Tough Guys Collection
From Warner, a collection of six films, all dipped in noir and featuring some of the major players of the genre.
The standouts are 1940's "City for Conquest," with James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and even Elia Kazan before he turned to directing; 1936's "Bullets or Ballots," with Edward G. Robinson paired opposite Humphrey Bogart; 1935's "G Men," again with Cagney; and the 1938 gangster comedy, "A Slight Case of Murder,” with Robinson awash in farce and corpses.
Less effective are Bogart's underwhelming turn in the 1937's "San Quentin" and Cagney in the 1939 prison drama, "Each Dawn I Die."
Still, for the value, the excellent commentaries and the extensive extras alone, it's a solid set.
Grade: B+
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