In 1950, Hammer Films set up a deal with American Producer Robert L. Lippert to produce low-budget crime dramas to be made in the UK. Lippert would send over a shop-worn Hollywood star or promising American newcomer to give the films box-office appeal in the states, supported by the usual fine casts of British character actors that make most British movies worth watching. This five-year arrangement produced over a dozen well-made little B-noirs that seemed to have fallen through the film history cracks... until now. Films included in the Collection are Bad Blonde (1953), Man Bait (1952), A Stolen Face (1952), Blackout (1954), The Gambler and the Lady (1952) and Heat Wave (1954).
Director: Ken Hughes
Director: Patrick Jenkins
Director: Reginald Le Borg
Director: Sam Newfield
Director: Terence Fisher
Producer: Jason Gibson
Actor: Marguerite Chapman
Actor: Peter Reynolds
Actor: Raymond Huntley
Actor: Dane Clark
Actor: Barbara Payton
Actor: Belinda Lee
Actor: George Brent
Actor: John Slater
Actor: Betty Ann Davies
Actor: Eleanor Summerfield
Actor: Sidney James
Actor: Andrew Osborn
Actor: Tony Wright
Actor: Harold Lang
Actor: Jill Melford
Actor: Enzo Coticchia
Actor: Alvis Maben
Actor: Michael Golden
Actor: Nora Gorden
Actor: Bettina Dickson
Actor: Alfie Bass
Actor: Cleo Laine