Kit-Parker

 

Includes:  Arson Inc. / Loan Shark / Portland Expose / Shadow Man / Shoot to Kill / They Were So Young

 

No extra features

Some offbeat and lesser known film noirs.

 

 

Warner Home Video

Includes:   Born to Kill / Clash by Night / Crossfire / Dillinger (1945) / The Narrow Margin (1952)

Extras:  Each film has  
audio commentary  track.

Warner Home Video

 

Includes:  Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension

 

Extras:  Each film has audio commentary track.

Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension

Act of Violence / Mystery Street / Crime Wave / Decoy / Illegal / The Big Steal / They Live By Night / Side Street / Where Danger Lives / Tension

Warner Home Video

 

Includes:  Border Incident / His Kind of Woman / Lady in the Lake / On Dangerous Ground / The Racket

 

Extras: Each film has  audio commentary   track,   plus bonus disc with  6 short  crime features

Warner Home Video

Includes:  Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up
Extras:  Each film has audio commentary track



St. Clair Entertainment Group

Includes:   Detour / D.O.A.  / The Hitch-hiker  /  The Scar /  The Man Who Cheated Himself / Quicksand / T/ The Strange Love of Martha Ivers / The Stranger /  Too Late For Tears

Extras:  Photo gallery and  vintage posters
St. Clair Entertainment Group

Includes:  The Bigamist /
Borderline / The Naked Kiss /   
Devil’s Sleep / Danger Street / Postmark For Danger / Tokyo File 212 / The Girl From Rio / Strange Illusion / The Second Woman


Extras:  Some trailers and posters plus radio noir  audio
St. Clair Entertainment Group

Includes:  The Strange Love of Martha Ivers / The Stranger / Whistle Stop / He Walked By Night / Jigsaw / Port of New York /  Kansas City Confidential / Suddenly / Quicksand

Extras:   "Trouble Is My Business" 1947 radio program starring Van Heflin, and noir photo gallery & noir trailers

The continued output of film noir on DVD is the best indicator of the continued interest in the genre.  Only a few years ago most  of these films remained obscure and destined never to be seen again.   Thanks to technology and those dedicated to preservation, the availability of film noir keeps expanding.

 

Listed below is information on the many film noir collector sets now available.   Some contain obscure and hard to find films that are not otherwise available individually.  Most sets have extra features     Those listed are available from most online DVD sources like Amazon, Movies Unlimited, Walmart or Barnes and Noble.

DVD Sources

Kit-Parker / VCI

 

Includes:  David Harding  Counterspy / Danger Zone / The Big Chase / Mr. District Attorney (1947) / Ringside, Hi-Jacked / Scotland Yard Inspector / Pier 23 / Case of the Baby-Sitter

 

Extras: Trailers

Kit-Parker / VCI

 

Includes:  Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard /  Motor Patrol / Radar Secret Service / Mr District Attorney (1941) / Highway 13 /  Treasure Of Monte Cristo / Roaring City / Western  Pacific Agent / Skyliner

 

No extra features

Some offbeat and lesser known film noirs

Kit-Parker / VCI

 

Includes:  The Mask of The Dragon / The an From Cairo / F.B.I. Girl / Fingerprints Don’t Lie / Tough Assignment / I’ll Get You

 

Extras:  Audio commentary, trailers, actor bios

Kit-Parker / VCI

 

Includes:  Terror Street / Wings of Danger / The Glass Tomb / Paid To Kill / The Black Glove / The Deadly Game / The Unholy Four / A Race For Life

 

Extras:  Audio commentary, trailers, actor bios

 

British film noir

Kit-Parker / VCI

 

Includes:  Bad Blond / Man Bait / A Stolen Face / The Gambler and the Lady / Heat Wave / Blackout

 

Extras:  Audio commentary, trailers, actor bios

 

British film noir

Sony Home Video

 

Includes:  The Killer That Stalked New York /  Two of a Kind / Bad For Each Other / The Glass Wall

 

Extras:   Trailers, television drama: The Payoff , Terry Moore interview

Sony Home Video

 

Includes:  Night Editor / One Girl’s Confession / Women’s Prison / Over-Exposed

 

Extras: Trailers, television drama:  Remember to Live

Questar

 

Includes:   D.O.A. (1950)/ Detour /  The Stranger / Killer Bait (To Late For Tears) / Scarlet  Street / The Strange Love of Martha Ivers / Suddenly

 

Extras:  Bonus disc  with  Femme Fatale feature, poster gallery and 38 film noir trailers

 

 Available May 18, 2010