Film Noir Collection, Vol.1, The

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Includes: "Asphalt Jungle," "Gun Crazy," "Murder My Sweet," "Out of the Past," and "The Set-Up." "Asphalt Jungle" (1950) - You have a lot of time to think when you're locked away seven years. So criminal mastermind Doc conceives what he believes is the perfect heist. John Huston explores the feverish grab for the big score and how it unravels in "The Asphalt Jungle", a renowned tale of dishonor among thieves. "Gun Crazy" (1949) - When gun fancier Bart Tare sees Annie Laurie Starr's sideshow sharpshooting act, he's a dead-bang goner. The two become bank robbers on the run, eluding roadblocks and roaring into movie history as one of the benchmark film-noir works. "Murder, My Sweet" (1944) - They say crime doesn't pay. Private detective Philip Marlowe knows better. The fat wad of folding money warming his pocket is the kind of thing that keeps him going through thick and thicker as he wades chin deep into a mystery involving a missing necklace and a missing hoodlum's moll named Velma. "Murder, My Sweet" is film at its most noir, creating a moody sense moody sense of a world that never plays on the level. "Out of the Past" (1947) - Everything you want in a film noir you'll find in "Out of the Past". A tenacious detective (Robert Mitchum) spinning his wheels to make good. A drop-dead beauty (Jane Greer) up to no good. A moneyed mobster (Kirk Douglas) with a shark's grin. Plus double-crosses and fall guys. Shadowy rooms and bleak souls. "The Set-Up" (1949) - Boxing Wednesdays. Wrestling on Fridays. Stoker Thompson is on Paradise City's Wednesday card, fighting after the main event. He's been 20 years in the game and is sure he's just one punch away from big paydays. But there's one thing Stoker doesn't yet know: his manager wants him to take a dive tonight.