Harrison Ford stars in this tense thriller about a security expert forced to steal to save his own family.
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present three early silent features from Universal Pictures, all fully restored as part of the studio's ongoing restoration program. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (dir. Stuart Paton, 1916) Allen Holubar stars as the domineering Captain Nemo, who rescues the passengers of an American naval vessel after ramming them with his iron-clad, steampunk submarine, The Nautilus. Incorporating material from Verne's Mysterious Island, the film also follows the adventures of a group of Civil War soldiers whose hot-air balloon crash lands on an exotic island, where they encounter the untamed Child of Nature (Jane Gail). The Calgary Stampede (dir. Herbert Blaché, 1925) Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Malloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-Canadian girlfriend (Virginia Browne Faire) turns up dead, Malloy is the only suspect! What Happened to Jones? (dir. William A. Seiter, 1926) Reginald Denny plays a wealthy young bachelor on the night before his wedding. He is convinced to attend a poker party which is promptly raided, sending him on the run in a series of increasingly hilarious disguises. Special Features: Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase [First Print Run of 2000 Copies Only] 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from restorations undertaken by Universal Pictures (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and What Happened to Jones? restored in 4K, The Calgary Stampede restored in 2K) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea score by Orlando Perez Rosso The Calgary Stampede score by Chris Tin What Happened to Jones? score by Anthony Willis 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea New video appreciation by author / critic Kim Newman The Calgary Stampede Brand new audio commentary by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney What Happened to Jones? New audio commentary by film historian and writer David Kalat PLUS: A Collector's Booklet featuring new writing on the films included in this set * All extras subject to change
Anna May Wong (Shanghai Express), Akim Tamiroff (Spawn of the North), and Gail Patrick (My Man Godfrey) star in Dangerous to Know, a hard-hitting crime drama from director Robert Florey (Murders in the Rue Morgue), inspired by the life of notorious mobster Al Capone.Crime lord Stephen Recka (Tamiroff) will stop at nothing to marry socialite Margaret (Patrick), including murder and blackmail. However, his pathologically jealous mistress Lan Ying (Wong) will stop at nothing to keep them apart.Based on Edgar Wallace's hugely successful play On the Spot which was such a big hit that several studios repeatedly attempted to bring it to the big screen, only to be rejected by the censors at the Production Office Dangerous to Know is marked by its standout performance by Chinese American screen legend Anna May Wong, reprising her stage role.
The hit show broadcast on BBC Four. In this atmospheric thriller, demoted Detective John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) is brought back into Homicide when the hunch he wouldn't let go is proven correct. Now, as he relentlessly tracks a serial killer, he must keep a watchful eye on his new partner, Detective Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse), who he believes may have a secret agenda, while managing issues of his own.
After years of life-or-death standoffs, tense showdowns, and confrontations with the most dangerous killers alive, the best and brightest of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit finally reach their last cases in their 15th and final season. Bring home the long-awaited answers and conclusions fans have been waiting for in this 3-disc set featuring the final 10 episodes of Criminal Minds.
Edward G Robinson (The Whole Town's Talking, Tight Spot) and John Lund (A Foreign Affair) lead the cast of this tense and disturbing thriller from director John Farrow (A Bullet Is Waiting). When clairvoyant John (Robinson) tells wealthy heiress Jean (Gail Russell, The Uninvited) that she will die within a week, her lover, Elliot (John Lund), is sceptical, believing John to be a con artist who is only after money. But, as the foretold night arrives, Jean waits in fear for her life... Based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich (Rear Window), Night Has a Thousand Eyes is a pioneering fusion of film noir and psychological horror. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with authors and critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme (2023) Tony Rayns on 'Night Has a Thousand Eyes' (2023): the writer and film programmer discusses the career of director John Farrow and his distinctive noirs Screen Directors Playhouse: 'Night Has a Thousand Eyes' (1948): radio play adaptation introduced and directed by Farrow, and starring Edward G Robinson and William Demarest, reprising their film roles Suspense: 'The Man Who Thought He Was Edward G. Robinson' (1946): playful original radio play tapping into Robinson's distinctive persona, starring the man himself Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Jill Blake, archival interviews with actors John Lund and Gail Russell, an archival profile of screenwriter Jonathan Latimer, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change
When a Man Loves a Woman is a dumb title (not another classic pop song, please) for a very smart movie. A kind of gender-switch take on The Lost Weekend, it's about a woman (Meg Ryan) whose alcoholism almost destroys her family. That may sound like just another TV movie, but When a Man Loves a Woman is so authentic in detail and emotion, that everything about it seems fresh, urgent, and engrossing. That's because the film is grounded in the actual experience of co-writer Al Franken (assisted by Rain Man scripter Ronald Bass). Franken is best known for his affiliation with Saturday Night Live and Politically Incorrect, and as the author of Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, and Other Observations. You may recall that Franken is the creator of Stuart Smalley, 12-step programmer extraordinaire. Well, if you want to know how Stuart was born, you can start here. This is no comedy, however. In fact, one of the most painful realisations comes when attractive, "good-time girl" Alice Green (Ryan) and her husband (Andy Garcia) begin to realise how much of a role alcohol played in their marriage and in bringing them together in the first place. The issues and experiences confronted in this movie go far beyond the stuff you see on daytime TV. --Jim Emerson
Captain Ralls (John Wayne) is a ship's captain in the South Seas who is in a rivalry with Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye over money and the woman he loves Angelique Desaix (Gail Russell). The end reward is the gold carried by the shipping vessel the Red Witch.
Dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950's, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.
