Humphrey Bogart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		3.0
Overall		4.0

Humphrey Bogart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie Review

Here's lookin' at you, Bogey.

Reviewed by Randy Miller III March 1, 2026

Warner Archive continues their ongoing campaign of low-priced, space-saving multi-disc collections designed to quickly fill out your classic film library without emptying your wallet. Comprised of previously released Blu-rays from WAC as well as their parent company, Warner Bros., each volume typically focuses on specific actors, genres, or other themes. This new Humphrey Bogart Collection is no different and serves up four good to great Bogey classics including They Drive by Night (1940), Passage to Marseille (1944), Conflict (1945), and Chain Lightning (1950).

For full synopses and critiques of each film included in this collection, please see the reviews linked below. All reviews and summaries were written by me unless otherwise noted.

They Drive by Night - Raoul Walsh's They Drive by Night is a lot of things: part suspense, part melodrama, and at least half of a proto-noir... but whatever the formula, the end result is still pretty damn captivating more than 80 years later. Featuring a stacked cast, sharp dialogue, and no shortage of twists and turns, the plot careens along a path that first-time viewers will absolutely not be able to predict. As slightly baffling as the end result may be, it nonetheless remains a solidly entertaining effort that holds up surprisingly well more than eight decades later. Featuring a solid cast and at least one unforgettably over-the-top performance, it's a lesser-seen classic well worth (re)discovering.

Passage to Marseille (Written by Michael Reuben) - "The trailer for Warner Brother's 1944 release Passage to Marseille takes every opportunity to emphasize the film's connections to the studio's triumph two years earlier with Casablanca: same leading man, most of the same creative team, much of the same supporting cast, a similarly anti-Nazi story with a Francophile flavor. Between Humphrey Bogart's star power and the patriotic fervor of a nation deeply committed to winning an epic battle in Europe, the film was a massive success at the box office. But now that Passage to Marseille has passed beyond its immediate historical context, it stands out as one of the oddest entries in Bogart's varied filmography. He could play tough guys, romantic heroes, society men and reprobates, but Bogart, with his distinctive New York twang, was always unmistakably American. In Passage to Marseille, however, the audience is asked to accept Bogie as a Frenchman named Jean Matrac, who is so deeply devoted to liberating his beloved France from tyranny that he survives unfathomable hardship and risks death repeatedly."

Conflict - It's impossible to watch Curtis Bernhardt's striking film noir Conflict and not think of another released just one year earlier: Fritz Lang 's The Woman in the Window, one of the best films of its kind. Conflict may not reach the dizzying heights of its spiritual predecessor, but it shares a lot of the same qualities: story elements that deal with murder, infidelity, and guilt, a tense and surreal atmosphere, roots in German Expressionism, and an ending that needed to follow strict Hays Code requirements. It's a memorable production anchored by an unsympathetically dark role for Humphrey Bogart, who appears in almost every scene and absolutely commends our attention from start to finish. Released during the most productive period in Bogart's career and just one year before The Big Sleep, Conflict is entertaining as hell and something of a hidden gem in the celebrated star's dense filmography.

Chain Lightning - Stuart Heisler's film channels that era's love of cool jets and Humphrey Bogart into a lukewarm romantic drama about one man's quest to marry the girl of his dreams, eventually. Bogie plays Lt. Col. Matt Brennan, recently discharged from the Air Force, who reluctantly ends a relationship with nurse Joanne Holloway (Eleanor Parker) upon his departure from England. After a failed attempt at opening his own flight school, Brennan scores a high-paying job at Willis Aircraft Company through his connection to old military pals Major Hinkle (James Brown, but not that one) and experimental jet designer Carl Troxell (Richard Whorf)... who's now dating nurse Holloway. Whoops.

Humphrey Bogart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

For details about each film's 1080p transfer, please see the reviews linked below.

Chain Lightning

Passage to Marseille

Conflict

Chain Lightning

Humphrey Bogart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Likewise, the linked reviews below contain details about each film's lossless mono audio track.

Chain Lightning

Passage to Marseille

Conflict

Chain Lightning

Humphrey Bogart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This four-disc set ships in a hinged keepcase with separate hubs for each disc. Like other Warner Archive multi-disc collections, this one repurposes existing poster-themed covers as a paneled collage. One or more modest bonus features are included on each disc and detailed in the review links below.

Chain Lightning

Passage to Marseille

Conflict

Chain Lightning

Humphrey Bogart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Humphrey Bogart was an icon of Golden Age Hollywood and appeared in dozens of classics during his long and prolific career on radio, stage, and screen. Such a sizable body of work means that Warner Archive's brand-new Humphrey Bogart Collection collection only scratches the surface, but it's a decent entry-level set with four good-to-great films for under $40. All feature very solid A/V merits and a few bonus features too, which means this collection is firmly Recommended to any and all fans who don't own the majority of these Blu-rays already.