25 Mystery Classics (2010)

Editor's Note As issued by Pacific Entertainment, this compilation presents mystery-themed material pulled from a number of different decades, alternately produced for television and the cinema. Contents include: a series of big-screen Sherlock Holmes features from the 1930s and 1940s, starring Arthur Wontner (THE SIGN OF FOUR, MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES) and Basil Rathbone (THE WOMAN IN GREEN, DRESSED TO KILL); the TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED television episodes THE STINKER and I'LL BE SEEING YOU, and the 1974 Nick Nolte telemovie DEATH SENTENCE. The second half of the compilation places a strong emphasis on selected episodes of various mystery-themed series from the 1950s, such as HIGHWAY PATROL, DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT, MR. AND MRS. NORTH, BOSTON BLACKIE and PUBLIC DEFENDER. The set concludes with the mystery features MR. WONG: DETECTIVE (1938), MIDNIGHT MANHUNT (1935), MURDER BY TELEVISION (1935) and THE BLACK RAVEN (1943).