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62) Marlowe
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light." --
63) Skyfall
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Publisher
St. Clair Vision
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. Too late for tears : A man just found $60,000 and his wife insists that he keep it rather than turn it in to the cops. Wanting the money for herself, she kills her husband, then reports him missing. The man who cheated himself : Ed Cullen, a San Francisco police officer, is in love with socialite Lois Frazer. Ed seems to find himself stuck between a rock and a hard place when Lois decides to kill her husband and Ed's brother is assigned...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
In this noir-thriller, three convicts are contracted by a mysterious benefactor to pull a bank heist. The four men, having worn masks during the crime, are complete strangers and are anonymous to one another, but plan to meet up in Mexico to divvy up the loot. Part of their master plan is to frame the robbery on Joe Rolfe, an ex-con himself--but little do they know, Rolfe has convinced the police of his innocence and has now been hired to catch the...
66) Dead Reckoning
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Ex-G.I Rip Murdock tries to find out who framed his pal Johnny and then killed him. While tracking his war buddy's shadowy past, Rip becomes involved with the mysterious night club singer who had once been his friend's sweetheart.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co. ; distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Clips from noir classics and little-known gems, plus interviews with modern noir aficionados like directors Christopher Nolan and Frank Miller, writers James Ellroy and Brian Helgeland and others shape this multifaceted exploration of the movie style that grew out of the hard realities of post-World War II life." --container.
68) Borderline
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Two agents both assigned to infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring on the Mexican border, fall in love. Each believes the other is a criminal and they are ultimately forced to make an escape together.
69) The stranger
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A Nazi (Welles) has escaped to a small town in Connecticut and established a new identity. He begins to crack as he is stalked by a famous Nazi hunter (Robinson)
70) I, Anna
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The lives of a beautiful divorcee and a troubled detective intersect during the investigation of a vicious murder on the grimy, rain-soaked streets of London, sparking a tangled web of passion, intrigue and deceit. An absorbing film noir told from the perspective of an intriguing woman, a key suspect in a murder case, who becomes an obsession for the detective in charge of the investigation.
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Ask mother" says the message scrawled in lipstick at a muder scene by an unknown serial killer who preys on women. It's a sensational story - if it bleeds, it leads - and a news conglomerate offers a big promotion to the high-level company exec who solves the case. So begins the wheeling, dealing and backstabbing of the competing media hotshots as they vie to unmask the so-called Lipstick Killer
73) Marked for death
Publisher
Fox Video
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
A Drug Enforcement agent ready to retire finds his hometown overrun by violent drug dealers. The enraged cop goes after the evil Jamaican druglord with a vengeance.
74) D.O.A
Series
Publisher
American Pop Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When a California businessman shows up at the San Francisco police station to report a murder, the police captain asks him who was murdered. His reply: 'I was.' So begins the tale of a man who is poisoned at a dark jazz club and, with only hours left to live, is determined to find out who poisoned him and why.
75) The hitch-hiker
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Two middle-aged Americans on a fishing trip in Mexico have their car and their lives commandeered by a psychopathic hitch-hiker.
76) Scarface
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
77) The long goodbye
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster, and a suitcase of drug money. But as Marlowe stumbles toward the truth, he soon finds himself lost in a maze of sex and deceit--only to discover that in L.A., if love is dangerous-- friendship is murder.
78) White heat
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A violent criminal obsessed with his mother breaks out of prison and leads a gang of thugs on a railroad heist.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.