Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: A hired-gun seeks revenge from a client that betrayed him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY THICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THISummary: Bait: A tale of deception and seduction, directed by and starring Hugo Haas features three people searching for a lost gold mine: the dangerous Marko, young miner Ray and the comely Peggy. As Marko and Ray search for the mine, Peggy arrives, stirring Ray's passion and igniting Marko's suspicion. As months pass, the three find themselves closing in on the mine, but the tension between them is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: From out of the shadows comes this final collection of hard-to-find noir classics: The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Lineup (1958); The Shadow in the Window (1956); The Long Haul (1957); Pickup Alley (1957); The Tijuana Story (1957); She Played with Fire (1957); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); and Man on a String (1960).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: "Gripping saga of two rival moles--played by superstars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah--who navigate slippery moral choices as they move between the intersecting territories of Hong Kong's police force and its criminal underworld. Set during the uncertainty of the city-state's handover from Britain to China and steeped in Buddhist philosophy, these ingeniously crafted tales of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN INFSummary: A Roaring Twenties gangster saga that only the Coen brothers could concoct, Miller's Crossing marries the hard-boiled sensibility of classic noir fiction with the filmmakers' trademark savory dialogue, colorful characters, and finely calibrated set pieces. Gabriel Byrne brings a wry gravitas to the role of Tom Reagan, the quick-thinking right-hand man to a powerful crime boss (Albert Finney),...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY MILSummary: When seventeen year old J's mother dies of an overdose, he calls his grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, who invites him to come live with her. A Ma Barker camouflaged as a cheery suburban grandmother, she dotes on her roguish boys, and looks to add J to the mix. The oldest is Pope, a gunman off his meds, unhinged drug dealer Craig, and baby-faced youngest Darren. The brothers, along with Pope's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANISummary: "Corky (Gina Gershon), a tough ex-con and her lover Violet (Jennifer Tilly) concoct a scheme to steal $2 million of mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2012
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BOUSummary: Reservoir dogs: After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax 2012
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY QUESummary: Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family's hold over the increasingly race-torn city. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2021
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MANCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MANYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MANSummary: When aging gangster Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars, Lansky spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY LANCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LANSummary: A Korean War vet stops a young Hmong teen from stealing his prized car, and reluctantly proceeds to reform the boy, learning about himself along the way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRA RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Grand 2010Summary: 1933. It is the fourth year of the Great Depression. For John Dillinger, Alvin Karpis and Baby Face Nelson, it is the golden age of bank robbery. After serving a ten-year prison sentence, John Dillinger embarks on a cross-country bank-robbing spree with help from his associates: faithful driver Red Hamilton, cocky lookout Homer Van Meter, and murderous hothead Baby Face Nelson. He relocates to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2009
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY PUBCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PUBSummary: Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHFavino, Pierfrancesco
Summary: Dramatized portrayal of the life of Tommaso Buscetta, a member of the Sicilian Mafia who became an informer in the 1980s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TRASummary: "They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY RESSummary: "Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star as army buddies whose fortunes rise and fall as their fates intersect, first in a foxhole on the front lines of World War I, then in Manhattan's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ROASummary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIGCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BIGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BIGSummary: Boston gangster Whitey Bulger deals with the FBI and competing crime families as he tries to make his way to the top of the criminal underworld.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BLA RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BLAFalk, Peter
Summary: When Nicky goes on the run from the mob, he calls his old friend Mikey and the two men reminisce about old times while hiding out from gangsters in the streets of Philadelphia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection Inc 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIKSummary: Norah Larkin is a working girl who wakes up a murderess after passing out in the apartment of brutish playboy Harry Prebble. Branded "The Blue Gardenia" by a sensational columnist, Norah dodges dragnets, informants and the cruel hand of fate as she struggles to conceal her involvement with Prebble, and to remember the details of her ill-fated night. As her hopes for justice fade, she decides to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000