"Actor: Dennis Price"

• The Master Of Bankdam | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An epic film drama on the lives of three generations of Yorkshire mill-owners during Britain's turbulent Industrial Revolution. Simeon Crowther (Tom Walls) decides to hand over the family textile mill of Bankdam to his two sons Joshua (Dennis Price) and Zebediah (Stephen Murray). But Zebediah's reckless attitude endangers the whole survival of the family business and as catastrophe strikes the mill and they clash with the emerging trade union movement; who will save the mill and earn the title of The Master of Bankdam? First ever DVD release of this period Northern drama set amongst the dark satanic mills of Yorkshire. Renowned for coining the phrase 'there's trouble at t'mill.' An all-star cast with many small first-time appearances from stars such as Nicolas Parsons Part of the Odeon series 'Best of British' which showcases lost or unreleased films from the heyday of British cinema.

• Tony Hancock: The Rebel / The Punch And Judy Man | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Rebel (1961) and The Punch and Judy Man (1963) are the only two feature films made expressly as star vehicles for the great television comic Tony Hancock. The Rebel is by far the more ambitious, being in colour with Parisian locations, a large cast, and not least a supporting role for international star George Sanders. The opening rebellion against office life surely inspired The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, while references follow to Look Back in Anger (1958) and Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960) and Some Like It Hot (1959). Hancock goes to Paris to follow his artistic muse and as he rises through the art world his naivety is taken for genius, allowing for some very funny moments and spot-on satire, which are just as relevant today as 40 years ago. Filmed in black-and-white in Bognor Regis, The Punch and Judy Man is a more modest yet evocative portrait of life in a small coastal resort. Hancock is the titular beach entertainer who is happy to live from day to day with the affable companionship of John Le Mesurier and Hugh Lloyd. The problem is he's burdened with a socially ambitious wife, Sylvia Syms. Gentle humour comes from Hancock's frustrations as a proto-Basil Fawlty, and the film, packed with familiar British character actors, has an old-fashioned charm. It makes for an enjoyable supporting feature to The Rebel, which is undoubtedly a minor classic. On the DVD: Tony Hancock Double Feature presents both films at 4:3 ratio. The earlier film looks decidedly cropped in several scenes, though the latter survives the reformatting largely unscathed. The Rebel's colour is faded and the image grainy, while The Punch and Judy Man generally has a much stronger black and white image. Even so, there is some flickering and print damage. The music is distorted in The Rebel but the mono sound is fine during The Punch and Judy Man. There are no extras. --Gary S Dalkin

• Vampyros Lesbos | Blu Ray | (30/11/2015) from £12.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (28.43%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Beyond being Jess Franco's masterpiece, Vampyros Lesbos is a highpoint of the lesbian vampire film genre. Like Daughters of Darkness, The Vampire Lovers, and the New Wave vampire film, The Hunger, Vampyros features an extremely hot vampire, Countess Nadina Carody (Soledad Miranda), who dances at strip clubs in her spare time. In a brutally sexy opening scene, Miranda hypnotically seduces audience member Linda Westinghouse (Ewa Strömberg), calling her to her castle in Anatolia, on business from which Westinghouse never returns. Linda's boyfriend, Omar (Andrés Monales), eventually finds Linda institutionalized, cared for by one Dr. Seward. The characters in Vampyros Lesbos are foils for the cast of Bram Stoker's Dracula, in radical opposition to the traditional, clichéd horror film stereotypes. Psychedelic moments, like when Linda is seduced by the Queen of the Night, recall the grainy, erotic scenes of Jean Rollin's Requiem Pour Un Vampire, and Le Frisson Des Vampires. To dwell on the convoluted plot is clearly missing the point. With arguably the best horror movie soundtrack every released, Vampyros Lesbos revels in the sultry aspects of vampirism, resulting in long, romantic sequences of nude women playing in ocean waves, lying on chaise lounges, and making out in bed. Franco's other films, like She Killed in Ecstasy and Venus in Furs, serve as sequels, so see this first. In fact, see this film period. --Trinie Dalton

• The Horror Of Frankenstein | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Young Victor Frankenstein returns from medical school with a depraved taste for beautiful women and fiendish experiments. But when the doctor runs out of fresh body parts for his 'research ' he turns to murder to complete his gruesome new creation. Now his monster has unleashed its own ghastly killing spree and the true Horror Of Frankenstein has only just begun...

