Review, buy War and Westerns: Vengeance Valley [1951], Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Unforgiven [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC), American Empire [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Zane Grey - Box Set 1 [1944], The Steel Claw [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC), 20th Century Epics: Ben Hur / Gone With The Wind / Doctor Zhivago [1940], Is Paris Burning? [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Long Gray Line (1955), The Desert Rats [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Culloden [1964], Black Brigade [1969], Old Yeller/Savage Sam (REGION 1) (NTSC), War And Peace [1956], John Wayne: Stolen Goods [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Randy Rides Alone [1935], Hogan's Heroes: The Complete Sixth Season (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Outlaw [1943], Since You Went Away [1944] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Gun Fury [1953]

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Review Stonevision Entertainment / Vengeance Valley [1951]

Vengeance Valley [1951] (Stonevision Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Robert Walker
Joanne Dru
Burt Lancaster
John Ireland
Sally Forrest
Richard Thorpe

Release date: 2002-01-21
Run time: 83 min.
Creator: Luke Short
RRP: ~~£16.99~~
Price: £0.10

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Review Warner Home Video / Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Lillian Randolph
Daws Butler
William Hanna
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Martha Wentworth
Janet Waldo
Rudolf Ising

Release date: 2005-10-25
Run time: 320 min.
Creator: Robert Louis Stevenson
Price: £9.13

Review Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2 (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

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Review MGM / The Unforgiven [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Unforgiven [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (MGM)

Actors & Directors

Burt Lancaster
John Saxon
Audie Murphy
Charles Bickford
Audrey Hepburn
John Huston

Release date: 2003-05-20
Run time: 125 min.
Creator: James Hill
Price: £6.31

Review The Unforgiven [1960] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:

No relation to the 1992 Clint Eastwood film of almost the same name, 1959's The Unforgiven is based-like John Ford's The Searchers-on a novel by Alan LeMay. Again the story focuses on a frontier family divided by racism. But instead of the complex, endlessly resonant demonology of the Ford picture, here John Huston aims for a pat, civil-rights-era allegory of loving solidarity triumphing over societal prejudice-and, to be sure, some noble but dangerous Kiowas. Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn costar as, respectively, the eldest son of a ranching family and the beloved sister who's not his sister at all, but an Indian. However, the film's dark heart belongs to Joseph Wiseman as an avenging ghost who materialises out of the wind and Lillian Gish as the matriarch who will do whatever she must to protect her clan. -Richard T Jameson.

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Review Alpha Video / American Empire [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

American Empire [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Alpha Video)

Actors & Directors

Richard Dix
Frances Gifford
Robert Barrat
William C. McGann
Leo Carrillo
Preston Foster

Release date: 2005-01-25
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: J. Robert Bren
Price: £2.72

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Review Oracle Home Entertainment Limited / Zane Grey - Box Set 1 [1944]

Zane Grey - Box Set 1 [1944] (Oracle Home Entertainment Limited)

Actors & Directors

Wallace Grissell
Nancy Gates
Edward Killy
William Berke
Anne Jeffreys
Richard Martin
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Robert Mitchum

Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 252 min.
Creator: Zane Grey
RRP: ~~£24.99~~
Price: £12.99

Review Zane Grey - Box Set 1 [1944] / Oracle Home Entertainment Limited:

Zane Grey (1872-1939) was one of the most popular authors of western fiction ever, and 60 years after his death many of his 78 books, such as Riders of the Purple Sage, are still in print. In the silent era Hollywood filmed many of his stories with stars such as Tom Mix and Jack Holt. Grey knew the west well, particularly the deserts of Arizona and Utah, and demanded accurate locations for the films. Later, however, many of these films were remade, sometimes two or three times, without Grey's involvement, and the relation between novels and films grew much looser. The films are quintessential B-moveis: black and white, just over an hour, featuring minor stars and formulaic plots with some music and comedy thrown in. Committed fans of the western genre will not be disappointed, and others will derive pleasure from the delightful Jane Greer in Sunset Pass and Tim Holt, son of Jack, in the other three films. The location shooting, mostly in the Lone Pine area of California, has an authentic feel. Titles are: Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Thunder Mountain (1947); Sunset Pass (1946); Wild Horse Mesa(1947). On the DVD: This box set contains two DVDs, each of which include two movies deriving from Zane Grey novels. Print quality and sound is generally acceptable, though Under the Tonto Rim has poor definition and is a bit scratchy. [+]

Aspect ratio is 14:9. The DVDs contain no extras of any kind. -Ed Buscombe.

