Jerry Lewis directed co-wrote and starred in this riotously funny movie that set a new standard for screen comedy and inspired the hit remake. Lewis plays a timid nearsighted chemistry teacher who discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times and the professor begins to suffer hilarious symptoms of his personality split.
Based on the incredible true story of the deadliest manhunt in history... In Canada; 31st December 1931 the lone trapper Albert Johnson lives for himself in the ice cold mountains near the Yukon river. He shot and killed a man in self-defence near his remote cabin. A few days later Sergeant Edgar Millen under protest brought a heavily armed posse to arrest Johnson for murder. In the siege that followed Johnson defended himself in any way possible before escaping in to the frozen mountains. As the whole nation watched Millen was forced to pursue Johnson by foot dogsled and plane in a desperate struggle that took both men from the brink of survival to the edge of vengeance.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call...The Twilight Zone! Episodes comprise: 1. Two 2. The Arrival 3. The Shelter 4. The Passerby 5. A Game of Pool 6.
Titles Comprise: The Wild One: 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. On The Waterfront: Marlon Brando is the longshoreman who finds himself increasingly isolated when he challenges the might and power of the tough New York City dockers' Union. Rod Steiger is his elder brother torn between loyalty to union and love of family. Lee J. Cobb is the powerful union boss while Eva Marie Saint is the girl with whom Brando falls in love. The Ugly American: Harrison MacWhite has just been named ambassador to the (fictional) Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan but may regret taking the job. When he arrives there MacWhite discovers a country in turmoil and he can't help becoming involved in the nation's incendiary politics. Furthermore MacWhite's naivete -- and cockiness -- only make things worse... The Appaloosa: Marlon Brando star as Matt Fletcher a Mexican-American buffalo hunter who sets out to get revenge on the local bandit (played by John Saxon) that steals his beloved horse.
Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis! Atten-hut! Twelve jailbirds will earn their freedom... if they survive a suicide mission against the Nazi brass. Tough-as-nails Lee Marvin leads a nothing-to-lose convict squad in this all-time action trendsetter. They don't make 'em like this anymore!
As large a character off screen as he was on Richard Burton is invariably placed near the top of any list of the greatest actors of all time. He was certainly one of the best paid! The three films in this collection feature Richard starring alongside an actor almost his equal in The Klansman and his then wife in Divorce His Divorce Hers. The latter film is in two parts with part 1 told from the point of view of the husband and the second part from the view of the wife - since Burton and Taylor were soon to divorce for the first time for real it is a poignant portrayal! 1. The Klansman 2. Divorce His Divorce Hers Part 1 3. Divorce His Divorce Hers Part 2
An American with the help of an upper-class Englishman who's looking for adventure hopes to get rich via smuggling and land speculation in Africa. But they are forced to put aside the conflict and focus on more serious problems when they discover a group of Germans attempting to ready a grounded battleship for war.
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 an
Acclaimed director John Frankenheimer's definitive staging of Eugene O'Neill's play. Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece is often referred to as the greatest work of 20th century American theatre centring on a crowd of misfits wastrels anarchists alcoholics prostitutes and barflies drinking away their troubles and making grandiose plans. When Hickey arrives for his yearly drunken bender to celebrate landlord Harry Hope's birthday each character's dreams and aspirations melt away wi
On The Waterfront (Dir. Elia Kazan 1954): ""You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody instead of a bum which is what I am let's face it."" - Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) Marlon Brando is the longshoreman who finds himself increasingly isolated when he challenges the might and power of the tough new York City dockers' Union. Rod Steiger is his elder brother torn between loyalty to union and love of family. Lee J. Cobb is the powerful union boss while Eva Marie Saint is the girl with whom Brando falls in love. Winner of 8 Oscars including Best Picture Best Actor Best Support Actress Best Director and Best Screenplay this devastating film has since its first screening become one of the movie greats. The Wild One (Dir. Laszlo Benedek 1954): 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 Marvin) plus the hostility and prejudice of the townspeople. All their smouldering passions explode in an electrifying climax.
The civil rights movement is coming to Atoka County and the white residents don't like it they're prepared to commit assaults rape or murder to get their point across. In the middle of this powder keg County Sheriff Bascomb (Lee Marvin) endeavors to keep the peace as best he can together with Mayor Hardy who is the owner of the local lumber company and the bank on which most of the residents depend. Mayor Hardy employs most of the county and he wants a stable environment for business which includes keeping enough poor blacks around to do the most menial work for menial pay. After Nancy Poteet (Linda Evans) is apparently raped by a black man all hell breaks loose. Butt Cutt Cates (Cameron Mitchell) a loud mouth hardcore Klansman is arrested for raping a black woman prisoner while his sworn enemy Garth (O.J. Simpson) a young black man who witnesses a Klan murder gets a rifle and starts dishing out justice of his own. Before it's over the major part of the county is at war and bodies are falling everywhere.
Screen Legends (8 Discs)
Boxset contains: 'True Grit' 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' 'El Dorado' & 'The Sons Of Katie Elder'.
In Moscow a city of secrecy three bodies are discovered buried in the snow in Gorky Park. Leading the murder investigation is Chief Inspector Renko who untangles a web of violence and upper level KGB corruption. A wealthy American businessman a New York cop and a beautiful young woman are also involved... Adapted from Martin Cruz Smith's novel by Dennis Potter.
The story of three boys who want to fulfill their wish to be like their hero - Harry Spikes. Soon they have achieved what they wished but now like him they are wanted... dead or alive.
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. Volume 3 contains another selection of four episodes from across the series. "Steel" (episode 122) stars Lee Marvin in a futuristic Richard Matheson story concerning a penniless boxing manager who is forced into the ring when his robot boxer breaks down. Matheson is concerned to illustrate the lengths to which people are forced to go when desperate, but his moral is undermined a little by setting the story in the far future of 1974; Marvin, however, is a magnetic presence. In the tense and tautly written "A Game of Pool" (episode 70), Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Quincy) is a boastful pool player who challenges champion "Fats" Brown (Jonathan Winters) to a match in which the stakes are his life. "Walking Distance" is a slice of wistful, semi-autobiographical nostalgia from Serling in which a burned-out media exec returns to the town of his childhood (watch out for a very young Ron Howard as one of the kids). Bernard Herrmann's masterful score for this episode was composed not long after his music for Hitchcock's Vertigo, and has a similar tragi-romantic streak. Finally, "Kick the Can" (episode 86) is the story of the residents of a retirement home who discover (or rediscover) Peter Pan's secret for staying permanently young: it's easy to see why Steven Spielberg decided to adapt this episode for the 1983 movie. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker
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