Product Details

• Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
• Directors: Louis King, Edgar G. Ulmer
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 24
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006
• Run Time: 7440 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K6GM4W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,100 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Combining its popular Mystery and Dark Crimes 50 Movie Packs Mill Creek Entertainment returns you to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of grey. Deception betrayal corruption larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation.Included1. Algiers2. Baby Face Morgan3. Bulldog Drummond Comes Back4. Bulldog Drummond Escapes5. Bulldog Drummond in Africa6. Bulldog Drummond's Peril7. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge8. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police9. Capture The10. Cause for Alarm11. Chase The12. D.O.A.13. Death Kiss The14. Detour15. Devil's Party The16. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome17. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball18. Dick Tracy Detective19. Dressed to Kill20. Eyes in the Night21. Fear in the Night22. Flowers from a Stranger23. Fog Island24. Gaslight25. Great Flamarion The26. Great Guy27. Green Glove The28. Guest in the House29. Half a Sinner30. He Walked By Night31. Hoodlum The32. Impact33. Inner Circle The34. Inner Sanctum35. International Crime36. Jigsaw37. Kansas City Confidential38. Kennel Murder Case The39. Last Mile The40. Life at Stake A41. Limping Man The42. Love From a Stranger43. Man on the Eiffel Tower The44. Man Who Cheated Himself The45. Man Who Had Influence The46. Mandarin Mystery The47. Midnight Manhunt48. Moonstone The49. Mr. Moto's Last Warning50. Mr. Wong Detective51. Murder at Midnight52. Murder at the Baskervilles53. Murder By Television54. Murder with Pictures55. Mysterious Mr. Wong The56. Mystery Liner57. Mystery of Mr. Wong The58. Naked Kiss The59. Nancy Drew: Reporter60. Parole Inc.61. Pay-Off The62. Phantom Fiend The63. Plan for Escape64. Please Murder Me65. Prison Shadows66. Quicksand67. Red House The68. Scar The69. Scarlet Street70. Second Woman The71. Shadow Strikes The72. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon73. Shoot to Kill74. Sign of Four The75. Sinners in Paradise76. Sleeping Tiger

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197 of 199 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars On a 1 to 10 scale, this collection is rated: 6.3, April 5, 2007

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack (DVD)

MYSTERY CLASSICS 100 MOVIE PACK is a combination of the 50 movie sets: MYSTERY CLASSICS and DARK CRIMES. With 124 hours of vintage motion pictures on 24 double-sided DVDs, this collection is a sure-fire crowd pleaser.

Based on viewer tabulation from a film data website, on a one to ten scale this collection's averaged out score is: 6.3

The following alphabetized program list includes individual ratings, years of release and main actors--

