Legendary Detectives 20 Movie Pack

Specifications

• Video Format: NTSC (Region 1)
• Format: 5-DVD Disc Set
• Run Time: 22 Hours 17 Minutes
• Rating: Not Rated

The Legendary Detectives 20 Movie Pack Includes

1. Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
The intrepid Captain "Bulldog" Drummond (John Howard) must try to rescue his kidnapped fiancée, Phyllis Claverling, who is being held captive by Drummond's old adversary Mikhail Valdin (J. Carrol Naish). The evil Valdin is wanted for the murder of an American tycoon in his native Paris. Drummond is aided in his search by his butler Tenny and his pal Algy Longworth, as well as Scotland Yard's Inspector Neilson (John Barrymore), a master of disguises.

2. Bulldog Drummond Escapes
This is the only Bulldog Drummond film to star the fabulous Ray Milland as our heroic adventurer who must once more try to rescue his kidnapped fiancee, Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel). She is being held prisoner on a country estate by a supposed friend who is scheming to steal her fortune. When her brother is killed, the perpetrators then stalk Bulldog and his pal Algy Longworth (Reginald Denny). Bulldog must face his greatest challenge before the mystery is unraveled with the help of Scotland Yard.

3. Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Bulldog's wedding plans are put on hold when his fiancée Phyllis (Heather Angel) witnesses the violent kidnapping of long-time pal and wedding guest Colonel Neilson (H.B. Warner) of Scotland Yard. The chase leads to far away Morocco where a foreign spy ring headed by the ruthless Richard Lane (J. Carrol Naish) holds the Colonel prisoner. If he doesn't give up his country's secrets, a large and distinctly unfriendly lion is ready to rip him to pieces. Can Bulldog save the day?

4. Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Once again Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (John Howard) is about to wed his long-suffering fiancée Phyllis Clavering (Louise Campbell) at her families' Swiss villa. The wedding is postponed when the Swiss police officer who is guarding their wedding gifts is killed. The murderer had a hidden agenda, as one of the gifts was an artificial diamond developed by the scientist father of the couples' friend Gwen Longworth. Drummond and his usual band of investigators must come to the rescue by tracking down the killer and uncovering their evil plot.

5. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Bulldog Drummond (John Howard) along with his pal Algy Longworth and fiancée Phyllis Claverling, come upon a severed arm that is still attached to a valise filled with a new type of high explosive. Their investigation put them on the trail of the evil Draven Nogais (Frank Puglia), who has run off with the top secret formula for the high explosives. As usual, Bulldog is aided by Colonel Neilson (John Barrymore) of Scotland Yard, and his trusty servant (E. E. Clive).

6. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is, yet again, all set to wed his long-suffering fiancée Phyllis Claverling (Heather Angel). And, yet again, the wedding must wait when the eccentric Professor Downie (Forrester Harvey) appears. The Professor informs Bulldog that a fortune is buried on the Rockingham estate where he is to get married and he has the secret cipher that will lead them to it. Before he can follow through, the Professor is murdered, and the hunt is on to find the killer and the hidden treasure.

7. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
The inimitable Boris Karloff guest stars as the titular Gruesome, an escaped prisoner who is planning a daring bank robbery. After discovering a gas some scientists have discovered that will temporarily paralyze a person, Gruesome plots to use this as a means to carry out his robbery and make his escape without any witnesses. The robbers carry out a daring daylight bank robbery and use the gas to paralyze all the bank's employees and customers. Unfortunately for them, one of the bank customers is Tess Truehart (Anne Gwynne), Dick Tracy's girlfriend, and she is unaffected by the gas. Truehart is able to telephone Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) for help and the investigation gets underway to track down the culprits.

8. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Dick Tracy (Morgan Conway) faces one of his most evil adversaries in the form of "Cueball", a ruthless criminal played by a very scary Dick Wessel. Cueball has been betrayed by his gang members, and is now disposing of them one by one. Normally this would not have bothered the police who had long targeted the villains, but now Dick Tracy himself is marked for death. It's up to Tracy and his partners to track down this gangland killer before Tracy is added to the list of victims.

9. Dick Tracy, Detective
Three gruesome murders have happened and Dick Tracy gets involved in the investigation. There is no apparent connection between the deaths with the victims coming from every facet of society and economic status. The only common denominator for these killings is the method of their demise&they were all slashed to pieces. Tracy must use all of his skills and know-how to find the link in all the deaths that will lead him to the culprit before the killer strikes again.

