50 Whodunit Classics - Collectors Edition

50 Whodunit Classics - Collectors Edition

Brand: EMSON

Movie Count: 28 movies and 22 episodes

Disc Count: 4 discs

Total Time: 2,787 minutes (2,257m for movies, 530m for episodes)

Movies marked with a semicolon (;) were unique to my whole collection at time of purchase.

Unique Count: 1 movies and 5 episodes

Unique Time: 275 minutes (87m for movies, 118 for episodes)

Purchase Date: May 02, 2024

Purch. Price: $2.00

Purch. Location: Friends Of The Hamilton-Fairfield Lane Libraries Annual Sale

Packaging: Standard DVD case sized cardboard box which opens from the top.  Inside the box is a foam pad and four while paper sleeves, each with one disc.  All discs are double sided.

Notes:  Several of the films on this set are cut-down versions.  This may explain how they were able to cram so many items onto each side (in addition to compressing them quite a bit).  On Disc 1A, 'The Moonstone' went from 62m to 47m and 'Great Guy' went from 66m to 39m.  On Disc 1B, 'The Sell Out' went from 88m to 76m.  On Disc 2A, 'Murder By Television' went from 60m to 39m, 'Code Name: Zebra' went from 81m to 55m, and Target Of An Assassin went from 105m to 52m.  On Disc 3A, 'Paco' went from 97m to 90m.  On Disc 4B, 'The Cold Room' went from 95m to 75m and 'A Dangerous Summer' went from 100m to 69m.

Notes 2: On Disc 2B, a surprise was that Cat O' Nine Tails was the full length international version, coming in at 111m.  

All movies in B&W unless noted

1A_; (6.8) Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Cunningham Heritage (1954) Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford (H. Marion Crawford), Archie Duncan - 55m

___; (7.0) Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of Lady Beryl (1954) Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford (H. Marion Crawford), Paulette Goddard - 54m

____ (6.1) Murder Once Removed [aka The Obsessive Doctor / Secret Killing] (1971) John Forsythe, Richard Kiley, Reta Shaw, Joseph Campanella - 74m COLOR

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 1: Who Is the Clutching Hand? (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 30m

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 2: Shadows (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 19m

____ (5.0) The Moonstone (1934) David Manners, Phyllis Barry, Gustav von Seyffertitz - 47m

____ (6.3) Great Guy (1936) James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke - 39m

318m - 3 movies (160m), 4 episodes (158m)

1B__ (4.9) The Sell Out [aka The Sell-Out / The Set-Up] (1976) Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt - 76m COLOR

____ (4.6) Crime Boss [aka (New) Mafia Boss / The Mafia Terminator] (1972) Telly Savalas, Antonio Sabato, Paola Tedesco - 98m COLOR Widescreen in standard

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 7: The Invisible Enemy (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 20m

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 8: A Cry in the Night (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 19m

____ (6.1) Ace Drummond: Chapter 1: Where East Meets West (1936) John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. - 20m

____ (6.1) Ace Drummond: Chapter 3: The Doorway of Doom (1936) John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. - 19m

___; (6.0) The Manipulator [aka African Story] (1971) Stephen Boyd, Sylva Koscina, Michael Kirner - 87m COLOR

339m - 3 movies (261m), 4 episodes (78m)

2A__ (4.2) Murder By Television (1935) Bela Legosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon - 39m

____ (4.2) Code Name: Zebra (1987) James Mitchum, Mike Lane, Timothy Brown - 55m COLOR

____ (4.3) The Cape Town Affair (1967) James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset, Claire Trevor - 100m COLOR

____ (6.6) Dick Tracy: Chapter 6: Dangerous Waters (1937) Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette - 18m

____ (5.1) Death In The Shadows (1985) Maakye Boullen, Erik de Vries, Johan Leysen - 96m COLOR

____ (4.8) Target Of An Assassin (1977) Anthony Quinn, John Phillip Law, Simon Sabela - 52m COLOR

360m - 5 movies (342m), 1 episode (18m)

