Classic crime and whodunit films are gathered together in THE DETECTIVE COLLECTION.

Impact (1949): In San Francisco, the successful self-made businessman Walter Williams has just bought three factories in Denver with the approval of the board of directors. His beloved wife Irene tells him that she is not feeling well to travel with him, and asks Walter to give a lift to her cousin Jim Torrance. On the highway, Jim, who is actually Irene's lover, tries to kill Walter hitting his head and throwing him in a cliff, and has a fatal accident while escaping driving Walters's car. Walter is considered dead and later his wife is sent to jail accused of plotting his murder. Meanwhile, the wounded Walter sleeps in a moving van and awakes in Larkspur, a small town in Idaho. He is hired as a mechanic in a gas station by the owner, Marsha Peters. For three months, Walter reads the news, expecting revenge with Irene sentenced to death, and he and Marsha fall in love for each other. When Walter discloses the truth to Marsha, she convinces him to return to San Francisco and save his unfaithful wife. The situation changes when Irene accuses him of plotting to kill her lover Jim, and Walter has to prove his innocence. 

Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker 
Director: Arthur Lubin

The Kennel Murder Case (1933): William Powell brings detective Philo Vance--the dashing and witty protagonist of a series of popular mystery novels by S.S. Van Dine--to full and vibrant life onscreen in Michael Curtiz's THE KENNEL MURDER CASE. Vance senses foul play at a Long Island kennel club, where two brothers with membership in the club have been killed. The worldly detective's partner in the quest to solve the mystery is the humorously zealous Sergeant Ernest Health (Eugene Pallette). The ever-adaptable Vance manages to indulge his love for canines while trying to deduce who the killer is before he or she strikes again.

Cast: William Powell 
Director: Michael Curtiz 

Port of New York (1949): Yul Brynner (with a full head of hair) made his feature film debut as the villain in PORT OF NEW YORK. Brynner stars as a vicious drug kingpin who specializes in outsmarting the police. But after the body count connected to his operation starts to mount, the police double their efforts to end his smuggling scheme, risking one of their own in a treacherous undercover operation. PORT OF NEW YORK is an overlooked police procedural made a couple of years after the more well-known T-MEN, and both stand as forerunners to television programs like DRAGNET. The film features the high contrast black and white photography common to crime and police films of the period (the genre aesthetic later dubbed "film noir") as well as some remarkable location shooting featuring an extraordinary look at 1940s New York.

Cast: Yul Brynner 
Director: Laslo Benedek

The Green Glove (1952): In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn

Cast: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Cedric Hardwicke 
Director: Rudolph Maté

Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949): This psychologically powerful drama deals with the efforts of a brilliant police inspector to break down the will of a man he suspects of murder. The lack of evidence forces the wily detective to resort to subtle interrogative techniques.

Cast: Charles Laughton 
Director: Burgess Meredith 

The Monk (1969): Gus Monk, an unlicensed private investigator based loosely in San Francisco, falls flat due to its inordinate predictability and silly clichéd script, served up with the customary sprinkling of "guest stars" (Carl Betz, Janet Leigh) while being hindered by shoddy direction and a most critical factor: Maharis is not much of an actor. Undervalued cinematographer Fleet Southcott creates some interesting moments, and there are capable performances from William Smithers and Rick Jason as unsavoury types, but poor Maharis is the lead and when he is attempting a reaction to important plot elements, may they be dead bodies, or women involved in the goings-on, it is curtains for this effort. 

Cast: George Maharis, Janet Leigh, Rick Jason 
Director: George McCowan

He Walked by Night (1948): A burglar becomes a cold-blooded cop killer and is hunted down on the streets of Los Angeles. The men in blue manage to track their suspect down into the bowels of the city--the labyrinth sewer system. Noir veteran Anthony Mann, though uncredited, co-directed the film. Well-done and supposedly an inspiration for Jack Webb's Dragnet TV series.

Cast: Richard Basehart
Director: Alfred Werker

International Crime (1938): Rod La Rocque stars as Lamont Cranston in the second spine-tingling feature from the classic radio serial, "The Shadow." The Shadow solves yet another tough crime mystery proving once and for all that he's the world's greatest super sleuth!

Cast: Rod La Rocque 
Director: Charles Lamont 

Behind Green Lights (1946): Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters. 

Cast: Carole Landis, William Gargan, Richard Crane 
Director: Otto Brower

BONUS Extras: Movie Poster Gallery * Classic Movie Trailers * Classic Episode of "Dick Tracy: Detective"

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