Classic Films

• He Ran All The Way Home | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £14.83   |  Saving you £1.16 (7.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Garfield (The Postman Always Rings Twice) plays Nick Robey a corrupt but somewhat sympathetic criminal who leads an abysmal life with his alcoholic mother. His friend pushes him into participating in a robbery but the whole affair is botched. As a result a cop is critically wounded and Nick just barely gets away. He tries to avoid suspicion by hiding out at a local indoor pool. There he goes for a swim and meets up with the meek and respectable Peggy Dobbs (Shelley Winters; Lolita The Night of the Hunter). Nick teaches her how to swim and he walks her home where she lives with her parents and younger brother Tommy... Nick ends up using the whole family as hostages... Garfield's magnificently edgy performance was his last as he died shortly after the film was completed in 1951 after being blacklisted by the McCarthy witch hunt. Directed by John Berry (Tension) He Ran All the Way is a classic film noir.

• Raw Deal | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-3.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for Rick who owes him $50 Grand. Rick sets up an escape for Joe knowing that Joe will be caught escaping and be shot or locked away forever. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann Joe gets further than he's supposed to and we are posed with two very important questions: Is Joe really the cold and heartless criminal he appears to be or is there a heart of gold under that gritty exterior? And does Joe belong with the tough street-wise Pat or with the prim moralizing Ann?

• Animal Farm | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £14.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (13.42%)   |  RRP £16.99

• Carrie | DVD | (07/09/2006) from £8.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Stephen King horror story about a high school girl with telekinetic powers who is pushed into a no-return path of bloody vengeance when she becomes the victim of cruel classmates.

• On the Avenue | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.

• Much Ado About Nothing | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in America at the start of the 20th century soldiers are returning home while the battle of the sexes goes merrily on. Joseph Papp's 1972 CBS-TV television production of The New York Shakespeare Festival's Broadway staging of Shakespear's rollicking comedy is brassy bouncy and all-together entertaining.Featuring Sam Waterston and the Ton nominated performances of Kathleen Widdoes and Barnard Hughes Papp's turn-of-the-century version has Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders returning from the Spanish-American war bicycle-riding women suffragettes and police who behave like the Keystone Cops but remains faithful to the classic tale. Beatrice and Benedick are still sparring partners fighting their merry war of words; the evil Don John continues conspiring to break up the wedding of Hero and Claudio; and it's once again up to Dogberry to save the day.Critically acclaimed and enormously popular with audience Much Ado About Nothing originated at the open-air theatre in Central Park was transferred to Broadway and was perceived as the first successful Shakespeare to play without a major star in Broadway history. The CBS broadcast was seen by twenty million people.

• The Square Peg | DVD | (05/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Square Peg marks a slight departure for Norman Wisdom, being his first comedy to be set, however recently, in the past. He plays one of a pair of council workmen, who while repairing the road outside an army base come to illustrate the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "military intelligence". Finding themselves drafted, the workmen are sent to repair the roads ahead of the Allied advance through war-torn Europe by the sergeant they previously embarrassed. Norman finds himself behind the German lines, joins-up with French Resistance, gets captured then sets out to rescue British prisoners from a German military HQ by impersonating General Schreiber. Of course Wisdom plays Schreiber too, offering the sort of comedy stereotyping which Basil Fawlty in best "Don't mention the war" mode would appreciate. The Square Peg is the film which introduced Norman Wisdom's famous catch-phrase, "Mr. Grimsdale!" for whenever disaster struck. The long suffering Mr Grimsdale is played by Edward Chapman, who would reprise the role in Wisdom's A Stitch in Time (1963) and The Early Bird (1965), as well as playing Mr Philpots in The Bulldog Breed (1960). Hattie Jacques gets to sing a remarkable duet with Wisdom, and a pre-Goldfinger (1964) Honor Blackman provides the love interest.--Gary S. Dalkin

• The Hollywood Collection - Charlton Heston | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  He has been king and slave hero and villain renowned throughout the movie-going world for the heroic figures he played during his early years in Hollywood: Moses Ben-Hur El Cid and Michaelangelo. In a wide range of roles from classical to futuristic he has shown himself a consummate actor. But Charlton Heston has always been more than a star. Although he is a private man he has often appeared to be a very public one willing to speak up on issues he believes in -however controversial they may be. Here in his own words is Heston's life as well as highlights of a career that resulted in over 60 motion pictures. Including scenes from The Greatest Show On Earth The Ten Commandments The Big Country Ben-Hur Will Penny Soylent Green Planet of the Apes.

