Walter Matthau heads the cast of this television recreation of Clifford Odets' 1935 hit Broadway play, the first full-length work performed on the commercial stage by the legendary Group Theatre. This portrait of a Jewish family in a Bronx tenement perfectly captures the spirit of the Depression years, and is suffused with details of character and place that combine to be affecting even now. The Bergers, burdened by financial difficulties, have taken in a boarder - Max Axelrod (Matthau) - ...
Come fly the very friendly skies and join stewardesses Jenny Francis Evelyn and Anne who all take customer service to new heights when they are both on and off duty. Swinging in Switzerland romancing in Rome or cavorting in Copenhagen for these girls it's all in a day's work... or should that be in a day's pleasure
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. --Mark Walker
The Confidence Man: Cops are supposed to be the protectors of society men of the law. But living in a world of moral absolutes it has become less and less unusual to see a cop go off at the deep end. Detective Stevie Grimes (Jack Conley) kept his faith in the brotherhood of the badge and always managed to stay on the right side of the law. But for the past year he has been suspended on trail for the accidental shooting of a young boy. The trail ends in a 'hung jury' and finally after twelve months Stevie is reinstated but the possibility that the state may retry the case still remains forcing him to relive the nightmare. Under Surveilance: Two insurance investigators are attempting to uncover truth behind the death of a colleague but their routine inquiry turns deadly when they are led to some dark truths about the company for which they work and the very people they consider as their friends... The Hit: In a drunken rage of jealousy and anger over the breakdown of his marriage to Sonia (Joanna Pacula) and the loss of custody of his son Jesse Kieth (Maxwell Caulfield) a crime reporter for a big city daily decides to take out a contract to have his wife killed courtesy of his business school buddy Levine (Robert Pine). When he comes to his senses the next morning and tries to cancel the arrangement Kieth cannot reach Levine whom we discover has been shot for ripping off the mob. As he cannot involve the police Kieth finds himself protecting his estranged wife from the contract killer he has hired but won't be able to recognise.
David Miller is a Vietnam vet who renounced violence and became a minister after he was forced to blow up a Viet Cong kid in self defense but years later when David's wife Gail and daughter Kim are killed by a group of terrorists led by Ali Aboud in a massacre at an airport in Rome Italy David is devastated. The State Department led by Mr. Whiteside pretty much ignores David's pleas for justice even refusing to tell David where Aboud is....
Herne's Son (Parts 1 and 2): Robin of Loxley is dead. The Merry Men have scattered - Marion having been pardoned by the King has returned to Leaford. At Huntingdon castle the Earl and his son Robert prepare to entertain in order to arrange a political alliance for the King. Among their guests are the Sheriff of Nottingham his brother Hugo Guy of Gisburne the Welsh Marcher Lord - Owen of Clun his followers Sir Richard of Leaford and his daughter Marion. Young Robert is captivated by the sadness and serenity of Marion... The Power of Albion: Robert of Huntingdon has been living in the forest with the Outlaws leading them as they return to their old ways. When Robert is badly wounded in a raid Marion is sent for in order to offer her medical expertise. On her return to Leaford she is arrested by the Sheriff of Nottingham. He is anxious to prove the identity of the band's new leader - being referred to as Robin Hood. The Sheriff also confiscates Albion from Marion. Robert of Huntingdon enters Nottingham in an attempt to dupe the Sheriff save Marion and retrieve Albion.
People Are Alike All Over - Episode 25 When a space expedition crashes on Mars passenger Sam Conrad (Roddy McDowall) is terrified when he encounters Martians. To his initial relief they are human extremely friendly an apparently just like us... Valley of the Shadow - Episode 105 Philip Redfield (Ed Nelson) finds himself trapped in a small town where people can reverse time and do many other amazing things. He is determined to escape and share the town's secrets with the outside world. Black Leather Jackets - Episode 138 Three tough-looking men on motorcycles disrupt a peaceful suburb when they move in. Yet the neighbours could never imagine just how dangerous these men are. One bit of advice: don't drink the water...
An old church in a modern North American city is undergoing a renovation. Construction equipment and piles of debris cover the grounds. A deep pit has been dug for new sewer pipes. Night falls. A woman crawls from the pit. She weak and covered with mud her face beaten her throat cut. She is unable to speak remember who she is or how she got there. This is Laura. Hungry thirsty she ventures out into the city stealing food and warm clothes to survive. As she wanders the streets she begins to see things that jar her memory: a picture on a wall a historical marker a map. Slowly she starts to out the pieces together - the old river front a house and a family a lover and a jealous suitor. She embarks on a trek across the city trying to blend in and adjust to a modern world she has never seen before. Julian a mysterious young man employed by the church is sent out to find her. He seems to know more about her than she does tracking her quickly deducing that she is headed home to the place where she used to live - more than a hundred years ago. Is Laura reincarnated? Resurrected and risen from the grave? Or is she just the unfortunate victim of a horrible crime buried in the mud and left for dead? Is Julian really trying to help her as he claims or is he part of the conspiracy a plot to kill her?
Hollywood Bad Boys - This programme showcases a breed of Hollywood stars that have ignited the screen in blockbuster movies while earning wild reputations for the way they lead their private lives. It is a gourmet delight for gossips featuring not only the great moments in the stars' movie careers but also revelations about off screen lives of these actors. Men have admired them women have fallen madly in love with them and all were to feel the impact of their lasting presence that would touch their lives forever. They have lived their lives with lusty appetites for adventure and controversy and it is all laid bare on Hollywod Bad Boys. Featuring; Jack Nicholson Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan Steve McQueen Robert Mitchum Marlon Brando Dennis Hooper James Dean Sean Penn and John Belushi.
Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalises the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not just to summon a particular time but to set a precise mood. GoodFellas is at least as good as The Godfather without being in the least derivative of it. Joe Pesci's psycho improvisation of Mobster Tommy DeVito ignited Pesci as a star, Lorraine Bracco scores the performance of her life as the love of Hill's life, and every supporting role, from Paul Sorvino to Robert De Niro, is a miracle.
Gung Ho! dramatically tells the story of the Second Marine Raider Battalion the group formed six weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The battalion's purpose was to raid Japanese-held islands and claim them for the United States. Led by Colonel Thorwald the men endure grueling combat training in preparation for their first mission: to annihilate the much larger and firmly entrenched Japanese garrison on Makin Island. Intense battle sequences highlight this exciting morale booster of a movie. Based on the experiences of Captain W.S. Lefrancois USMC.
It was during the roaring days of prohibition that gangsters of America first united to form a national crime syndicate. Since that time organised crime has grown to be a world wide menace. Here we look at the crime families and bosses of the Cosa Nostra in the USA narrated by 'The Untouchable' the late Robert Stack
Join the sweeping spectacle of hundreds of migrating zebras in the vast plains of East Africa. Witness the mysterious migration of more than 120 million red crabs on tiny Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Encounter the affectionate curiosity of majestic grey whales in the beautiful lagoons of Mexico's Baja California. Travel back in time among exotic tribes of Africa to explore the roots of human migration.
An uptight Englishwoman is shocked beyond belief when a feral, uneducated Kiwi girl arrives on her doorstep unannounced and claims to be her sister.
Two enchanting Christmas tales... - Silent Night - Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol
Hope and Crosby play George Cochran and Harold Gridley American vaudevillains on the run from some angry fathers in Australia. To avoid a dual shotgun wedding George and Harold end up on the island of Bali and sign on as deep sea divers for Prince Arok - and become smitten with the princess Lalah.
World War Two had ended in Europe but still raged across the wide Pacific. And in a string of armed encampments within the US indigenous Japanese Americans remained incarcerated in prison camps imprisoned for the duration solely on the basis of their ethnic origin. Racial hatred was rife against all ethnic Japanese an American phenomenon misdirected against their own in the wake of Pearl Harbour. All of this was still at a fever pitch when in June of 1945 two months before VJ Day James Cagney through the production company he owned with his brother William produced and starred in Blood on the Sun one of the most powerful films to try to explain exactly how the Japanese 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' came into mortal conflict with the United States. Based on historical fact this rivetting brutal action-packed motion picture traces the unintended unveiling of the dreaded Tanaka Plan for Japanese world domination of which the 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' was the outpictured faade. Cagney portrays an American reporter toiling in pre-war Japan who completely innocently is given for safekeeping a purloined copy of the secret plan by his newspaper buddy Wally Ford. The Japanese know Ford has uncovered their secret and are willing to perform any act - including murder - to prevent their true intentions from being revealed before they were ready to strike. A beautiful Japanese secret agent played by Sylvia Sidney is sent to romance and ensnare Cagney and every thuggish stop is pulled out to retrieve the plan and prevent him from surviving long enough to get it to the American Embassy and into the world press.
Five great action films in one amazing value box set! Cover Up American bases in Israel are being bombed by a rebel forces. The explosions are just a diversion for a secret plot that may shake the free world to its foundations... The Expert John Lomax a special operations expert finds out that his sister has been murdered. In his attempt to discover the perpetrator he helps the police. However when the killer gets a minor sentence Lomax turns vigilante and decides to take justice into his own hands. Death Ring Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiance Lauren Sadler by crazed hunter extraordinaire Danton Vachs. Every year Vachs holds a contest where people can purchase the right to hunt down and kill a human being. This time Collins is to be the hunted. Collins is turned loose on an uncharted island and four killers set out to find and kill him. The Gladiator Los Angeles which lives by the automobile has begun to die by it. A homicidal maniac the Skull has been terrorizing the city killing motorists at random with his death car. But when Rick's little brother is killed Rick becomes part Guardian Angel part crusader and part warrior with one thing on his mind: revenge... Expect No Mercy Federal Service Agent Justin Vanier has been assigned to infiltrate the Virtual Arts Academy in search of another operative Eric. In this high-tech facility controlled by Warbeck a new generation of assassins trains for actual killings in a virtual reality arena. Penetrating the organization as a new recruit Justin finds Eric and joins forces with the idealistic Vicki. Together they must bring down Warbeck before another assassination is committed. Combatting holographic programs of limitless power Justin and Eric combine their skills to escape the computer generated world and confront Warbeck in an explosive battle where the pain is very real.
Final Duel: To avenge the death of his brother at the hands of the shaolin priests a ninja master and his forces travel to China to destroy the Shaolin. Two Japanese monks and a black monk from Harlem join the Shaolin in battling the ninja. A classic martial arts film Ninja : The Final Duel has garnered considerable notoriety from afficionados for its combination of wild martial arts action and rarely seen oddities. Final Duel 2: Rudy Ray Moore of ""Dolemite"" fame took this insane old kung fu film (The Final Duel) and spliced himself in and re-dubbed the entire thing. Total insanity! Extraordinary dubbing complete irreverence and some of the most brilliant fight choreography ever shot make Shaolin Dolemite an outstanding introduction to the new millennium's most original entertainment form: the marriage of Hong Kong action and the brilliance of the blaxploitation genre!
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy