Dilema-Dick Tracey (Ralph Byrd) investigates the robbery of a shipment of furs where two guards have been viciously murdered. Tracy realizes he is dealing with a vicious criminal nicknamed The Claw who has a vicious hook instead of a hand. Gruesome-The square jawed detective goes up against Gruesome (Boris Karloff) who uses Dr.A.Tomic's experimental gas (which causes people to freeze) to commit daring bank robberies. Cueball-A diamong heist goes badly for the thief when he gets strangled by nasty psychopath Cueball who takes the ice for himself. When Cueball continues to murded people he believes are trying to swindle him. Dick Tracey. (Morgan Conway) allows his girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the gems but his plan backfires when she's captured by the homicidal Cueball.
Howards End: 'Only connect'. This famous command is the catalyst which brings together two very different Edwardian families - the one passionate and progressive the other hidebound by wealth and social status - with irreversible and devastating consequences. A dying woman's impulsive wish marks a turning point in the relationship between the cosmopolitan Schlegel sisters Margaret and Helen and the wealthy Wilcox family when Ruth Wilcox bequeaths her idyllic country house Howards End to Margaret. Convinced that he is acting in the best interests of his family the patriarchal Henry Wilcox destroys his wife's 'unofficial' will. But as the lonely repressed Henry falls in love with Margaret and Helen's wilful attacks on class and convention strike at the very heart of the Wilcox family fate decrees that Henry must pay dearly for his deceit. Emma Thompson Anthony Hopkins Vanessa Redgrave and Helena Bonham Carter star in this acclaimed Merchant Ivory adaptation of E.M.Forster's Howards End one of the greatest novels of the century. Muhammed Ali - King Of The World: He called himself 'The Greatest' - and it was a description he merited. Cassius Clay (renamed Muhammad Ali after his controversial conversion to Islam) was quite simply the greatest boxer of the twentieth century a sportsman who overcame the traumas of his childhood to make his mark in the ring through an awesome combination of showmanship and superb technical grace. Climaxing in his crucial 1964 world title fight against Sonny Liston King Of The World traces Ali's meteoric rise to fame through the story of his early years - his struggle against racial prejudice his friendship with black activist Malcolm X his determination to take on the reigning giants of the boxing world and be 'The Greatest'. King Of The World is a must for both boxing fans and lovers of compelling true life drama - an unforgettable portrait of a sporting legend. James Dean - Race With Destiny: The gripping story of James Dean's rise to fame his romantic entanglements and his fatal desire for fast cars that led to his untimely death. Bloodlines: On the night of 7th November 1974 Lord Lucan mysteriously disappeared following the murder of his children's nanny. Was it murder by mistake? This film follows the discoveries of tenacious reporters. Molokai: Hawaii 1872. The British and American's compete for influence and power in the Pacific island of Hawaii. Off the cost of Hawaii is Molokai a small island where lepers are abondoned in exile. It is a society based on the survival of the fittest. Molokai is out of control with food scarce or non-existent and children being led into prostitution and slavery. The responsibility for the leper's welfare rests with Molokai's Chief Administrator and Hawaii's Prime Minister Bishop and Chief Priest who realise that action is required before the Molokai scandal weakens Hawaii's power with America and England. This is the true story of how Father Damien shames the cynical establishment into action and brings compassion and dignity to Molokai against all the odds.
When the Battleship Missouri blasts into orbit Space Marine Sergeant Zack Delano (Billy Worth) and Captain Tom Gray (Edward Albert) are launched into the most dangerous space mission in history. The time is the mid 21st century and the Universe is governed by a powerful peace-loving organisation: The United Planets. Space Marines are the highly trained elite special forces deployed by the United Planets to maintain order. Peace has been broken by a band of renegade space pirates led by the sadistic Colonel Fraser. They have hijacked an intergalactic nuclear cargo ship and have kidnapped a high-ranking United Planets official in the process. The spectacular confrontation that ensues will determine the future of the free planets...
A collection of four Sherlock Holmes adventures starring Basil Rathbone. The Pearl Of Death (1943): Before a master thief is caught he hides his take the Borgia Pearls inside the wet plaster of one of six busts of Napoleon. His homicidal side-kick ""The Creeper"" is instructed to stalk and kill the owners of the busts but Holmes intervenes and finds himself stalking ""The Creeper""... Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror (1942): In war-torn London Sherlock Holm
A journalist holds potentially threatening information and the government will not rest until he is dead. The government's trained assassin is undecided which side to choose...
