When five children are forced to stay in the dilapidated mansion of their very odd uncle, they discover an 8,000-year-old sand fairy who can grant a wish per day and experience the summer of their lives.
While it's true that this 1959 screen adaptation of The 39 Steps pales in comparison to Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1935 version, it's still a thoroughly enjoyable romp that compensates for a lack of any tension whatsoever with a generous dose of genial good humour. Affable Kenneth More's Richard Hannay more closely resembles the kind of roles Cary Grant was playing for Hitch in the late 1950s; Finnish blonde Taina Elg, in the somewhat unlikely role of a prim Scottish schoolmistress, is his love interest. Although handcuffed together, More and Elg fail to radiate any sexual chemistry, even when scandalously forced to share a room and a bed. Much better are the delightful cameos: Sid James as a roguish lorry driver; Brenda De Banzie as voluptuous psychic Nellie; and Joan Hickson as a simpering teacher. As a thriller it's hardly in the same league as North by Northwest, but as a window on life in England and Scotland in the 1950s, this 39 Steps has much to recommend it. --Mark Walker
The complete first season of the daring ground-breaking and controversial historical drama series. Think of The Sopranos in ancient Rome and you'll get a flavour... This six disc box set contains the 12 hour-long episodes of the first season: this features the HBO 'cut' which includes over an hour of footage not broadcast on the BBC! The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic Rome is the wealthiest city in the world a cosmopolitan metropolis
Kenneth Brannagh and Kevin Kline supply the voices for the two young spaniards in search of the legengary city of gold - El Dorado
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
Scandinavian screen idol Nils Asther stars opposite the multi-talented June Clyde in a gripping tale of love and high drama under the big top. Directed by American-born producer screenwriter actor and director Alfred Zeisler this rare feature of 1937 is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Bux is born to a circus life but at the wish of his parents he studies to become a surgeon. Later however he forsakes a brilliant medical career for that of a circus clown. Joy his young ward is secretly in love with him but tries to hide the fact. However when Lorenzo jealous at Bux's popularity tries to poison his animals Joy is prepared to place herself in great danger for the sake of Bux... Special Feature: Image Gallery
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