(7.1) Algiers (1938) - Charles Boyer/Hedy Lamarr/Alan Hale
(5.6) Baby Face Morgan (1942) - Mary Carlisle
(5.6) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) - John Barrymore/John Howard
(5.7) Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) - Ray Milland/Guy Standing
(5.9) Bulldog Drummond In Africa (1938) - John Howard/Anthony Quinn (in a minor role)
(6.0) Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) - John Barrymore/John Howard
(5.9) Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) - John Barrymore/John Howard
(6.4) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) - John Howard/Heather Angel
(6.5) The Capture 1950 - Lew Ayres/Theresa Wright
(6.2) Cause For Alarm! (1951) - Loretta Young/Barry Sullivan
(6.5) The Chase (1946) - Robert Cummings
(7.4) D.O.A. (1950) - Edmond O'Brien
(6.3) The Death Kiss (1932) - David Manners/Bela Lugosi
(7.3) Detour (1945) - Tom Neal/Ann Savage
(6.5) Devil's Party (1938) - Victor McLaglen
(6.1) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) - Boris Karloff/Ralph Byrd
(6.0) Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) - Morgan Conway/Anne Jeffreys
(5.5) Dick Tracy(, Detective) - Morgan Conway/Anne Jeffreys
(7.0) Dressed To Kill ("Sherlock Holmes") (1946) - Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce
(6.8) Eyes In The Night (1942) - Edward Arnold/Ann Harding/Donna Reed
(6.7) Fear in The Night (1947) - DeForest Kelley (his film debut)
(???) Flowers From A Stranger ("Studio One") (1949 or '50) - Yul Brynner
(5.2) Fog Island (1945) - George Zucco/Lionel Atwill
(7.5) Gaslight ("Murder In Thornton Square") (1940) - Anton Walbrook
(6.5) The Great Flamarion (1945) - Erich von Stroheim
(6.0) Great Guy (1936) - James Cagney/Mae Clarke
(6.7) The Green Glove (1952) - Glenn Ford/Cedric Hardwicke
(6.1) Guest In The House (1944) - Ann Baxter/Ralph Bellamy
(6.4) Half A Sinner (1940) - Heather Angel
(7.4) He Walked By Night (1948) - Richard Basehart/Jack Webb
(6.3) The Hoodlum (1951) - Lawrence Tierney
(7.0) Impact (1949) - Brian Donlevy/Charles Coburn
(6.6) The Inner Circle (1946) - Adele Mara/William Frawley
(6.8) Inner Sanctum (1948) - Charles Russell/Mary Beth Hughes
(6.1) International Crime ("The Shadow") (1938) - Rod La Roque/Astrid Allwyn
(6.3) Jigsaw (1949) - Franchot Tone/Jean Wallace
(7.5) Kansas City Confidential (1952) - John Payne/Neville Brand/Lee Van Cleef
(6.9) The Kennel Murder Case (1933) - William Powell/Mary Astor/Eugene Pallette
(7.0) The Last Mile (1932) - Preston Foster
(5.2) A Life At Stake (1954) - Angela Lansbury
(5.9) The Limping Man (1953) - Lloyd Bridges
(6.2) Love From A Stranger (1937) - Ann Harding/Basil Rathbone
(6.0) The Man On The Eiffel Tower (1950) - Charles Laughton/Franchot Tone/Burgess Meredith
(7.3) The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) - Lee J. Cobb/Jane Wyatt
(6.0) The Man Who Had Influence ("Studio One") (1950) - Robert Sterling
(5.7) The Mandarin Mystery (1936) - Eddie Quillan (as Ellery Queen)
(6.0) Midnight Manhunt (1945) - William Gargan/Leo Gorcey
(6.2) The Moonstone (1934) - David Manners/Phyllis Barry
(6.4) Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) - Peter Lorre/John Carradine
(5.9) Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) - Boris Karloff/Grant Withers
(5.5) Murder At Midnight (1931) - Aileen Pringle/Alice White
(5.9) Murder at the Baskervilles ("Silver Blaze") ("Sherlock Holmes") (1937) - Arthur Wontner/Ian Fleming
(4.4) Murder By Television (1935) - Bela Lugosi/June Collyer/Hattie McDaniel
(6.0) Murder With Pictures (1936) - Lew Ayres/Gail Patrick
(4.6) The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) - Bela Lugosi/Wallace Ford
(5.0) Mystery Liner (1934) - Noah Beery/George "Gabby" Hayes (in a minor role)
(6.1) The Mystery Of Mr. Wong (1939) - Boris Karloff
(7.4) The Naked Kiss (1964) - Constance Towers
(6.3) Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939) - Bonita Granville/John Litel
(4.5) Parole, Inc. (1948) - Michael O'Shea
(5.3) The Pay-Off (1930) - Lowell Sherman
(5.2) The Phantom Fiend (1931) - Ivor Novello
(???) Plan For Escape ("Studio One") (1952) - Peggy Ann Garner
(6.4) Please Murder Me (1956) - Angela Lansbury/Raymond Burr
(5.8) Prison Shadows (1936) - Edward J. Nugent
(6.4) Quicksand (1950) - Mickey Rooney/Peter Lorre
(7.0) The Red House (1947) - Edward G. Robinson/Judith Anderson
(6.4) The Scar ("Hollow Triumph") (1948) - Paul Henreid/Joan Bennett
(7.8) Scarlet Street (1945) - Edward G. Robinson/Joan Bennett/Dan Duryea
(6.0) The Second Woman (1951) - Robert Young/Betsy Drake
(5.3) The Shadow Strikes (1937) - Rod La Roque/Agnes Anderson
(6.8) Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon (1943) - Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce/Lionel Atwill
(6.2) Shoot To Kill (1947) - Russell Wade
(6.0) The Sign Of Four ("Sherlock Holmes") (1932) - Arthur Wontner/Ian Hunter
(5.8) Sinners In Paradise (1938) - Madge Evans/Bruce Cabot
(6.8) The Sleeping Tiger (1954) - Dirk Bogarde/Alexis Smith
(6.1) Slightly Honorable (1940) - Pat O'Brien/Edward Arnold
(6.2) Strange Illusion (1945) - James Lydon
(7.2) The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946) - Barbara Stanwyck/Van Heflin/Kirk Douglas
(6.3) Strange Woman (1946) - Hedy Lamarr/George Sanders
(7.5) The Stranger (1946) - Edward G. Robinson/Loretta Young/Orson Welles
(6.4) A Study In Scarlet ("Sherlock Holmes") (1933) - Reginald Owen/Warburton Gamble
(6.5) Sucker Money (1933) - Mischa Auer
(7.0) Suddenly (1954) - Frank Sinatra/Sterling Hayden
(5.4) Ten Minutes To Live (1932) - A.B. Comatherie
(7.0) Terror By Night ("Sherlock Holmes") (1946) - Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce/Alan Mowbray
(???) There Was A Crooked Man ("Studio One") (1950) - Robert Sterling
(5.2) They Made Me A Criminal - John Garfield/The Dead End Kids(1939)
(4.7) Things Happen At Night (1947) - Gordon Harker/Alfred Drayton
(7.2) Too Late for Tears (1949) - Lizabeth Scott/Don DeFore/Dan Duryea
(6.9) Topper Returns (1941) - Joan Blondell/Roland Young/Billie Burke
(6.5) Trapped (1949) - Lloyd Bridges
(6.1) The Triumph Of Sherlock Holmes (1935) - Arthur Wontner/Ian Fleming (as Dr. Watson)
(7.9) Two Sharp Knives ("Studio One") (1948) - Stanley Ridges
(4.8) Whistle Stop (1946) - George Raft/Ava Gardner
(6.0) The Woman Condemned (1934) - Claudia Dell/Jason Robards Sr.
(6.9) The Woman In Green ("Sherlock Holmes") (1945) - Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce/Hillary Brooke
(6.7) Woman In The Shadows (1934) - Fay Wray/Ralph Bellamy
(7.5) Woman On The Run (1950) - Ann Sheridan
(5.8) The Wrong Road (1937) - Richard Cromwell/Helen Mack

