"Actor: Robert Preston"

  • Blood on the Moon [DVD]Blood on the Moon | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Robert Mitchum stars in this atmospheric cowboy classic. Jim Gray (Mitchum) has been summoned by his old friend Tate Rilling (Robert Preston) who needs another set of guns to help in a dispute with his neighbour John Lufton (Tom Tully). But Tate's got more on his mind than a simple feud: his scheme is to drive Lufton off his land and he doesn't care how he does it. Jim reluctantly supports Tate at first but disgusted by his greed switches sides. Joining Lufton - and his feisty daughter Amy (Barbara Bel Geddes) - Jim finds himself squaring off to his old friend.

  • Junior Bonner [1972]Junior Bonner | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Still recovering after his throw from a bull named Sunshine Junior Bonner (McQueen) a drifting rodeo star is on his way to Prescott Arizona to join his family for the Frontier Days Celebration. When he arrives however he finds his house abandoned and learns that his father Ace (Preston) is hospitalized. Despite medical orders Ace joins the rest of his family at the Frontier Days Parade and rodeo festivities to watch Junior challenge Sunshine once again but this time Bonner is determined to beat the bull so that his father’s dream of building a ranch in Australia can become a reality.

  • 3 Classic Mickey Rooney Films Of The Silver Screen - Quicksand / My Outlaw Brother / Mickey The Great3 Classic Mickey Rooney Films Of The Silver Screen - Quicksand / My Outlaw Brother / Mickey The Great | DVD | (05/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

    Fans of the evergreen Mickey Rooney need look no further! This compilation features three relatively obscure films fronted by ""the Mickster""! Quicksand (Dir. Irving Pichel 1950): Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney) is a skirt-chasing auto mechanic who meets brassy blond temptress Vera Novak (Jeanne Cagney - James Cagney's sister) and falls all over himself trying to please her which includes lying cheating and stealing. The problem is Nick Dramoshag (Peter Lorre) the owner of a seedy San Francisco carnival has the hots for her too! Dan's girlfriend Helen Calder (Barbara Bates) watches helplessly as Dan slides deeper and deeper into a quagmire of deception and desire. My Outlaw Brother (Dir. Elliott Nugent 1951): Mickey Rooney stars as a New York city slicker who goes out west to find the big brother he so looks up to. On his journey he hooks up with a lawman intent on bagging a big time criminal. Little do they know that they're after the same man! Mickey The Great (Dir. Jesse Duffy 1937): An anthology of Mickey McGuire (Mickey Rooney) comedies.

  • Tenko - Series 3 - Part 1Tenko - Series 3 - Part 1 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

    The women are still imprisoned and this camp is on the site of a former prison. Many of the group have died morale is low and rumours abound. Christina sees a disturbing document in Yamauchi's office and the women arm themselves in case of attack... Featurng Episodes 1-5 of the third series.

  • This Gun for Hire [DVD] [2004]This Gun for Hire | DVD | (06/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • Rehearsal For Murder [1982]Rehearsal For Murder | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £7.91   |  Saving you £-4.92 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

    In classic mystery style Broadway playwright Alex Dennison invites actors and others to a 'cold reading' of his new play. But it is really his scheme to catch the killer of his actress fiancee Monica Welles who died a year previously?

  • The SundownersThe Sundowners | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £6.51   |  Saving you £2.48 (38.10%)   |  RRP £8.99

  • The Lady Gambles [DVD]The Lady Gambles | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    One woman's gambling addiction puts her marriage and her life in grave danger. A gritty, classic piece of film noir starring four-time Oscar nominee and Emmy-winner Barbara Stanwyck. In a dark Chicago back alley, among a crowd of seedy characters, Joan Boothe (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity) tosses a pair of dice and wins a few dirty dollars. She rolls once more, and wins again and again, and again, and again. Soon, the street thugs Joan runs with discover she's cheating, and decide to administer their own harsh form of justice. With her body beaten and spirit broken, Joan finds herself in the hospital, where her estranged husband (Robert Preston, The Music Man) struggles to come to grips with how Joan once a sophisticated, vivacious, loving wife spiraled into such a desperate state. Elegantly shot and intricately constructed, The Lady Gambles is a shocking story of temptation, addiction, and betrayal as thrilling to watch today as it was when it debuted more than 60 years ago.

  • The Best of the Bad Men [DVD]The Best of the Bad Men | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    In the aftermath of the American Civil War a gang of vanquished Confederate veterans known as the Quantrill Raiders are roaming the West branded as outlaws by the new Yankee government. The gang includes the Younger and James brothers and has refused to lay down their arms after the Civil War peace agreement. But when Major Jefferson Clanton (Robert Ryan) surrounds the outlaws with his overwhelming cavalry forces Bob Younger (Jack Buetel) reluctantly accepts Clanton's offer to surrender and be escorted to camp to swear allegiance to the new government in return for a pardon for their crimes. However Robert Preston (Matthew Fowler) a greedy private detective carpetbagger decides that his agency wants to collect the bounty on the outlaws' heads and a deadly gunfight ensues when one of Preston's men is shot dead by Clanton and the Raiders break free to ride as the Badmen again...

