Rent The Renown Pictures Crime Collection: Vol.2 (1962)
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10h 48min
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Collection of classic British crime dramas.
Passenger to London (1937)
A British agent carrying important papers is murdered on a passenger train. Before his murder he plants some paper in the trunk of a female passenger. Who will reach her first, the police or the killers?
The Body Vanished (1939)
An Inspector from Scotland Yard (Anthony Hulme) goes on holiday with a reporter pal. When they stop in a small village, they discover that the owner of a local mansion has been murdered.
The Riverside Murder (1935)A gentleman is shot dead in his study and Basil Sydney and Alastair Sim are brought in as Scotland Yard detectives assigned to find the murderer. As young detectives they weave their way through danger and an intricate set of clues to try to catch the killer.
Vengeance Is Mine (1949)
Believing himself to be dying, a man hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame an enemy for the death.
Impulse (1954)
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. After a split second decision he soon finds himself immersed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Crosstrap (1962)
Novelist Geoff (Gary Cockrell) and his wife Sally (Jill Adams) rent an isolated countryside bungalow to enable Geoff to finish his latest book without the distractions of life in London. On their arrival, they make an horrific discovery and find out they aren't the only people escaping to the countryside.
Smart Alec (1951)
Young Alec Albion (Peter Reynolds) plans successfully to kill his rich uncle with an unusual method that will leave no evidence. The plan is pure genius, as is his alibi - but will the murder go according to plan?
The Third Alibi (1961)
A composer finds that an affair with his wife's half-sister turns murderous when he is refused a divorce. The film debut of Dudley Moore, this title also features the great singer Cleo Laine.
Jackpot (1960)
A safe in 'The Jackpot Club' is robbed of £6,000. The police and the owner of the club want to track down the safecracker, but for very different reasons. A previously 'lost' film.
The Quiet Woman (1951)
Having previously been married to a criminal jane Foster (Jane Hylton) takes over a coastal pub named 'The Quiet Woman' to start a new life - but you can't always leave crime behind.- Actors:
- John Warwick, Jenny Laird, Paul Neville, Ivan Wilmot, Aubrey Pollock, Vic Hagan, Nigel Barrie, Sybil Brooke, Dorothy Dewhurst, Ben Williams, Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, Ernest Sefton, Evelyn Foster, Frank Atkinson, Wilfred Noy, Hamilton Keene, Cyril Chamberlain, Frederick Keen, Charles Paton
- Directors:
- Lawrence Huntington, Walter Tennyson, Albert Parker, Alan Cullimore, Cy Endfield, Robert Hartford-Davis, John Guillermin, Montgomery Tully, John Gilling
- Producers:
- Lawrence Huntington, Leslie Landau, Albert Parker, Ben Arbeid, Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman, George Mills, Roger Proudlock, Maurice J. Wilson
- Narrated By:
- Barbie Wilde, John Guerrasio
- Writers:
- David Evans, Ian Walker, Selwyn Jepson, Stanislas-André Steeman, Alan Cullimore, Cy Endfield, Lawrence Huntington, Carl Nystrom, Robert S. Baker, John Newton Chance, Philip Wrestler, Alec Coppel, Montgomery Tully, Maurice J. Wilson, Pip Baker, Jane Baker, John Sherman, John Gilling, Ruth Adam
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Thrillers
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