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  • The Thirty Nine Steps [1959]The Thirty Nine Steps | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

    While it's true that this 1959 screen adaptation of The 39 Steps pales in comparison to Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1935 version, it's still a thoroughly enjoyable romp that compensates for a lack of any tension whatsoever with a generous dose of genial good humour. Affable Kenneth More's Richard Hannay more closely resembles the kind of roles Cary Grant was playing for Hitch in the late 1950s; Finnish blonde Taina Elg, in the somewhat unlikely role of a prim Scottish schoolmistress, is his love interest. Although handcuffed together, More and Elg fail to radiate any sexual chemistry, even when scandalously forced to share a room and a bed. Much better are the delightful cameos: Sid James as a roguish lorry driver; Brenda De Banzie as voluptuous psychic Nellie; and Joan Hickson as a simpering teacher. As a thriller it's hardly in the same league as North by Northwest, but as a window on life in England and Scotland in the 1950s, this 39 Steps has much to recommend it. --Mark Walker

  • To Sir With Love [1967]To Sir With Love | DVD | (28/02/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced and directed this 1967 British film (based on the novel by E. R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Sidney Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering life lessons instead of just academic ones. The spirit of this movie can also be found in more recent films such as Dangerous Minds and Mr. Holland's Opus, but none are as moving as this. Besides, the others don't have a title song performed by Lulu, who also stars. --Tom Keogh

  • Across The Bridge [1957]Across The Bridge | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Carl Scaffner (Steiger) is on the run from Scotland Yard after stealing a massive fortune and fleeing to Mexico. However his fugitive lifestyle is under threat from his his love for a faithful dog... Based on a novel by Graham Greene.

  • Eye Of The Needle [1981]Eye Of The Needle | DVD | (08/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan ignite the screen as ill-fated lovers in the exciting emotionally involving thriller. Based on the best-selling novel by Ken Follet this searing mystery is a roller coaster ride of suspense centering on the relationship between master spy and a brave woman - with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Englishmen know him as Faber but to the fatherland he's the loyal and lethal spy known as 'The Needle.' On his way back to Germany Fabe

  • Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Volume 6 [DVD] [1964]Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Volume 6 | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £27.09   |  Saving you £2.90 (10.71%)   |  RRP £29.99

    The thrillers of Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century’s most successful crime novelists have been widely adapted for film and television – the most memorable of which being the Edgar Wallace Mysteries series made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s. A noir-esque series it updates some of the author’s stories to more contemporary settings blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel. Unseen for decades these dramas have been freshly transferred from the original film elements specifically for this release.

  • Chase A Crooked Shadow [1957]Chase A Crooked Shadow | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

    A man shows up at Kimberley Prescott's villa claiming to be her brother Ward. But Ward died in a car accident a year ago. Despite Kim's protests that the stranger isn't her brother everyone else accepts him including their uncle. Kim begins to fear for her sanity and her life.

  • North Sea Hijack [1979]North Sea Hijack | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £19.86   |  Saving you £-9.87 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

    The exciting story of the hijack of an oil rig supply vessel and the subsequent holding to ransom of a drilling rig a production platform and the 700 men aboard.

  • The Irish R.M.The Irish R.M. | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

    This cracking box set contains every episode from all three series of the comedy drama The Irish RM. Peter Bowles stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants Major Sinclair Yates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice ""The inevitable never ha

  • The Official Story Of Churchill - The Finest HoursThe Official Story Of Churchill - The Finest Hours | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £5.95   |  Saving you £9.04 (151.93%)   |  RRP £14.99

    An account of the defiant actions of perhaps Britain's greatest leader. This authorised documentary chronicles Sir Winston Churchill's war years.

