Here are two, very good, crime-mystery dramas on one DVD. Both are done in the "film noir" style and are in B & W. "Act of Violence" is about two ex-GIs, one with a terrible, war time secret and the other with a thirst for revenge. It plays out very well with top-notch actors and direction. "Mystery Street" is notable because it is the first, CSI type movie. The top cop teams up with a Harvard, forensic expert to solve a murder based only on a skeleton found on a beach. It's great stuff. Both films are winners and I recommend the combo package.
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two movies on one DVD~ PLOT: Act of Violence~ a neurotic ex GI seek outs out another GI WHO was a stool pidgeon for the Nazis~ PLOT: Mystery Street ~ using modern CSI techniques they identify the bones on the beach and piece together a murder mystery~ VERY good~ ACT OF VIOLENCE~ Van Heflin is a man with a secret he was stool pidgeon for the Nazis now one of his EX GI buddies is out to get even~ Robert Ryan as the man who is over the edge with the gimpy leg and is out to KILL Heflin who he blames for all his misery~ great plot~ Heflin is outstanding as the troubled guy on the run~ who cannot out run his past~ MYSTERY STREET~ BETTER OF THE TWO~ we see a drunk man get picked up by a pushy "HOSTESS" at a bar and end up reporting his car stolen~ as the girl dumps him and goes to confront her LOVER~ a few months later we see bones on the beach discover and thanks to the MODERN forensic work of the HARVARD MEDICAL FORENSIC TEAM~ THEY CALL IT MURDER~ and they piece together who the girl was and a list of suspects~ enter Ricardo Montalban~ as the lead detective~ in Boston no less~ they track down the dead girls landlady~ who IS no lady~ the NOSY Elsa Lanchester who STEALS the show who discovers a phone number to back mail one of the many dead girls lovers~ she is very funny as the lady who cleans only when can *listen* and evesdrop~ this is a very good movie~ well cast with first rate plot~ Montalban is good but the main character other than the dead girl is Lancaster who pieces together the clues FASTER than the cops~ to make the KILLER pays....in ca$h~ to keep his secret~ 5 STAR movie~ I give both 5 STARS for noir mystery and great plots and casts~Read full review
Hollywood classics, plus it's a two'fer!!
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Great mystery movies, good stories, exiting cast of characters with good performances. Certainly a classic.
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Mystery Street is the real winner on this set--worth the price of the DVD itself.
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