Boxed DVD sets in stores: Newman, Cooper, Brando

—"Somebody Up There Likes Me" (1956, b/w, audio commentary by Newman, Robert Loggia, director Robert Wise, Martin Scorsese and film critic Richard Schickel). This was Newman's second film (the first was the flop "The Silver Chalice," for which he personally apologized) and he's fabulous as boxer Rocky Graziano. Loggia and Steve McQueen make their film debuts in support. (Note that Newman participates on his first audio commentary here.)

—"The Left-Handed Gun" (1958, b/w, audio commentary by director Arthur Penn). Newman's a little old to play Billy the Kid, but he gives this otherwise slow Western a boost. Penn's feature-directing debut.

—"The Young Philadelphians" (1959, b/w, audio commentary by director Vincent Sherman and film historian Drew Casper). Interesting soap opera/courtroom drama, with Newman excellent as a lawyer from the wrong side of the tracks who's trying to climb socially.

—"Harper" (1966, audio commentary by screenwriter William Goldman, introduction by TCM host Robert Osborne). Very good throwback to '40s

film noir, with Newman as a low-rent L.A. detective who gets mixed up with high rollers, boozy broads and a faux religious cult. Lauren Bacall, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters, Julie Harris and Robert Wagner co-star.

—"Pocket Money" (1972). Newman and Lee Marvin are fun to watch in this modern-day comic Western about two dullards mixed up in a cattle scam, but they can't do much with the material.

—"The Mackintosh Man" (1973, vintage featurette). Considering the pedigree — Newman and James Mason starring, John Huston directing — we can be forgiven for expecting something better. But this espionage thriller is still enjoyable, if rather predictable.