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TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Murder Mysteries (The Maltese Falcon / The Big Sleep / Dial M for Murder / The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946) |  | Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Category: DVD
List Price: $27.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 4181
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 433 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 1000091385
UPC: 883929061181
EAN: 0883929061181
ASIN: B002945DUM
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | THE MALTESE FALCON Some high-living lowlifes want to get their sweaty hands on a bejeweled falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why and who ll take the fall for his pertner s murder. Sydney Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr. co-star in a crackling masterwork directed and written for the screen by John Huston.THE BIG SLEEP (1946) L.A. private eye Phi |
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/01/2009 Run time: 433 minutes Rating: Nr
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 Great MOVIES February 2, 2010
G. Cahill (St Peters, MO United States)
The "GENIUS" before me ruins the rating for this great compilation. He only gives 1 star! His lone reason? The movies aren't "letterboxed". Hello, Einstein... these movies were NOT filmed in the "widescreen" format. Their aspect ratio is pretty much that of a standard TV show from the 60's or 70's. Sometimes, the "folks" use this medium to decide on a purchase. It would be a lo-down dirty shame if someone misses out on these wonderfull films because some @X#X%X has NO clue what he is writing about. These are all fantastic movies! In ANY format!
 Not letterboxed! January 9, 2010
bradley a wright (Seattle)
I started to buy this set and then realized the movies were all "full screened" and not reduced or letterboxed. You lose 25% of the picture and a lot of the ambiance. Not good for Noir films, or any film for that matter.
Shame on TCM! Wait until they come out in letterbox!
Four Fantastic movies for a great price November 24, 2009
Edmonson (Canada)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an amazing set of four great movies and for a decent price. "Dial M for Murder" appears to have been remastered, and cleaned up, and really looks fantastic. The colors are rich and vibrant and the blacks are deep. "The Big Sleep" though, is not remastered, and has dust spots on the negative. Also, the left side of the frame sometimes appears dull and lacks the deep blacks seen on the right side of the frame. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" also has dust spots, though "The Maltese Falcon" appears to be clean.
I was surprised to also see that each film has many special features, including interviews with other directors, film historians, or archival experts. The packaging is basic but it does the job with a movie on each side of two discs in a DVD case. This set is an excellent buy.
tcm greatest classic films collection October 7, 2009
Mary A. Brown
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THIS PURCHASE AND I WOULD RECOMMEND TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
One of the best of the TCM collections July 5, 2009
calvinnme (Fredericksburg, Va)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is not really a boxed set. Instead it is a two disc collection of four really good murder mystery films under the control of Warner Home Video. The purpose of these sets is to introduce people to the various genres of classic film at a low price. Unlike the Warner Archive collection, these discs are pressed DVDs, but there are no extras.
First, there are two classic Humphrey Bogart films, "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep". "The Maltese Falcon" is available in deluxe form as
The Maltese Falcon Three-Disc Special Edition (1941 & 1931 versions / Satan Met a Lady). This film not only has Bogart in his prime, it has the great team of Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Here they are not so much a team as on the screen simultaneously, but they are still fun to watch. Here Bogart plays a detective that is so tough he does things like pistol whip someone with their own gun and then give the gun back to him. Nobody but Bogart could pull off this kind of toughness.
"The Big Sleep" has Bogart teamed with Lauren Bacall, with Bogart playing Philip Marlowe in a well-acted film noir that is a bit confusing the first time you watch it. Things make more sense the second time around though. There were actually two versions of this film and they can be found on The Big Sleep, along with commentary comparing the two versions, if you want the extras.
Dial M for Murder was a Hitchcock film from 1954 starring Grace Kelly as the cheating wife of a tennis player (Ray Milland). Milland's character learns about her affair and, rather than feeling terribly hurt about it, he is worried about losing access to his wife's money should she divorce him. He makes plans to insure that never happens. I've always loved this one and the unexpected turn it makes in the middle - Ray Milland turns out to be quite the quick thinker under pressure. This is already available as Dial M for Murder. This more deluxe versions contains two featurettes.
Finally there is 1946's The Postman Always Rings Twice. John Garfield plays Frank, a drifter, who gets a job at a restaurant run by Nick and his young wife, Cora (Lana Turner). Frank and Cora fall for each other, but Cora doesn't want to give up Nick's money. The two make one bungled attempt at murder that raises the suspicion of the D.A. Their second one is also bungled. It manages to kill Nick, but it also gets them accused of murder. This is available in a more deluxe edition as The Postman Always Rings Twice, which contains a documentary on John Garfield.
If you only pick up two of these TCM greatest collections make sure it is this one and TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: American Musicals (The Band Wagon / Meet Me in St. Louis / Singin' in the Rain / Easter Parade). They are the two best of the bunch.
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