Guy Madison (The Beast of Hollow Mountain) and Kim Novak (Pushover) head an all-star cast in the film noir caper 5 Against the House, briskly directed by Phil Karlson (Scandal Sheet). A group of college students join with Novak's nightclub singer to rob Reno's famous Harold's Casino. As technical mastermind Ronnie (Kerwin Matthews, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) analyses the high-tech security system, traumatised war veteran Brick (Brian Keith, Tight Spot) threatens blow the whole plan apart. A classic of the heist genre, 5 Against the House was an influence on Ocean's 11 and Martin Scorsese's Casino, and forced the real-life Harry's to change the design of its security systems for fear of copycat robbery attempts. Extras: Indicator Standard Edition Special Features High Definition presentation Original mono audio Audio commentary with film critic David Jenkins (2020) The Guardian Interview with Kim Novak (1997, 67 mins): archival video recording of the celebrated actor in conversation with David Robinson at the National Film Theatre, London Sweet and Hot (1958, 17 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio team up with a female singer in the hope of finding fame and fortune in the big city Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
This classic Western adapted from the novel by Harold Robbins and starring STEVE MCQUEEN in the title role is an edgy and gripping story of revenge that interweaves a number of different stories together in one mans quest to track down the killers of his parents. NEVADA SMITH sees a return to form for McQueen in a genre that he excelled in and with a supporting cast including Karl Malden Martin Landau and Arthur Kennedy the film sparkles with great performances and breathtaking s
Caitlin Rose wants to be part of the 'in' crowd at Lockhart High School and will do anything to achieve this. She is not prepared however for rape and when she accuses her attacker her friends turn against her. She is regarded as an outcast by the school and town but she begins a long fight to clear her name...
There's No Place On Earth To Hide! As a five-mile-wide asteroid hurtles towards Earth scientist Paul Bradley - inventor of Hercules a revolutionary satellite missile launching system - tries to warn the U.S. government of the impending danger. But because of his fanatical anti-Soviet sentiment General Adlon refuses to heed Bradley's warnings and turn the missiles away from their Soviet targets to aim them towards outer space. Now Bradley and his Soviet counterpart Dubov h
Against All Flags (Dir. George Sherman 1952): In 1700 the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered flogged and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate ""republic."" There Hawke meets lovely Spitfire Stevens a pirate captain in her own right and the sparks begin to fly; but wooing a pirate poses unique problems. Especially after he rescues adoring young Princess Patma from a captured ship. Meanwhile Hawke's secret mission proceeds to an action-packed climax. The Rare Breed (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1966): In the 1880s Englishwoman Martha Price (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to America to sell their prize Hereford bull at an auction. When he is purchased by Bowen a wild Scotsman (Brian Keith) the women hire a footloose cowhand named Burnett (James Stewart) to help them transport the animal to its new owner. So begins an adventure that tests the mettle of all involved as they battle killers cattle stampedes and each other. But when they reach Bowen's ranch even greater obstacles force them to summon up extraordinary courage if they and the prize bull are to survive...