57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Merges Dark Crimes and Mystery Classics movie packs, March 28, 2009

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This review is from: Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack (DVD)

This is actually a pretty good buy as long as you dont already have either Mystery Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection or Dark Crimes Collection 50 Movie Pack. This combination pack is actually cheaper than the two movie packs from which it springs.

Among the real finds in this set are the serials. "Bulldog Drummond" is quite amusing, and all but the first one is quite viewable. The Bulldog Drummond series even has John Barrymore with a very good turn as a police inspector quite late in his career. There is the Dick Tracy series, which is also quite well preserved and watchable. Finally there are some of the old Sherlock Holmes films. The earliest of these suffer from some pretty bad fading, but most are OK. Then there are some great individual films including an independent film by James Cagney in the 30's - "Great Guy", Mickey Rooney at the center of a film noir in "Quicksand", which pretty much says it all about the plot, and the unforgettable noir "He Walks by Night" with Richard Basehart that focuses more on the psychology of the criminal and the science of criminology. You know from the start who did it, the fun is in seeing how the cops catch the criminal. David Manners and even Bela Lugosi show up in a couple of forgotten films with pretty good plots.

If you're into classic stars and great plots, I recommend this. However, do note that there are a few films that are quite faded and their audio is so bad that it makes it difficult to enjoy them.

53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Alert, November 17, 2007

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Michelle Faison "Chelle" (Quincy, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack (DVD)

This is a combination of the 50 Movie Pack Mystery Classics & 50 Movie Pack Dark Crimes Collections offered by Amazon. This is not clear in the description of the set online, nor the box, until you open it.Once you open it, you can only get a partial refund from Amazon, if you return it. The movies themselves are great, and fortunately, my sister loves old movies, too, so I'm giving her the 50 Movie Packs I got as a gift.