"Director: Joseph H Lewis"

• The Big Combo | Blu Ray | (25/06/2018) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Lieutenant Diamond (Cornel Wilde, The Naked Prey) is determined to bring down mob boss Mr Brown (Richard Conte, Thieves Highway), even if it means jeopardising his own career, but the feeling is mutual and the unscrupulous gangster is more than willing to operate outside the law to get his man. The confrontation escalates, leading to some wince-inducing set-pieces involving such handy props as a radio and a hearing aid. This masterpiece from Joseph H. Lewis (Gun Crazy, Terror in a Texas Town), drenched with sleazy innuendo, came late to the film noir cycle, but is now considered one of the defining examples of the genre, not least thanks to some extraordinary chiaroscuro lighting by the great cinematographer John Alton (already an Oscar-winner for An American in Paris) and a heartbreaking performance by Jean Wallace (No Blade of Grass) as Brown s troubled girlfriend. The film also boasts a menacing early performance from a pre-stardom Lee Van Cleef (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) as one of Brown s henchmen. When the film was revived in London in the mid-seventies, a polemically breathless Time Out review called it almost certainly the greatest movie ever made... as heady as amyl nitrate andas compulsive as stamping on insects . SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation transferred from original film elements Uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Commentary by noirchaeologist Eddie Muller Geoff Andrew on The Big Combo, the critic and programmer offers an introduction to and analysis of the film Wagon Wheel Joe, a visual essay on director Joseph H. Lewis by filmmaker David Cairns Original Screenplay (DVD/BD-ROM content) International poster gallery Trailer for Lewis final, noir-themed film, Terror in a Texas Town Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Scott Saslow

• Invisible Ghost | DVD | (13/10/2014) from £11.30   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Terror In A Texas Town | Blu Ray | (10/07/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  For his 41st and final feature film, Joseph H. Lewis was able to combine the two genres in which he had excelled. The man in the director s chair for My Name is Julia Ross, Gun Crazy and The Big Combo, Lewis was one of the all-time greats in film noir. But he was also a fine director of Westerns, having made A Lawless Street, 7th Cavalry and The Halliday Brand, all of which especially the last remain underrated. Terror in a Texas Town would bring his noir sensibilities to the American West, resulting in one of his finest works. McNeil (Sebastian Cabot, The Time Machine) is a greedy hotel owner who wants to take control of Prairie City, the Texas town of the title. Keen to drive the local farmers of their land, McNeil hires a gunman, Johnny Crale (Nedrick Young, who would pen the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Defiant Ones the same year), resulting in the death of a former whaler. The dead man s son, George Hansen (Sterling Hayden, The Killing), arrives in town to inherit the farm and set the stage for revenge armed with only his father s old harpoon... Terror in a Texas Town was written by Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted by the film industry and forced to write under pseudonyms or to use fronts . Two years before he helped break the blacklist with on-screen credits for Otto Preminger s Exodus and Stanley Kubrick s Spartacus, his work was credited to Ben Perry, but it demonstrates a psychological depth and political dimension that is undoubtedly that of Trumbo. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand-new 2K restoration from original film elements produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Introduction by Peter Stanfield, author of Hollywood, Westerns and the 1930s: The Lost Trail and Horse Opera: The Strange History of the Singing Cowboy Scene-select commentaries by Stanfield Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vladimir Zimakov FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing by Glenn Kenny

• 3 Classic Bela Lugosi Films Of The Silver Screen - Invisible Ghost / Scared To Death / White Zombie | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £12.87   |  Saving you £-7.88 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Invisible Ghost: Actor Bela Lugosi born in Lugas Hungary on October 20 1882 was the screens most notorious personification of evil - at the peak of his career in the early 30's he helped usher in an era of new popularity for the horror genre. In this film a man carries out a series of grisly stranglings whilst under hypnosis by his insane and domineering wife... Scared To Death: The pieces of a puzzling murder are revealed to us one by one in this frightening story

• Four Film Noir Classics Limited Edition | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four Films 1936-1938 brings together a quartet of 1930s features by Sacha Guitry, the celebrated French filmmaker, playwright and actor of the stage and screen, each based on his earlier works. Indiscretions (Le Nouveau testament) follows a holier-than-though physician who is scuppered by his own hypocrisy. My Father Was Right (Mon père avait raison) tells off a man who, after being left by his wife for another man, raises his son to be wary of women. Let's Dream (Faisons un rêve ) is another story of mistrust, between husband, wife and lovers. And the history of one of France's most famous streets is retold in Up the Champs-Élysées (Remontons les Champs-Élysées), featuring multiple performances from Guitry himself. Available for the first time on Blu-ray this set presents some of Guitry's earliest and most enjoyable works.