The third thrilling season of TV uberproducer Steven Bochco's NYPD Blue. Episodes Comprise: 1. E.R. 2. Torah! Torah! Torah! 3. One Big Happy Family 4. Heavin' Can Wait 5. Dirty Laundry 6. Curt Russell 7. Aging Bull 8. Cold Heaters 9. Sorry Wrong Suspect 10. The Blackboard Jungle 11. Burnin' Love 12. These Old Bones 13. A Tushful Of Dollars 14. The Nutty Confessor 15. Head Case 16. Girl Talk 17. Hollie And The Blowfish 18. We Was Robbed 19. Auntie Maimed 20. A Death I
Katie Morag follows the adventures of a feisty, independent, red-hairded young girl who lives with her family on the fictional Scottish Island of Struay. Although she lives in a fairly unique and remote setting, her adventures are full of experiences and feelings that all children can recognize and identify with. Her stories are full of jealousy, bravery and rivalry surrounded by an annoying little brother, busy shopkeeper parents and a couple of grandmothers who between them know everything about everything. Katie Morag is a girl who has been known to get herself into scrapes but who generally emerges from them in a funny and endearing way. Broadcast on CBeebies, Katie Morag is the first adaptation of the much-loved books and stories created, written and illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick. The TV series stars Cherry Campbell as Katie Morag. The DVD Katie Morag: Delivers the Mail features 7 episodes from the series, including Delivers the Mail , The Two Grandmothers , The Old Teacher , Granny Island s Ceilidh and The New Boy .
Known for her special rapport with troubled students,Paulette seems just the person to help Kip Bauchmoyer through various issues when he joins her literature class. But rumours soon start circulating that the bond between Kip and the good-looking,sympathetic Paulette goes far beyond any acceptable pupil teacher relationship. Following Kip's suicide,the wealthy community to which he belongs closes ranks against Paulette and she finds herself on trial amid a blaze of intrusive media attention...
Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose from his world or the world from which Penelope lives by.
From acclaimed director Arthur Penn Target is an intense spy-thriller starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon as a father and son who attempt to rescue their estranged wife/mother who has been kidnapped in Paris. Chris Lloyd does not get along with his father. He is too cautious and never tries anything new and Chris had to live by the same standards when he was growing up. But when his mother is kidnapped Walter turns into a man of action. Suddenly Chris discovers something he nev
Conveying the scope of his prodigious and varied creative output and the breadth of his extraordinary personal and political life, director/producer Alex Winter and producer Glen Zipper were granted exclusive access by Gail Zappa to a vast collection of his unreleased music, movies, incomplete projects, unseen interviews and unheard concert recordings, much of which was deteriorating and in danger of being lost forever.
It's about Deuce, a fish tank cleaner guy, who house sits for a high class male gigolo when he's out of town.
Collection of five classic Western films starring John Wayne. In 'Angel and the Badman' (1947) Wayne plays Quirt Evans, an injured gunfighter who takes refuge on a Quaker family farm and is nursed back to health by the daughter Penelope (Gail Russell). As Penelope grows fonder of the fighter she tries to explain to him that her religion does not tolerate violence and that if he wants to be with her he must learn to change his ways. 'Riders of Destiny' (1933) sees Wayne star as Singin' Sandy Saunders, a government agent who goes undercover to prove that a notorious crook is controlling the water supply that is supposed to feed into the local ranches. In 'The Man from Utah' (1934) John Weston (Wayne) faces tough competition in a horse-riding rodeo as he comes up against riders who are prepared to do just about anything to make sure he doesn't take the crown. In 'Lucky Texan' (1934) young Texan Jerry Mason (Wayne) and experienced rancher Jake Benson (George Hayes) discover a goldmine and join forces in order to maximise their profits. 'Texas Terror' (1935) sees Wayne play John Higgins, a sheriff turned prospector who, in an attempt to relieve his guilt over the shooting of his best friend, travels to Lazy End Ranch to help his friend's daughter keep the place going.
Two kilograms of heroin are at the center of this intense action-drama. Ray Hicks smuggles the drugs into the country but now ruthless thieves want to take it from him. With the crooks in hot pursuit and his best friend's wife in tow Ray goes on the run leading to an amazing showdown between both sides that will knock you out...
Based on the series of novels written by Dorothy L Sayers in the 1920s and 30s, Lord Peter Wimsey was dramatised for TV by the BBC between 1972-5. Ian Carmichael, veteran of British film comedy, played the genial, aristocratic sleuth; Glyn Houston was his manservant Bunter. The pair are similar to PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Bertie Wooster (whom Carmichael played in an earlier TV adaptation) though here the duo are equal in intelligence, breezing about the country together in Wimsey's Bentley and stumbling with morbid regularity upon baffling murder mysteries to test their wits. Those for whom this series forms hazy memories of childhood might be surprised at its somewhat stagy, lingering interior shots, the spartan paucity of music, the miserly attitude towards locations, especially foreign ones, and the rather genteel, leisurely pace of these programmes, besides which Inspector Morse seems like Quentin Tarantino in comparison. It seems that initially the BBC was reluctant to commission the series and ventured on production with a wary eye on the budget. The Britain depicted by Sayers is, by and large, populated by either the upper classes or heavily accented, rum-do-and-no-mistake lower orders, which some might find consoling. However, the acting is generally excellent and the murder mysteries are sophisticated parlour games, the televisual equivalent of a good, absorbing jigsaw puzzle. There were five feature-length adaptations in all. "The Nine Tailors" weaves an especially elaborate tale, involving jewel theft, campanology (the art of bell-ringing) and dual identity. --David Stubbs
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