10. Dick Tracy's Dilemma
In this latest adventure featuring top-notch police detective Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd), our intrepid sleuth is called in on an apparent fur heist. After looking into the case, Tracy thinks it may be a possible insurance swindle but soon realizes it's much more when one of his police informants turns up murdered. Armed with a new resolve and new clues, Tracy and his sidekicks uncover a plot created by the fiendish criminal "The Claw".

11. Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are on the trail of a plot that threatens to destroy the financial fabric of England. An unscrupulous prison inmate, who stole engraving plates from the Bank of England, has hidden them in a series of music boxes. When the innocent owners of the music boxes start turning up dead, it's up to Holmes and Watson to find the remaining music box, before an unsavory collection of criminals do. The repartee between Rathbone and Bruce is delightful as always.

12. International Crime
Lamont Cranston (Rod LaRocque) is an amateur criminologist and the host of a daily radio program sponsored by a local newspaper. What the public doesn't know is that Cranston is also The Shadow, crime fighter with extraordinary abilities and a bane to every criminal. Cranston becomes involved, through his radio program, with the death of a prominent businessman that at first appeared to be a simple safe robbery. Uncovering more details about the case, Cranston discovers a connection to this death with a group of foreign spies and saboteurs. Cranston must assume the guise of his alter-ego in order to bring the enemy agents to justice.

13. Shadow Strikes, The
Coming to the silver screen straight from your radios is The Shadow, Scourge of the Underworld, with the amazing ability to cloud men's minds thus appearing as nothing but a shadow to ordinary men. Lamont Cranston appears as a man-about-town bachelor leading a care-free life but, when evil rears its ugly head; he assumes the mantle of The Shadow to foil the plans of criminals wherever he finds them. In this case, The Shadow must solve the murder of a wealthy gentleman who had just summoned his attorney in order to change his will but was murdered before being able to do so. A long list of suspects from heirs to mobsters presents The Shadow with a challenge in finding whoever was responsible for the murder.

14. Shadow, The: Invisible Avenger
Lamont Cranston, who is secretly The Shadow, heads to New Orleans to investigate the disappearance of an old friend. Arriving in town, Cranston and his aide Jogendra plan to visit a jazz musician residing there, to catch up on old times. Discovering the man has vanished; Cranston must take up his alter ego to investigate what has happened to his friend and find the person responsible for the crime.

15. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are searching for a kidnapped scientist whose invention may decide the fate of World War II. Both the Allies and the Nazis are in a desperate race to possess it for their own benefit. As Holmes and Watson close in on the missing scientist, they are confronted by their diabolical nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill), who has aligned himself with the Nazis.

16. Sign of Four, The
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) and Dr. Watson (Ian Hunter) are determined to protect Mary Morstan (Isla Bevan), a frightened young woman who is threatened by an escaped murderer. The killer is looking for a stolen fortune, and revenge on the man who stole it. Now he's at Mary's door and Holmes and Watson must look for answers in a freakish carnival filled with pygmies and tattooed men. When Mary is kidnapped, it becomes a desperate race against time.

17. Study in Scarlet, A
In this one-of-a-kind feature, Reginald Owen stars as Sherlock Holmes. The great detective is charged with investigating the slayings of members of an organization known as "The Scarlet Ring". When he visits the stately home Mrs. Pyke, the widow of one of the deceased victims, Holmes must face his ultimate challenge. The climactic scenes take place on a foggy night filled with shrieks, dark figures, hidden passages and a none-to-friendly Asian man servant.

18. Terror By Night
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) has been commissioned by Roland Carstairs to safeguard the fabulous Star of Rhodesia diamond that is owned by his mother, Lady Carstairs. Holmes is convinced that the diamond will be stolen on the train trip from Edinburgh to London; so he switches the real diamond with a fake. Unfortunately Roland is murdered, and the thieves make off with the fake. Aided by Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce), and Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey), Holmes tracks down the murderer and discovers the involvement of Colonel Sebastian Moran, the henchman of his nemesis Professor Moriarty.

19. Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, The
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) and Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming) travel to Birlstone Castle to unravel a mysterious murder. The trail leads to a secret American society of coal-miners called the Scowlers. As usual, that diabolical villain Professor Moriarty (Lynn Harding in fine form) is the evil instigator who has allied with an American mobster to kill a Pinkerton detective, who is trying to bring down the Scowlers.

20. Woman in Green, The
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his partner Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are attempting to help Scotland Yard in solving a series of strange, seemingly random murders. The gory common denominator is that each young female victim has had her right forefinger severed. The investigation subsequently leads to an organization of hypnotists and a beautiful but enigmatic woman. The diabolical Professor Moriarty, despite premature reports of his execution in Montevideo, is thought to be implicated. Holmes and Moriarty face off in the climactic scene, when, briefly, it appears that our hero's nemesis may win the day.