The Return of Jimmy Valetine (1936) + The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942) DVD-R

Get the original film, The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936), and the remake, The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942), for 20% off their individual prices!

THE RETURN OF JIMMY VALENTINE (1936)

Starring Roger Pryor, Charlotte Henry, Robert Warwick, James P. Burtis, Edgar Kennedy, J. Carrol Naish
Directed by Lewis D. Collins

Print: black/white
Runtime: 71 min.
Genre: drama

A wisecracking newspaper reporter comes up with what he believes to be the ultimate publicity stunt: have the newspaper offer a $5000 prize to whoever can find Jimmy Valentine, a once notorious safecracker who seemed to have just disappeared from the scene, supposedly retired, but the reporter decides to try to collect the prize himself.

THE AFFAIRS OF JIMMY VALENTINE (1942)

Starring Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson, Roman Bohnen and George E. Stone
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus

Print: black/white
Runtime: 72 min.
Genre: drama

To boost listener ratings, radio personality Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe) encourages sponsors, of his murder mystery radio show, to offer a reward to anyone who can locate safe cracker Jimmy Valentine, who is reportedly retired. Jason and co worker Cleo Arden, not Eve, ( played by Gloria Dickson) lead the hunt . which takes them to a small and previously quiet town. There is little tough guy Mousey (George Stone, who else ?), who becomes over zealous over the possibility of winning the reward. There is Bonnie (Ruth Terry), Mike's teen girlfriend , who adds further mayhem. The original film was cut to 54 minutes due to its' B movie billing and later television. At times. scenes may seem unconnected, for that reason.