2B__ (6.6) Cat O' Nine Tails (1971) James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak - 111m COLOR

____ (5.1) Cry Of The Innocent (1980) Rod Taylor, Joanna Pettet, Nigel Davenport - 93ms COLOR

____ (6.0) Paper Man (1971) Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy - 87m COLOR

____ (6.1) Ace Drummond: Chapter 4: The Radio Riddle (1936) John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. - 20m

____ (6.1) Ace Drummond: Chapter 8: The Sign in the Sky (1936) John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. - 19m

____ (6.6) Dick Tracy: Chapter 1: The Spider Strikes (1937) Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette - 29m

359m - 3 movies (291m), 3 episodes (68m)

++1376m

3A__ (5.0) Paco (1975) Jose Ferrer, Allen Garfield, Pernell Roberts - 90m COLOR

____ (2.3) The Lucifer Complex (1978) Robert Vaughn, Merrie Lynn Ross, Keenan Wynn - 91m COLOR

____ (6.6) Dick Tracy: Chapter 2: The Bridge of Terror (1937) Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette - 18m

____ (5.9) The Master Touch (1972) Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bolkan - 92m COLOR Widescreen in standard

____ (5.6) A Tattered Web (1971) Lloyd Bridges, Frank Converse, Sallie Shockley - 74m COLOR

___; (5.6) Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Texas Cowgirl (1954) Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford (H. Marion Crawford), Archie Duncan - 26m

391m - 4 movies (347m), 2 episodes (44m)

3B__ (5.2) The Stoolie (1972) Jackie Mason, Josip Elic, Reid Cruickshanks - 88m COLOR

____ (4.8) Cross Mission (1988) Richard Randall, Brigitte Porsche, Peter Hintz - 91m COLOR

____ (4.2) Midnight Cop [aka Killing Blue] (1988) Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Fairchild, Frank Stallone, Michael York - 96m COLOR

____ (4.3) The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977) Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Henry Gibson - 97m COLOR

____ (6.1) Ace Drummond: Chapter 12: The Squadron of Death (1936) John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. - 19m

   Note: This segment is technically 36 minutes because Chapter 13 was left at the end of Chapter 12.  Chapter 13 also appears on disc 4A.  Only counting Chapter 13 once for this collection.

___; (6.9) Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Belligerent Ghost (1954) Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford (H. Marion Crawford), Archie Duncan - 27m

418m - 4 movies (372m), 2 episodes (46m)

4A__ (5.2) Mysteries (1978) Rutger Hauer, Sylvia Kristel, David Rappaport - 88m COLOR

____ (5.4) Dominique (1979) Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter - 95m COLOR

____ (6.6) Dick Tracy: Chapter 3: The Fur Pirates (1937) Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette - 20m

____ (4.7) The Woman Hunter (1972) Barbara Eden, Robert Vaughn, Stuart Whitman - 69m COLOR

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 11: The Ship of Peril (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 18m

____ (6.1) Ace Drummond: Chapter 13: The Worlds Akin (1936) John 'Dusty' King, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr. - 18m

308m - 3 movies (252m), 3 episodes (56m)

4B__ (4.7) Power, Passion And Murder [aka Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson] (1987) Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, George Murdock - 88m COLOR

____ (5.0) The Cold Room (1984) George Segal, Amanda Pays, Renee Soutendijk - 75m COLOR

____ (3.3) A Dangerous Summer (1982) Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, Giselle Morgan - 69m COLOR

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 14: The Silent Spectre (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 18m

   Note: This segment is technically 38 minutes because Chapter 15 was left at the end of Chapter 14.  Chapter 15 also appears on this disc a second time.  Only counting Chapter 15 once for this collection.

____ (5.4) The Clutching Hand: Chapter 15: The Lone Hand (1936) Jack Mulhall, Rex Lease, Mae Busch - 18m

___; (6.5) Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of The Shy Ballerina (1954) Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford (H. Marion Crawford), Archie Duncan - 26m

294m - 3 movies (232m), 3 episodes (62m)

++2787m

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