• Cinerama: Search for Paradise | Blu Ray | (18/11/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Verdi: Il Trovatore (Live Recording From The Vienna State Opera 1978) | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £22.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (9.17%)   |  RRP £24.99

  ARTH 107117; ARTHAUS MUSIK - Germania; Classica Lirica

• DERRICK (3DVD-BOX) VOL.02 - MO | DVD | (01/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Those Calloways | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Based on the novel by Paul Annixter Those Calloways tells the story of Cam Calloway (Brian Keith) a New England preservationist and fur trapper. Along with his son Cam dreams of buying a nearby lake to turn into a refuge for migrating geese. He finds however that making the dream come true requires much more money than he has and even greater ingenuity in getting around the real estate developers. The situation turns violent when Cam and his son move into a cabin on the property and an attempt is made on his life. Can Cam stop the development of this pristine area and carry out his lifelong wish to help the environment... Available for the first time on DVD!

• The Honeymoon Killers | DVD | (27/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Though it was pre-produced by Martin Scorsese, who left the project after arguments with the producers, The Honeymoon Killers wound up being written and directed by Leonard Kastle, one of cinema's great one-hit wonders. The Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer of 1969, The Honeymoon Killers follows hefty nurse Martha Beck (Shirley Stoler, who looks like a humourlessly malevolent Roseanne) and her low-rent gigolo lover Raymond Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco) as they take up serial murder for profit and passion, luring middle-aged women into marriage through lonely-hearts ads, then killing them and raiding their savings. Based on a genuine crime case history, it is filmed in the candid-camera style of a Frederick Wiseman documentary. The intense scenes (such as the couple's frightening love-play: escalating arguments that end in awkward killings) unfold with a fly-on-the-wall dryness, showcasing the extraordinary acting of the leads and their cameo victims. A rare film in which genuine romantic love does not excuse the central couple's amoral behaviour, this still manages to generate some sympathy for the truly monstrous Martha. The washed-out black and white photography and sometimes scratchy soundtrack (the score is sampled from Mahler) have a deliberately amateurish feel which adds to the film's chilling power, lodging it into the memory. On the DVD: Along with a lurid trailer and gallery of images are filmographies for Stoler, Lo Bianco and (redundantly) Kastle. The widescreen transfer is excellent, representing perfectly the film's rough-hewn look but also bringing out a lot of detail--like Stoler's freckles, which have looked like grain on video releases. --Kim Newman

• Montana | DVD | (15/11/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Kobra, übernehmen Sie - Die komplette Serie | Blu Ray | (12/11/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Father's Little Dividend | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Reprising his role from the 1950 release 'Father Of The Bride' Spencer Tracy rejoins Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor and Don Taylor in a charming sequel. Tracy portrays Elizabeth Taylor's father Stanley Banks who is still recovering from the effects of giving up his ""little girl"" Kay to Buckley Dunstan played by Don Taylor. Upon hearing the news that the newlyweds are expecting Tracy opposes the new arrival feeling the stresses of middle age and family life but he eventual

• Moulin Rouge | DVD | (17/09/2001) from £6.82   |  Saving you £6.17 (90.47%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A lively biopic of French artist Toulouse Lautrec directed by John Huston. Deformed in early age when his legs stop growing dwarfish Parisian Lautrec (Jose Ferrer who also plays Lautrec's father) goes on to become one of the masters of Impressionism. 'Moulin Rouge' is famous for its incredibly exhilarating twenty minute can-can sequence which sets the tone for a series of high energy dance routines.

• About Face | DVD | (26/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The List of Adrian Messenger | Blu Ray | (17/04/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Arizona Colt - Mediabook - Cover A (+ DVD) | Blu Ray | (10/11/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A