| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | British Classics Double Feature, Vol. 1 November 30th VCI Retail $14.99, Our: $12.99 Tomorrow We Live (1943), Inquest (1939) |   |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | British Classics Double Feature, Vol. 2 November 30th VCI Retail $14.99, Our: $12.99 Naked Fury (1959), Cover Girl Killer (1960) | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | Renown Pictures Crime Thrillers Collection November 30th VCI Retail $14.99, Our: $12.99 Murder Can Be Deadly (1962), The Marked One (1965), Pit of Darkness (1961) | |
VCI has scheduled a November 30th street date for three Renown British Cinema releases.
Each will be a single disc release and bonus features are not expected. Details below.
Tomorrow We Live (1943, 85 min.)
When his village is overtaken by Nazis, Frenchman Jean Baptiste (John Clements) escapes to England after his village is overtaken by Nazis. To avenge his fellow countrymen, Jean is armed with information about a secret submarine base. Can he make it to his fellow patriots before the Nazis catch him?
Inquest (1939, 60 min.)
In this courtroom drama, a young woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. She enlists the support of a King’s Counsel to help prove her innocence. It was based on a play by Michael Baringer which had previously been adapted as a film in 1931.
Naked Fury (1959, 57 min.)
A gang of thieves led by American Eddy (Reed de Rouen) kill a security guard during a botched safe robbery and flee with his daughter (Leigh Madison) as a hostage. They hide out in a dangerously unstable old warehouse for a couple of days awaiting their getaway ship to sail, but Johnny (Kenneth Cope) falls for the girl - provoking a serious falling-out and a violent conclusion to the disastrous heist.
Cover Girl Killer (1960, 61 min.)
Set in the sleazy world of a backstreet 50s nightclub. A serial-killer is believed to be murdering the models of glamour magazine, when cover-girl Gloria Starke (Milnes), is found dead after going on an assignment with mysterious bespectacled TV producer, Spendosa (Harry H Corbett), Inspector Brunner (Brooks) is put on the case to interview all concerned.
Murder Can Be Deadly (1962, 60 min.)
Callgirl Jo Lake (Liz Fraser) is working in clubland rackets with her man who is killed by gangland boss (Kenneth Griffin). Clubber, Tom (Tony Wickert) is caught up in the murder.
The Marked One (1965, 65 min.)
William Lucas plays a lorry driver who is recently out of prison. He becomes a target when it’s discovered that he knows where he can find plates for making forged banknotes.
Pit of Darkness (1961, 75 min.)
When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm is found unconscious on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house has been cleverly opened and the contents missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets to uncover the truth.
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