Five-disc boxed set includes "Contraband" (1940), "Scarlet Street," "Strange Impersonation," "They Made Me a Fugitive," and "The Hitch-Hiker" (1953).

Fascinating, atmospheric tale about a magician (Erich von Stroheim) who uses hypnosis to persuade the person he believes is having an affair with his wife to kill himself. Jeanne Bates and William Wright co-star. 73 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; scene access.

A wealthy industrialist (Brian Donlevy) becomes the target of a murder plot hatched by his two-timing wife (Helen Walker) and her lover (Tony Barrett). Presumed dead after the plan goes wrong and Barrett is killed instead, Donlevy adopts a new identity in a small Idaho town, falling in love with a beautiful woman (Ella Raines) before returning home where he finds himself accused of murder. Charles Coburn, Anna May Wong also star in this overlooked thriller. 111 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Private eye Richard Carlson masquerades as a patient in an asylum in an attempt to find a missing judge and collect a reward, but will he crack the case before the conditions crack him? Well-made suspenser from Budd Boetticher ("Comanche Station") with a "Snake Pit"-type atmosphere; co-stars Lucille Bremer and the great Tor Johnson. AKA: "Human Gorilla." 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; scene access.

Knockout noirish thriller from Anthony Mann ("T-Men") centers on chemist Brenda Marshall, who tests an anesthesia she invented by injecting herself with it. Marshall's life soon turns hellish as her fiance spurns her, she is blackmailed, and her face is damaged in an explosion. But is everything as it seems? William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, H.B. Warner and Lyle Talbot also star. 68 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.

Compelling suspenser stars Dorothy McGuire as a servant, left mute by a childhood trauma, caring for invalid Ethel Barrymore in a Victorian New England mansion. As the nearby town is rocked by the murders of handicapped women, it quickly becomes clear that McGuire could be the killer's next victim. George Brent, Kent Smith, Gordon Oliver also star. 84 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French.

You won't find him at Academy Award parties or in the front row at Lakers games. This Mr. Nicholson is a suave English burglar who's suspected of murdering a well-to-do peer of the realm and teams with a young woman to clear his name. Gripping suspense tale stars Anthony Hulme, Lesley Ormond. Standard; Soundtrack: English.

Intriguing British thriller follows a woman who is desperate to contact the spirit of her dead fiance. After hiring an Indian mystic to reach out to the afterlife, the woman suddenly passes away--thrusting the psychic into a surreal world where nothing is as it appears. John Stuart, Henry Oscar, Gwynneth Vaughan star. Soundtrack: English.

During a performance at the famous Windmill Theater in London, a man is apparently killed by a cast member. When the victim's body is found in the first row of the venue, police force the actors to restage the show with hopes of figuring out which of the thespians is the murderer. Garry Marsh, Jon Pertwee (as Jon Pertwer), Jack Livesey star. Soundtrack: English.

Infectious performances highlight this spy yarn about Nazis swiping germ warfare secrets from a British lab. Mervyn Johns plays a ruthless infiltrator who murders a scientist and impersonates him. With Robert Beatty, Margaretta Scott, Nova Pilbeam. AKA: "Devil's Plot." Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.

Risible whodunit sparked by an ingenious wit and engaging plot twists about the bitter rivalry between two newspaper magnates and the comical mishaps that arise when one turns up dead and the other tries to stash the corpse. Stars J. Edward Bromberg and Isabel Randolph. 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.