• Charley Moon | DVD | (30/06/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Already a phenomenally successful entertainer and stalwart of the London Palladium in 1956 Max Bygraves headed an accomplished cast in this musical drama charting the rocky road to success for a young comedy hopeful. An early feature for future Goldfinger director Guy Hamilton and double Oscar-winning composer and screenwriter Leslie Bricusse Charley Moon is presented here in a brand new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. A new career opens for Charley Moon when during his army service he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF

• The Adventures of Jane/Murder at 3am | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £24.00   |  Saving you £-11.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Adventures Of Jane: In 1932 the Daily Mirror printed the adventures of Jane an innocent young blonde who had an uncanny knack for losing her clothes. In 1949 Christabel Leighton-Porter starred in the film The Adventures of Jane playing the blonde heroine who falls foul of a ruthless gang of spivs in Brighton. When Jane refuses to keep her nose out of their business the gang decide to make her disappear. Can the faithful Fritz come to the rescue of his mistress? Murder at 3 A.M. stars Dennis Price as Inspector Lawton of Scotland Yard. A series of late-night murders is baffling the police and as the murders continue each fresh clue ends up in a dead end. Sensing he is on the verge of a breakthrough Lawton is horrified to discover that new evidence pinpoints his sister's fianc as the murder.

• Gail Davies - Greatest Hits | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £7.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (20.10%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Track List: 1. No Show Jones 2. She's My Rock 3. Chicken Reel 4. Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes 5. The Race Is On 6. Bartender Blues 7. He Stopped Loving Her Today 8. Who's Gonna Chop My Baby's Kindlin' 9. When I'm Gone 10. The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvete Song)

• Ealing Studios Boxset 1 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £27.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (7.15%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Kind Hearts and Coronets (Dir. Robert Hamer 1949): Sir Alec Guinness became an international star with his extraordinary performance as eight different characters in this 1949 Ealing Studios classic. Dennis Price (I'm All Right Jack Private Progress) co-stars as Edwardian gentleman Louis Mazzini who plots to avenge his mother's death by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family. But to gain this inheritance Mazzini must first murder the line of eccentric relatives who stand between him and the title including General d'Ascoyne Admiral d'Ascoyne The Duke of Chalfont Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne and four more all brillantly portrayed by Guinness and leading to one of the most delicious final twists in comedy history. Passport To Pimlico (Dir. Henry Cornelius 1949): An ancient document reveals that London's Pimlico district really belongs to France. And the Pimlico community eager to abandon post-War constraints quickly establish their independence as a ration-free state with hilarious results. Nicholas Nickleby (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1947): The classic Charles Dicken's tale of 'Nicholas Nickleby ' a man who is deprived of his inheritance and travels to seek his fortune with a group of gypsies. Went The Day Well? (Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1942): The residents of a British village during WWII welcome a platoon of soldiers only to discover that they're actually Germans!

• The Tommy Steele Story | Blu Ray | (09/11/2020) from £13.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Alice's Adventures In Wonderland | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £35.99   |  Saving you £-19.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A young Fiona Fullerton heads an all-star British cast in this double BAFTA-winning musical comedy; widely regarded as the most lavish and faithful adaptations of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel. Filmed to mark the centenary of the completion of the Alice novels this extravagant British spectacle which brings to life Sir Tenniel's famous illustrations with a bewitching score from James Bond composer John Barry and BAFTA-winning cinematography by Geoffrey unsworth (2001: A Sp