Laurel and Hardy (British born Stan Laurel and his American partner Oliver Hardy) are considered to be among the most famous and finest double acts in cinema history. Each brought talents from his solo career to the team. In Utopia (their last film together) they set sail for an island Stan has inherited from his late Uncle. On the way they hit a storm and are beached on an atoll where they find an abundance of uranium. Along with their cook a stowaway and a girl who is fleeing her fiance they set up their own government. Oliver is voted their Governor - can he save the island?
CarsHit the road with the high-octane adventure comedy that shows life is about the journey, not the finish line. Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he inadvertently takes the scenic route on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on the old Route 66, he meets Doc Hudson, Sally, Mater and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.Cars 2Get ready for more freewheeling fun as star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage!
The Final Days This compelling drama traces the activities of Richard Nixon's (played by Lane Smith) last days in office as he and his aides try desperately to repair the damage and clear up all allegations about the Watergate scandal. Based on the riveting book by the Pultizer Prize-winning team of Woodward and Bernstein The Final Days not only captures the feverish intensity of the Watergate era but also offers a valuable insight into the psyche of Nixon. Animal Farm Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Manor Farm is an oppressive place for the farm animals and in search of a utopian life (which they believe they can achieve through their new philosophy Animalism) they take over the running of the farm and overthrow Farmer Jones. All is perfect until some animals believe they are more equal than others in George Orwell's timeless satire on the rise of Stalinist Russia given a live action adaptation by John Stephenson. Challenger As the world awaited what should have been a routine lift-off for the space shuttle Challenger unattended complications with equipment turned the mission in to a ticking time-bomb. Adding to the excitement of the mission was the presence of Christa McAuliffe (played by Karen Allen) a small town school teacher chosen from hundreds of candidates to teach the first lesson in space. This compelling account offers a poignant look into the lives of each of the seven Challenger crew members during the months leading up to the launch. Not only devoted to astronauts these heroic seven were also devoted mothers fathers husbands and wives. But during these moments we witness bewildered corporate inability to resolve an issue before it becomes a catastrophe of the highest order. Excitement frustration and grief unfold as the true story of the space shuttle disaster is revealed.
Five great action films in one amazing value box set! Hired To Kill Frank Ryan (international star Brian Thompson) is a soldier of fortune. Hired by a powerful organisation to infiltrate a volatile Middle East country his job will be to locate jailed rebel leader Petros Rallis (screen legend Jos'' Ferrer) then free him - or kill him. Either result will ignite a revolution and destroy the present regime. Ryan's unscrupulous boss Willard Thomas (screen legend and Naked Gun straight man George Kennedy) recruits six beautiful but deadly women who will enter Cypra disguised as fashion models on tour. Though Ryan is in charge of the operation he doesn't like the set up one bit. Explosive action follows in this dynamic thriller that delivers the goods with sexy results... Frank And Jesse With the Civil War over Frank and Jesse James (Bill Paxton and Rob Lowe) retreat to the family farm where they witness the murder of their younger brother while Yankee soldiers turn their backs. The James boys feel they have no choice but to seek their own justice. They join the younger brothers to form a gang of rebels that wage a bloody war against its corrupt enemies in robbing their banks stagecoaches and train. In retaliation their adversaries hire famed detective Allan Pinkerton (William Atherton) to stop them. When his nephew is gunned down by the James Gang Pinkerton vows he will not rest until the day the notorious brothers are brought to justice at the end of a rope... A Father's Revenge It's a parent's worst nightmare a kidnapped child. Paul and Anne Hobart (Brian Dennehy and Joanna Cassidy) watch their television screen in disbelief as their only daughter reads a prepared statement saying that she is a prisoner of war. Karin Hobart is being used as a pawn between a terrorist group and the government that has arrested their comrades. The terrorists promise that she and her fellow captives will be executed if their demands are not met. As the terrorists' deadline approaches Paul Hobart becomes desperate to rescue Karin. When he receives word from the State Department that the United States will not interfere Paul takes matters into his own hands. Securing the information that helps him locate his daughter Paul plans his assault refusing to become a hostage of terror. Nightmare At Noon A vial containing a mind altering drug is dumped into a lake by a group of armed men led by a mysterious pale-eyes albio (Brion James). Two days later the inhabitants of the local town Canyonlands start to go beserk. A married couple (Wings Hauser and Kimberly Beck) travelling through the town and Sheriff Roy Hank (George Kennedy) are among those caught up in the mayhem... Hercules In New York Bored with life on Mount Olympus Hercules (Arnold Schwarzenegger in his debut film) decides to visit Earth against the wishes of his father Zeus. Zeus explodes with anger and hurls a thunder-bolt at Hercules who plummets
The Fan (Dir. Tony Scott 1998): Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) is a big baseball fan. Separated from his wife and son and down on his luck Renard's love of baseball becomes an obsession and he stalks his favourite baseball celebrity Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes). When Rayburn falls into a career slump Renard's obsession takes a deadly turn and he secretly vows to stop at nothing including murder to restore his idol's reputation. About Schmidt (Dir. Alexander Payne 2002): Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) has arrived at several of life's crossroads all at the same time as he is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement. Soon after his wife of 42 years passes away and he must come to terms with his only daughters marriage to a man he does not care for. With no job no wife and no family Warren is desperate to find something meaningful in his thoroughly unimpressive life. Warren sets out on a journey of self-discovery exploring his roots across Nebraska and facing up to the failure that his life has become. 15 Minutes (Dir. John Herzfeld 2001): Robert De Niro stars as homicide detective Eddie Flemming a man who knows how to handle high-profile murders. But now with a crime that has ended in a grisly fire and a pair of Eastern European killers on a rampage across the city Flemming must team up with a rival: the low-key Arson Investigator Jordy Warsaw played by Ed Burns.
