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This collection features three film noir classics: CITY OF SHADOWS (1955) – Their Business Was “Legitimate” — Because the Law Couldn’t Touch Them! Iconic screen tough Victor McLaglen (The Informer, Klondike Annie) is Big Tim Channing, a small-time racketeer who makes a living supplying old, out-of-date slot machines to businesses. He strikes up a prosperous partnership with newsboy Dan Mason when the precocious kid shows him how to corner the slot-machine racket and, at the same time, put his crooked competitors out of the running. But when Dan grows up and graduates from law school, it thrusts old Tim into a compromising position. From William Witney, director of the legendary serials Daredevils of the Red Circle and Adventures of Captain Marvel, and co-starring John Baer (We’re No Angels), Kathleen Crowley (Curse of the Undead) and Anthony Caruso (Never Steal Anything Small). CRASHOUT (1955) – It Blasts the Screen with Violence! Six ruthless convicts break out of prison and frantically try to avoid an extensive manhunt. Arthur Kennedy (Bright Victory) co-stars with a legendary lineup of Hollywood heavies: William Bendix (The Web), Luther Adler (D.O.A.), William Talman (Big House, U.S.A.), Gene Evans (Fixed Bayonets!) and Marshall Thompson (It! The Terror from Beyond Space). Once the coast is clear, they set out on a long and dangerous journey by foot, train and car to retrieve bank loot. After barely surviving two deadly incidents, the gang seeks refuge in a farmhouse as the action reaches a fever pitch. Ironically, the men start to realize that it’s not the law that they need to worry about. A hardboiled, edge-of-your-seat noir produced by Ida Lupino’s Filmakers Releasing Organization for director Lewis R. Foster (Those Redheads from Seattle). Cinematography by the masterly Russell Metty (Touch of Evil). FINGER MAN (1956) – I Put the Finger on Public Enemy Number One! Frank Lovejoy (The Hitch-Hiker, House of Wax) stars as ex-con Casey Martin, who is caught red-handed while heisting a truck shipment. When he discovers that his sister has now become a desperate drug addict after working for gruff bootlegger Dutch Becker (Forrest Tucker, Sands of Iwo Jima), Martin accepts the deal that the T-men offer him and goes to work undercover to nail Dutch and his gang. Peggy Castle (99 River Street) plays Gladys Baker, the gangster’s associate who falls for the finger man. Timothy Carey (The Killing) plays Lou Terpe, the finger man’s former cellmate and a particularly sadistic member of Dutch’s crew. A crime-busting noir yarn spun by director Harold D. Schuster (Loophole). Special Features: • NEW HD Masters by Paramount Pictures • NEW Audio Commentary for CITY OF SHADOWS by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani • NEW Audio Commentary for CRASHOUT by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode • NEW Audio Commentary for FINGER MAN by Professor and Film Scholar Jason A. Ney • Optional English Subtitles

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The Most Ingenious Bank Robbery Ever! Stephen Booker (Martin Sheen, Apocalypse Now) is a highly successful London architect, until an important contract falls through and his business partnership in terminated. The over-qualified Booker struggles to find a new job and out of the blue, he’s approached by Mike Daniels (Albert Finney, Murder on the Orient Express) to supervise the conversion of a city block alongside the world’s largest and most established holding bank. Booker soon discovers that the real job at hand is a planned heist of the bank’s vault that holds millions. Hard pressed for money with a huge mortgage and extravagant lifestyle, Booker agrees to join an elite team of expert criminals and carry out the ambitious band robbery. The stupendous cast also includes Susannah York (Gold), Colin Blakely (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), Robert Morley (Topkapi), Jonathan Pryce (Man on Fire) and James Grout (Inspector Morse). Great direction by British producer, John Quested (Philadelphia, Here I Come), the second and final film he ever directed, with a rousing score by Lalo Schifrin (Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry) – Loophole is a suspenseful and exciting crime thriller and quite possibly one of the most ingenious heist films ever made. Special Features:: -Audio Commentary by Director John Quested, moderated by FilmWax Radio's Adam Schartoff -Trailers