• For Better, For Worse | DVD | (04/08/2014) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Boasting some of post-war Britain's most accomplished screen stars this gentle romantic comedy charts the tribulations of a materially challenged but deeply loving young couple. Starring Dirk Bogarde Cecil Parker and Dennis Price For Better For Worse is co-scripted and directed by Oscar-nominated Jack Lee-Thompson and received two BAFTA nominations in 1954. The film is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer in its original aspect ratio from original film elements. When impoverished young graduate Tony Howard proposes to Anne Purves in the cinema he is readily accepted. Her father listens patiently to Tony when he asks for his daughter's hand but upon receiving far from satisfactory answers to the usual father-in-law questions he agrees to the marriage only on the condition that Tony finds both a job and a flat... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Promotional Material PDF

• Lady Godiva Rides Again | Blu Ray | (01/06/2020) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dennis Price and Stanley Holloway star in this classic, early 1950s comedy from legendary film-makers Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. A cautionary tale of fame and fortune, Lady Godiva Rides Again also features Kay Kendall, Diana Dors and George Cole and is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. A starstruck provincial waitress wins the local beauty contest to ride as Lady Godiva in the town pageant. She goes on to win first prize in the Fascination Soap Beauty Contest and immediately finds herself plunged into a strange new world of privilege, glamour... and not a little danger! Special Feature: Image gallery

• The Intruder | Blu Ray | (20/04/2020) from £14.33   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An excellent early feature from future Bond director Guy Hamilton, this tense drama boasts outstanding performances from Jack Hawkins, as a distinguished former officer, and Michael Medwin, as the wartime hero he endeavours to save from a life of crime. Featuring strong support from Dennis Price, and George Cole, The Intruder is presented here in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Wolf Merton, a London stockbroker with a fine war record as colonel of a tank regiment, returns to his Belgravia home to find that there is an intruder in the house a young armed thug called Ginger Edwards, who he remembers well as one of the most fearless and spirited troopers under his leadership. But why has Ginger taken up housebreaking? And will Merton be able to help him to return to a more honourable way of life? SPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical trailer Image gallery

• Kind Hearts And Coronets | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Ladykillers director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce is the final comedy produced by the famous British studio and one of its most celebrated. Like the equally applauded Kind Hearts And Coronets the film is more sophisticated and blacker in tone than typically lighthearted Ealing fare (such as Mackendrick's Whiskey Galore!). Alec Guinness stars as the superbly shifty toothily threatening Professor Marcus the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. Marcus rents rooms from a sweet eccentric old lady Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) in her crooked London house. The professor and his co-conspirators blowhard Major Courtney (Cecil Parker) creepily suave Louis (Herbert Lom) chubby Harry (Peter Sellers) and muscleman One-Round (Danny Green) pose as an unlikely string quartet using the rooms for rehearsal. Dodging Mrs. Wilberforce's constant interruptions the hoods hit upon the idea to use her in the daring daylight robbery (filmed in and around London's King's Cross station). When the old girl discovers the truth Marcus and company cannot persuade her to stay buttoned up about it and thus decide to do her in. Accompanied by a noirish cacophony of screeching trains parrots and little old ladies at afternoon tea a series of unlikely events builds to the hilarious surprising finale.

• I'm All Right Jack | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £14.21   |  Saving you £2.78 (16.40%)   |  RRP £16.99

  After a decade on radio in The Goons, 1959's I'm All Right Jack set Peter Sellers on the road to international stardom. Sellers played both Sir John Kennaway, and unforgettably, the Bolshy trade union leader Fred Kite (he would go on to take three roles in Dr Strangelove and featured endless disguises in The Pink Panther in 1963) series. The result is laugh-out-loud comedy with a satiric edge, lampooning the then burning issue of industrial relations. Bertram Tracepurcel's (Dennis Price) plans to make a fortune from a missile contract, a scheme which involves manipulating his innocent nephew Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) into acting as the catalyst in an escalating labour dispute, from which the socialist Mr Kite is only too keen to make capital. Management and labour both have their self-serving hypocrisy dissected in this ingenious comedy, actually a sequel to the military comedy Private's Progress (1956), but which stands independent of the earlier film. Both films were made by the brothers John and Roy Boulting, director and producer of such British classics as Brighton Rock (1947), Seven Days to Noon (1950), Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) and Heaven's Above (1963). The superb cast of I'm All Right Jack also features Richard Attenborough, John Le Mesurier, Margaret Rutherford and Terry Thomas. --Gary S. Dalkin

