"Actor: Bogart"

• The Golden Age Of Comedy | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £39.99   |  Saving you £-10.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This DVD collection brings together a wealth of comedy and variety shows that dominated US TV schedules in the 1950s. These provided a showcase for the established stars of the day and a launch platform for a whole new generation of comedians including: Bob Hope Jack Benny Burns & Allen Martin & Lewis Abbott & Costello The Three Stooges Lucille Ball Phil Silvers Groucho Marx and many more. With over 8 hours of highlights from 13 different shows The Golden Age Of Comed

• San Quentin | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  After a successful career in the army, Captain Robert Stephenson (Pat O’Brien) decides to take over at the notorious San Quentin prison and see if he can make men of the prisoners with army discipline. The night before he is due to take over at San Quentin he meets and falls for May (Ann Sheridan), a beautiful nightclub singer. Unknown to Stephenson, May’s brother is the wayward Joe ‘Red’ Kennedy (Humphrey Bogart) who is on the run from the police. Red is eventually cornered at the nightclub and tries to shoot his way out of trouble before being arrested in front of his sister and Stephenson. After being sentenced, Red is sent to San Quentin and when Stephenson realises that Red is his lover’s brother, he decides to try and reform him. But the harshness of prison and the inveterate convict ‘Sailor Boy’ (Joe Sawyer) have other plans for Red.

• Last Run | DVD | (01/12/2009) from £10.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Last Run is a dark sexy comedy that confronts male/female relationships amidst a beauty obsessed and media driven society. Steven Goodson is your average twenty-eight year old guy toiling away as an accountant. His girlfriend Chloe is every guy's dream a stunning model who takes your breath away. For three years Steven has been 'the man'! However this happiness and his entire identity is shattered the instant he finds out that Chloe has strayed! Devastated Steven turns for support to his best friend who bluntly tells him the only way to get over Chloe is to 'go on a run' and sleep with as many women as he possibly can. Steven thinks this is 'bad medicine' and instead is determined to replace Chloe with another beautiful model. He wants to feel the power of the 'arm piece' again.

• Entertaining The Troops | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A wonderful insight into the activities of American Entertainers during World War II

• Humphrey Bogart Silver Screen Collection | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Humphrey Bogart was a Broadway stage player and B movie actor of some considerable note before he made the transition into super stardom a feat finally achieved with High Sierra in 1941. Perhaps best known for his gangster roles Bogart was sent to the electric chair no fewer than twelve times and was sentenced to more than 800 years of hard labour in prison! Here are two films in which he does neither although he is killed off in Call It Murder! Beat The Devil: A group of international crooks and conmen are stranded in Italy whilst their steamer is repaired. Along with the Dannreuther's they are headed for Africa supposedly to sell vacuum cleaners but with an eye to buying land enriched with uranium. Call It Murder: A crime of passion murder leads to Ethel Saxon being sentenced to death in the electric chair. Just as the sentence is to be carried out the jury foreman's daughter confesses to having killed her lover with the forman having to help his daughter avoid the chair.

• Humphrey Bogart Crime Collection | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  THE BIG SLEEP: L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case...and follows a trail peopled with murderers pornographers nightclub rogues the spoiled rich and more. Humphrey Bogart plays Raymond Chandler's legendary gumshoe and director Howard Hawks serves up snappy character encounters (particularly involving Lauren Bacall) a brisk pace and atmosphere galore in this certified classic. KEY LARGO: A hurricane swells outside but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) holes up and holds at gunpoint hotel owner Nora Temple (Lionel Barrymore) and ex-GI Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart). McCloud's the one man capable of standing up against the belligerent Rocco. But the postwar world's realities may have taken all the fight out of him. John Huston co-wrote and compellingly directs this film of Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play with a searing Academy Awardwinning performance by Claire Trevor as Rocco's gold-hearted boozy moll. In Huston's hands it becomes a powerful sweltering classic. THE MALTESE FALCON: A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who's gonna take the fall. This third screen version of Dashiell Hammett's novel is a film of firsts: John Huston's directorial debut rotund 62-year-old Sydney Greenstreet's screen debut film history's first film noir and Bogart's breakthrough role after years as a Warner contract player. When George Raft refused to work with a first-time director Bogart took on the role of Spade - and launched the most acclaimed period of his career.