• My Name Is Julia Ross | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After a promising start on Poverty Row quickies, Joseph H. Lewis (The Big Combo) made his first film at Columbia and established himself as a director to watch with this Gothic-tinged Hitchcockian breakout hit, which later proved so popular that Columbia promoted it to A-feature status. The morning after Julia Ross (Nina Foch, Executive Suite) takes a job in London as secretary to wealthy widow Mrs Williamson Hughes (Dame May Whitty, The Lady Vanishes), she wakes up in a windswept Cornish mansion, having been drugged. Mrs Hughes and her volatile son, Ralph (George Macready, Gilda), attempt to gaslight Julia into believing she is Ralph s wife, Marion. Her belongings have been destroyed, the windows barred and the locals believe that she is mad. Will Julia be able to escape before she falls prey to the Hughes sinister charade? And what happened to the real Marion Hughes? A briskly paced and brilliantly stylised mystery that grabs its audience from the start, My Name Is Julia Ross immediately cemented Lewis place in the noir pantheon, and anticipated the elaborate identity-based deceptions found in future classic thrillers like Alfred Hitchcock s Vertigo and Brian De Palma s Obsession. Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed mono PCM audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Commentary by noir expert Alan K. Rode Identity Crisis: Joseph H. Lewis at Columbia - The Nitrate Diva (Nora Fiore) provides the background and an analysis of the film Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Scott Saslow FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Adrian Martin

• So Dark The Night | Blu Ray | (18/02/2019) from £10.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Like his contemporaries Howard Hawks and Billy Wilder, Joseph H. Lewis (Gun Crazy) dabbled in many genres, but excelled in the film noir tradition. A Hitchcockian tale of mystery and intrigue, So Dark the Night was one of his finest pictures. Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There he falls in love with the innkeeper s daughter, Nanette, who is already betrothed to a local farmer. On the evening of their engagement party, Nanette and the farmer both disappear. Cassin takes up the case immediately to discover what happened to them and who is responsible. As with his celebrated noir masterpieces My Name Is Julia Ross and The Big Combo, Lewis elevates the twisty, pulpy material with some of the finest noir touches the genre has to offer, beautifully shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer (Bonnie and Clyde). Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original uncompressed mono PCM audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio Commentary by critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme So Dark... Joseph H. Lewis at Columbia - Critic Imogen Sara Smith provides the background and an analysis of the film Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tonci Zonjic FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic David Cairns

• 7th Cavalry | DVD | (16/08/2010) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Following General Custer's defeat at the battle of Little Big Horn Captain Benson's absence is regarded by many as cowardice. In order to repair his name and reputation he volunteers to retrieve Custer's body.

• Terror In A Texas Town | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-8.03 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When George Hansen (Hayden) arrives in Prairies City Texas to help manage his family's fledgling farm he finds that his father has been mysteriously murdered and no one in town-not even the sheriff-plans to do anything about it! Determined to track down the killer himself Hansen learns that a ruthless oil prospector and his vicious group of hired guns have been forcing immigrant farmers to sell their mineral-rich land-or pay for it with their lives. Despite crooked lawmen brutal ambushes and terrorized townsfolk Hansen tracks down his father's killer and faces off against the enemy in a remarkable showdown reminiscent of High Noon that's one of the most original and dramatic action sequences ever filmed.

• The Falcon in San Francisco | DVD | (18/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.

• The Big Combo | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's costing the department too much money with no results. Diamond makes one last attempt to uncover evidence against Brown by going to Brown's girlfriend, Susan Lowell.

• 7th Cavalry | DVD | (21/01/2013) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-2.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

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• Invisible Dog | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £5.89   |  Saving you £-3.90 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Charles Kessler has homicidal tendencies and is controlled by his wife. When she leaves him for another man those tendencies start to take over.... Written by Al Martin and Helen Martin and directed by Joseph H Lewis.

• The Invisible Ghost | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Actor Bela Lugosi born in Lugas Hungary on October 20 1882 was the screens most notorious personification of evil - at the peak of his career in the early 30's he helped usher in an era of new popularity for the horror genre. In this film a man carries out a series of grisly stranglings whilst under hypnosis by his insane and domineering wife...

• The Silver Bullet | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Johnny Mack Brown is on a quest to find the man who killed his father his only clue the gunman's silver bullet removed from his own back. Co-starring Fuzzy Knight Jennifer Holt William Farnum and Leroy Mason. A classic B-western from 1942.

• Bela Lugosi Triple DVD Box Set | DVD | (11/03/2008) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-2.79 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Actor Bela Lugosi born in Lugos Hungary on October 20th 1882 was the screen's most notorious personification of evil. At the peak of his career in the early '30s he helped usher in an era of new popularity for the horror genre.

• John Wayne Boxset | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  Featuring 32 classic John Wayne movies! 1. Angel And The Badman (1947) 2. Back To Bataan (1945) 3. The Conqueror (1956) 4. Dakota (1945) 5. Dark Command (1940) 6. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) 7. The Fighting Seabees (1944) 8. Flame Of Barbary Coast (1945) 9. Flying Leathernecks (1951) 10. Flying Tigers (1942) 11. Fort Apache (1948) 12. Hellfighters (1968) 13. In Old California (1942) 14. Jet Pilot (1957) 15. Lady From Louisiana (1941) 16. Pittsburgh (1942) 17. The Quiet Man (1952) 18. Reap The Wild Wind (1942) 19. Rio Grande (1950) 20. Rooster Cogburn (1975) 21. Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949) 22. Seven Sinners (1940) 23. The Shepard Of The Hills (1941) 24. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) 25. The Spoilers (1942) 26. Stagecoach (1939) 27. Tall In The Sadle (1944) 28. Three Faces West (1940) 29. Tycoon (1947) 30. Wake Of The Red Witch (1948) 31. War Of The Wildcats (1943) 32. The War Wagon (1967)