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• Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The inventor of a secret weapon and its prototype are abducted leaving the wartime Allies in dire need of assistance. Sherlock Holmes is called and begins to do battle with Professor Moriarty who will later become his arch-enemy...

• Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Basil Rathbone Collection (14-disc Box Set)--Amazon.co.uk Exclusive | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £129.99

  These 14 classic Sherlock Holmes adventures dating from 1939-46 star Basil Rathbone as the great detective and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson. Rathbone had made his name in Hollywood playing villains (memorably against Errol Flynn in 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood) but his aquiline features and effortlessly haughty demeanour made him the ideal candidate to don Holmes's deerstalker. Bruce's "incorrigible bungler" is a bumbling comedy sidekick, unlike Conan Doyle's conception of the rather unimaginative but nevertheless astute Doctor. However, the pairing deservedly became the stuff of screen legend, a cinematic double act as memorable and enduring as Laurel and Hardy or Rogers and Astaire. The investigations began in 1939 with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a relatively faithful screen adaptation of the original story, but thereafter the series moves ever further from its source material, with only intermittent success. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes introduces Professor Moriarty (George Zucco, the first of several actors to portray Holmes's nemesis) in an enjoyably convoluted story derived from an Edwardian-era stage play. Then, in 1942's The Voice of Terror, Holmes and Watson leave fog-shrouded Victorian London behind to battle Nazis intent on destroying beleaguered England. The wartime propaganda element in this and subsequent pictures--intended to foster American sympathy with the British war effort--don't get in the way of the cases too much, and at least the spirit of Conan Doyle is preserved. Holmes remained in the present day thereafter, along with Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade and Mrs Hudson, right up to the rather disappointing! final instalment in 1946's Dressed to Kill. Jeremy Brett created a far more authentic Holmes in Granada TV's long-running series, but Rathbone deserves credit for making the character all his own. Purists may baulk at the many liberties taken (such as shipping Holmes off to the States or Canada whenever an excuse offered), as well as occasionally jarring elements (such as Dick Van Dyke-style American "Cockneys"), but taken as a whole these films deserve their reputation, and Holmes fans will surely treasure them. On the DVD:This 14-disc set has one film per disc, which is a bit of a waste given that the longest runs only 82 minutes, and some are less then 60 minutes each. Picture quality is poor at best, fuzzy and lacking clarity, with no sign of any cleaning up of the prints. It's a shame that such a classic series has not been accorded more careful treatment. Another indication of the lacklustre presentation is the single extra feature: a rather prosaic documentary hosted by Christopher Lee about the various versions of Holmes down the years, which is repeated on four of the discs, and which has nothing specific to say about the Rathbone era. --Mark Walker

• Dressed To Kill / Terror By Night | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £6.45   |  Saving you £13.53 (391.04%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Dressed To KillDressed to Kill is the last of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The story revolves around three music boxes that contain printing plates for counterfeiting money and the race between Holmes and the criminals who want these plates. It has all the atmosphere and banter between Holmes and Watson that we love to see again and again. There is also a beautiful woman and all the other plot twists we expect from a Sherlock Holm

• The Great Detectives | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Value for money nostalgia box set of four of Hollywoods Golden Detectives - Sherlock Holmes Dick Tracy Mr Moto and Mr Wong. Terror by Night:The legendary Sherlock Holmes plunges us into this thrill ride of a murder mystery set on a speeding passenger train. Holmes has been entrusted to guard the transport of the 400-carat diamond Star of Rhodesia but when the gem is stolen the murders start to mount. Only the masterful Holmes can deduce which of the eccentric and suspicious passengers is the true criminal. Mr Moto's Last Warning:Peter Lorre returns as the clever and cunning international police detective Mr. Moto in this sixth installment of the popular series. Mr. Moto is on assignment in Egypt's Port Said determined to thwart a diabolical conspiracy that would destroy diplomatic relations between England and France and jump start World War II. Mercenary saboteurs led by the paranoid ventriloquist Fabian the Great and the duplicitous Eric Norvel plot to blow up an arriving fleet of French ships. Early on the evil renegades are convinced they've stopped Mr. Moto for good but they've actually murdered an imposter! Demonstrating his mastery of disguise Mr. Moto assumes the identity of a mild-mannered antiques dealer cannily strategizing against the scoundrels' every move. With the assistance of secret agent Richard Burke Mr. Moto employs his singular ingenuity to foil the deadly scheme. The Mystery of Mr Wong:Detective James Lee Wong must find the ""Eye of the Daughter of the Moon "" a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded ""House of Hate"" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome:The world's most beloved comic-strip detective is vividly brought to life by Ralph Byrd in this brutal crime caper that's guaranteed to satisfy viewers with an appetite for action-packed adventure.

• Safety Not Guaranteed | DVD | (29/09/2014) from £21.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine - When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk.

• Wallander - Die Weisse Lowin | DVD | (11/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

• The Woman in Green | DVD | (29/06/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  A serial killer appears to be on the loose in London and Sherlock Holmes assists Inspector Gregson of Scotland Yard in the investigation. Holmes is brought into the case when Maude Fenwick asks him to investigate her father Sir George Fenwick who has been acting very oddly of late. Holmes had seen him in a hotel bar a few nights before with a very attractive and mysterious woman. He traces her to a club for hypnotists and eventually to his archenemy Professor Moriarty.

• Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  A collection of four Sherlock Holmes adventures starring Basil Rathbone. The Pearl Of Death (1943): Before a master thief is caught he hides his take the Borgia Pearls inside the wet plaster of one of six busts of Napoleon. His homicidal side-kick ""The Creeper"" is instructed to stalk and kill the owners of the busts but Holmes intervenes and finds himself stalking ""The Creeper""... Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror (1942): In war-torn London Sherlock Holm

• Basil Brush - A Brush With Fame | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Communion | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Adapted from author Whitley Strieber's best-selling book about his contact with an alien race Communion is an intriguing and compelling work of science fiction - or should that be science fact? Suffering from writer's block New Yorker Strieber (Christopher Walken) heads to a cabin in the woods to focus on his latest work. There he undergoes a series of strange experiences which he blocks from his memory. Later under the influence of hypnosis Strieber realises that he has been in contact with beings from another world...

• WE'RE NO ANGELS | Blu Ray | (24/11/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Sherlock Holmes - Dressed To Kill | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £6.16   |  Saving you £-0.17 (-2.80%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A beautiful woman and her gang of criminals attempt to match their wits with Sherlock Holmes in this murder/mystery set in Dartmoor and London's antique auction rooms. Rathbone and Bruce gave the screen's greatest interpretation of the legendary detective duo created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

• Blackbeard's Ghost / Treasure Island | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Blackbeard's Ghost (Dir. Robert Stevenson 1968): Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov stars in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team... that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning! Blackbeard finds himself full of team spirit and dispensing his own brand of invisible coaching... in this warmhearted comedy that will have you laughing from his first fade-in to his final fade-out! Treasure Island (Dir. Byron Haskin 1950): In this swashbuckling high-seas adventure Walt Disney has vividly brought to life Robert Louis Stevenson's thrilling tale of buccaneers and buried gold - presented for the first time in it's original uncut theatrical version! Authentic locales and musket-roaring action set the stage for the stouthearted heroics of young Jim Hawkins (Bobby Driscoll) and the skullduggery of that wily one-legged pirate Long John Silver.

• The Will Hay Collection | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  A collection of Will Hay films. Includes: 1. The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) 2. Dandy Dick (1935) 3. The Ghost of St Michaels (1941) 4. The Goost Steps Out (1942) 5. My Learned Friend (1943) 6. Radio Parade of 1935 (1934) 7. Those Were the Days (1934) 8. Oh Mr Porter (1937) 9. Convict 99 (1938) 10. Windbag The Saiilor (1936) 11. Ask A Policeman (1938) 12. Boys Will Be Boys (1935) 13. Old Bones of the River (1938) 14. Where There's a Will (1936) 15. Good Morning Boys (1937) 16. Hey! Hey! USA! (1938)

• Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Sherlock Holmes Colourised Box Set (4 Discs)

• Sherlock Holmes - The Pearl Of Death | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £6.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Before a master thief is caught he hides his take the Borgia Pearls inside the wet plaster of one of six busts of Napoleon. His homicidal side-kick ""The Creeper"" is instructed to stalk and kill the owners of the busts but Holmes intervenes and finds himself stalking ""The Creeper""...

• Sherlock Holmes - Faces Death | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £7.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-33.20%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Watson is discovered as the doctor in charge of a retreat for convalescent officers Hulstone Towers Northumberland ancestral home of the Musgraves. Haunted by ghosts the wailing of lost souls are heard on the limewalks. The Musgraves have opened their home to these patients but it is a grim cheerless place. Sexton the doctor assisting Watson is stabbed by an unknown person and the clock in the tower strikes thirteen an event local legends say preceeds the deaths of Musgrave. W

• Sherlock Holmes - The Scarlet Claw | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £6.79   |  Saving you £-0.80 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The villagers of the tiny hamlet of La Morte Rouge in Canada are terrified - a legendary glowing monster has reappeared flitting through the nearby fog shrouded marshes sheep have been found dead their throats cut. Holmes and Watson are attending a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society when Lord Penrose hears of his wife's death. Holmes offers his help which Lord Penrose declines. But a letter delivered to Holmes and Watson written by Lady Penrose before her death expressi

• Sherlock Holmes - Pursuit To Algiers / House Of Fear | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £7.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (50.08%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Basil Rathbone takes up the reigns as the inimitable Sherlock Holmes. Pursuit To Algiers:Holmes and Watson are on a transatlantic ocean liner escorting Nikolas heir to a foreign throne. However a number of assassins are also on board... House Of Fear:Sherlock Holmes ever abetted by the trusty Watson investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims...

• Sherlock Holmes - Spiderwoman / Scarlet Claw | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £7.64   |  Saving you £4.34 (93.33%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Basil Rathbone takes up the reigns of Conan Doyle's super sleuth in this double feature. Spider Woman:A bizarre series of late-night 'pajama suicides' finds Holmes probing the involvement of a femme fatale. The Scarlet Claw: A skeptical Holmes and Watson attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Canada but are soon looking into a killing spree attributed to a fanciful marsh monster. Fantastic events are soon supplanted by an even stranger horror concern