• Classic Cuts Collection - Tough Guys | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £45.92   |  Saving you £-20.93 (-83.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Wild One (Dir. Laszlo Benedek): An angry young Marlon Brando scorches the screen as The Wild One in this powerful `50s cult classic. Brando plays Johnny the leader of a vicious biker gang that involves a small sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hell-bent on destruction until he falls for Kathie (Mary Murphy) a ""good-girl"" whose father happens to be a cop. Unfortunately for Johnny his one shot at redemption is threatened by a psychotic rival Chino (Lee Marivn) plus the hostility and prejudice of the townspeople. All their smouldering passions explode in an electrifying climax. The Harder They Fall (Dir. Mark Robson): A down and out sports writer (Bogart) takes a job minding a boxer for a syndicate. Having arranged a title fight he is forced into fixing it by a mobster... Cape Fear (Dir. J. Lee Thompson): Sam is a small-town lawyer whose worst nightmare comes true when the criminal he helped put away returns to stalk his beautiful young wife (Bergen) and teenage daughter (Martin). Despite help from the local police chief (Balsam) and a private detective (Savalas) Sam is legally powerless to keep Max from playing his sadistic game of cat and mouse. Finally Sam must put his family's lives at stake in a deadly trap that leads to one of the most suspenseful and heart-pounding confrontations ever committed to film... Spartacus (Dir. Stanley Kubrick): Stanley Kubrick's film tells the tale of Spartacus the bold gladiator slave and Virinia the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height.

• Beat The Devil / Humphrey Bogart On Film | DVD | (15/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• The Tough Guys Collection - Bullets Or Ballots/San Quentin/A Slight Case Of Murder | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Bullets Or Ballots: After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks him down convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. ""Buggs"" Fenner thinks Blake is a police agent. San Quentin: Do the crime do the time. But what happens during the long years spent behind the walls of San Quentin? The penitentiary's new yard captain wants to make those years a time of rehabilitation rather than punishment. But not everyone's buying it. Humphrey Bogart portrays Red continuing his climb to stardom in this brisk film that's one of a string of Depression-era works combining gangster-movie elements with a Big House setting. Studio mainstay Pat O'Brien plays Steve Jameson whose carrot-and-stick reforms begin to change Red's thinking. An inmates' strike and a scripture-quoting con who swipes a rifle are among the troubles Jameson faces- and Red is another as he reverts to his old ways and makes a violent break for freedom. A Slight Case Of Murder: A breakneck-paced comedy starring Edward G. Robinson as a tough but good-hearted bootlegger. When Prohibition is repealed Robinson faces a financial crisis: His beer tastes so awful that no one wants to drink it legally. As an additional headache Robinson is under scrutiny from the Law which is waiting to slip the cuffs on him for the slightest infraction. He arrives at his rented Saratoga mansion with his wife (Ruth Donnelly) daughter (Jane Bryan) and adopted son (Bobby Jordan) only to discover that a killer has left four corpses in his bedroom. Robinson and his stooges are forced to hide the bodies before his future son-in-law (Willard Parker) who happens to be a cop tumbles to the dilemma. Based on a stage play by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.

• Road To Bali / My Favourite Brunette | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Road To Bali - Hope and Crosby play George Cochran and Harold Gridley American vaudevillains on the run from some angry fathers in Australia. To avoid a dual shotgun wedding George and Harold end up on the island of Bali and sign on as deep sea divers for Prince Arok - and become smitten with the princess Lalah. My Favourite Brunette - Ronnie Jackson is a baby photographer with aspirations for more exciting work. He is studying to be a detective like the guy in the

• Tokyo Joe | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £11.15   |  Saving you £-1.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Humphrey Bogart plays Saloonkeeper Joe Barrett in postwar Tokyo. With an interesting cast including Alexander Knox and an outstanding performance by Sessue Hayakawa (Bridge on the River Kwai) as the japanese gang lord. Florence Marly adds a european/international touch as White Russian Cabaret singer. The theme of postwar Japan is rarely touched on, and like Sam Fuller's 'House of Bamboo', Tokyo Joe takes a long, slow look at the underbelly of Japan's postwar milieu. Like Casablanca, this film has all the elements, haunting theme music, guns, girls and gangsters with a whiff of geopolitical intrigue.

• Puccini - Turandot (Maazel, Wiener Staatsoper Choir) | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £21.79   |  Saving you £14.20 (65.17%)   |  RRP £35.99

  This is a live recording of Puccini's popular opera Turandot from the Vienna State Opera in 1983.

• Casablanca - Special Edition | DVD | (04/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  World War II Morocco springs to life in Michael Curtiz's classic love story. Colourful characters abound in "Casablanca", a waiting room for Europeans trying to escape Hitler's war-torn Europe.

• Ww2 Battles & Victories | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Combining war footage with interviews with the likes of Humphrey Bogart Bob Hope Lucille Ball Dwight D. Eisenhower Bing Crosby and James Stewart.