  • War Collection - Between Heaven And Hell/Guadalcanal Diary/To The Shores Of TripoliWar Collection - Between Heaven And Hell/Guadalcanal Diary/To The Shores Of Tripoli | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Between Heaven And Hell (Dir. Richard Fleischer 1956): Sam Gifford (Wagner) is a young successful cotton planter who lacks compassion for others especially his own sharecroppers. But once in combat he answers a sadistic officer (Crawford) and must rely on the friendship of a ""cropper"" (Ebsen). Nominated for a 1956 Oscarifor Best Music 'Between Heaven And Hell' is an action-packed story of men in battle - sometimes with themselves... Guadalcanal Diary (Dir. Lewis Seiler 1943): Based on the best seller of the same name Guadalcanal Diary is one of the greatest war movies of all time. This strikingly realistic film follows a devoted platoon of Marines through the terrors of war in the South Pacific. The all-star cast includes Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Preston Foster and Anthony Quinn as soldiers battling disease treacherous terrain and unrelenting weather as well as a human enemy. Poignantly narrated and with explosive action rooted in a solid historical context 'Guadalcanal Diary' is action-packed entertainment from beginning to end. To The Shores Of Tripoli (Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone 1942): When a carefree playboy (John Payne) joins the Marine Corps he tests the skill and patience of the tough veteran sergeant (Randolph Scott) who tries to whip him into a real Marine. But as his training proceeds the recruit's cocky selfishness is replaced by selfless valour and he eventually earns the love of a beautiful Navy nurse (Maureen O'Hara). Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography 'To The Shores Of Tripoli' was shot with the co-operation of the US Marine Corps and contains authentic scenes of Marine combat training and ground drills.

  • Rehearsal For MurderRehearsal For Murder | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  • Rehearsal For Murder [DVD] [1982]Rehearsal For Murder | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £8.07   |  Saving you £-6.08 (-305.50%)   |  RRP £1.99

    One year after the supposed suicide of his fiance a playwright gathers together the cast from his last play in order to find out what really happened on that fateful night.

  • Tulsa [DVD] [1949]Tulsa | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £5.24   |  Saving you £0.75 (14.31%)   |  RRP £5.99

    The inhabitants of Tulsa find themselves in a battle for survival as the oil boom threatens the livelihoods of long-established cattle ranchers and their way of life.

  • The Sundowners [DVD]The Sundowners | DVD | (12/07/2010) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

    Rancher fighting rancher was a regular sight in the old lawless West but brother against brother takes the conflict to new heights....

  • Dead Above Ground [2002]Dead Above Ground | DVD | (15/12/2003) from £15.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-23.00%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Students and teachers begin dying the same way as a video depicts.

  • Rehearsal For MurderRehearsal For Murder | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

    In a theatre on Broadway a group of friends remember the opening night from one year ago. On this night the leading lady was apparently murdered. On this day these people all involved in the production are brought back by the fiancee of this murder victim a distinguished playwright to read for parts in his new play. However he believes she was murdered and now wants to catch the killer.

  • The Waterboy/Holy ManThe Waterboy/Holy Man | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    The Waterboy: (Dir. Frank Coraci) (1998): Just an oddball mama's boy who grew up on a farm Bobby Boucher (Sandler) never wanted anything more than to quench the thirst of the dehydrated athletes who treat him like dirt! But when Coach Klein (Henry Winkler) makes the call that allows Bobby to finally stand up for himself it unleashes a torrent of bottled-up frustration and exposes a talent for defense that transforms him from a meek ""water distribution engineer"" to the hardest hitter ever to roam the athletic playing field!Hollywood's wild and zany funnyman Adam Sandler scores big laughs in a smash comedy hit where the laughs never run dry! Just an oddball mama's boy who grew up on a farm Bobby Boucher (Sandler) never wanted anything more than to quench the thirst of the dehydrated athletes who treat him like dirt! But when Coach Klein (Henry Winkler) makes the call that allows Bobby to finally stand up for himself it unleashes a torrent of bottled-up frustration and exposes a talent for defense that transforms him from a meek ""water distribution engineer"" to the hardest hitter ever to roam the athletic playing field! Holy Man: (Dir. Stephen Herek) (1998): A stressed out senior executive at the Good Buy home shopping channel Ricky Hayman (Goldblum) is praying for a miracle that will lift the network's lousy ratings and save his job. Then from out of nowhere ""G"" (Murphy) walks into his life! An outrageous self-styled inspiration guru with a knack for showing up where he isn't exactly wanted ""G"" proceeds to wander in front of the cameras just long enough to exude the irresistible star quality that will make him the sales-boosting saviour Ricky's network has been looking for!

  • Reap The Wild Wind [1942]Reap The Wild Wind | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    In this turbulent swashbuckler Cecil B. DeMille presents a tale of daring piracy and hot-blooded love! 1840s Key West is filled with salvage businesses thriving on the cargo of wrecked ships. Ship owner Loxi Claiborne suspects salvager King Cutler of foul play since he's always first on the scene at a wreck. Meanwhile Loxi's suitor Captain Jack Stuart is another suspect - at least to jealous lawyer Steve Tolliver. Who will be found guilty - and how - hinges on some amazing developments. Along with the star-studded cast (including Robert Preston and Susan Hayward) this glorious sea spectacle has stars of another kind. There are huge clipper ships gliding in the mist storms splintering them on the rocks and a giant squid in a memorable underwater battle. With Given DeMille's robust direction it all adds up to an Oscar for Special Effects

  • The Big Clock / This Gun for Hire (Icons of the Silver Screen Volume 2) [Blu-ray]The Big Clock / This Gun for Hire (Icons of the Silver Screen Volume 2) | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Icons Of The Silver Screen' turns towards the seemy side on life with a pair of film noir classics!The Big Clock (1948)Anticipating a much-needed vacation from Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton), his abusive boss, magazine editor George Stroud (Ray Milland) finally reaches a breaking point when Janoth insists he skip his honeymoon and go out of town on assignment. Stroud resigns and finds solace over multiple drinks with his boss' unhappy mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson), at a local bar. Together they come up with a half-inebriated plot to embarrass Janoth but the plan takes an unexpected turn toward murder.This Gun for Hire (1942)Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven (Alan Ladd) becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates (Laird Cregar), Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen (Veronica Lake), on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant (Robert Preston) who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

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