Review, buy War and Westerns: Don Knotts: Reluctant Hero Pack [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Battle Of The Somme [1916], Rio Grande [1951], King And Country [1964], Western Film Noir, Vol. 1: Little Big Horn/Rimfire, The Man from Monterey [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Best of Bonanza (REGION 1) (NTSC), World War II Classics 2 - We Dive At Dawn / Reach For The Sky [1943], Big Stampede [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Carry On Cowboy [1966], The Kansan [1943], Cavalry Charge [1951] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Boot Hill [1969], Gunfight at the O.K. Corral [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Karl May Winnetou Collection I (3 DVD Box Set), Indian Fighter [1955], Battle of the Bulge [Blu-ray] [1966] [US Import] [1965], Somewhere in Sonora/The Man from Monterey [1933], Savage Pampas [1967] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The David Lean Collection [1957] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Find the Perfect Gift Send a Gift Certificate

Home › Classics › War and Westerns

Pages: ‹‹ 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 ››

Review Universal Studios / Don Knotts: Reluctant Hero Pack [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Don Knotts: Reluctant Hero Pack [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Universal Studios)

Actors & Directors

Liam Redmond
Skip Homeier
Dick Sargent
Alan Rafkin
Nat Hiken
Joan Staley
Don Knotts
Edward Montagne

Release date: 2004-07-06
Run time: 397 min.
Creator: James Fritzell
Price: £8.38

Review Don Knotts: Reluctant Hero Pack [1966] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:

More info…

Review Castlevision / The Battle Of The Somme [1916]

The Battle Of The Somme [1916] (Castlevision)

Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Charles Urban

Review The Battle Of The Somme [1916] / Castlevision:

More info…

Review Universal Pictures UK / Rio Grande [1951]

Rio Grande [1951] (Universal Pictures UK)

Actors & Directors

John Ford
Ben Johnson
John Wayne
Claude Jarman Jr.
Maureen O'Hara
Harry Carey Jr.

Release date: 2001-05-28
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: James Warner Bellah
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £7.11

Review Rio Grande [1951] / Universal Pictures UK:

Rio Grande was the last and least memorable of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (following Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), but it none the less maintains an interesting continuity about the gentlemanly rules of military conduct. Here the focus is on the family. While creating a heated controversy over his handling of the Apache war, John Wayne must also contend with disgruntled wife Maureen O'Hara and estranged son Claude Jarman Jr, a new recruit trying to earn his father's love and respect. Ford suggests that there are two conflicting codes of honour in every cavalry officer's life, the personal as well as the professional, and that it takes an act of heroism to maintain both. It's fascinating to observe Wayne's progression throughout the trilogy, as his personal stakes intensify. This is the first of five onscreen appearances between the Duke and O'Hara, each filled with a competitive spirit and stormy sexuality. -Bill Desowitz, Amazon. com.

More info…

Review British Home Entertainment / King And Country [1964]

King And Country [1964] (British Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Peter Copley
Dirk Bogarde
Barry Foster
Leo McKern
Joseph Losey
Tom Courtenay

Release date: 2000-01-24
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: John Wilson
RRP: ~~£12.99~~
Price: £5.60

Review King And Country [1964] / British Home Entertainment:

More info…

Review Vci Video / Western Film Noir, Vol. 1: Little Big Horn/Rimfire

Western Film Noir, Vol. 1: Little Big Horn/Rimfire (Vci Video)

Actors & Directors

Jim Davis
John Ireland
Charles Marquis Warren
Marie Windsor
Lloyd Bridges
Reed Hadley
B. Reeves Eason

Release date: 2006-09-26
Run time: 150 min.
Creator: Ron Ormond
Price: £6.00

Review Western Film Noir, Vol. 1: Little Big Horn/Rimfire / Vci Video:

More info…

Review Warner Home Video / The Man from Monterey [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Man from Monterey [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Donald Reed
John Wayne
Mack V. Wright
Luis Alberni
Ruth Hall
Duke

Release date: 2007-05-22
Run time: 57 min.
Creator: Leslie Mason
Price: £3.05

Review The Man from Monterey [1934] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

More info…

Review Mill Creek Entertainment / The Best of Bonanza (REGION 1) (NTSC)

The Best of Bonanza (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Mill Creek Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Leo Sherman
Mitchell Leisen
Howard E. Johnson
David Lowell Rich
Ward Bond
John English

