Film Noir: Dark Side Of Cinema Ii, Film Noir: Dark Side Of Cinema Ii, Blu-Ray

Three-disc set includes: Thunder On The Hill (1951)Based on the British play "Bonaventure," this involving mystery from director Douglas Sirk stars Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary Bonaventure, a nun who befriends Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth), a convicted murderess whose trip to death row has been delayed by a raging flood. Beginning to doubt Valerie's guilt, the sister becomes determined to clear her name and find the real killer. Robert Douglas, Anne Crawford also star. 84 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Price Of Fear (1956)When his mobbed-up new partner wants to take him out of the picture-with a frame-job for a homicide-a dog track owner (Lex Barker) decides to make himself scarce. The bad move becomes worse, when the mysterious lady (Merle Oberon) he thumbs a ride with proves to have a dangerous agenda of her own. Dark drama co-stars Charles Drake, Warren Stevens, Gia Scala. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Female Animal (1958)Aging film goddess Vanessa Windsor (Hedy Lamarr, in her screen farewell), grateful for being rescued from an on-set calamity by hunky extra Chris Farley (George Nader), offers him a caretaker job. The young man's discomfort with the arrangement gets ramped up when his too-attentive boss battles for his attentions with her grown, hard-drinking daughter (Jane Powell)! Campy soaper co-stars Jan Sterling, James Gleason. 84 min. BW/Rtg: NR