Film Noir Collection, Vol. 1

This package offers five features from the seamy, hard-boiled world of film noir. First on the bill is THE CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN (1958), with Darren McGavin as a cop who goes undercover to break up an illegal gambling ring. Next on the bill is the courtroom drama CRIMINAL LAWYER (1951), with Pat O'Brien as a crooked attorney battling alcoholism. Nathan Juran's THE CROOKED WEB (1955) stars Frank Lovejoy as an American G.I. hunted down for extradition to Europe after he accidentally kills a man in Germany. 1957's ESCAPE FROM SAN QUENTIN stars Johnny Desmond as an ex-con who escapes from prison and begins an affair with his sister-in-law. Finally, 1957's THE SHADOW ON THE WINDOW features LEAVE IT TO BEAVER star Jerry Mathers as a little boy who witnesses three criminals commit a homicide and abduct his mother.