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This box set features a collection of some of Bogie's finest efforts in the 'film noir' genre. Sirocco Dir. Curtis Bernhardt 1951 In 1925 Damascus Harry Smith Bogart runs guns to the rebels under Emir Hassan. The French arrest him along with others and force him to sell weapons to them where hHe develops an dangerous interest in French intelligence officer Feroud's mistress Violette... Dead Reckoning Dir. John Cromwell 1947 Rip Murdock Bogart and Johnny Drake Prince are en route to Washington when Johnny disappears and then turns up dead. Rip learns that Johnny had been accused of murder and sets out to resolve the mystery surrounding his death... The Harder They Fall Dir. Mark Robson 1956 A down and out sports writer Bogart takes a job minding a boxer for a syndicate. Having arranged a title fight he is forced into fixing it by a mobster... In A Lonely Place Dir. Nicholas Ray 1950 A screenwriter is in need of an alibi after being charged with murder. Laurel Gray a neighbour comes to the rescue and provides an alibi but their closeness casts doubt on his innocence...
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