Plot

Two movies on one disc! Return to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of gray. Deception, betrayal, corruption, larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales filled with features that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation.

Fear in the Night
1947
Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley) is a young bank teller who awakens from a terrible nightmare, in which he and an unknown woman murder a man in a mirrored room. At first thinking it was just a dream, Grayson discovers he has bruises and other physical objects in his possession from the dream. Confiding in his brother-in-law, Detective Cliff Herlihy (Paul Kelly) about his experience, Grayson is told by Herlihy that the story sounds unbelievable but he agrees to investigate. During a family picnic, Grayson and Herlihy are forced to take shelter from a storm in a remote mansion. During their stay in the mysterious home, the two find a mirrored room, just like the one in Grayson's dream. This discovery leads to a climatic resolution to Grayson's mysterious nightmare.
Director: Maxwell Shane
Starring: DeForest Kelley, Paul Kelly
Run Time: 72 minutes

Ten Minutes to Live
1932
This crime drama from the 1930's features an all African-American cast and the story centers upon a nightclub and it's collection of customers and staff. Jealousy and revenge play a part in the stories of patrons and performers at the night club, with plenty of action and suspense thrown in for good measure, as well as some entertaining musical and dance numbers. A fine example of the film-making efforts from the pioneer African-American directors and production companies of the 1930's, who made films that were typically excluded from mainstream movie houses due to the prevailing attitudes of the time.
Director: Oscar Micheaux
Starring: A. B. Comatherie, Lawrence Chenault
Run Time: 58 minutes

Related Links

• IMDb Page - Fear in the Night
• IMDb Page - Ten Minutes to Live

Customer Comments

• Reviewer: Cosmos on 15-Aug-2007

  A classic based on a Cornel Woolrich story. Many of Woolrich's tales were turned into movies by Alfred Hitchcock including "Rear Window". This one has a very clever plot and is far better than the remake starring Kevin "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" McCarthy and the legendary Edward G. Robinson. Highly recommended!

Additional Information

• Country: United States
• Language: English
• Format: NTSC
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (standard TV)
• Color: Black & White
• Sound: 2 channel