Where there's a will... there's a relative. Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will... only he's not dead yet! Michael J. Fox Kirk Douglas and Nancy Travis star in this wickedly funny comedy of heirs. As his family tries to get rich the old-fashioned way - groveling - Uncle Joe watches them elevate back-stabbing and brown-nosing to a whole new level.
Kirk Douglas stars in this well-loved Western. Frontiersman Jim Deakins (Douglas) is travelling up the wide Missouri river with his best friend Boone Caudill (Dewey Martin) to trade with the Black Feet Indians. Boone's uncle Zeb (Academy Award nominee Arthur Hunnicutt) is travelling with them; he's returning kidnapped Black Foot princess Teal Eye (Elizabeth Threatt) to her people. It's a perilous journey pitting them against the brutal elements and rival traders who want them dead and just when their troubles couldn't get even worse - Jim realises he's in love with Teal Eye. Directed by Howard Hawks (Red River Rio Bravo) this classic adventure is filled with excitement humour and larger than life characters.
From humble beginnings in the slums of Calcutta to the lofty heights of Hollywood fame and fortune Queenie achieves a triumph she never imagined. But dark secrets from her past and jealous rivalries threaten to destroy her. Based on the novel by Michael Korda.
Classic comedy whodunnit directed by John Huston ('The Maltese Falcon').
The Killing: When ex-con Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) says he has a plan to make a killing everybody want to be in on the action. Especially when the plan is to steal $2 million in a racetrack robbery scheme in which ""no one will get hurt."" But despite all their careful plotting Clay and his men have overlooked on thing: Sherry Peatty (Marie Windsor) a money-hungry double-crossing dame who's planning to make a financial killing of her own...even if she has to wipe out Clay's entire gang to do it! Paths Of Glory: Safe in their picturesque chateau behind the front lines the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax: take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant suicide mission the attack is doomed to failure. Covering up their fatal blunder the Generals order the arrest of three innocent soldiers charging them with cowardice and mutiny. Dax a lawyer in civilian life rises to the men's defense but soon realizes that unless he can prove that the Generals were to blame nothing less than a miracle will save his clients from the firing squad. The Killer's Kiss: Stanley Kubrick's second film Killer's Kiss made the world take notice. The young moviemaker won acclaim for this dazzling film noir about a struggling New York boxer (Jamie Smith) whose life is imperiled when he protects a nightclub dancer (Irene Kane) from her gangster boss (Frank Silvera). ""Using his camera as a sandpaper block Kubrick has stripped away the veneer from the prizefight and dancehall worlds "" the New York Mirror proclaimed. Killer's Kiss not only lends considerable insight into future Kubrick classics - such as The Killing and Full Metal Jacket - but is also a remarkable film in its own right: the boxing match may be the most vicious this side of Raging Bull and the famed final battle remains an action tour-de-force.
Vengeance Valley: An unusual Western for its time Vengeance Valley gave Burt Lancaster his first Western role. His athletic prowess made him perfect for the genre and he'd go on to make Gunfight At O.K. Corral Apache and The Unforgiven among others. Vengeance Valley emphasises character development and the solid cast meets the challenge. Robert Walker plays Burt's foster brother. Joanne Dru John Ireland Ted de Corsia Hugh O'Brien and Glenn Strange lend support. One o
Intergenerational drama about a prominent, dysfunctional New York family busy wallowing in their separate lives.
The obsessive desire of a rancher to bring down the powerful man who robbed him of his name and his land sends him and four confederates along a desperate headlong course from which there is no turning back.
A remake of 'Valley Of The Giants' 'The Big Trees' features Kirk Douglas as an ambitious lumberman who wants to make a fortune from the Redwood Forest by pushing a religious sect off their land. His many adventures include organising the religious sect to take action and leading them against their enemies as well as saving a heroine from a runaway train.
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.
Kirk Douglas in a career forming role as Midge Kelly the fairground boxer taken from a story by Ring Lardner one of the greatest American sports writers. Champion is truly one of the cinema''s great boxing motion pictures nominated for six Oscars The film set Douglas''s character for many films to come a performance not seen again until Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese''s Raging Bull. Marilyn Maxwell plays his tough as nails girlfriend and Ruth Roman (one time Howard Hughes girlfriend) plays the nice girl in his life. These two legendary actors support Douglas in a great screen performance that demonstrates his acting prowess and star power in this gritty film-noir drama.
Before he dies Ed Reece has got some unfinished business... Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas gives a terrific performance as an eccentric old man determined to revisit some milestones from his past and reconcile with his feuding family in this superb drama. With a brilliant witty script from Oscar winning Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond). 'The Lies Boys Tell' also stars Craig T Nelson (Poltergiest) and the veteren character actress Eileen Brennan (Private Benjamin).
Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn headline this suspenseful western which follows U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Douglas) on the trail of his wife's killer. Adding a dark twist to the tale-the suspect's father is Morgan's long-time friend, cattle baron Craig Beldon (Quinn). Morgan is determined to capture the killer and take him away by the 9:00 train, against all odds. Directed by John Sturges (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), one of the greatest filmmakers of the Western genre.
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
Man In The Iron Mask (Dir. Randall Wallace 1997): Its 'all for one and one for all' as the Three Musketeers along with D'Artagnan reunite in this swashbuckling tale of action and adventure. Leonardo DiCaprico stars in the dual role of the cruel King Louis XIV and the mysterious prisoner encased in the iron mask. Paris is starving but the King of France is more interested in the debauched affairs of court. The Musketeers devise a daring plot to save France from the tyranny of this King only D'Artgnan stands in their way. The Man in the Iron Mask is a stunning film of intrigue danger action and romance. Rob Roy (Dir. Michael Caton-Jones 1995): A passionate and thrilling tale Rob Roy tells the true story of 18th century Scottish hero Robert Roy McGregor (Liam Neeson). Against a backdrop of stunning beauty and the bitter reality of clan life Rob Roy and his wife Mary (Jessica Lange) a re caught in an epic struggle to defend personal honour against treachery and savagery. To provide for his McGregor clan Rob Roy borrows money from the powerful Marquis of Montrose (John Hurt) and so becomes embroiled in a plot by Montrose's evil henchman Cunningham (Tim Roth). Faced with a ruthless and corrupt enemy only strength and courage can resist the destruction of everything he knows in this powerful adventure. The Vikings (Dir. Richard Fleischer 1958): Hollywood legends Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh dazzle in this epic chronicle of brutal rivalry and blood-thirsty ambition. Bitter hatred divides two brothers. Prince Einar (Douglas) is the son and heir of a savage Viking chieftain. Prince Eric (Curtis) is his unknowing half-brother the bastard off-spring of Einar's father and an English queen. When the Vikings kidnap a princess (Leigh) her beauty inflames the desires of both men forcing a bloody duel that decides their fate... and the future of the English throne.
There has never been a decade quite like the 60s! An era of change, conflict and hope, it will be fondly remembered for its revolutionary thinking, the fight for freedom of expression and its definitive slogan to Make Love Not War'. Here we celebrate the 60s by bringing together four of the greatest films of the decade; