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Mystery 250 Movie Pack

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MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT's mega-movie packs are always a bargain, and a great way to instantly build or add depth to a video library. Their boxed double-sided DVDs are individually housed in gloss-coated heavy paper sleeves that take up a minimum of space, yet provide excellent protection for the discs. This compactness of design makes possible the storage of literally thousands of films on a single book shelf.


The MYSTERY COLLECTION 250 MOVIE PACK offers an enormous sampling of public domain suspense, noir, action and who-dun-it films. At 325 hours this is the longest running DVD box set ever issued. All the big stars of yesteryear are here: Cagney, Welles, Barrymore, Stanwyck, Lugosi, Sinatra, McQueen, Davis, Rooney, Karloff, Brynner, Lamarr, Raft, Widmark, Lorre, Rathbone, Burr, Lombard and dozens more. Many of these are 'B' grade Hollywood product of the 1930s - '50s. There's also a good selection of more recent titles and actors. No matter which era you prefer though, this 250 movie pack is sure to entertain for many months. So, make some popcorn, pull up a chair and if you think you know who did it, please don't tell anybody!

All 250 films here have been previously issued by MILL CREEK on smaller packages. These 11 sets are duplicated in their entirety (includes links for 10):

MOVIES............SET TITLE

(All) ACTION CLASSICS 50 Movie Pack
(All) ACTION CLASSICS 100 Movie Pack
(All) CRIME CLASSICS 50 Movie Pack
(All) DARK CRIMES 50 Movie Pack
(All) DETECTIVES 10 Movie Pack
(All) GANGSTERS 20 Movie Pack
(All) LEGENDARY DETECTIVES 20 Movie Pack
(All) MYSTERY CLASSICS 50 Movie Pack
(All) MYSTERY CLASSICS 100 Movie Pack
(All) SUSPENSE 20 Movie Pack
(All) SUSPENSE CLASSICS 50 Movie Pack


The balance are contained in part on:

MOVIES............SET TITLE

(_3) ADVENTURE 10 Movie Pack
(_3) ALL STAR 50 Movie Pack
(_2) BURNT RUBBER 20 Movie Pack
(_1) COMBAT 20 Movie Pack
(_6) DIVA 20 Movie Pack
(_1) DRIVE-IN CLASSICS 50 Movie Pack
(_1) FRIGHT NIGHT 10 Movie Pack
(_1) HEROES OF WAR 10 Movie Pack
(14) HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS 100 Movie Pack
(11) HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS 50 Movie Pack
(_1) HORROR CLASSICS 100 Movie Pack
(_4) HORROR COLLECTION 250 Movie Pack
(_1) NIGHT SCREAMS 50 Movie Pack
(_9) ON THE RUN 10 Movie Pack
(12) RULE OF THE GUN 20 Movie Pack
(_2) SCI-FI CLASSICS 100 Movie Pack
(_4) STAR POWER 20 Movie Pack
(_1) TALES OF TERROR 50 Movie Pack
(_1) ULTIMATE PIRATES Movie Pack

(Some titles appear on as many as six of the above twenty-nine sets.)


FOR A COMPLETE LIST AND DETAILS OF ALL MOVIES, CHECK COMMENT #1 ON THIS REVIEW (see below)

... Amazon has not provided a listing of all the titles this box set contains. So here it is:

