pine, and Herschel Bernardi co-star. Also includes “The Big Heat” (1953).

 
Ebenfalls am 3. November kommt auch noch ein Vol. 2-Set mit vier bisher nicht erhältlichen Filmen und dem bereits verfügbaren “In a Lonely Place” in den Handel. Die enthaltenen Filme wurden bei Movies Unlimited bekannt gegeben:

• “Schachmatt / Pushover” [USA 1954, Richard Quine]
• “Wenn die Nacht anbricht / Nightfall” [USA 1957, Jacques Tourneur]
• “Hyänen der Straße / The Brothers Rico” [USA 1957, Phil Karlson]
• “Stadt in Gefahr / City of Fear” [USA 1959, Irving Lerner]
• “Ein einsamer Ort / In a Lonely Place” [USA 1950, Nicholas Ray]

First, “Pushover” (1954) stars Fred MacMurray as a detective who gets mixed up with the hot-to-trot girlfriend (Kim Novak) of a suspected bank robber, leading to a world of deception and double-crosses. Phil Carey, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall co-star. A man falsely accused of robbery and murder goes on the run, persuading the woman he loves and an insurance investigator to help find the real culprits and clear his name, in “Nightfall” (1957). Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft star. “The Brothers Rico” (1957) finds a former Mafia accountant pulled back into the dangerous world of organized crime when he learns that the Mob and the cops are looking for his brother. With Richard Conte, Dianne Foster. And, an escaped convict comes into possession of a deadly radioactive substance, in “City of Fear” (1959). Can the authorities track him down before it either kills him or destroys all of Los Angeles? With Vince Edwards, Lyle Talbot, John Archer. Also includes “In a Lonely Place.”