Following the success of Anglo-Amalgamated's Scotland Yard and Edgar Wallace Mysteries, the production company scored another hit with Scales of Justice, thirteen dramas based on real-life trials that dramatise events from the alleged crime to the courtroom. As with the previous series, the films were produced at the company's Merton Park Studios to be screened as support features in British cinemas, making a successful transition to the small screen during the 1970s. This set contains all thirteen films, produced between 1962 and 1967. Introduced by crime writer Edgar Lustgarten and complemented by The Tornados' memorably pacy theme music, the dramas feature performances from some of the era's finest, and now most instantly recognisable, actors - including Alexandra Bastedo, Patrick Wymark, Peter Barkworth, Keith Barron, and Barrie Ingham.
Directed by Gordon Flemyng and now fully restored Dr. Who and The Daleks (1965) was the first big screen film adaptation of British TV's most iconic sci-fi hero and was the first time Doctor Who was ever seen in colour! British film legend Peter Cushing plays everyone's favourite Timelord and having invented the Tardis a strange machine capable of travelling into other dimensions the Doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest through time and space. Their journey takes them into the dark undiscovered depths of the universe and to the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devastated by nuclear war and populated by two warring species a peaceful tribe known as Thals and a life form heavily mutated by radiation encased in protective machines. A merciless force of destruction known as The Daleks! Special Features: Dalekmania Restoring Dr. Who and The Daleks Interview with Author Gareth Owen Stills Gallery Trailer
Made in 1968 and broadcast to tremendous critical acclaim The Caesars was one of the last great drama productions made in black and white for ITV by Granada. The Caesars is an unrivalled period drama detailing the murder sex and madness that will forever have a place in the annals of ancient history. This six-part series is available for the first time anywhere on DVD. After a century of being wrecked by dissension and ruinous civil wars the Romans were willing to p
Directed by Gordon Flemyng and now fully restored Dr. Who and The Daleks (1965) was the first big screen film adaptation of British TV's most iconic sci-fi hero and was the first time Doctor Who was ever seen in colour! British film legend Peter Cushing plays everyone's favourite Timelord and having invented the Tardis a strange machine capable of travelling into other dimensions the Doctor and his three young accomplices set forth on a quest through time and space. Their journey takes them into the dark undiscovered depths of the universe and to the planet of Skaro. A primitive world devastated by nuclear war and populated by two warring species a peaceful tribe known as Thals and a life form heavily mutated by radiation encased in protective machines. A merciless force of destruction known as The Daleks! Special Features: Dalekmania Restoring Dr. Who and The Daleks Interview with Author Gareth Owen Stills Gallery Trailer
A Challenge For Robin Hood (Hammer)
In the Bermuda Triangle nothing stays lost forever... From director Brian Singer (X-Men Usual Suspects) and producer Dean Devlin (Stargate Independence Day) comes a stunning new original mini-series courtesy of the Sci-fi Channel. Billionaire Eric Benireall (Sam Neill) is losing his cargo ships and their crews at a frightening pace - and he wants answers. His bemused hand-picked team of a subject-specific experts include: sceptical tabloid journalist Howard
Doctor Who And The Daleks: Eccentric scientific genius Dr. Who activates the T.A.R.D.I.S. a remarkable time machine disguised as an ordinary callbox. But when the Doctor his granddaughters and their friend Ian are transported to the mysterious planet Skaro they discover a race of innocent humanoids under siege by evil robot-like Daleks. Can the Doctor protect this peaceful society from destruction as well as save the entire universe from a diabolical invasion of the future? (Dir. Gordon Flemyng 1965) Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. The remarkable Doctor and his companions use their time machine the T.A.R.D.I.S. to travel to the Earth's future. But when they arrive they discover a battle-raveaged world where mankind has been conquered and enslaved by the diabolical Daleks. Can Doctor Who foil their fiendish plan to mine the Earth's nuclear core? (Dir. Gordon Flemyng 1966)
Based on a story by Doctor Who legend Robert Holmes, Public Eye creator Roger Marshall scripts this cult sci-fi thriller from Merton Park studios. Starring Edward Judd memorably powerful in The Day the Earth Caught Fire actor/writer Lyndon Brook and cult actress and cabaret artiste Yoko Tani, this immensely popular '60s drama is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Routine tests on a traffic accident victim lead to shocking discoveries when the man's blood is found to be unidentifiable and x-rays reveal a disc embedded in his brain. His fabulous tale of being an escaped prisoner from an alien spaceship takes a turn for the sinister when the hospital staff realise that they're under a state of siege! SPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery
The final box set in the series draws the curtain on the career of Mrs Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) and introduces swinging new assistant Tara King! Featuring the following episodes: The ''50 000 Breakfast Dead Man's Treasure You Have Just Been Murdered The Positive-Negative Man Murdersville Mission... Highly Improbable The Forget-Me-Knot
Barrie Ingham (The Power Game, The Caesars) stars as Joe Hine, an international arms dealer battling to stay one step ahead of the competition in this rapidly paced and typically stylish ATV drama series. Hine operates alone in a multi-billion-pound market dominated by a handful of monolithic corporations. His closest rival is arms firm Pendles, where Astor Harris (Paul Eddington) is head of weapons sales; along with Harris and company chairman Sir Christopher Pendle, he also faces regular tussles with Walpole Gibb, a hostile official at the Department of Arms Disposal Overseas. While they form a duplicitous alliance prepared to go to great lengths to keep him out of the running, business rivalry and Whitehall red tape are often the least of Hine's problems: from blackmail, diplomatic double-dealing and bribery to armed insurrection and kidnapping, his line of work ensures intrigue and danger are ever-present.