1. Affair in Monte Carlo
2. Algiers
3. Baby Face Morgan
4. Bail Out
5. Beloved Rogue, The
6. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
7. Beyond Justice
8. Big Town After Dark
9. Bird of Paradise
10. Black Book, The
11. Black Gold
12. Black Raven, The
13. Blonde Ice
14. Bloody Friday
15. Bloody Wednesday
16. Border Cop
17. Borderline
18. Born To Fight
19. Born to Win
20. Boxer, The
21. Bridge of Sighs
22. British Intelligence
23. Bulldog Courage
24. Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
25. Bulldog Drummond Escapes
26. Bulldog Drummond in Africa
27. Bulldog Drummond's Peril
28. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
29. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
30. Cape Town Affair, The
31. Captain Scarface
32. Capture, The
33. Cat O' Nine Tails
34. Cause for Alarm
35. Chase, The
36. Circumstantial Evidence
37. Code Name Zebra
38. Cold Blood
39. Cold Room, The
40. Cold Sweat
41. Convicted
42. Convicts At Large
43. Corrupt
44. Crime Boss, The
45. Cross Mission
46. Cry of the Innocent
47. D.O.A.
48. Dangerous Passage
49. Dangerous Summer, A
50. Dark Hour, The
51. Death Collector
52. Death from a Distance
53. Death in the Shadows
54. Death Kiss, The
55. Desert Commandos
56. Desperate Cargo
57. Detour
58. Devil Diamond, The
59. Devil's Party, The
60. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
61. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
62. Dick Tracy, Detective
63. Dick Tracy's Dilemma
64. Dishonored Lady
65. Dominique
66. Double Cross
67. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
68. Dressed to Kill
69. Drums In the Deep South
70. East of Borneo
71. Ellis Island
72. Escape From Sobibor
73. Evil Mind, The
74. Exile Express
75. Eyes in the Night
76. Fast and the Furious, The
77. Fear in the Night
78. Five Minutes to Live
79. Flowers from a Stranger
80. Fog Island
81. Four Deuces, The
82. Funeral for An Assassin
83. Gaslight
84. Girl in Lover's Lane, The
85. Great Flamarion, The
86. Great Guy
87. Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, The
88. Green Glove, The
89. Guest in the House
90. Half a Sinner
91. He Walked By Night
92. Hell's House
93. High Voltage
94. Hold That Woman
95. Hollywood Man
96. Hollywood Stadium Mystery
97. Hoodlum, The
98. I Cover the Waterfront
99. Impact
100. Inner Circle, The
101. Inner Sanctum
102. Jack London
103. Jail Bait
104. Jigsaw
105. Julie Darling
106. Kansas City Confidential
107. Kennel Murder Case, The
108. Kill Cruise
109. Killing Affair, A
110. King Murder, The
111. Lady Confesses, The
112. Lady Gangster
113. Lady in Scarlet, The
114. Last Alarm, The
115. Last Mile, The
116. Last of the Mohicans, The
117. Life at Stake, A
118. Limping Man, The
119. Love From a Stranger
120. Lucifer Complex, The
121. Man on the Eiffel Tower, The
122. Man Who Cheated Himself, The
123. Man Who Had Influence, The
124. Mandarin Mystery, The
125. Manhunt
126. Manipulator, The
127. Master Touch
128. Midnight Cop
129. Midnight Limited
130. Midnight Manhunt
131. Millions
132. Mitchell
133. Monsoon
134. Moonstone, The
135. Most Dangerous Game, The
136. Mr. Moto's Last Warning
137. Mr. Robinson Crusoe
138. Mr. Scarface
139. Mr. Wong, Detective
140. Murder At Dawn
141. Murder At Glen Athol
142. Murder at Midnight
143. Murder at the Baskervilles
144. Murder By Invitation
145. Murder By Television
146. Murder in the Museum
147. Murder on the Campus
148. Murder Once Removed
149. Murder with Pictures
150. Mutiny
151. My Boys Are Good Boys
152. My Outlaw Brother
153. Mysteries
154. Mysterious Mr. Wong, The
155. Mystery Liner
156. Mystery of Mr. Wong, The
157. Naked Kiss, The
158. Nancy Drew: Reporter
159. Night Life in Reno
160. Night of the Sharks
161. Night They Took Miss Beautiful, The
162. One Frightened Night
163. Outpost in Morocco
164. Paco
165. Panther's Claw, The
166. Paper Man
167. Parole Inc.
168. Pay-Off, The
169. Phantom Broadcast, The
170. Phantom Fiend, The
171. Plan for Escape
172. Please Murder Me
173. Poppy is also a Flower, The
174. Port of New York
175. Power, Passion and Murder
176. President's Mystery, The
177. Prison Break
178. Prison Shadows
179. Prison Train
180. Project: Kill
181. Quicksand
182. Racing Blood
183. Ransom Money
184. Red House, The
185. Rogue's Gallery
186. Scar, The
187. Scarlet Street
188. Second Woman, The
189. Seducers, The
190. Sell Out, The
191. Seven Doors to Death
192. Shadow Strikes, The
193. Shadow, The: International Crime
194. Shadow, The: Invisible Avenger
195. Shadows on the Stairs
196. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
197. Shoot to Kill
198. Sign of Four, The
199. Sinister Hands
200. Sinners in Paradise
201. Sleeping Tiger, The
202. Slightly Honorable
203. Sphinx, The
204. Squeeze, The
205. Stoolie, The
206. Strange Illusion
207. Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The
208. Strange Woman, The
209. Stranger, The
210. Study in Scarlet, A
211. Submarine Alert
212. Sucker Money
213. Suddenly
214. Sundown
215. Swap, The
216. Swiss Conspiracy, The
217. Sword of Lancelot
218. Target of an Assassin
219. Tarzan and the Green Goddess
220. Tarzan and the Trappers
221. Tarzan's Revenge
222. Tattered Web, A
223. Ten Minutes to Live
224. Terror By Night
225. There Was a Crooked Man
226. They Made Me a Criminal
227. They Never Come Back
228. Things Happen at Night
229. Tomorrow at Seven
230. Too Late for Tears
231. Topper Returns
232. Tough to Handle
233. Trained to Kill USA
234. Trapped
235. Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, The
236. Tulsa
237. Two Sharp Knives
238. Under the Red Robe
239. Uranium Conspiracy, The
240. Whistle Stop
241. White Orchid, The
242. Who Killed Doc Robin?
243. Wildcat
244. Winterset
245. Woman Condemned, The
246. Woman Hunter, The
247. Woman in Green, The
248. Woman in the Shadows
249. Woman on the Run
250. Wrong Road, The

