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Review United Artists / The One That Got Away [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Goodliffe
  • Terence Alexander
  • Roy Ward Baker
  • Hardy Krüger
  • Colin Gordon
  • Alec McCowen
Release date: 2008-05-13
Run time: 111 min.
Price: £4.41

Review The One That Got Away [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / United Artists:


Review Cinema Club / Randy Rides Alone [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • John Wayne
  • Alberta Vaughn
  • Yakima Canutt
  • Earl Dwire
  • Harry L. Fraser
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
Release date: 2003-08-11
Run time: 53 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.49

Review Randy Rides Alone [1935] / Cinema Club:


Review Warner Home Video / Ice Cold In Alex / The Colditz Story [1958]
Actors & Directors
  • Guy Hamilton
  • John Mills
  • Lionel Jeffries
  • Guido Lorraine
  • J. Lee Thompson
  • Christopher Rhodes
  • Bryan Forbes
Release date: 2002-04-22
Run time: 218 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Ice Cold In Alex / The Colditz Story [1958] / Warner Home Video:

During the Second World War the Germans put many of the Allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) who had proved consistent escapees together in a maximum security fortress, the very name of which became a legend. Based on the book by Colditz escapee Major Pat Reid, The Colditz Story (1957) documents the further, sometimes successful, escape attempts of these extraordinarily brave, resourceful and indomitable men. Starring John Mills, Eric Portman, Bryan Forbes and Anton Diffring, and co-written and directed by Guy Hamilton, who later made The Battle of Britain (1969), this is a sober, even-handed account, that is gripping and informative, yet not without humour. Sterling performances from the cast of stalwart actors adds up to a British cinema classic. Such is the fascination of Colditz that in 1972-3 the BBC made a very successful drama series staring Jack Hedley, Bernard Hempton, Robert Wagner and David McCallum, while in 2000 Channel 4 offered a superb three-part documentary, Escape from Colditz. In contrast to the semi-documentary feel of The Colditz Story David Lean's classic The Bridge on the River Kwai, from the same year, is an epic and powerful account of POW life in barbaric Japanese prison camps. -Gary S. Dalkin.

Review MGM / Duel in the Sun [1946] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lionel Barrymore
  • William Dieterle
  • Gregory Peck
  • David O. Selznick
  • Herbert Marshall
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Jennifer Jones
Release date: 2004-05-25
Run time: 146 min.
Price: £4.19

Review Duel in the Sun [1946] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:

Before creating Duel in the Sun, legendary producer David O Selznick dreamed of making another magnum opus like his 1939 production of Gone with the Wind; he also proposed to make Jennifer Jones, his ladylove then second wife, a megastar. Thus Duel in the Sun (Lust in the Dust to some) was created as an extravagant Technicolor epic about the collision of the old West with the new, offering wide-open spaces with railroads and barbed wire, and juxtaposing character traits such as hot-blooded outlaws alongside civilised folk who are often wimpy or unwell. The film begins among giant rocks drenched in a blood-red sunset, with velvet-voiced Orson Welles intoning the legend of doomed Pearl Chavez and her demon lover; Duel in the Sun never strays far from lush romanticism, spiced with a dash of S/M. The cast is huge (a lubriciously wicked Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, Joseph Cotton, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford, Butterfly McQueen) and there are unforgettable set pieces, the most notable being the lovers' final shootout among those red rocks, as orgiastic a finale as you could ask for. -Kathleen Murphy, Amazon. com.

Review Alpha Video / Legion of Missing Men [1937]
Actors & Directors
  • Ralph Forbes
  • Hamilton MacFadden
  • Hala Linda
  • Roy D'Arcy
  • Ben Alexander
  • Paul Hurst
Release date: 2004-08-31
Run time: 64 min.
Price: £2.48

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Review Stonevision Entertainment / Sheriff Of Tombstone [1941]
Actors & Directors
  • Addison Richards
  • Joseph Kane
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
  • Sally Payne
  • Roy Rogers
  • Elyse Knox
Release date: 2005-02-14
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £1.95

Review Sheriff Of Tombstone [1941] / Stonevision Entertainment:


Review Anchor Bay / Custer of the West [1968] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Lawrence Tierney
  • Robert Shaw
  • Jeffrey Hunter
  • Ty Hardin
  • Robert Siodmak
  • Mary Ure
Release date: 1999-04-13
Run time: 141 min.
Price: £6.59

Review Custer of the West [1968] (NTSC) / Anchor Bay:

