Forgotten Noir Vol. 4 – Man From Cairo/Mask of the Dragon

THE MAN FROM CAIRO – A $100 million gold cache, hidden in the North African desert during World War II, is at the center of the crime mystery plot. George Raft, mistaken for an American detective working for French Intelligence, is drawn into the hunt for the missing gold–and quickly finds himself a suspect in the strangulation murder of beautiful Irene Papas. 1953|81 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR

MASK OF THE DRAGON – An American soldier in Korea (Richard Emory) agrees to deliver a porcelain dragon to a curio shop in L.A.’s Chinatown–but soon after his return to the States, he is murdered. Determined to solve the crime, his private-detective buddy Richard Travis and Travis’ girl Sheila Ryan look into the possibility of a smuggling ring and the mystery of the dragon. 1951|55 min.|B&W|1.33:1|NR

SPECIAL FEATURES: GEORGE RAFT BIOGRAPHY by Stone Wallace;  SID MELTON VIDEO BIOGRAPHY by Joel Blumberg; Photo and Advertising Gallery, Trailers and Bios.