First, what this isn't. It is not a collection of Casablanca-esqe blockbusters. The movies in this boxset were average fare for the respective time periods. In addition, not minute was spent on restoration. What it is, though, is a hell of a deal. 250 movies for less than 50 bucks--that is 19.9 cents each!

Old movies, like old radio shows and even old music, are frequently an acquired taste. But if you put in the effort and acquire the taste, you have a feast waiting for you.

Nothing fancy in the packaging, but nonetheless it is efficient and attractive. One other bonus is Millcreek's web site. There is synopsis and basic credits for each movie. While not as deep as IMDB, Millcreek's site is easy and very useful.

For me, this is an amazing deal. Thanks Millcreek!!!!

This huge collection of public domain, mostly b&w films, is a mixed bag. Worthy movies like Detour, Impact, The Stranger,and others found here, are included in countless other collections by different packagers. But this is the biggest of them all. While it may seem like a great bargain at less than a dollar a disk, more than a few of the movies are not watchable because of poor, noisy sound and fuzzy images. Mill Creek did not seek out the best prints to dump onto DVD. Also, not all the films in the collection are classic "oldies." Several are obscure dogs from the 1970s and later. Finally, locating a film in the collection to watch is a pain. Mills Creek did not include an index identifying the location of each film on the 60 disc. You have to thumb through the all the discs and read the contents on both sides of the paper sleeves to locate your movie.

enjoy some really great old movies.

While I will admit I am a great fan of these Mill Creek sets and have all 4 of the 250 collections (Horror, Family, Westerns & Mystery) along with several of the 50 movie packs this set is by far my favorite of the group. The price is right and pretty much across the board the movies are fun to watch; though there are a few stinkers in the bunch and the quality though not the best always only adds to the ambiance of these great old movies. Top off 250 old mystery movies with great packaging and you have many memorable evenings of good old fashioned fun family entertainment.

I you are a video snob and only want completely digitally remastered movies then keep looking because that is not what you are going to get with this or any of the sets Mill Creek has to offer.

This is a great value -- 250 mostly good/fun mystery "B" grade movies. We're finding it fun to just pick a disk and randomly put it on and watch .....for this price, and the basic age of the films, - well they're perfectly watchable -- definitely good enough and just a super bargain. I am so glad I found this set.

Although the quality of the films, picture quality, and sound quality are quite variable, this is still a worthwhile box. I would definitely recommend it at Amazon's probably temporary "sale" price, but not at the normal price.
Additionally, as I read in another review, a disc was missing, while an adjacent one was duplicated. I've notified Mill Creeks support; we will see if they remedy the problem. It certainly isn't worth returning the set for one missing disc, as another sample could have the same problem(or more than one missing).

It is hard to really "rate" the Mystery collection 250 movie pack.

