"Director: Otto Preminger"

• Carmen Jones (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/09/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Few actresses have dominated the camera as powerfully as Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones. Her polished beauty plays in irresistible contrast to her title character's leonine sexuality and fluid emotions; a man can't decide from moment to moment if he wants to save her from doom, build her a castle, or never let her out of bed. Of course, that's the problem with the boys in this semi-experimental adaptation of Bizet's opera, Carmen. Straight-arrow Joe (a strapping Harry Belafonte), an obedient corporal on a southern military base during World War II, is all set to go to flight school and marry his hometown sweetie, Cindy Lou (Olga James), when his troublemaking sergeant orders him to accompany Carmen to a civilian court. In short order, Joe is swept up in Carmen's carnal anarchy and her craving for release from lousy options in life. An impulsive act of violence ensures that Joe's future is gone forever, putting Carmen in the difficult position of destroying their relationship to save him. Oscar Hammerstein II took Bizet's music in 1943 and rewrote the book and lyrics. The result is largely a smashing success with a few missteps (the bullfighter in Bizet's piece becomes a heavyweight boxer here, which breaks up a certain grace in the story) and a couple of perfect stretches (the long prelude to Carmen and Joe's first embrace, set on Carmen's hoodoo-ish home turf). Despite the fact that both Dandridge and Belafonte were singers, their vocal performances were dubbed by LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne. (Yes, it is a little disconcerting to hear another voice coming out of the more familiar Belafonte's mouth.) Otto Preminger directed with his usual eye on economy of action and production, as the numerous musical numbers tend to be shot in lengthy, single, carefully choreographed takes. The result can be a little visually static at times, but the passion behind the singing pulls everything through.--Tom Keogh

• Bunny Lake Is Missing | Blu Ray | (27/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Darkly poetic and reflective, Otto Preminger's psychological thriller centres on an American woman living in London (Carol Lynley) who believes her four-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The police (headed by a splendid Laurence Olivier) can't do much to help because, try as she might, Lynley can't prove to them that she ever had a daughter at all INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES: 4K restoration Audio commentary with film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman Interview with actor Carol Lynley (2017, tbc mins) Interview with actor Clive Revill (2017, 14 mins) Isolated score: experience Paul Glass' original soundtrack music Trailers Image gallery New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Chris Fujiwara Limited Dual Format Edition of 3,000 UK Blu-ray premiere

• The Fan | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Otto Preminger directed 1949 adaptation of the classic Oscar Wilde 4 act comedy 'Lady Windermere's Fan' starring Jeanne Craine Madeleine Carroll and George Sanders. The witty dialogue flows as misunderstanding follows misunderstanding in the tangled lives of an aristocratic couple leading finally to a selfless and unexpected act of self-sacrifice.

• Fallen Angel | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £17.99   |  Saving you £2.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Down on his luck Eric meets the wealthy June and formulates a plan to marry her then divorce her and steal her fortune that will enable him to live in comfort with Stella with whom he is in love. However when Stella is mysteriously murdered things start to go very wrong indeed...

• Whirlpool | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The wife of a successful psychoanalyst is arrested for shoplifting and only saved from any scandal by a somewhat dubious hypnotist. Soon finds herself caught up in a murder hunt...

• Laura | DVD | (23/04/2007) from £15.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the subtlest, most sophisticated and most invigoratingly acerbic Hollywood crime movies ever made.

• Angel Face | DVD | (11/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It started like any other night... Ambulance driver Frank Jessup (Robert Mitchum) gets a call from the house of Catherine Tremayne (Barbara O'Neil) little realising where this routine call will take him. Mrs Tremayne has a beautiful wilful stepdaughter Diane (Jean Simmons); she's attracted to Frank and insists he take a job as the family chauffeur. Frank's wary of getting too close to the kid however especially when he realises she's not as sweet as she looks. But Diane has a habit of getting what she wants and it doesn't matter what - or who - it costs...

