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Boris Karloff Collection - 11 Movie Pack | 
| Directors: Roger Corman, William Nigh, Frank Ferrin
Actors: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Marjorie Reynolds, Ralph Byrd, Ray Corrigan
Studio: St Clair Vision
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
Buy New: $5.57
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 74191
Format: Black & White, Color, Full Screen, Mono, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 735 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: STCDVPS81569D
UPC: 777966815695
EAN: 0777966815695
ASIN: B000PY50ZG
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Studio: St Clair Ent Grp Inc Release Date: 08/14/2007
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There are two versions of this collection April 14, 2008
Mr Tweedy (Cornfield County, USA)
The box I received had the same cover design, but with the caption "Over 12 Hours!" It contains only 10 movies, with the missing one being "The Fatal Hour." Why would they do this?
St. Clair's Karloff box: Some right, some Wong December 11, 2007
Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
ST. CLAIR DVD multi-packs are reasonably priced, and offer fine quality video/audio transfers of unrestored public domain material. Discs are single-side recorded, plastic storage cases fairly sturdy, liner notes appear on box's back cover.
HIGHLIGHTS of the BORIS KARLOFF COLLECTION:
In Roger Corman's THE TERROR, Karloff costars with up-and-comer Jack Nicholson. An atmospheric color film somewhat hampered by a rushed production and two directors, THE TERROR feels like two different movies at times. Story involves a French military officer infatuated with a mysterious woman, and an eccentric old castle dweller.
Have you ever wondered what the person behind Rocky the Flying Squirrel and all the old witches in "Fractured Fairy Tales" looked like? If so, SABAKA is your chance to find out. Cartoon voice specialist June Foray appears as the High Priestess in this tale set in India about a revenge-obsessed elephant trainer. Good cast, so-so story.
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME is one of the better entries in this 1930s-'40s movie series. Here, Karloff is a villain who robs banks by using nerve gas. Tracy is played by Ralph Byrd, who would continue this franchise on TV briefly in the early 1950s. Anne Gwynne, aka Tracy's girlfriend Tess Trueheart, was a popular pin-up girl during WWII.
LOWLIGHTS:
The four "Mr. Wong" movies in this set. Karloff is miscast, for he plays the somewhat eccentric Oriental detective stiffly (almost uncomfortably) and with a British accent. Well... at least the stories are good.
For a similar ST. CLAIR box set, check out their BELA LUGOSI COLLECTION .
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
DISC ONE--
(2.6) Snake People (Mexico/USA-1971) - Boris Karloff (and an all-Mexican cast)
(4.8) The Terror (1963) - Boris Karloff/Jack Nicholson/Sandra Knight/Dick Miller/Jonathan Haze
(6.3) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) - Boris Karloff/Ralph Byrd/Anne Gwynne (uncredited: Jason Robards Sr.)
(2.8) The Island Monster (Italy-1954) - Boris Karloff (and an all-Italian cast)
BONUS: Poster Gallery
DISC TWO--
(4.0) The Ape (1940) - Boris Karloff/Maris Wrixon/Ray Corrigan (as the ape)
(4.8) Juggernaut (UK-1936) - Boris Karloff/Joan Wyndham
(3.6) Sabaka (1954) - Nino Marcel/Boris Karloff/Reginald Denny/June Foray/Victor Jory/Jay Novello/Vito Scotti
(5,2) The Fatal Hour (1940) - Boris Karloff/Grant Withers/Marjorie Reynolds/Jason Robards Sr.
BONUS: Boris Karloff Trailers
DISC THREE--
(5.5) Mr. Wong In Chinatown (1939) - Boris Karloff/Marjorie Reynolds/Grant Withers
(5.5) Doomed To Die (1940) - Boris Karloff/Marjorie Reynolds/Grant Withers
(5.9) Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) - Boris Karloff/Grant Withers/Maxine Jennings
BONUS: Radio Program-- The Tell-Tale Heart
 TITLES IN THIS COLLECTION September 17, 2007
Eric Huffstutler (Richmond, VA United States)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Here are the titles within this collection. Just wish that St. Clair Vision would add them to their release information!
"Snake People"
"The Terror"
"Dick Tracy Meets Grusome"
"Island Monster"
"The Ape"
"Juggernaut"
"The Fatal Hour"
"Sabaka"
"Mr. Wong in Chinatown"
"Doomed to Die"
"Mr. Wong, Detective"
 One Star for Ambiguity August 15, 2007
G. Schneider (VA United States)
19 out of 25 found this review helpful
I haven't purchased this item, simply because nowhere in the product description is there any indication what movies are included. The same holds true for the Lugosi collection released by the same company. Give me some idea what I'd be spending my money on and I'll spend it!
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