In the mid-1960s, with Dalekmania sweeping Britain, BBC TV's Doctor Who materialised on the silver screen. Doctor Who and the Daleks replaced William Hartnell with Peter Cushing and remade the Daleks' TV debut with a much bigger budget in Technicolor and Techniscope. With his two granddaughters, Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden (and Roy Castle along for comic relief), the Doctor becomes an intermediary in a conflict between the robotic Daleks and angelic Thals on the almost dead world of Skaro. A huge hit on release, the film remains an enjoyable, well-produced family adventure, though somewhat lacking the menace of the TV original. Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD remakes the second Dalek TV serial and finds the Doctor and companions in a ravaged future London where a resistance movement has literally gone underground to fight the Nazi-like alien invaders. Peter Cushing once more makes a kindly, dependable Doctor, though Bernard Cribbins is given a cringe-making comedy routine impersonating a "roboman", and the jazzy soundtrack is wildly out of place. Nevertheless this is a superior sequel, offering lavish production values, better action set-pieces and a higher suspense and fear factor than its predecessor. The best moments remain surprisingly chilling even today. On the DVD: Doctor Who and the Daleks--the first disc--has a fun, very well-made 1995 documentary running 57 minutes and recounting the production of both feature films. Included are interviews with various surviving cast members. There is also an affectionate commentary with Roberta Tovey and Jennie Linden, hosted by Jonathan Southcote, author of The Cult Films of Peter Cushing. Sadly Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD has no substantial extra features, but both discs include the respective trailer, presented anamorphically enhanced, and a DVD-ROM reproduction of the relevant cinema brochure. The mono sound is good and the pin-sharp, vibrantly colourful, anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfers are all but flawless, making both films look good as new. --Gary S Dalkin
More other-worldy adventures featuring Jeff Randall (Mike Pratt) and his deceased private detective partner Marty Hopkirk (Kenneth Cope)... Eps. 23: The Trouble With Women - Jeff gambles with his life while investigating the owner of a casino. Eps. 24: Vendetta To A Dead Man - A vengeance seeking excaped prisoner is looking to settle an old score. Eps. 25: You Can Always Find A Fall Guy - Jeff is double crossed by a nun. Eps. 26: - The Smile Behind The Veil - A simple funeral turns into a strange murder mystery.
Mark Blankfield stars as Navin Johnson, an orphan raised by a kindly family who found him in their mailbox. Leaving home for the very first time, Navin is a natural victim, preyed upon by people around him and life s circumstances. But Navin is also gifted- he s so intensely good that only good things happen to him. In the midst of all the chaos, Navin always lands feet first, sometimes leaving a trail of destruction behind him.
The legendary Peter Cushing stars in two thrilling big screen adventures of the beloved BBC serial that captured the imagination of the world. A huge hit on release these films remain classic British Sci-Fi movies all self-respecting Dr. Who and sci-fi fans shouldn't be without them attractively packaged with additional high quality film memorabilia. This Classic Collection box set will include: DVD of 'Doctor Who And The Daleks' DVD of 'Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.' two collectible film Senitypes'' (image from the film and 35mm film frame) two original full colour printed theatrical campaign brochures one from each film; plus an in-pack free rolled cinema poster (one sheet) offer of each film.
The glorious Disney tradition of brilliant animation lovable characters and non-stop fun continues in the thrilling animated classic Basil The Great Mouse Detective. Set in turn-of-the-century London the story pits Basil of Baker Street - The Sherlock Holmes of the mouse world - against his diabolically demented arch-enemy Professor Ratigan (voiced by Vincent Price). The adventure begins when a little girls father is kidnapped by the villianous Ratigan. That's when Basil his bumb
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