• Danger - Love At Work | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In this 1930s screwball comedy lackadaisical lawyer Henry MacMorrow attempts to get the kooky Pemberton family to agree on a large property deal involving part of their estate. Frustrated by the family's scatty entourage which includes a Dali lookalike an exceedingly precocious child and their whimsical parents he turns to the beautiful Toni Pemberton the independently minded daughter of the family with a fake sob story. The two of them join forces in a bid to gather the signature

• The Man With the Golden Arm | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £6.46   |  Saving you £-4.47 (-224.60%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Frank Sinatra stars as professional poker player Frankie Machine who returns to Chicago after serving time for possession of heroin determined to become a changed character and make it as a jazz drummer. The odds are stacked against him however for with a neurotic and invalid wife and the presence of his old drug pushing friends it is not long before he gives in to temptation and is back on the drugs again....

• John Wayne: Complete Paramount Collection | DVD | (06/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Box set containing fourteen John Wayne films: True Grit (1969), El Dorado (1966), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), In Harm's Way (1965), The Shootist (1976), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Rio Lobo (1970), Big Jake (1971), Donovan's Reef (1963), Hatari! (1961), McLintock! (1963), Island in the Sky (1953), Hondo (1953) and The High and the Mighty (1954).

• John Wayne - Complete Paramount Collection | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This boxset features the following films: Hondo: Wayne plays Hondo Lane a cavalry rider who becomes the designated protector of the strong-willed Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page) as well as a father figure to her boy Johnny (Lee Aaker). Angie determinedly awaiting the return of her brutish husband (Leo Gordon) refuses to leave their homestead despite the growing danger from nearby warring Native American tribes. And she finds herself growing more and more enthralled with this stranger Hondo - a man hardened by experience but still capable of sympathy kindness and love. McLintock: George McLintock has to try and convince his wife that he has been faithful after a two year seperation with their fights the talk of the town. Matters are not helped by the extremely attractive cook Mrs Louise Warren he has hired at the ranch house... True Grit: A drunken hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer in Indian territory. Rio Lobo: After the Civil War Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend. El Dorado: Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alchoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West ruthless cattle barons and crooked businessmen. The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star. Big Jake: John Wayne is Jacob McCandles an ageing cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization. When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone) Jacob's estranged wife (Maureen O'Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy. Jacob and his three sons (one of whom is portrayed by Wayne's real-life son Patrick) set out to bring the gang to justice. The Shootist: A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity. The Sons of Katie Elder: Ranch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother. Features John Wayne Dean Martin Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: A senator who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed. Hatari! A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways? In Harm's Way: A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese. The High and the Mighty: Wayne plays Dan Roman a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself scheduled on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return. Island in the Sky: Set after World War II Wayne play Dooley a former army pilot flying transport missions who is forced to crash-land his fuel-starved plane on a frozen lake after is strays from its course. Donovan's Reef: Life on a South Pacific island for two ex-Navy buddies is just about perfect. That is until a beautiful straight-laced Bostonian arrives on the island in search of her father...

• River Of No Return | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £18.72   |  Saving you £-5.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Recently widowed Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking rugged Northwest wilderness where Matt is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun). When Weston's beautiful fiance (Marilyn Monroe) then decides to nurse Calder back to health the insanely jealous Weston risks all their lives by taking them on a ride down a treacherous river...

• Classic Sinatra | DVD | (14/05/2018) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Classic Sinatra 4 DVD box set features: MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM When lawless card dealer and recuperating drug addict Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) gets out of prison, he decides to go straight at last. All he has is an old drum set and so Frankie tries for genuine work as a drummer. Frankie s old employer, small-time crook Schwiefka (Robert Strauss) and Frankie s old drug pusher, Louis (Darren McGavin), come back into his life. Frankie tries to stay clean although eventually succumbs to his former lifestyle.

• John Wayne: Adventure Triple (Donovan's Reef, Hatari, In Harm's Way) | DVD | (01/10/2012) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Donovan's Reef: Acclaimed director John Ford and screen legend John Wayne team up for what would be their final collaboration in this rowdy South Seas escapade. Lee Marvin and Jack Warden join Wayne as World War II Navy buddies living in a post-war paradise when their bliss is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Elizabeth Allen, a straight-laced Boston blue blood hoping to locate her estranged father (Warden). Hatari!: Director Howard Hawks reteams with John Wayne, who heads a...