General George Armstrong Custer has been portrayed as everything from a vain but ultimately honourable hero (Errol Flynn in They Died with Their Boots On) to an insane, pompous incompetent (Richard Mulligan in the biting Little Big Man), but few have attempted an ambitious look at the man in all his contradictions. Robert Siodmak's Custer of the West, his final American production, attempts the task with fine results, portraying the career soldier as a pragmatist, a disciplinarian with a bullying streak, a loner and ultimately an Old World romantic in the modern age. Robert Shaw gives the role a regal bearing (though his continental accent keeps drifting in) and a sense of dignity, depicting a man who ironically identifies more with the Indians than with the US Army. Jeffrey Hunter and Ty Hardin co-star as his battling junior officers and Robert Ryan is memorable in a brief appearance as a gold-mining deserter. Shooting in handsome widescreen and vivid Technicolor, Siodmak makes his outdoor settings come alive and nimbly handles the many action scenes, most notably a chase that sends an escaping soldier whooshing down a log water chute like a Disney ride. Siodmak's sweeping visuals deliver both grand images and ironic counterpoint, but ultimately Custer of the West eschews the heroism of Hollywood adventures for a portrait of the corrupt state of the American military and one man's hopeless fight against it. -Sean Axmaker, Amazon. com.

Review MGM / For a Few Dollars More [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Tomas Blanco
  • Roberto Camardiel
  • Rosemarie Dexter
  • Mario Brega
  • Lee Van Cleef
Release date: 1998-07-28
Run time: 131 min.
Creator: Ennio Morricone
Price: £4.11

Review For a Few Dollars More [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Image Entertainment / Tumbleweeds [1925] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • James Gordon
  • Gertrude Claire
  • Fred Gamble
  • Barbara Bedford
  • T.E. Duncan
Release date: 2002-06-25
Run time: 86 min.
Price: £10.15

Review Tumbleweeds [1925] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Review Animeigo / Japan's Longest Day [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kihachi Okamoto
  • Takashi Shimura
  • Toshirô Mifune
  • Seiji Miyaguchi
  • Chishu Ryu
  • Sô Yamamura
Release date: 2006-09-05
Run time: 158 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Japan's Longest Day [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Animeigo:


Review Image Entertainment / The Chess Player [1927] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Pierre Batcheff
  • Charles Dullin
  • Camille Bert
  • Raymond Bernard
  • Édith Jéhanne
  • Pierre Blanchar
Release date: 2003-07-29
Run time: 140 min.
Price: £12.38

Review The Chess Player [1927] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Image Entertainment:


Review Diamond Entertainment Corp. / In Which We Serve [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Gerald Case
  • Kenneth Carton
  • George Carney
  • Ballard Berkeley
  • Noël Coward
  • Joyce Carey
Release date: 2003-12-02
Run time: 114 min.
Creator: Noël Coward
Price: £1.02

Review In Which We Serve [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Diamond Entertainment Corp.:

Based on the true story of Lord Louis Mountbatten's destroyer HMS Kelly, In Which We Serve is one of the most memorable British films made during World War II. Unfolding in flashback as survivors cling to a dingy, constantly strafed by the Luftwaffe, the film recounts the history of HMS Torrin through various battles to her sinking off the coast of North Africa, interwoven with the onshore lives of her crew. The film was the inspiration of Noel Coward, who desperately wanted to do something for the war effort, and he produced, wrote the screenplay, composed the stirring musical score and starred as Captain Edward Kinross. Coward also officially co-directed, though in reality he soon handed the reigns over to David Lean, whose directorial debut this became. There is a fine performance from Celia Johnson, anticipating her character in Lean and Coward's Brief Encounter (1946) and excellent support from John Mills, as well as a star-making debut from an uncredited Richard Attenborough. The use of real navy and army personal as extras, together with lavish studio production and authentic shipboard location footage lends the film a sense of realism unusual for the time. A landmark in the careers of many of the most important names in British film, this moving and occasionally harrowing classic has a vital place in the development of British cinema. On the DVD: The image is presented in a close approximation of the original 1. 37:1 Academy ratio using a print that is good for its age but which would benefit from some restoration, several scenes showing notable damage. The sound is robust mono, though the main title music is very distorted. [+]
Speech is very clear. Extras are the original trailer, a stills gallery set to music from the film and a 23-minute retrospective documentary. This last is excellent, containing information on how to simulate bullets hitting water using condoms, and interviews with surviving members of the production including Sir John Mills and cinematographer Ronald Neame. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review Warner Home Video / Ice Cold In Alex / The Colditz Story [1958]
Actors & Directors
  • Bryan Forbes
  • Guy Hamilton
  • John Mills
  • Christopher Rhodes
  • J. Lee Thompson
  • Lionel Jeffries
  • Guido Lorraine
Release date: 2002-04-22
Run time: 218 min.
Price: £9.99

Review Ice Cold In Alex / The Colditz Story [1958] / Warner Home Video:

During the Second World War the Germans put many of the Allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) who had proved consistent escapees together in a maximum security fortress, the very name of which became a legend. Based on the book by Colditz escapee Major Pat Reid, The Colditz Story (1957) documents the further, sometimes successful, escape attempts of these extraordinarily brave, resourceful and indomitable men. Starring John Mills, Eric Portman, Bryan Forbes and Anton Diffring, and co-written and directed by Guy Hamilton, who later made The Battle of Britain (1969), this is a sober, even-handed account, that is gripping and informative, yet not without humour. Sterling performances from the cast of stalwart actors adds up to a British cinema classic. Such is the fascination of Colditz that in 1972-3 the BBC made a very successful drama series staring Jack Hedley, Bernard Hempton, Robert Wagner and David McCallum, while in 2000 Channel 4 offered a superb three-part documentary, Escape from Colditz. In contrast to the semi-documentary feel of The Colditz Story David Lean's classic The Bridge on the River Kwai, from the same year, is an epic and powerful account of POW life in barbaric Japanese prison camps. -Gary S. Dalkin.

Review Polart / Border Street [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Wladyslaw Walter
  • Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska
  • Jerzy Leszczynski
  • Jerzy Pichelski
  • Wladyslaw Godik
  • Aleksander Ford
Release date: 2006-06-27
Run time: 122 min.
Price: £11.48

Review Border Street [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Polart:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Casualties Of War [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Jack Gwaltney
  • Brian De Palma
  • Thuy Thy Le
  • Don Harvey
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Sean Penn
Release date: 2006-03-06
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.21

Review Casualties Of War [1989] / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Universal Pictures UK / The War Wagon [1967]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Walker Jr.
  • Keenan Wynn
  • John Wayne
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Burt Kennedy
  • Howard Keel
Release date: 2006-09-18
Run time: 96 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.16

Review The War Wagon [1967] / Universal Pictures UK:


Review Vci Video / The Adventures of Red Ryder [1940] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Vivian Austin
  • Maude Allen
  • William Witney
  • John English
  • Don 'Red' Barry
  • Noah Beery
  • Tommy Cook
Release date: 2000-10-24
Run time: 205 min.
Price: £6.73

Review The Adventures of Red Ryder [1940] (NTSC) / Vci Video:


Review Pegasus Entertainment / The Over The Hill Gang [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Willie Nelson
  • Edgar Buchanan
  • Jean Yarbrough
  • Walter Brennan
  • Chill Wills
  • Pat O'Brien
Release date: 2008-07-12
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.69

Review The Over The Hill Gang [1969] / Pegasus Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / The Green Berets [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • David Janssen
  • Irene Tsu
  • Ray Kellogg
  • John Wayne
  • Luke Askew
  • John Wayne
  • Jim Hutton
Release date: 2000-06-19
Run time: 135 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.07

Review The Green Berets [1968] / Warner Home Video:

Anyone who fought in Vietnam can tell you that the war bore little resemblance to this propagandistic action film starring and codirected by John Wayne. But Green Berets itself is not nearly as bad as its reputation would suggest; critics roasted its gung-ho politics while ignoring its merits as an exciting (if rather conventional and idealistic) war movie. Some notorious mistakes were made-in the final shot, the sun sets in the east!-and it's an awkward attempt to graft WWII heroics onto the Vietnam experience. But as the Duke's attempt to acknowledge the men who were fighting and dying overseas, it's a rousing film in which Wayne commands a regiment on a mission to kidnap a Viet Cong general. David Janssen plays a journalist who learns to understand Wayne's commitment to battling Communism, and Jim Hutton (Timothy's dad) plays an ill-fated soldier who adopts a Vietnamese orphan. -Jeff Shannon.

Review 20th Century Fox / Broken Arrow [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • James Stewart
  • Jeff Chandler
  • Will Geer
  • Delmer Daves
  • Debra Paget
  • Basil Ruysdael
Release date: 2007-05-22
Run time: 93 min.
Price: £4.36

Review Broken Arrow [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Models & Brands:
The One That Got Away [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Randy Rides Alone [1935], Ice Cold In Alex / The Colditz Story [1958], Duel in the Sun [1946] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Legion of Missing Men [1937], Sheriff Of Tombstone [1941], Custer of the West [1968] (NTSC), For a Few Dollars More [1965] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Tumbleweeds [1925] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Japan's Longest Day [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Chess Player [1927] (REGION 1) (NTSC), In Which We Serve [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Ice Cold In Alex / The Colditz Story [1958], Border Street [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Casualties Of War [1989], The War Wagon [1967], The Adventures of Red Ryder [1940] (NTSC), The Over The Hill Gang [1969], The Green Berets [1968], Broken Arrow [1950] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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