• Tamahine | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When her father dies Tamahine a lovely young half-Polynesian girl is sent to England to visit her father's cousin headmaster of a celebrated boys' public school. She has a disturbing influence on boys and masters alike however with all and sundry falling under the spell of her natural beauty and charm! This sparkling comedy stars Nancy Kwan as the free-spirited Tamahine with Dennis Price as the staid guardian who is both bewitched and inspired by her presence. Boasting an equally strong supporting cast the film earned a BAFTA nomination for Geoffrey Unsworth the double-Oscar winning cinematographer whose credits include Cabaret Tess and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tamahine is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited aspect ratio.

• Tower of Evil - Digitally Remastered | DVD | (09/11/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A horror classic finally remastered in HD! Tower of Evil is set in a deserted lighthouse on fog-shrouded Snape Island. A nude crazed woman slaughters a sailor and when she is found to possess an ancient relic an expedition is mounted to solve a series of psycho-sexual murders. Stars Jill Haworth Bryant Haliday Dennis Price and George Coulouris.

• Vampyros Lesbos | DVD | (27/12/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Soledad Miranda plays the countess Nadine who lures people back to her island for vampire enslavement and a bit of necro-nookie. Naughty Nadine also has a liking for female flesh and blood as does the clinical camera work. This epic of sleaze is accompanied by the easy listening soundtrack sensation of the century !

• Just Like a Woman | Blu Ray | (05/07/2021) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews star as a bickering couple going through an acrimonious separation in this swinging, offbeat comedy from producer Bob Kellett and idiosyncratic writer/director Robert Fuest. Also starring John Wood, Dennis Price, Miriam Karlin, Peter Jones and Clive Dunn, Just Like a Woman is presented here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart a situation made worse by the fact that Scilla is a key part of the television show that Lewis produces. But while Lewis copes by picking up a passing starlet, Scilla indulges her passion for bathrooms by getting one custom-designed by an ex-Nazi architect!

• Catchfire | DVD | (13/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Previous UK releases of Catchfire have listed the pseudonymous Allan Smithee as director, but this version proudly opens with "a Dennis Hopper film". Also known as Backtrack, it offers a plot that advances by illogical leaps and bounds while whole scenes seem to go astray. With prominently billed actors getting almost nothing to do while major players go un-credited, a bland music score that might have been laid in from another film entirely and an ending that makes a lot of noise without actually resolving much, the film certainly has its bad points. However, it's also one of Hopper's more eccentric films, and more fun than Colors or The Hot Spot (which he had no trouble owning up to), partly because the director also takes a quirky lead role and his own personal interests are stirred by the modern art frills of the chase plot. The film opens with LA-based conceptual artist Jodie Foster, looking chunkily terrific just before her adult career took off, suffering a minor breakdown on the freeway and happening on a gangland execution. Pint-sized mob boss Joe Pesci sets his killers on her but the crooks ineptly murder Foster's boyfriend (Charlie Sheen, taking a very early bath). Pesci calls in Hopper, a professional hitman who immerses himself in Foster's life and art in order to track her down only to develop an obsessive crush on the woman. When he finds her, he gives her the choice between getting rubbed out or becoming his property. Hopper retains the knack for finding odd-looking byways of rural America, but is uncomfortable with helicopter chases and shoot-outs. The leads, despite great chunks of missing story, are both interesting--Foster sexily vulnerable and Hopper doing a wry New York drawl as the sax-playing hit man. Catchfire also offers an amazing supporting cast of the director's friends, including Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Tony Sirico (The Sopranos), Bob Dylan (with a chainsaw), Helena Kallianotes (Five Easy Pieces), Julia Adams (The Creature from the Black Lagoon), and John Turturro.On the DVD: the film itself comes in a good-looking widescreen transfer, but the lack of special features let the disc down, with only feeble notes for three cast members (and no Smithee filmography). --Kim Newman