• Angel Face | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team in this outstanding example of classic Noir. Directed by Otto Preminger (Laura The Man with The Golden Arm). Mitchum is at his best as Frank Jessup an ambulance driver driven and ensnared by Simmons who demonstrates her own brilliant talents in this compelling plot that leads to a taut and suspenseful climax.

• James Stewart - In The Frame Collection | DVD | (29/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the following films: You Can't Take It With You (Dir. Frank Capra) (1938): James Stewart Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold star in this screwball comedy. Arthur stars as Alice Sycamore the stable family member of an offbeat clan of free spirits who falls for Stewart the down-to-earth son of a snooty wealthy family. Amidst a backdrop of confusion the two very different families rediscover the simple joys of life... Mr Smith Goes To Washington (Dir. Frank Capra) (1939): James Stewart Jean Arthur and Claude Rains star in this award-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic small-town politician who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him. Man From Laramie (Dir. Anthony Mann) (1955): Will Lockhart comes to a small town to find the man who sold rifles to the Apaches and caused the death of his brother a cavalry officer. Beaten and nearly killed by cohorts of the arms dealer he also becomes embroiled with a ranch baron and his overwrought son. Father and son are plotted against by their treacherous foreman who wants the ranch for himself. Anatomy Of A Murder (Dir. Otto Preminger) (1959): A riveting courtroom drama of rape and premeditated murder is brought to life with an all-star cast in the suspenseful and highly-acclaimed Anatomy Of A Murder. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture (1959) the film pits a humble small-town lawyer (James Stewart) against a hard-headed big-city prosecutor (George C. Scott). Emotions flare as a jealous army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) pleads innocent to murdering the rapist of his seductive beautiful wife (Lee Remick). Produced and directed by the renowned Otto Preminger the film features a brilliant score by Duke Ellington. Packed with drama passion and intrigue Anatomy Of A Murder is a cinematic masterpiece that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Two Rode Together (Dir. John Ford) (1961): A group of children are held captive by the Indians. A Lieutenant enlists the help of a Texas Marshall in a rescue attempt. Based on the novel by Will Cook. Bell Book And Candle (Dir. Richard Quine) (1958): James Stewart is publisher Shep Henderson sucked into the underworld of Greenwich Village by the beautiful Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak). Their liaison kicks off when Gillian employs her skills to indulge in a bit of fun. By the time Shep gets wise and rejects the artificial premise for a relationship she has sacrificed her powers to emotional awakening and all is set for a happy ending.

• Rosebud | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When 5 millionaires' daughters are captured on the yacht Rosebud undercover agent Martin is sent to hunt the kidnappers down.

• Margin for Error & A Royal Scandal | DVD | (31/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two classic Otto Preminger titles together in one package. A Royal Scandal dwells on a fictional incident in the life of Russia's Catherine The Great. This story of sexual shenanigans among royalty stars Tallulah Bankhead in a rare screen role. Also of note is a deliciously camp appearance by Vincent Price as the French Ambassador. Margin For Error stars Milton Berle as a Jewish Brooklyn policeman assigned to guard Nazi consul Karl Baumer (Otto Preminger) in pre-WWII New York.

• The Man With The Golden Arm | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £5.69   |  Saving you £0.30 (5.27%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight -- or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren The Man With The Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not

• The Man With The Golden Arm | DVD | (18/12/2006) from £7.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (6.68%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight -- or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren The Man With The Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not only the inner city but middle America as well. It contains what Frank Sinatra himself considered his best performance a role which gained him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor of 1955. Directed by the notorious Otto Preminger this hard-edged expressionistic view of the normally-depicted-as-glorious 1950s will comes as a fascinating surprise to those who have yet to discover this classic melodrama. Co-starring a young Darren McGavin in his debut film performance it also contains one of the movie score legend Elmer Bernstein's best compositions which earned one of the film's two other Oscar nominations along with one for art direction.