Greatest classic legends film collection, Lauren Bacall

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Dark passage: Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name, but he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent
Key Largo: A hurricane swells outside, but that is nothing compared to the storm that rages inside the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up, holding hostage the hotel owner Nora Temple, her invalid father-in-law, and ex-GI Frank McCloud. McCloud's the one man capable of standing up against the belligerent Rocco, but postwar world realities may have taken all the fight out of him
Blood Alley: A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, winds up transporting an entire Chinese village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer
Designing woman: An easy-going, unpolished sportswriter and a sophisticated clothing designer meet, fall in love and marry while both are visiting California. When they return to their homes in New York, they decide to live in her plush apartment, and their differences soon emerge

Awards note: Academy award 1948: best supporting actress: Claire Trevor in Key Largo ; Academy award 1957: best story and screenplay written directly for the screen: George Wells for Designing woman.

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Dark passage (b&w, 106 min., standard format, 1947): Warner Bros. ; written and directed by Delmer Daves ; produced by Jerry Wald ; music by Franz Waxman ; director of photography, Sid Hickox ; editor, David Weisbart
Key Largo (b&w, 100 min., standard format, 1948): Warner Bros. ; directed by John Huston ; screenplay by Richard Brooks, John Huston ; produced by Jerry Wald ; director of photography, Karl Freund ; editor, Rudi Fehr ; music by Max Steiner
Blood Alley (color, 115 min., widescreen format, 1955): Warner Bros. ; Batjac Productions ; directed by William A. Wellman ; screenplay by A.S. Fleischman ; production designer, Alfred Ybarra ; music, Roy Webb ; photography, William H. Clother ; editor, Fred MacDowell
Designing woman (color, 118 min., widescreen, 1957): Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; written by George Wells ; directed by Vincent Minelli ; produced by Dore Schary ; music by Andre Previn ; director of photography, John Alton ; editor, Adrienne Fazan

Language note: Dark passage: in English with English, French, and Spanish subtitles ; Key Largo: in English and French with English and French subtitles ; Blood alley: in English with English, French, and Spanish subtitles ; Designing woman: in English and French with English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean subtitles ; closed-captioned

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Dark passage: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead
Key Largo: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor
Blood Alley: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall
Designing woman: Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray

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