Illegal
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Gangsters -- United States -- Drama.
Lawyers -- United States -- Drama.
Legal films.
Malicious accusation -- United States -- Drama.
Police -- Mexico -- Drama.
Swindlers and swindling -- Mexico -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2017].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 160 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
888574564766

Notes

General Note
The big steal based on the Saturday Evening Post story "The road to Carmichael's" by Richard Wormser.
General Note
Illegal originally released as a motion picture in 1955; The big steal originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
General Note
Special features: Commentaries by Nina Foch and film historian Patricia King Hanson on 'Illegal' and film historian Richard B. Jewell on 'The big steal;' vintage "Behind the cameras" segment with Edward G. Robinson from the 'Warner Bros. presents' TV series; new featurettes: "Illegal: marked for life" and "The big steal: look behind you;" theatrical trailers.
Creation/Production Credits
Illegal: Music, Max Steiner ; director of photography, J. Peverell Marley ; editor, Thomas Reilly.
Creation/Production Credits
The big steal: Director of photography, Harry J. Wild ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music, Leigh Harline.
Participants/Performers
Illegal cast: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Kulky, DeForest Kelly.
Participants/Performers
The big steal cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro, Don Alvarado, John Qualen.
Description
Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. Embroiled in dirty mob politics, the situation becomes intolerable when his former protégé is charged with a murder that seems to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob.
Description
The big steal: Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidentally meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Soon the local Inspector General (El Gato) is involved. Fiske races across Mexico, pursued by Jane and Duke, trailed by the real Capt. Blake. The crafty Inspector General is waiting for them in Tihuacan but they all give him the slip.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, full screen (standard ; 4x3, 1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Audio mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video, "Play Only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container.
Language
In English.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Allen, L., Rosenberg, F. P., Burnett, W. R. 1., Webb, J. R., Robinson, E. G., Foch, N., Marlowe, H., Mansfield, J., Gross, J. J., Siegel, D., Homes, G., Adams, G. D., Mitchum, R., Greer, J., Bendix, W., Knowles, P., Novarro, R., Alvarado, D., Qualen, J., Steiner, M., Harline, L., & Wormser, R. (2017). Illegal (Full screen.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lewis Allen et al.. 2017. Illegal. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lewis Allen et al.. Illegal Warner Home Video, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Allen, Lewis, et al. Illegal Full screen., Warner Home Video, 2017.

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