• Road to Bali-Bob Hope Story | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £12.38   |  Saving you £2.61 (17.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby team up in ROAD TO BALI the sixth Road picture and the only one made in Technicolor. Hope and Crosby play music hall artists in Australia. After a series of adventures they find themselves in Port Darwin where they are hired as deep-sea divers searching for treasure. There they meet Princess McTavish (Lamour). Hope encounters a sea monster but still captures the treasure and all three escape to Bali. The film features cameos by Jane Russell Humphrey Bogart Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

• Road To Bali | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Hope and Crosby play George Cochran and Harold Gridley American vaudevillains on the run from some angry fathers in Australia. To avoid a dual shotgun wedding George and Harold end up on the island of Bali and sign on as deep sea divers for Prince Arok - and become smitten with the princess Lalah.

• Beat The Devil | DVD | (06/07/2009) from £6.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (18.37%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A group of international crooks and conmen are stranded in Italy whilst their steamer is repaired. Along with the Dannreuther s they are headed for Africa supposedly to sell vacuum cleaners but with an eye to buying land enriched with uranium.

• Hollywood-The Fabulous Era | DVD | (17/10/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This documentary all intent and purpose a history of talking pictures, from their inception in 1929/30 until the 1960's.It is a celebration of the old Hollywood and includes a pantheon of screen deities including such luminaries as John Wayne, Lana Turner, Marilyn Monroe, Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall amongst others. Narration is skilfullyprovided by Henry Fonda, who guides us through this wonderful age before television and the demise of the picture palace decimated the power and impact of Hollywood cinema. Joinus on a once-in-a-lifetime journey through screen yesteryear and we see the stars, the story in it's final glory.

• Classic Tough Guys | DVD | (01/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Call It Murder (Dir. Chester Erskine 1934) This is the story of a jury foreman whose vote sends a young woman to the electric chair for a murder she committed. His beliefs are tested when his own daughter goes on trial for a similar murder. Great Guy (Dir. John G. Blystone 1937): Ex-prize-fighter Johnny Cave (Cagney) Is knocked into the position of chief deputy of weights and measures after the current chief is hospitalized by an apparent assassination attempt. After only minutes on the job Cave goes several rounds with a ring of light-weight chiselers who have mastered the art of defrauding shoppers. Cave's aggressive political tactics make him the next likely target on the underworld's hit list. The Lucky Texan (Dir. Robert Bradbury 1934): John Wayne and his sidekick 'Gabby"" Hayes are gold miners who strike it rich. Unfortunately before they can enjoy the fruits of their labor they are wrongfully accused of robbery and murder. As always the road to the truth is never a straight path. Vengeance Valley (Dir. Richard Thorpe 1951): For his entire life Owen has been covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee protecting the rascal from their father's wrath. Finally however Lee's shenanigans go too far. After getting a young woman pregnant Lee shifts the blame to Owen. Lee even encourages the girl's brothers to get revenge hoping that with Owen out of the picture he'll become the sole heir to their father's farm. That's as much as any man can take...and Owen decides that it's time to settle the score. The Big Trees (Dir. Felix Feist 1952): A peaceful Quaker colony is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a fast-talking lumber man. A new law will enable his company to harvest millions of dollars from the majestic redwood forests if the locals will let him. The community refuses to see their beloved sequoias wiped out and pleads with the greedy businessman to halt the destruction. As their clash of ideas rages on an even greater threat to the trees emerges. The Man From Utah (Dir. Robert N. Bradbury 1934): This John Wayne classic brings us to the rodeo. John Weston ('the Duke') has to deal with the corrupt patron who has killed some of the rodeo's performers and who fixes the competition to guarantee Weston to lose. Gangster Story (Dir. Walter Matthau 1960): Matthau plays mob leader Jack Martin whose girlfriend Carol (Grace) is desperate for him to give up his unlawful and dishonest lifestyle. The problem is Jack doesn't have the same yearning to turn his back on his shady past but the crunch comes when he persuades the bank manager to lease him an office in the building and promptly robs the bank! With events turning very nasty is there any point in Carol trying to save her man from himself when all the signs indicate that he's hell bent on a course to self-destruction. Beat The Devil (Dir. John Huston 1953): a wacky comedy that's played as straight as any film noir and is even funnier as a result. Five men (Bogart Lorre Morley Barnard and Tulli) are out to garner control over East African land which they believe contains a rich uranium ore lode. Billy Dannreuther (Bogart) is married to Maria (Gina Lollobrigida) the other four are their ""business associates"" and Jones and Underdown are added to the mix for some interesting diversification. As the boat leaves from Italy to Africa a hodge-podge of amusingly silly adventures begins. British Intelligence (Dir. William Nigh 1940): They say that Karloff preferred character parts and in British Intelligence he's Valdar a sabrescarred butler who might be a secret agent.

• The Best Of Film Noir | DVD | (27/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Film Noir is Hollywoods truly original vision for the shadowy smoky underworld. In films from the 40's and 50's they entertain us with intrigue conflict and lust. The Best Of Film Noir takes you to that other side of life which only a movie can - the Hollywood of not only yesteryear but of today as well.