Classic Films

• Gentleman's Agreement | DVD | (06/05/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £-4.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the most noteworthy pictures. - Los Angeles Times Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid (Hollywood Reporter) recipient of three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck as a journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism. Searching for an angle he finally decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. Dorothy McGuire John Garfield Dean Stockwell and June Havoc also star in this post-World War II classic .

• The Red Shoes | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One of Powell and Pressburger's most famous films, "The Red Shoes" is the tragic and romantic story of Vicky Page, the brilliant young dancer who must give up everything if she is to become a great ballerina.

• Will Hay - Ask A Policeman | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Ask a Policeman is arguably Will Hay's all-round best film, not so much for the qualities of his familiar star performance but for the mix of laughs and thrills in the manner of The Ghost Train or The Cat and the Canary. Hay plays Sgt Doubtfoot, commander of the police station in the coastal hamlet of Turnbotham Round, who hasn't made an arrest in 10 years. This is not because of the area's low crime rate, but because most of the poaching, pilfering and swindling in the village is the responsibility of his own constables, the geriatric Harbottle (Moore Marriott) and literal wide-boy Albert (Graham Moffatt). When the Chief Constable threatens to close the station, the bumbling coppers set out to investigate some crimes and go after a smuggling squire who has been using a local legend as a cover story (and planting his signal light on top of the police station itself). Director Marcel Varnel, working from a script by Sidney Gilliatt and Val Guest, manage some fine semi-horror business with "the 'earse of the 'headless 'orseman", a flaming carriage which dashes about the landscape, and a risky venture into Devil's Cave to find the old smuggler's route that turns out to lead to the cellar of Harbottle's general stores. Hay and his sidekicks are in top form, squabbling surreally over every possible filched coin from the police outing fund box or trying to sort out the plot, and there's a sublime scene as they try to get a clue out of the impossibly ancient Harbottle's even more elderly Dad (also Marriott). --Kim Newman

• The Scamp | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stephen Leigh (Richard Attenborough) befriends a rebel child Tod (Colin Petersen) who is accused of shoplifting. When Stephen discovers that Tod is living a nomadic un-schooled existence he is keen for Tod to start going to the school he teaches at. After Tod's father announces that he is leaving to work in America Stephen offers to look after the boy whilst his father is away. As Stephen and his wife Barbara (Dorothy Alison) are unable to have children the arrival of Tod is a welcome blessing. But when the young tearaway struggles to adapt to respectable family life they begin to question their decision. Tod and Stephen's shared love for music however helps build a bond and family life becomes happy once again until Tod's father returns with a new wife and demands his son back.

• A Walk With Love And Death | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  From internationally-acclaimed director John Huston (The African Queen The Misfits The Night of the Iguana) this 'lost' cult classic stars the director's daughter Angelica Huston as one half of the youthful couple who try against all odds to make their love and idealism endure against the backdrop of a brutal and bloody Medieval France.

• The Bed Sitting Room | Blu Ray | (25/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £23.99

  In the hazy aftermath of World War III the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' (which lasted two minutes and twenty eight seconds including the signing of the peace treaty) is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room. This vividly imagined darkly satirical filmic version of a post apocalyptic England directed by Richard Lester (A Hard Days Night How I Won the War The Knack) is based on the highly regarded play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus.

• London In Festival Year 1951 | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £14.83   |  Saving you £5.16 (34.79%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A collection of films in celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Features the last films made by Humphrey Jennings (Family Portrait) and Richard Massingham (Brief City). Also includes Festival in London with a rousing score by William Alwyn and Designed in Britain with Terence Conran as Technical advisor.

• Paul Temple Collection | DVD | (08/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Inside Daisy Clover | DVD | (20/11/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Doctor Terrors House Of Horrors | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The first horror film to be released under the legendary Amicus Productions banner Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors has long been a firm favourite of horror fans. Five passengers (Christoper Lee Roy Castle Kenny Lynch Donald Sutherland and Alan Freeman) sharing a compartment on a train are joined by the mysterious Dr. Schreck (Peter Cushing) who offers to tell their fortunes by reading a deck of Tarot cards which he refers to as his house of horrors. As each of the five stories unfolds the passengers become progressively horrified by Schreck's revelations...

• Threshold Of A Dream - Live At The Iow Festival 1970 | DVD | (20/05/2013) from £20.23   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  trama: al top delle classifiche di vendita con il loro inconfondibile bluesrock,i moody blues nel 1970 salgono sul palco del festival europeo piu' importante del tempo all'apice della fama.

• Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £18.22   |  Saving you £4.77 (26.18%)   |  RRP £22.99

  An historic performance by the legendary Galina Ulanove highlights this lavish film version of the ever-popular ballet. Choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky and conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky this film is rich in detail and characterized by its lovely interior and exterior location work. Yuri Zhdanov is the young Romeo to Ulanova's unforgettable Juliet. With this release ROMEO AND JULIET can be seen for the first time in its remastered version on DVD.

