"Actor: Charles Laughton"

• Classic British Movies Collection Vol.2 | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: 1984: In a futuristic state-run society controlled by Big Brother in which love is banned employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia and is tortured and brainwashed for his crimes. The Leather Boys: Dot and Reggie are forced to keep their romance a secret so decide to marry. But they are unable to remain faithful to each other and the relationship soon turns destructive. The Grass Is Greener: Hollywood legends Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team up for this lush romantic comedy that proves that variety is the spice of love. 1984-An army deserter rescues a girl from a group of criminals but is killed in the process. Blockhouse: Searching for shelter during World War II a group of Frenchmen become trapped in a tomb for six long years... The Yellow Rolls Royce: In this drama from director Anthony Asquith the lives and stories of three different people are linked together by their possession of an unusual car a yellow Rolls Royce Phantom II. St Martin's Lane: A heart-stirring drama of buskers in London's theatre district Charles and Libby.

• Two Classic Pirate Films Of The Silver Screen | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Featuring Long John Silver's Return To Treasure Island and Captain Kidd! Long John Silver's Return To Treasure Island: The pirate adventure sequel to the classic Treasure Island. Robert Newton reprising his bravura performance as the one-legged buccaneer saving Jim Hawkins and the Colonial Governor's daughter from the evil Captain Medosa. Naturally there is more to his rescue plan than meets the eye; Jim has a medallion which is the key to finding more

• Gladiator/Spartacus | DVD | (14/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Gladiator: The great Roman General Maximus (Russell Crowe) has once again led the legions to victory on the battlefield. The war won Maximus dreams of home wanting only to return to his wife and son; however the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) has one more duty for the general - to assume the mantle of his power. Jealous of Maximus' favor with the emperor the heir to the throne Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) orders his execution - and that of his family. Barely escaping death Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows. Now he has come to Rome intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor; Commodus.... Spartacus: Stanley Kubrick's film tells the tale of Spartacus the bold gladiator slave and Virinia the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. A classic inspirational true account of one man's struggle for freedom Spartacus combines history with spectacle to recreate a moving drama of love and commitment.

• Jamaica Inn | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Mary an orphan girl goes to live with her Uncle Joss landlord of the Jamaica Inn. Working as a barmaid at the inn Mary discovers that her uncle is the head of a gang of pirates who prey upon wrecked ships that have foundered in the heavy seas. When she then finds out that the gang lure the ships to their doom in the first place her life is put in danger...

• The Old Dark House | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £16.92   |  Saving you £-3.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales several travellers are admitted to a gloomy foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. Trying to make the best of it the guests must deal with their sepulchral host Horace Femm and his obsessive malevolent sister Rebecca. Things get worse as the brutish manservant Morgan gets drunk runs amok and releases the long pent-up brother Saul a psychotic pyromaniac who gleefully tries to destroy the residence by setting it on fire!

• Jamaica Inn | DVD | (27/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.30

  It's generally acknowledged that the Master of Suspense disliked costume dramas, and Jamaica Inn--a rip-roaring melodrama drawn from a Daphne du Maurier pot-boiler, set in 1820s Cornwall--is about as costumed as they come. So what was he doing directing it? Killing time, essentially. In 1939 Hitchcock was due to quit Britain for Hollywood, but delays Stateside left him with time on his hands. Never one to sit idle, he agreed to make one picture for Mayflower Productions, a new outfit formed by actor Charles Laughton and émigré German producer Erich Pommer. An innocent young orphan (the 19-year-old Maureen O'Hara in her first starring role) arrives at her uncle's remote Cornish inn to find it a den of reprobates given to smuggling, wrecking and gross overacting. They're all out-hammed, though, by Laughton at his most corseted and outrageously self-indulgent as the local squire to whom Maureen runs for help. Since his star was also the co-producer, Hitch couldn't do much with the temperamental actor. He contented himself with adding a few characteristic touches--including a spot of bondage (always a Hitchcock favourite), and the chief villain's final spectacular plunge from a high place--and slyly sending up the melodramatic absurdities of the plot. Jamaica Inn hardly stands high in the Master's canon, but it trundles along divertingly enough. Hitchcock fanatics will have fun comparing it with his two subsequent--and far more accomplished--du Maurier adaptations, Rebecca and The Birds.--Philip Kemp

• Captain Kidd | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £6.49   |  Saving you £-4.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Famous 17th century pirate captain William Kidd comes to vibrant life in the hands of Charles Laughton in the high seas swashbuckler Captain Kidd. Kidd tricks King William III (Henry Daniel) into appointing him the protector of a ship loaded with valuable treasure. He intends to steal the cargo for himself which he does with the aid of his devious lieutenants (portrayed by Gilbert Roland and John Carradine). Adam Merry (Randolph Scott) and kidnapped noblewoman Lady Ann Falconer (Barbara Britton) help bring Kidd to justice at the end of a rope.

• The Big Clock / This Gun for Hire (Icons of the Silver Screen Volume 2) | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Icons Of The Silver Screen' turns towards the seemy side on life with a pair of film noir classics!The Big Clock (1948)Anticipating a much-needed vacation from Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton), his abusive boss, magazine editor George Stroud (Ray Milland) finally reaches a breaking point when Janoth insists he skip his honeymoon and go out of town on assignment. Stroud resigns and finds solace over multiple drinks with his boss' unhappy mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson), at a local bar. Together they come up with a half-inebriated plot to embarrass Janoth but the plan takes an unexpected turn toward murder.This Gun for Hire (1942)Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven (Alan Ladd) becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates (Laird Cregar), Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen (Veronica Lake), on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant (Robert Preston) who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.