Screen legends Ginger Rogers (Swing Time), Edward G Robinson (The Whole Town's Talking) and Brian Keith (5 Against the House) team up for this tense film noir drama. US attorney Lloyd Hallet offers gangster's moll Sherry Conley a deal she will walk free if she testifies in the trial of notorious mobster Benjamin Costain. With Conley hiding out in a hotel, Lieutenant Striker seeks to protect her from Costain's men... but Striker isn't all he appears to be. Loosely based on the real-life case of Virginia Hill, girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel, with a screenplay by William Bowers (Support Your Local Sheriff) and directed by noir specialist Phil Karlson (Scandal Sheet), Tight Spot expertly blends action, romance, and drama. Product Features High Definition presentation Original mono audio Audio commentary with writer and film historian Nora Fiore (2021) The Senate Crime Investigations (1951, 62 mins): extracts from unedited telerecordings of the US senate committee's hearings into organised crime, originally compiled by the British Film Institute and presented in four parts, including footage of Virginia Hill, who partly inspired Tight Spot Idiots Deluxe (1945, 18 mins): courtroom comedy short starring the Three Stooges and featuring an isolated hideaway beset by a deadly intruder Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
The Quiet Man (Dir. John Ford 1952): John Ford's The Quiet Man celebrates one of Hollywood's most romantic and enduring epics. The first American feature to be filmed in Ireland's picturesque countryside Ford richly imbued this masterpiece with his love of Ireland and its people. Sean Thornton is an American who swears off boxing after accidentally killing an opponent. Returning to the Irish town of his birth he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate. Though he is sorely tempted to pick up the gloves against her brother the town bully Sean is determined not to use his fists. Mary Kate and Sean wed but her brother refuses to pay the dowry. Sean would rather walk away than accept this challenge. Even when his new wife accuses him of cowardice Sean stands firm. But when she boards a train to leave he is finally ready to take matters into his own hands. Rio Grande (Dir. John Ford 1950): John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are embroiled in an epic battle with the Apaches and each other in this John Ford classic. Lt Col. Yorke (Wayne) heads to the Rio Grande to fight a warring tribe. But Yorke faces his toughest battle when his unorthodox plan to outwit the elusive Apaches leads to possible court-martial. Locked in a bloody war he must fight to redeem his honour and save his family. Against All Flags (Dir. George Sherman 1952): In 1700 the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered flogged and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate ""republic."" There Hawke meets lovely Spitfire Stevens a pirate captain in her own right and the sparks begin to fly; but wooing a pirate poses unique problems. Especially after he rescues adoring young Princess Patma from a captured ship. Meanwhile Hawke's secret mission proceeds to an action-packed climax. Rare Breed (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1966): In the 1880s Englishwoman Martha Price (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to America to sell their prize Hereford bull at an auction. When he is purchased by Bowen a wild Scotsman (Brian Keith) the women hire a footloose cowhand named Burnett (James Stewart) to help them transport the animal to its new owner. So begins an adventure that tests the mettle of all involved as they battle killers cattle stampedes and each other. But when they reach Bowen's ranch even greater obstacles force them to summon up extraordinary courage if they and the prize bull are to survive... Our Man In Havana (Dir. Carol Reed 1959): Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) a vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana is recruited by the British Intelligence Services. As he has nothing to report he invents facts and pretends to discover secret operations...with disastrous consequences. Carol Reed directs this adaptation of the Graham Greene story. Lady Godiva Of Coventry (Dir Arthur Lubin 1955): Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady
John Thaw takes the first starring role of his career in RedCap in which he plays Sergeant John Mann of the Royal Military Policess Special Investigation Branch. Made in 1964 at a time when the British army was still highly active Redcap's scripts cover investigations in Germany Aden Cyprus and Borneo. Episodes Comprise: 1. Crime Passionel 2. The Pride Of The Regiment 3. The Killer 4. Buckingham Palace 5. Rough Justice 6. The Moneylenders 7. St
Sherry Conley a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background is taken from prison to a hotel where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand and why should she stick her neck out? At the hotel several attempts are made on her life and she falls for Vince the policemen guarding her...
They were childhood friends close as sisters and bound by a special promise. But now Sunny Jacobs (Mimi Rogers) is branded a cop killer. She's spent 15 years in a grim penitentiary. She swears she's innocent but only one person her friend Micki (Veronica Hamel) believes her. Micki alone has the courage to enter the corridors of power and fight for her friends freedom. Its a murky world where witnesses are bribed vital evidence is supressed and innocent people die in the electric chair. So lives are at stake and its a race agsinst time. And for Micki theres an ever present doubt; can she really trust her childhood friend to tell the truth?
Ex-Army officer ""Yellowleg"" (Brian Keith) accidentally kills the son of a dancehall girl (Maureen O'Hara) and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory. Their journey is complicated by threatening Indians as well as Yellowleg's treacherous partners (Chill Wills and Steve Cochran).