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Review Alpha Video / The Steel Claw [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Steel Claw [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Alpha Video)

Actors & Directors

Paul Sorensen
George Montgomery
Mario Barri
George Montgomery
Amelia De La Rama
Charito Luna

Release date: 2004-02-24
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Malvin Wald
Price: £2.66

Review The Steel Claw [1961] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Alpha Video:

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Review Warner Home Video / 20th Century Epics: Ben Hur / Gone With The Wind / Doctor Zhivago [1940]

20th Century Epics: Ben Hur / Gone With The Wind / Doctor Zhivago [1940] (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Omar Sharif
Julie Christie
David Lean
Charlton Heston
George Cukor
Jack Hawkins
Stephen Boyd
Sam Wood
William Wyler
Victor Fleming

Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 637 min.
Creator: Christopher Fry
RRP: ~~£40.99~~
Price: £19.91

Review 20th Century Epics: Ben Hur / Gone With The Wind / Doctor Zhivago [1940] / Warner Home Video:

Three of the 20th century's greatest cinematic spectacles, 1939's Gone with the Wind, 1959's Ben-Hur and 1965's Doctor Zhivago, are collected here in one irresistible box set. Long before computers turned every crowd scene and every grandiose backdrop into a pixellated virtual construct, these movies did it all for real. Nothing can substitute for their authentic sense of what really makes an epic: strong characters, emotionally involving storytelling and the grandest, most romantic sense of large-scale moviemaking. All three contain sequences and images that are indelibly burned into popular consciousness. Just recall Vivien Leigh's walk through the wounded of Atlanta, or her pledge never to be hungry again silhouetted against an achingly vivid sunset. Remember Charlton Heston rowing the Roman galley, or charging round the arena in his chariot. Or the enigmatic beauty of Julie Christie, the train ride to the Urals and the charge into No Man's Land. On the DVDs: These priceless treasures from the MGM archives have been preserved and restored so marvellously that all three almost look like they were made last year, not decades ago. The vivid colours and detail of Gone with the Wind look astoundingly fresh in this anamorphic 1. 33:1 print (just let your eyes drink in those burnished skies). [+]

Both Ben-Hur and Zhivago, too, benefit from anamorphic widescreen presentations that reveal every last gorgeous detail. All three discs also contain the full music scores, complete with Overtures and Intermission music: Max Steiner's immortal "Tara Theme" sounds as good as ever on the rich mono soundtrack; Miklos Rozsa's magnificent music for Ben-Hur is deservedly regarded as one of cinema's finest, while Maurice Jarre's famous "Lara's Theme" can even be heard in a separate music-only track on Zhivago. There are no extras on the Gone with the Wind disc, but the other two contain commentaries (from Charlton Heston and Omar Sharif respectively) and new, in-depth making-of documentaries. Zhivago also comes with a second bonus disc that has several contemporary behind-the-scenes pieces. The only moan is the infamous Warner packaging, which consists of their notorious cardboard sleeves that are easily damaged when trying to cram them into the thin cardboard slipcases. -Mark Walker.

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Review Paramount / Is Paris Burning? [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Is Paris Burning? [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Paramount)

Actors & Directors

Jean-Pierre Cassel
René Clément
Charles Boyer
George Chakiris
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Leslie Caron

Release date: 2003-06-10
Run time: 173 min.
Creator: Francis Ford Coppola
Price: £6.04

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Review VIRGIN CVR70375 / The Long Gray Line (1955)

The Long Gray Line (1955) (VIRGIN CVR70375)

Actors & Directors

Maureen O'Hara
Ward Bond
Donald Crisp
John Ford
Robert Francis
Tyrone Power

Run time: 132 min.

Review The Long Gray Line (1955) / VIRGIN CVR70375:

An inspiring drama directed by the great John Ford (Stagecoach, The Searchers) starring Tyrone Power (The Mark Of Zorro, The Razor's Edge) as Marty Maher, a humble Irish man from a poor background who joins the US Army to make a career for himself. after a difficult beginning he attains the rank of cadet instructor at famed West Point Military Academy. Co-starring Maureen O'Hara (The Quiet Man, Only The Lonely), this is superb, and little known or seen, military drama.

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Review 20th Century Fox / The Desert Rats [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Desert Rats [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (20th Century Fox)

Actors & Directors

Chips Rafferty
Richard Burton
Robert Wise
Robert Douglas
Torin Thatcher
Robert Newton

Release date: 2002-05-21
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Richard Murphy
Price: £6.04

Review The Desert Rats [1953] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:

In The Desert Ratshis second Hollywood role-between Oscar-nominated turns in My Cousin Rachel and The Robe-Richard Burton stars as a Scottish commando put in charge of a battalion of the Ninth Australian Division defending Tobruk. The Aussies don't like him, and with a year of grim North African duty already under his belt, he's not too crazy about his new responsibilities either. The outfit is charged with staving off the battering assaults of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel for two months to give the British Army time to regroup in Cairo and prepare for a counterattack. In the end, the "Desert Rats" play hell with the Desert Fox for 242 days, during which they and their commander develop some mutual respect. This is a solid, workmanlike World War Two picture that, having been made in 1953 rather than 1943, can acknowledge a degree of eccentric humanity and soldierly professionalism in the enemy. Featured guest star James Mason reprises his Rommel from The Desert Fox (1951)-playing all his scenes in German except for a scene of ironical repartee with Burton. Another distinguished Brit, Robert Newton, gets co-star billing as a boozy, self-confessed coward who used to be Burton's schoolmaster once upon a time. However, a goodly number of Australians-including Chips Rafferty and Charles "Bud" Tingwell (still going strong nearly 50 years later in Paul Cox's wonderful Innocence)-rate as much screentime. Robert Wise directed, with a trimness that reminds us he started out as an editor, and Lucien Ballard provides the pungent black-and-white cinematography. -Richard T Jameson, Amazon. [+]

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Culloden [1964] (First Class Films)

Actors & Directors