This is an astounding arrangement of four extraordinary
films and at a conventional cost. "Dial M for Murder" seems to have
been remastered, and tidied up, and truly looks incredible. The hues are rich
and energetic and the blacks are profound. "The Big Sleep" however,
is not remastered, and has dust spots on the negative. Likewise, the left half
of the edge some of the time seems dull and does not have the profound blacks
seen on the right half of the casing. "The Postman Always Rings Twice"
likewise has dust spots, however "The Maltese Falcon" has all the
earmarks of being perfect.I was astounded to additionally see that every film
has numerous exceptional elements, incorporating meetings with different
chiefs, film students of history, or archival specialists. The bundling is
essential however it does the employment with a film on every side of two
circles in a DVD case. This set is a fabulous purchase.
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 Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a blackmail
case…and wears out his gumshoes trailing murderers, nightclub rogues, the
spoiled rich and more. Lauren Bacall joins Bogart under Howard Hawks’ brisk and
atmospheric direction of an ace adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel. DIAL M
FOR MURDER Alfred Hitchcock’s screen version of Frederick Knott’s stage hit casts
Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings as points of a romantic triangle.
She loves Cummings; her husband Milland plots her murder. But when he dials a
Mayfair exchange to set the plot in motion, his right number gets the wrong
answer! THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) Based on the novel by James M.
Cain (Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce), this quintessential film noir stars
John Garfield and Lana Turner as illicit lovers who botch a first attempt to
bump off her husband, pull it off and betray each other at trial. Amorous
attractions never proved so fatal as in this steamy, stormy classic.
