Classic Collection Film Noir Double Feature: Act Of Violence / Mystery Street (Full Frame)

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Ex-World War II pilot Frank Enley (Van Heflin) is a respected contractor and family man. Then his troubled, gimp-legged bombardier (Robert Ryan) shows up with a gun and a score to settle. Perhaps neither man is what he seems to be as director Fred Zinnemann ("The Day Of The Jackal") guides a searing "Act Of Violence", "the first postwar noir to take a challenging look at the ethics of men in combat" (Eddie Muller, "Dark City: The Lost World Of Film Noir"). Murder lives on "Mystery Street". John Sturges ("The Great Escape") directs a revealing-for-the-era procedural about a Boston cop (Ricardo Montalban) solving a whodunit with the help of a Harvard forensic expert (Bruce Bennett). Welcome to CSI Noir.

Theatrical Trailers, Audio Commentary, Featurettes.

Films Presented in Black & White; Film Historian Commentaries by Dr. Drew Casper on "Act Of Violence" and Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward on "Mystery Street"; New Featurettes: "'Act Of Violence': Dealing With The Devil" and "'Mystery Street': Murder At Harvard".