Brit Noir Collection II (Home at Seven / The Intruder / The Long Arm)

Two-disc set includes: Home at Seven (1952)London bank clerk David Preston (Ralph Richardson, in his one-and-done directing assignment) goes missing for 24 hours and turns up with no memory of where he had been. When the police label him a suspect in a local club robbery and the murder of a worker there, Preston must try to determine what happened to him... and if he could have committed the crime. Compelling British suspenser also stars Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins. AKA: "Murder on Monday." 85 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Intruder (1953)Coming home to find a break-in, ex-Army officer Wolf Merton (Jack Hawkins) got the drop on the burglar... and was stunned to discover that the thief was Ginger Edwards (Michael Medwin), who'd served with distinction under him during the war. After Edwards fled, Merton made the rounds of his former regiment to try and understand what brought a good soldier to crime. Dennis Price, George Cole, Susan Shaw co-star; Guy Hamilton directs. 84 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Long Arm (1956)The authorities at Scotland Yard are perplexed by a series of safecrackings where the only suspect who would be capable of such a job is a dead man. Detective Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins) is dispatched to solve the compelling mystery, but when murder becomes part of the equation, the ante is upped considerably. Dorothy Alison, John Stratton co-stars in Charles Frend's British crime thriller. AKA: "The Third Key." 96 min. BW/Rtg: NR Standard; Soundtrack: English; theatrical trailers.