• Belle Of The Nineties | DVD | (05/05/2008) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Mae West, who wrote this and a handful of other movies during the 1930s, stars as 1890s blues singer Ruby in a comic romp that follows the dazzling entertainers quest to find the man of her dreams without being duped. Ruby distracts boxer Tiger so much that Tigers manager asks Ruby to leave town, but its not the last that Ruby and Tiger will see of each other. Singing such songs as "My Old Flame" and "Memphis Blues" with a sultry air in front of Duke Ellingtons orchestra, Ruby projects sex and sincerity at the same moment. Using both her brains and her looks to keep herself out of the grasp of troublemakers, Ruby outwits her female competition and the male predators to emerge unscathed and with her beau on her arm. The script was ruthlessly pared by the censorship board, but Mae West slips enough double entrendres through to make this show, directed by the great Leo McCarey, a delight.

• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Restoration Edition Metalpak (Blu-ray + DVD) | Blu Ray | (22/10/2012) from £29.68   |  Saving you £-7.69 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Drama about the life of Clive Candy, an English soldier who served in three wars (Boer, World War I, World War II), and had relationships with three women along the way (each played by Deborah Kerr). Despite Candy's tours-of-duty, he harbors no ill will towards the Germans, instead he believes they have been the pawns of military leaders. Colonel Blimp, an old, befuddled British military officer, reminisces about his past glories in this witty war satire.

• Rossini - Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Wunderlich, Keilberth) | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Rossini - Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Wunderlich Keilberth)

• Der letzte Zug von Gun Hill | Blu Ray | (18/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Lucy Show 8 DVD Set | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  One of the most popular television comedies of all time The Lucy Show was the follow up to the equally successful I Love Lucy. Whilst I Love Lucy was pre-dominantly set in New York The Lucy Show saw Lucille switch to the West Coast working at a bank as secretary to Mr Carmichael. The series would eventually feature guest appearances from fellow celebrities all of whom wanted to either open accounts or had some dealings with the bank. Not surprisingly Lucille's attempts to assist invariably went wrong. Sometimes things went wrong that weren't in the script - the very first show in this set Lucy And Viv Put In A Shower sees Lucy and Viv trying to install a shower in order to save paying a plumber and become trapped inside as it continues to fill with water. Midway through filming Lucy was unable to return to the surface and was in danger of drowning. Her co-star Vivian Vance realized something was wrong and pulled her to safety then ad-libbed whilst Lucy got her breath back. The remaining cast and crew and live audience were completely unaware of the problem until told after the show was completed. The thirty episodes in this box set has guest appearances from John Wayne Jack Benny Phil Silvers Tennessee Ernie Ford and Robert Boulet among others and feature Lucy in one mishap after another. Set Comprises: Disc 1: Lucy And Viv Put In A Shower/Lucy's Barbershop Quartet/Lucy And George Burns/Lucy And The Submarine Disc 2: Lucy The Bean Queen/Lucy And Paul Winchell/Lucy And The Ring-A-Ding-Ding/Lucy Goes To London Disc 3: Lucy Gets A Room-Mate/Lucy And Carol In Palm Springs/LOucy Gets Caught Up In The Draft/Lucy And John Wayne Disc 4: Lucy And Pat Collins/Lucy And The Money/Lucy And Phil Silvers/Lucy's Substitute Secretary Disc 5: Viv Visits Lucy/Lucy The Babysitter/Main Street USA/Lucy Meets The Law Disc 6: Lucy The Fight Manager/Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford/Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard/Lucy Meets The Berles Disc 7: Lucy Gets Trapped/Lucy And The French Movie Star/Lucy The Starmaker Disc 8: Lucy And Jack Benny's Account/Little Sid Lucy/Lucy And Robert Boulet

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4K Ultra HD Limited Edition Steelbook / Import / Includes Blu Ray / Auro 3D Atmos | Blu Ray | (15/11/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• M | DVD | (13/09/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Peter Lorre made film history with his startling performance as a psychotic murderer of children. Too elusive for the Berlin police, the killer is sought and marked by underworld criminals who are feeling the official fallout for his crimes. This riveting, 1931 German drama by Fritz Lang--an early talkie--unfolds against a breathtakingly expressionistic backdrop of shadows and clutter, an atmosphere of predestination that seems to be closing in on Lorre's terrified villain. M is an important piece of cinema's past along with a number of Lang's early German works, including Metropolis and Spies. (Lang eventually brought his influence directly to the American cinema in such films as Fury, They Clash by Night and The Big Heat.) M shouldn't be missed. This original 111-minute version is a little different from what most people have seen in the cinema. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• A Farewell To Arms | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This dense adaption of Ernest Hemmingway's novel features Gary Cooper as American soldier Lt. Henry and his illfated love affair with British Nurse Catherine portrayed by Hellen Hayes during World War I. Filmed in beautiful Italy the two lovers will stop at nothing to be together but Lt. Henry's internal struggles ultimately threaten the relationship. Hemmingway's theme of questioning the nature of war and fighting is fully recognised under Frank Borzage's direction.