I ordered it from Germany and due to reasons i didn't understand Amazon would not ship it to germany, only in "used" condition. I put "used" in quotation marks here as it was shrink wrapped, labeled as "used" but obviously never touched.

So i effectively got 250 movies for around 45 bucks plus shipping. Even shipping was a steal if you regard how heavy this thing is, you'd think a DVD weights close to nothing, but as this pack contains 60 of them, each ina seperate sleeves it is by far the heaviest DVD box i ever got. The outer box is nicely designed with a big Sherlock Holmes and some Gangsters which pretty much describes the direction this is going. The big plus on the outer box is that it lists all 250 (I didnt wanna count but i think it's rather even more, like 260ish) movies, the big minus is that it doesn't tell you on which of the 60 discs the movie is. The sleeves of the 60 double sided DVDs (You have to take the DVD out of your drive and turn over to watch the movies on the other sides in case you never had double sided DVDs before) list each side of the dvd on each side of the sleeve, so you have to check both sides of the disc to see all movies listed that are on the disc. This doesn't sound much like an issue but if you search a specific movie it doesnt make searching easier. the discs are sorted halfway alphabetical, but due to space optimization reasons its not fully alphabetical, for example DVD 1 starts with "B", then comes some "A" movies and so on.

The 60 discs themselves come as a handy little cardboard "treasure chest" which seems to be the best space saving way to store away 60 discs. The sleeves themselves do not just list the title of the movie but also a short review, running time and color.

Color is actually one of the most annoying drawbacks in this collection - if you don't like Black & White movies then this collection is DEFINITELY not for you. I did not count but i estimate that like 95% of all movies are Black&White movies from the 20s to 50s making this rather the "Classic B&W crime movie pack" than the "Mystery pack".

So expect to have a ton of very old B&W movies, if you can stand these you will probably like many of them. Seriously - like 260 movies and i barely knew even ONE of these from the title. Most of these are obviously quite low budget productions, but i think in the 30s and 40s it was rather unpopular to spend a fortune on a movie, so you can't say they are all among the worst from the 30s and 40s, mainly "average" movies, if they were made today like this you'd label most as a "B-Movie", but they definitely aren't all B-Movies. There definitely also are some real classics in the chest, for example Boris Karloffs' "Mr Wong, detective". The range really spreads from "So bad it's good" to "terrible" up to "excellent movie" as you'd expect it for 250+ more or less random picks.

The quality is definitely an issue here - I think it's normal that when you compare some 1930s B&W movie to "The Matrix" that picture quality seems a bit "sub par", but it has to be mentioned that none (at least none i noticed yet) of the movies are "Digitally remastered", most are rather bad sound and picture quality, so don't expect newest HD visuals in this package.

Anotehr issue with these old movies is the running time - in 20s to 40s it was quite popular to just have a running time around 60 minutes which makes most of the good movies in the chest a bit too short for a fun movie evening, but the good news is that you can just show several of them, it's not like you don't have enough short movies when you buy this pack.

There are a few colour movies in this pack and the ones i have already watched were so poor like they added these to underline like "See? Color movies suck!".

After all i would say if you are a 30s/40s crime and drama fan then you will have a chest box, if you absolutely hate black and white movies then definitely: Hands off. Anyways, however you think about it - for 45 bucks per 250 movies it was still a steal. But again - unless you are a B&W lover you should rather consider getting other packs like the "50 movies drive in classics pack" which features mainly color movies.

I own several of the millcreek products but this is the best of them so far. Most of the movies I have seen (no I have not seen them all yet, 250 movies takes quite a bit of television watching time.) have been actually excellent. I did not expect perfect copies of any of these films when I bought this set, so I have no gripes there. However, there are a few movies on this set (like other millscreek products) that I will never watch, even though in some cases I have it four or five times on other Millscreek boxset products.

So if you are interested in buying just one of their DVD sets this may be the right one for you.

The films in this box are mostly public domain, and the quality can be variable, but at the price per film it really isn't worth seeking them out and burning them yourself. And there are some really good films in here; British Intelligence, starring Boris Karloff, for instance, or the wonderful Escape from Sobibor. Others are more B-movie fodder, but still fascinating and enjoyable, like The Black Raven with George Zucco, or Suddenly, starring Frank Sinatra - worth watching as curiosities if nothing else. There is the occasional piece of dross in there, but I can honestly say this was well worth the money.