British Noir

Suckered by a woman into betraying fleet movements, disgraced naval officer James Mason determines to break the espionage ring that put her up to it, in "They Met in the Dark" (1943). Joyce Howard, Tom Walls co-star. Brain-injured after a terrible accident, engineer John Mills must deal with being fingered for an acquaintance's murder, in "The October Man" (1947). Joan Greenwood, Kay Walsh co-star; Roy Ward Baker's feature directing debut. Desperate characters hunting for a cache of Nazi bullion at an Alpine ski resort find themselves "Snowbound" (1949). Dennis Price, Stanley Holloway, Herbert Lom, Robert Newton star. Archeologist Trevor Howard might have to rethink keeping his distance from a dangerous pack of Tunisian gun-runners in "The Golden Salamander" (1950). Anouk Aimée, Wilfrid Hyde-White co-star; Ronald Neame directs. Private eye Richard Todd's assignment to track down and reward a Venetian partisan only results in his frame-up for murder, in "The Assassin" (1952). Eva Bartok, George Coulouris co-star. 8 hrs. total on five discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.