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.

The Strange Woman
1946
In the logging town of Bangor, Maine during the 1820's, a young woman who has lived with an abusive drunkard father decides that men are to be used for her benefit. She falls under the watchful eye of an older lumber magnate and she accepts his marriage proposal. Using his money to make a better life for herself, the young woman meets her husband's college age son and tells him she would marry him if his father was out of the picture. Unbeknownst to the son, the woman has already set her eyes on another man, who is engaged to her best friend.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Starring: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders
Run Time: 100 minutes

The Man Who Had Influence
1950
This program is from the famous Emmy award-winning Studio One television series shown from 1948 to 1958 by CBS and was a continuation of the successful radio series of the same name. This series brought to the small screen some of the brightest and biggest stars, directors and writers of it's time to present to the audience a dramatic feature each week. In this story, the pampered son of an influential political advisor causes the death of a young woman and must face murder charges.
Starring: Robert Sterling, Eva Marie Saint
Run Time: 59 minutes

Related Links

• IMDb Page - The Strange Woman

Additional Information

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