Tobe Hulbert's life sucks. He's a recent high-school graduate living in Washington with his grandfather. He works out of a vintage hot dog truck and his only friend is his overweight 12-year-old neighbour. In the dog-days of summer his only escape is obsessively watching videos of his fantasy girl: Monica Velour the most famous adult-film star of the 1980s. Browsing her fansite one afternoon Tobe discovers that Monica is making a rare live appearance at a strip club in rural Indiana. With nothing stopping him he hits the road to meet the woman of his dreams. Expecting his fantasy Tobe is instead confronted with a harsh reality: Monica is a 49-year-old mom who lives in a trailer park and her life is nothing like he imagined it would be. The last thing Monica needs is another complication in her life but Tobe is determined to do whatever it takes to get close to her.
This Was Sam Peckinpah's First Feature As Director, A Cracking Western Taking Place In The Late 1860's. Yellowleg (Brian Keith), A Former Sergeant In The Union Army, Is Obsessed With Tracking Down Turk (Chill Wills), A Rebel Army Deserter Who, During The War Between The States, Tried To Scalp Him As He Lay Wounded On A Battlefield. Yellowleg Finds Turk And His Sidekick Billy (Steve Cochran) In A Bar And Convinces Them To Help Him Rob A Bank. They Travel To Gila City, Where The Bank Is Located, And Find That Another Group Of Bank Robbers Are Also In Gila City To Rob The Same Bank. During A Shoot-Out With The Other Bank Robbers, Yellowleg Accidentally Kills The Nine-Year-Old Son Of Dance-Hall Hostess Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). Remorseful At Having Caused The Death Of Kit's Son, Yellowleg Forces Turk And Billy To Accompany Him Through Apache Territory To Bury Kit's Son At The Grave Of Her Husband In The Ghost Town Of Siringo. As Kit And Yellowleg Finally Reach Siringo, Yellowleg Realizes That He Is In Love With Her. But Then, Billy And Turk Reappear, Having Robbed The Bank In Gila City, Leading To A Final Confrontation Between Yellowleg And Turk.
Combine a Warrant Officer and two Sergeants with a bigoted town leader a fat sour sheriff and the luscious Ramona and you end up with an hilarious comedy of untold disasters.
A groundbreaking comedy taking a biting, satirical look at the worlds of celebrity and politics as you've never seen them before. Featuring cutting edge 3-D CGI animation and the hottest writing and vocal talents in the comedy business, Headcases is cheeky, irreverent and contains plenty of laugh out loud moments.
Nickelodeon recalls the early days of the motion picture industry and is based in part on Peter Bogdanovich's interviews with pioneering directors Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan. Lawyer-turned-movie-director Leo Harrigan (Ryan O'Neal) and Buck Greenaway (Burt Reynolds) an actor are both sent to California to shut down a renegade group of silent movie makers. Joining forces with cameraman Franklin Frank (John Ritter) leading lady Kathleen Cooke (Jane Hitchcock) and precocious prop-girl
They bombed his embassy kidnapped his commanding officer and assassinated his men. Now one marine is taking foreign policy into his own hands. Master Sergeant Joseph 'Gunny' Burns (Fred Dryer) is the hard-core leader of an elite group of young recon commandos assigned to be a 'security force' in the strife-torn nation of Jamal. But when a sadistic group of Arab terrorists hijack a cache of weapons and go on a brutal suicide spree against the American forces Burns turns to his own brand of diplomacy. The time for negotiations is now over... and one Marine's private war has just begun.
Based on the novel by Paul Annixter Those Calloways tells the story of Cam Calloway (Brian Keith) a New England preservationist and fur trapper. Along with his son Cam dreams of buying a nearby lake to turn into a refuge for migrating geese. He finds however that making the dream come true requires much more money than he has and even greater ingenuity in getting around the real estate developers. The situation turns violent when Cam and his son move into a cabin on the property and an attempt is made on his life. Can Cam stop the development of this pristine area and carry out his lifelong wish to help the environment... Available for the first time on DVD!
Enter the world of holiday magic with Mama Bear and her two cubs plus of course Mr Ranger.... Join Mama Bear her two cubs and Mr Ranger as they invite us into their world of holiday magic. The young bears refuse to miss the holiday this year and would simply not go into winter hibernation! Mama Bear gets anxious and Mister Ranger looks for a solution..... But this winter Christmas would come early. With unforgettable story-telling and great animation. This favourite Christmas video is one of the all time classics.
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