Release date: 2007-05-15
Run time: 1530 min.
Creator: Vince Giffoni
Price: £5.88

Review The Best of Bonanza (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Mill Creek Entertainment:

More info…

Review ITV DVD / World War II Classics 2 - We Dive At Dawn / Reach For The Sky [1943]

World War II Classics 2 - We Dive At Dawn / Reach For The Sky [1943] (ITV DVD)

Actors & Directors

Kenneth More
Muriel Pavlow
Reginald Purdell
John Mills
Anthony Asquith
Lewis Gilbert
Eric Portman

Release date: 2001-11-12
Run time: 233 min.
RRP: ~~£14.99~~
Price: £15.98

Review World War II Classics 2 - We Dive At Dawn / Reach For The Sky [1943] / ITV DVD:

Two examples of British Second World War films, We Dive at Dawn (1943) and Reach for the Sky (1956), are here stylishly packaged as a World War II Classics pack. We Dive at Dawn tells of the encounter between a British submarine and a German warship in the Baltic Sea. John Mills gives a dependable performance as the submarine commander, with Eric Portman the pick of a strong supporting cast. Director Anthony Asquith finds the balance between action sequences and "in situ" dialogue, and there's an evocative score from Louis Levy. The movie was an underrated film that deserves reappraisal, whereas Reach for the Sky (1956) was a box-office hit and remains a fondly regarded classic. Kenneth More is ideally cast as Douglas Bader, the gifted pilot who loses both legs in a pre-war air crash, only to play a major role in the Battle of Britain, rise to the rank of Group Captain and become a war hero. Based on Paul Brickhill's biography, this is an "official" history maybe, but Lewis Gilbert's screenplay and direction are historically accurate and informed by that very British humour of which More was a natural. The film is graced by a decent supporting cast, and a typically "widescreen" score from John Addison. On the DVD: The black and white prints look and sound excellent. Whereas We Dive at Dawn has 4:3 video aspect ratio, 15 chapter points and no subtitles, the later Reach for the Sky has vivid 16:9 anamorphic reproduction, 20 chapter points, subtitles and detailed biographies of More, Gilbert and Barder. [+]

The original theatrical trailer is included, but it would also have made sense to include an interview or documentary footage of Bader himself. Even so, this is an excellent starting-point for investigating a key area of British cinema. -Richard Whitehouse.

More info…

Review Warner Home Video / Big Stampede [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

Big Stampede [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

John Wayne
Paul Hurst
Tenny Wright
Luis Alberni
Noah Beery
Mae Madison

Release date: 2007-05-22
Run time: 54 min.
Creator: Kurt Kempler
Price: £2.89

Review Big Stampede [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:

More info…

Review Warner Home Video / Carry On Cowboy [1966]

Carry On Cowboy [1966] (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Kenneth Williams
Jim Dale
Charles Hawtrey
Gerald Thomas
Sid James
Joan Sims

Release date: 1997-08-18
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Talbot Rothwell
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £9.89

Review Carry On Cowboy [1966] / Warner Home Video:

Made in the "classic" period of the series, 1966's Carry On Cowboy is a spoof Western set in Stodge City, about to suffer the arrival of black-hatted outlaw The Rumpo Kid, played by the less-than-youthful Sid James. Kenneth Williams is the aptly named Judge Burke, who appeals to Washington for help to combat this gunslinger and his henchmen. Assistance arrives in the form of Jim Dale's Marshall P Knutt, a drainage, sanitation and garbage expert from England, with a reference from Lady Pushing for doing a "good job on her main sludge channel", whose Christian name provokes a predictable misunderstanding. Fortunately, he's accompanied by Annie Oakley. As ever, much fun is to be had cheering/groaning along to double-entendres about "big ones", but never mind the script, feel the characters. Joan Sims does a good Mae West impression; Syd James "Ha hwa-ha-ha!"s his way through his part with his usual aplomb; the underrated Peter Butterworth is excellent as an inept Doctor; while Bernard Bresslaw adds to his impressively multi-ethnic CV, playing a Native American, with Charles Hawtrey as his incorrigible firewater-loving Chief. On the DVD: No extras, sadly, other than scene selection but Alan Hume's splendidly authentic colour lensing is suitably refurbished here. -David Stubbs.

More info…