  • SuspicionSuspicion | DVD | (21/04/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Repeated viewings can't dispel the shock of the final scene of Suspicion, Hitchcock's classic 1941 romantic mystery--a brief but disorientating confrontation that suddenly inverts the heroine's mounting conviction that she's married a murderer, forcing us to reconsider virtually every scene and line of dialogue that's preceded it. It's a masterful coup de grâce for the director, who has built a puzzle around the corrosive power of suspicion, threaded with deft ambiguities that toy with dramatic conventions and character archetypes in nearly every frame. As embodied by Joan Fontaine, who nabbed an Oscar in this second outing with the director, Lina McLaidlaw is a buttoned-up, bookish heiress whose prim exterior conceals longings for a more engaged emotional life. Her solution materialises in the darkly handsome Johnnie Aysgarth, a gambler, womaniser and spendthrift who flirts, then pursues, and soon marries her. As Aysgarth, Cary Grant is both irresistible and sinister, capable of deceit and petty theft, as well as grander designs on his bride's impending fortune. Lina's passion for Johnnie is clouded by each new revelation about his apparent dishonesty, from clandestine gambling to real-estate development schemes; more troubling are clues implicating him in the death of his best friend, and the prospect that Johnnie may be slowly poisoning Lina herself. By the time we see him ascending a darkened staircase with a suspicious glass of milk, an image made all the more indelible through the spectral glow the director captures in the glass, the evidence seems damning indeed. In fact, even as Hitchcock stacks the deck against Johnnie, and takes full advantage of Grant's skill at conveying such menace, the director also dots his landscape with visual clues to Lina's own neurotic (and erotic) obsessions. The final scene forces us to re-evaluate her behaviour while leaving enough of a cloud over Johnnie to rob him, and us, of a complete exoneration. It's a wicked, unsettling payoff to a brilliantly executed thriller. --Sam Sutherland

  • Dramarama: Spooky - The Complete Series [DVD]Dramarama: Spooky - The Complete Series | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

    Providing a showcase for some of Britain s most accomplished screenwriters Dramarama was an acclaimed 1980s anthology series which became a staple part of children s television viewing and is still widely remembered today. Spooky aired shortly before the main series was broadcast exploring the supernatural vein that would appear throughout Dramarama s run. These outstanding screenplays venture into the dark corners of the imagination to create some of the most spine-tingling scenes ever seen on children s television! Nicholas Ball Wilfrid Brambell and Colin Jeavons are among the performers; high-calibre writers include BAFTA-Award winner Paula Milne Grange Hill contributor Jane Hollowood and authors Leon Garfield and Alan Garner both recipients of the Carnegie Medal for children's literature.

  • The Irish R.M. - Series 2The Irish R.M. - Series 2 | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £15.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (20.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

    Peter Bowles stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a resident magistrate in turn-of-the-century West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants Major Sinclair Yates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice ""The inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does"". First shown on Channel 4 this DVD set contains the entire second

  • Murder So Sweet [1993]Murder So Sweet | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £8.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

    Steve Catlin was known as a real lady-killer. But it's his new bride's mysterious death that causes his former wife Edie Ballew to question how accurate that nickname really is. With little more than a hunch and the help of an out-of-town detective Edie finds clues that reveal her cunning and smooth ex husband as a cold methodical killer. But can she warn his latest wife and can she convince the local police...

  • School for Unclaimed GirlsSchool for Unclaimed Girls | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

    Richard struggles to reach his nine year old daughter Nicki (Madeline Hinde) screaming on a merry-go-round and in the process he gets crushed. Nicki sees her father die. Seven years later beautiful teenager Nicki still bears the scars of her father's death. She believes she killed him. Nicki's mother gets into an affair with Harry (Patrick Mower) who is only after her for her money. Nicki detests Harry and gets into a horrific argument with him. In the struggle Nicki stabs him. Nicki is sent to a remand home where she is persecuted by the other inmates. Eventually she manages to escape and heads to Oxford to stay with her boyfriend Peter (Dennis Waterman). She soon learns that even he cannot be trusted. Nicki realises that she must turn and face up to her past. Even then tragedy is close to hand...

  • The Jungle BookThe Jungle Book | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £5.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Join Mowgli, Baloo the Bear and friends in the classic Disney adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's children's novel

  • Jungle BookJungle Book | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £9.32   |  Saving you £0.67 (7.19%)   |  RRP £9.99

    Striking cinematography and outstanding special effects make this multiple Oscar-nominated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's children's story an unforgettable visual feast. Lost in the jungle as a baby and brought up by a wolf pack Mowgli lives a carefree life in the jungle with his animal friends not knowing anything of his past until one day he stumbles upon a village full of people. Captured by frightened villagers he is taught about the man's world and befriends a young girl

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