"Actor: Barbara Stanwyck"

• The Furies (Criterion Collection) | Blu Ray | (20/04/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Billy Wilder Boxset | DVD | (27/11/2006) from £55.33   |  Saving you £-20.34 (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Double Indemnity: Director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond Chandler ('The Big Sleep') adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But of course in these plots things never quite go as planned and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who has a feeling that not all is as it seems... Nominated for 7 Oscars at the 1944 Academy Awards available for the first time on DVD! Lost Weekend: Don Birnam long-time alcoholic has been ""on the wagon"" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past events all gone wrong because of the bottle. But this bout looks like being his last...one way or the other. The Major and the Minor: New York working girl Ginger Rogers is desparate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway fare so she disguises herself as a child to ride half fare. Enroute she meets Ray Milland an Army major teaching at a military school. Foreign Affair: A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty hears rumors that cafe singer Erika former mistress of a wanted war criminal is ""protected"" by an American officer and enlists Captain John Pringle to help her find him...not knowing that Pringle is Erika's lover.

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  Jim Brecan (Ryan) may have killed his partner, a local prince in British Burma. The bereaved father wants Brecan's head, but until the murder can be solved, Brecan finds refuge on the teak plantation of wealthy colonial elephant trainer Gwen Moore (Stanwyck), where mutual attraction occurs.

• Meet John Doe | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In protest at the corruption and hypocrisy he sees all around him an unemployed man calling himself ""John Doe"" has written to the New Bulletin newspaper pledging to throw himself from the top of City Hall on Christmas Eve. Written by a discharged journalist as a publicity stunt and as a parting shot at the paper's new editor the premise of the letter unexpectedly fires the imagination of the bulletin's readers and the wider American public. Its real author Ann Mitchell (Barbara S

• Ball Of Fire | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sexy wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. Naive Professor Bertram Potts meets Miss O'Shea while researching an article on slang and in true romantic comedy fashion the two worlds collide. When Miss O'Shea hides out with Potts and his fellow professors everyone learns something new: the professors how to cha-cha and Potts the meaning of yum-yum!

• Lady Of Burlesque | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £8.52   |  Saving you £-1.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• The Other Love | DVD | (28/02/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (30.03%)   |  RRP £12.99

  André De Toth directs 1947's The Other Love which was re-released theatrically in 1953 under the title Man Killer. The film is based on a story by Erich Maria Remarque well-known for their work on action-packed war flicks (Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front) and westerns (De Toth's Day of the Outlaw). This film is a tear-jerking romantic drama with music by the incomparable Miklos Rozsa. Seriously ill concert pianist Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. She is attracted to her suave Doctor Stanton (David Niven) who perscribes lots of rest and fresh air. Karen decides to enjoy whatever life she has left in the night clubs of Monte Carlo in the presence of dashing Paul Clermont (Richard Conte). Doctor Stanton does all he can to save Karen.

• The Lady Gambles | DVD | (06/06/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One woman's gambling addiction puts her marriage and her life in grave danger. A gritty, classic piece of film noir starring four-time Oscar nominee and Emmy-winner Barbara Stanwyck. In a dark Chicago back alley, among a crowd of seedy characters, Joan Boothe (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity) tosses a pair of dice and wins a few dirty dollars. She rolls once more, and wins again and again, and again, and again. Soon, the street thugs Joan runs with discover she's cheating, and decide to administer their own harsh form of justice. With her body beaten and spirit broken, Joan finds herself in the hospital, where her estranged husband (Robert Preston, The Music Man) struggles to come to grips with how Joan once a sophisticated, vivacious, loving wife spiraled into such a desperate state. Elegantly shot and intricately constructed, The Lady Gambles is a shocking story of temptation, addiction, and betrayal as thrilling to watch today as it was when it debuted more than 60 years ago.

• The Big Valley - Palms of Glory & 11 Other Episodes | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-1.84 (-14.20%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This three disc collection features 12 episodes from the first series of The Big Valley a lavish western drama starring one of Hollywood's greatest female stars Barbara Stanwyck a four times Academy Award nominee. The series began screening in America in September 1965 and soon became a UK hit. It also starred Lee Majors making his TV debut as Heath and Linda Evans recent winner of ITV's Hell's Kitchen with Marco Pierre White. Former Disney girl Evans was previously best known for her role in glamorous prime time soap opera Dynasty. This action-filled Western adventure was set on the Barkley ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s.

• Banjo On My Knee | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £10.97   |  Saving you £5.01 (62.78%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea are Pearl and Ernie, a dewy-eyed young couple in Mississippi. Ernie has lived on the Mississippi River all his life, a member of the proud 'shanty-boat people'. Pearl is a 'land girl,' and unaccustomed to the simple ways of the river folk. But Pearl is determined to be a good wife to Ernie, and her new father-in-law, Newt (Walter Brennan) has high hopes for a grandchild. These sweet, straightforward plans go awry on their wedding day when a local troublemake.

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  A Farewell To Arms:This dense adaption of Ernest Hemmingway's novel features Gary Cooper as American soldier Lt. Henry and his illfated love affair with British Nurse Catherine portrayed by Hellen Hayes during World War I. Filmed in beautiful Italy the two lovers will stop at nothing to be together but Lt. Henry's internal struggles ultimately threaten the relationship. Hemmingway's theme of questioning the nature of war and fighting is fully recognised under Frank Borzage's direction. Strange Love Of Martha Ivers:This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story 'Love Lies Bleeding' stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune. She lives with her weakling husband a district attorney running for mayor played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows however is that Stanwyck and Douglas are bound by a dark secret involving murder. Gripping and suspenseful this film noir classic also stars Van Heflin as Martha's old love who returns to town after an 18-year absence whom Douglas thinks is there for one reason: blackmail. Call It Murder:Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) is a foreman of a jury finding himself in the unenviable position of having the casting vote in a case that would send a young woman to the electric chair for murder. Before long however his daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) murders a gangster (played by Humphrey Bogart)... Snows Of Kilimanjaro:Based on the Ernest Hemigway novel of the same name Peck plays the part of a wounded hunter who is accompanied by two young women in the African wilds. Each of them tries to analyse his or her past life. Home Town Story: Jeffrey Lynn plays an ex-politician who blames big business for his failure to get re-elected. To expose big business as an evil monster he joins his uncle's newspaper. When his little sister is caught in a cave-in the town's largest company comes to her aid and he must now reconsider.

• Annie Oakley | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Barbara Stanwyk stars in this rip-roaring biopic of the sharpest shooter in the Old West. Annie Oakley is just a gal from the Ohio backwoods but her skill with the six-shooters wins her a place in Buffalo Bill's legendary Wild West show. She's shown the ropes by fellow gunslinger Toby Walker (Preston Foster) and a romance blossoms between them. But when she overtakes him and gets top billing professional jealousy starts to sour their relationship. Can they put their disagreements behind them and get their love back on target?

• The Mad Miss Manton | DVD | (25/10/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is a wealthy Manhattan debutante who is notorious for headline grabbing pranks. One night Melsa notices a man running out of a supposedly deserted house and goes to investigate. She discovers a body but when the police eventually arrive the body has disappeared and Lieutenant Brent (Sam Levene) accuses Melsa of playing one of her jokes. High-flying newspaper reporter Peter Ames (Henry Fonda) picks up the story and prints an article ridiculing the 'Park Avenue Pranksters'. But Melissa knows there is a killer on the loose and drags Ames all over Manhattan to find him in this manic comedy-thriller that saw the first ever pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.

• Meet John Doe | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £10.95   |  Saving you £-6.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  An anonymous letter is sent to a newspaper protesting at the state of world affairs. Based on a story by Richard Connell. Also includes a biography of Gary Cooper and the theatrical trailer for 'Lives Of A Bengal Lancer'.

• The Big Valley - Series 1 | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  This eight disc box set features all 30 episodes of the first series of The Big Valley a lavish western drama starring one of Hollywood's greatest female stars Barbara Stanwyck. This action-filled Western adventure was set on the Barkley ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s.

• Barbara Stanwyck Collection | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Barbara Stanwyck Collection (3 Discs)

• Meet John Doe | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Frank Capra started as a Mack Sennett gag writer and soon thereafter moved over to the Poverty Row studio of Columbia Pictures as a director. Capra helped lift Columbia out of the low budget ranks, up to major studio. His remarkable string of hits in the 1930's - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, LOST HORIZON AND MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON - made him not only one of the industries most highly esteemed figures, but also a popular draw himself. He was ...

• Meet John Doe | DVD | (27/01/2003) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-0.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  In protest at the corruption and hypocrisy he sees all around him an unemployed man calling himself ""John Doe"" has written to the New Bulletin newspaper pledging to throw himself from the top of City Hall on Christmas Eve. Written by a discharged journalist as a publicity stunt and as a parting shot at the paper's new editor the premise of the letter unexpectedly fires the imagination of the bulletin's readers and the wider American public. Its real author Ann Mitchell (Barbar