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Night Train to Munich, from writers Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat (Hitchcock s The Lady Vanishes) and director Carol Reed (The Fallen Idol, The Third Man), is a twisting, turning, cloak-and-dagger delight. Paced like an out-of-control locomotive, this gripping, occasionally comic confection takes viewers on a World War II era journey from Prague to England to the Swiss Alps, as Nazis pursue a Czech scientist and his daughter (Margaret Lockwood, of The Lady Vanishes), who are being aided by a debonair British undercover agent, played by Rex Harrison (Major Barbara, My Fair Lady). This captivating adventure which also features Casablanca s Paul Henreid mixes comedy, romance, and thrills with enough skill and cleverness to give the Master of Suspense himself pause. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack - Conversation from 2010 between film scholars Peter Evans and Bruce Babington about director Carol Reed, screenwriters Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and the social and political climate in which Night Train to Munich was made - PLUS: An essay by film critic Philip Kemp

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Includes: Wanted For Murder (1946) As the son of an infamous prison hangman, London businessman Victor Colebrooke (Eric Portman) was long troubled by his family legacy... and the fixation pushed him to become a serial strangler. Daring Scotland Yard to end his rampage, will the clues add up before a salesgirl date (Dulcie Gray) becomes his seventh victim? Unusual British suspenser also stars Derek Farr, Ronald Culver, Stanley Holloway, Bonar Colleano; Emeric Pressburger adapted the Terence de Marney play for the screen. 102 min. BW/Rtg: NR Cast A Dark Shadow (1955) Literal lady-killer Teddy Bare (Dirk Bogarde) connived an "accident" for wealthy older spouse Monica (Mona Washbourne), only to discover her fortune had been left in trust to her sister Dora... but that it would pass to him after Dora's death. As he schemes to have the sister-in-law he's never met suffer that particular fate, his machinations might have stunning consequences. Lewis Gilbert's suspenseful take on the Janet Green play "Murder Mistaken" co-stars Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Robert Flemyng. 82 min. BW/Rtg: NR Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailers.