Hard-hitting action cross-country adventure...and a government conspiracy that goes all the way to the top! In this pulse-pounding political thriller action-superstar - the late - Charles Bronson is at his rugged best as a man on a mission to protect the First Lady from ruthless assassins who'll stop at nothing to kill her! When veteran Secret Service Agent Jay Killian (Bronson) is assigned to protect the president's pampered and difficult wife (Jill Ireland) he knows she will be
He's Judge, Jury and Executioner! Paul Kersey doesn't seek out violence. It just seems to find him. But when it does... he's not about to back down! Charles Bronson brings out the heavy artillery in this gun-blazing, no-holds-barred thriller! Road-worn and battle-weary, Kersey longs to leave his fighting days behind him. But when he arrives in New York to visit an old friend, he finds him brutally attacked and gasping for breath in a pool of blood! Now the silent avenger must wage war once more on the city's punks, thugs and hoodlums. But this time he's brought a small arsenal of guns, knives - and even a bazooka - to help him!
The Secret Weapon: 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... Terror By Night: A precious jewel 'The Star Of Rhodesia' is stolen from a train. The master detective is forced to use all his powers of deduction with the help of his trusty aid Dr. Watson in this fast paced thriller.
New York's garment district has turns into Dodge City when mobster Tommy O'Shea muscles in on the fashion trade of his ex-wife Olivia Regent. Olivia is engaged to Paul Kersey, who provides a sense of security for herself and her daughter Chelsea. Olivia isn't impressed when Tommy tortures her manager, Big Al, so Tommy hires an enforcer named Freddie Flakes, who is a master of disguise.Freddie dons women's clothing to follow Olivia into a ladies' room, where he smashes her face into a mirror, causing permanent disfigurement. In the offices of D.A. Tony Hoyle and his associate Hector Vasquez, Paul and Olivia vow to see to it that Tommy is prosecuted. Later, Freddie and two of his men disguise themselves as cops, infiltrate Olivia's apartment, and shoot Olivia dead. Now Kersey is ready to take things into his own hands. Kersey follows Tommy's thug Chickie Paconi to the Paconi family bistro, where Kersey kills Chickie by lacing his cannelloni with cyanide.Next, Paul tricks Freddie out of his fortress-like home and blows him up with a rigged ball. After dispatching the corrupt Hector Vasquez with a gun concealed in a doll, Kersey discovers that D.A. Hoyle is in cahoots with Tommy. Using Chelsea as bait, Tommy lures Paul to Olivia's factory for a confrontation.
Paul Kersey is trying to pick up the pieces of his life in Los Angeles, California. His architectural business is successful, he has a new girlfriend and although his daughter hasn't recovered from the trauma of her assault, she's slowly becoming happier and learning to speak again.But peace is not destined to last and Kersey soon finds himself the victim of a petty crime when some street punks swipe his wallet, but this is only a light premonition of things to come. Not satisfied with the wallets contents, decides to escalate their crime to a home invasion. They break into Kersey's home and when he tries to retaliate Kersey is viciously beaten and his maid is kicked to death. The punks kidnap his daughter and bring her to their hideout where they rape her,thereby causing her to commit suicide.Now Kersey has lost all faith in the justice system and offers no co-operation with local law enforcement. He has plans of his own for each of the thugs that assaulted his family...plans that include their premature deaths.The UK version is based on the UNRATED version, but was censored approx. 3 mins. by the BBFC.
In his writing and directing debut Sean Penn delivers a profound picture of two very different brothers one a cop with a loving family the other a lawbreaking Vietnam vet. Both coming to terms with each other and trying to maintain the bond they shared as children.
The Good The Bad And The Ugly Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death and mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave. Joining Clint clearly The Good is the irredeemably Bad Lee and the resolutely Ugly Eli Wallach. The complete plot of bloodshed and betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death. The Magnificent Seven Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen who aid the helpless farmers of an isolated village pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale based on Akira Kurosawa's classic 'Seven Samurai'. Released in 1960 John Sturges' masterpiece garnered an Oscar nomination for Elmer Bernstein (for Best Score) and launched the film careers of Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn. The Alamo At the Alamo a crumbling adobe mission 185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact: they would stand firm against an army of 7 000 and willingly give their lives for freedom. Filmed entirely in Texas only a few miles from the site of the actual battle 'The Alamo' is a visually stunning and historically accurate celebration of courage and honour. John Wayne produces directs and stars in this larger than life chronicle of one of the most remarkable events in American history.
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.
Based on the incredible true story of the deadliest manhunt in history... In Canada; 31st December 1931 the lone trapper Albert Johnson lives for himself in the ice cold mountains near the Yukon river. He shot and killed a man in self-defence near his remote cabin. A few days later Sergeant Edgar Millen under protest brought a heavily armed posse to arrest Johnson for murder. In the siege that followed Johnson defended himself in any way possible before escaping in to the frozen mountains. As the whole nation watched Millen was forced to pursue Johnson by foot dogsled and plane in a desperate struggle that took both men from the brink of survival to the edge of vengeance.
Sentenced to 15 years in prison former mob ""button man"" Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura) has put a $100 000 contract out on his life. From thievery and extortion to vengeance and murder Valachi spills the innermost workings of the Cosa Nostra culminating in his riveting testimony before a Senate subcommittee on organized crime... Based on Peter Maas' best-selling book The Valachi Papers is gripping sh
This box set contains the following three titles; all classic war films. 633 Squadron: 633 Squadron has enjoyed an unqualified stream of successes. Their luck changes when they are assigned to bomb a German heavy water plant which is part of the Nazi effort to develop an atomic bomb in Norway which is shielded by a mountain and guarded by heavy anti-aircraft defences. Their nearly impossible mission is further complicated by a German air raid the difficult approach to the target and the capture and torture of the underground leader who is assisting the squadron. The Bridge At Remagen: In the last days of World War II the Allied Army desperatly searched for a bridgehead across the impenetrable Rhein River in order to launch a major assault into the center of Germany. 'Bridge At Remagen' tells the true story of the battle for this last bridgehead from both the German and the American perspective. The Great Escape: Based on a true story 'The Great Escape' deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call...The Twilight Zone! Episodes comprise: 1. Two 2. The Arrival 3. The Shelter 4. The Passerby 5. A Game of Pool 6.
Special Double Feature: CABO BLANCO Gifford Hoyt expatriate American marlin fisherman and owner of the Club El Alto has come to Cabo Blanco to escape the world and its worries. But with the arrival of a British ship and a beautiful French widow Marie DeVries who is in search of the fate of her husband there is an ever menacing presence of ex-Nazi Gunther Beckdorff that combines to throw the sleepy fishing village into a climax of explosive action and adventure. U.S. MA
Weston Boxset Collection contains: Captain Apache: A Native American born US Army officer Captain Apache investigating a murder uncovers a presidential assassination plot. Chino-Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice and partly because being a 'half-breed' he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he goes. One day a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising breaking and breeding horses until the pair finally begin to accept each other. A Town Called Hell: A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers. Big Trees: A Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron. Boot Hill: Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers. Blood Money: The story of Mountain Rivera a boxer at the end of his career. The Lone Ranger & Bonus Disc
Two men one purpose: track and destroy a legendary animal. But when the final confrontation comes only one man stands alone in the path of his rampaging enemy.
Charles Bronson stars as the brooding horse breaker Chino Valdez in this thoughtful cowboy story that also features Jill Ireland and Michael Bozzuffi. An Indian-Mexican half-breed Valdez has only ever felt at home in the company of his beloved horses. But his world is shaken both by an unlikely friendship with a 15-year-old runaway desperate to learn the life of a cowboy and by the burgeoning and illicit romance with the beautiful daughter of his crooked partner.
The Great Escape (Dir. John Sturges 1963): One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time The Great Escape is a masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) screenwriters James Clavell (""Shogun"") and W.R. Burnett and composer Elmer Bernstein. Based on a true story this film also stars Steve McQueen James Garner Charles Bronson and James Coburn. The Thomas Crown Affair (Dir. Norman Jewson 1968): Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a lone wolf in chic clothing. He's a Boston tycoon who masterminds a daring bank job even though he doesn't need the money. What he needs is the thrill of the heist the adrenaline rush of not getting caught. Catching crooks is where insurance investigator Vicky Anderson (Faye Dunaway) comes in. She always gets her man. But this time she may be too much in love to give him up. McQueen and Dunaway are lovers and adversaries in a stylish cat-and-mouse thriller written by Alan R. Trustman and directed by Norman Jewison. Jewsion makes exciting use of split screen images as the action leaps from the boardroom to the boudoir the polo field to a glider cockpit. The Oscar winning Best Song (1968) ""The Windmills of Your Mind"" sets the perfect tone for the swirl of romance and intrigue... The Magnificent Seven (Dir. John Sturges 1960): Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen who aid the helpless farmers of an isolated village pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale based on Akira Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai. Released in 1960 John Sturges' masterpiece garnered an Oscar nomination for Elmer Bernstein (for Best Score) and launched the film careers of Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn.
They Took His Land...His Horses...His Woman...But...They Couldn't Take Chino! Set in 1880 in New Mexico. Chino an American of Indian/Mexican descent breaks horses on his smallholding. When a youth turns up one night seeking work he takes him in teaching the ropes. When Chino falls in love with the sister of Maral his wealthy Mexican rancher neighbour Maral will stop at nothing to ensure the two don't marry.
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