4-Film Collection: Film Noir

Four-disc set includes: Murder, My Sweet (1944)WConsidered by many to be the definitive private eye film noir, director Edward Dmytryk’s adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s 1940 novel “Farewell, My Lovely” stars Dick Powell as hard-boiled gumshoe Philip Marlowe, whose search for an ex-con’s former girlfriend (Claire Trevor) leads him into a convoluted plot of blackmail, stolen jewels, and murder. With Mike Mazurki, Otto Kruger, Anne Shirley. 95 min. BW/Rtg: NR Out Of The Past (1947)Scuffling P.I. Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) finally got a sure-money job from shady high-roller Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas): Track down and retrieve the mistress (Jane Greer) who skipped with $40,000 of his money. Finding his prey in Mexico, Bailey falls for her, but his plan to make them new lives leads to stunning betrayals. Jacques Tourneur’s exemplary film noir co-stars Steve Brodie, Rhonda Fleming, Dickie Moore. 97 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Set-Up (1949)Grittily realistic and