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968): Peter Ustinov stars in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team... that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning! Blackbeard finds himself full of team spirit and dispensing his own brand of invisible coaching... One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing (1975): It's Nanny Hettie to the rescue when British Intelligence Agent Lord Southmere is captured by Chinese agent Hnup Wan. Hettie is the only one who knows Southmere's secret: he has stolen a piece of top-secret microfilm from a Chinese warlord and hidden it in the skeleton of a dinosaur in a London museum. Aided by a small army of fellow nannies Hettie saves the day by foiling Wan and his gang. The Absent Minded Professor (1961): A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber or ""Flubber"" an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself. Escape from Witch Mountain (1975): Two young orphans with supernatural powers are adopted by a ruthless millionaire who plans to harness use their abilities for his own selfish purposes... Gnome Mobile (1967): Northern California's majestic Redwood Forest is thei scene fori a chance encounter between two young children and Jasper a two-foot high gnome. Jasper has been desperately searching for a suitable bride to please Knobby his 900-year old grandfather. Surprised and delighted with their find the children agree to help Jasper with his predicament - a problem that develops into a wild chase when an enterprising showman discovers the gnomes and quickly masterminds a kidnapping plot! Watcher in the Woods (1981): An American family moves into a spooky manor house located within a wooded area in the English countryside. Before long they start to see some odd things like mirrors that don't reflect and the ghost of a blindfolded girl. The new tenants learn that 30 years ago a teenage girl who bears an uncanny resemblance to their daughter Jan disappeared nearby. Soon the supernatural presence starts contacting both sisters. Freaky Friday (1977): When a mother and her teenage daughter both wish at the same time that they could switch places for one day each has to live the life of the other on one seriously freaky Friday... Parent Trap (1961): Two long separated twin sisters (both played by Hayley Mills) meet unexpectedly at a summer camp where their divorced parents sent them. Together they hatch an ingenious plot to reunite their families. Condorman (1981): Woody Wilkins an inventive comic book writer turns into a bumbling spy and is catapulted on a jet-setting trip around the world as Condorman the comic book hero he created. The problems - and the hilarity - start when Woody falls in love with a Russian agent Natalia (Barbara Carrera) and sets about helping her defect to the United States. However Natalia's old flame KGB agent Krokov isn't about to let his prize get away. Krokov has every one of his agents on the run trying to prevent ""Condorman"" from aiding Natalia's escape. Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979): An astronaut and his robot companion inadvertantly enter a time-space warp and are hurled into the past where they find themselves in the court of King Arthur!
The ancient story of good surviving evil and in particular of one man's faith unshakeable in the face of ridicule scorn and danger. Oscar-winner Jon Voight Mary Steenburgen F. Murray Abraham and James Coburn star in this lavish and original interpretation of Noah's Ark with dazzling special effects computerised creatures depicting extinct species and a cast of thousands of animals all combining to tell the story of the epic Bible legend.
John Decesare presents history in the making. Ten years 12 movies one sport redefined. This fall Poor Boyz Productions is pleased to present the 16mm and Hi Def film 'Ten' Enlist for another season as the PBP crew turns their cameras on the world's Premier athletes to bring you insane big mountain Back country kickers and rediculous antics. Catch Simon Dumonte's 22 foot out of the pipe X-Games run Jon Olsson's back-country marvels and many more with tons of bonus material includi
Countess Dracula (1970); The erotic horror tale of a countess who discovers that the blood of young virgin girls will restore her to the passionate beauty she was 25 years before...; ; Twins Of Evil (1971); Both look exactly alike: which one was the twin of evil? Victims of a vampire curse lead to a witch-hunt headed by Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing), a fanatical Puritan leader of a bizarre religious sect. Only a vampire hunter can save the innocent!; ; Monster; A supernatur...
Mickey Rooney in Little Lord Fauntleroy Drama DVD NEW
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