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• 3 Classic Katherine Hepburn Films - The African Queen / On Golden Pond / Iron Petticoat | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-2.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The African Queen The boozing smoking cussing captain of a tramp steamer Charlie Allnut saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship. Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester the wonderful combination of Hepburn and Bogie (who won an Oscar) makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Later came the book (and Clint Eastwood film) White Hunter Black Heart which chronicled screenwriter Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture. On Golden Pond Family tensions explode for a loving couple Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in Academy Award winning performance) at their New England summer cabin on Golden Pond. Their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) has come to visit with her new lover Bill (Dabney Coleman) and his tough young son Billy (Doug McKeon). The three generations collide. But what begins as a stubborn battle of wills between Norman and Billy slowly turns into a relationship that Chelsea always wanted with her father and Norman discovers how much he has missed by denying his daughter's love. Iron Petticoat A US Air Force captain forces down a Russian MIG only to be confronted by a Russian fighter ace. The Captain is tasked with converting her to capitalism.

• John Wayne Signature Collection - The Searchers/Chisum/Rio Bravo/The Cowboys/Cahill U.S. Marshal | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £49.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The Searchers:Wayne plays Ethan Edwards an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger thirst the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made. Chisolm:Cattle king John Chisum is determined to protect his empire against a land-grabbing developerin New Mexico's 1878 Lincoln County War... Rio Bravo:John Wayne is Chance in Rio Bravo a lean Western classic packing solid heroics around a strong emotional core. He's joined by Dean Martin as the deputy coming off a two-year drunk Walter Brennan as the old coot whose fiery spirit outmatches his hobbled stride Ricky Nelson as a youngster out to prove himself by joining the lawmen and Angie Dickinson as a woman with a past who hopes to rope Chance. The Cowboys:gives Wayne one of his juiciest roles as a leather-tough rancher who deserted by his regular help hires eleven greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles. Cahill: US Marshall:Lawman J.D. Cahill can stand alone against an army of bad guys. But as a widower father he's on insecure footing raising two sons; particularly when he suspects his boys have stepped outside the law...

• Cowboys | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  John Wayne has brawled bare-knuckled gunned down desperadoes fought jungle wars and piloted the skies. But 'The Cowboys' gives him one of his juiciest roles as a leather-tough rancher who deserted by his regular help hires eleven greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles. When the dust settles Wayne gives one of his best performances. In The Cowboys Rex Reed wrote All the forces that have made him a dominant personality as well as a major screen presence seem to combine. Old Dusty Britches can act. Co-starring the equally memorable Roscoe Lee Browne Colleen Dewhurst and Bruce Dern 'The Cowboys' is exciting proof. This version never before released in the UK includes a previously deleted scene.

• John Wayne Legacy | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £40.99

  This box set includes the following four great John Wayne westerns: Chisum: Cattle king John Chisum is determined to protect his empire against a land-grabbing developer in New Mexico's 1878 Lincoln County War... Cahill: U.S. Marshal Lawman J.D. Cahill can stand alone against an army of bad guys. But as a widower father he's on insecure footing raising two sons; particularly when he suspects his boys have stepped outside the law... Rio Bravo: John Wayne

• Steve McQueen Collection - Hell Is For Heroes/The Reivers/Nevada Smith/The Hunter/Le Mans | DVD | (27/07/2009) from £24.28   |  Saving you £0.71 (2.92%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: Hell Is For Heroes: His reputation precedes him but commander Fess Parker is in no position to be choosy when he learns that his tired platoon will not be shipping home as rumored but tossed into a ragged new offensive... The Reivers: Boon is a reiver (that's a cheat a liar a brawler and womaniser) and he has just four days to teach young Lucius the facts of life (like cheating lying brawling and womanizing)! Based on the novel by William Faulkner The Reivers tells the story of a young boy who leaves home and sets out on a journey with his best friend and Boon Hogganbeck (McQueen) his family's handyman. During the trip from Jefferson to Memphis the trio learns some valuable life lessons. Nevada Smith: This classic Western adapted from the novel by Harold Robbins and starring Steve McQueen in the title role is an edgy and gripping story of revenge that interweaves a number of different stories together in one mans quest to track down the killers of his parents. Nevada Smith sees a return to form for McQueen in a genre that he excelled in and with a supporting cast including Karl Malden Martin Landau and Arthur Kennedy the film sparkles with great performances and breathtaking scenery: a true Western classic. The Hunter: The incredible true story of Ralph 'Papa' Thorson. He's not as fast as he used to be: that's what makes him human. He's a bounty hunter: that's what makes him dangerous. Ralph Papa Thorson is a modern day bounty hunter who spends his time traveling the country to capture various fugitives who have skipped bail. When he does make it home to California he has to contend with his live-in girlfriend Dotty who is in a state of advanced pregnancy and trying to get Thorson to take a more active role in her birthing classes. At the same time a psychopath seeking revenge for being captured in the past is now stalking. This was Steve McQueen's final film before his untimely death. Le Mans: Returning to France to compete a year after he's been injured an American driver finds himself drawn to the widow of a racer who was killed in the same accident... Steve McQueen himself a championship racer did most of his own driving on the harrowing 8.5 mile Le Mans course; often at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour!

• The Cowboys | HD DVD | (17/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  The Cowboys gave John Wayne one of his juiciest late-career roles as a leather-tough rancher who deserted by his regular help hires 11 greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles.