Murder & mayhem collection
(DVD)

Six classic films originally produced as motion pictures between 1943-1956.

Suddenly: director, Lewis Allen ; The man with the golden arm: director, Otto Preminger ; Fear in the night: director, Maxwell Shane ; Detour: director, Edgar G Ulmer ; Impact: director, Arthur Lubin ; The amazing Mr. X: director, Bernard Vorhaus.

Suddenly: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden ; The man with the golden arm: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker ; Fear in the night: DeForest Kelley, Paul Kelly ; Detour: Tom Neal, Ann Savage ; Impact: Brian Donlevy, Helen Walker ; The Amazing Mr. X: Lynn Bari, Turhan Bey.

In Suddenly a trio of assassins, led by a cold-blooded psychopath, hold a family and a local sheriff hostage while waiting for their target. In The man with the golden arm fresh out of prison for heroin possession, a professional card dealer struggles to become a jazz drummer while his gambling boss, neurotic wife, and villainous dope dealer all conspire against him. In Fear in the night a young man has a horrific nightmare wherein he commits a murder, but when he awakes covered with blood he is convinced it was not a dream. In Detour a world-weary musician is haplessly involved in an ambiguous death while thumbing his way to Los Angeles. In Impact a wealthy industrialist survives a murder attempt by his devious wife and her lover only to be accused of attempted murder. Half-dazed he stumbles into a moving van that takes him to idyllic Larkspur, Idaho, where newspaper stories of his "death" jog his memory. In The amazing Mr. X a mysterious spiritualist convinces a grieving young widow that he can communicate with the spirit of her late husband.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD; NTSC, playable in all regions.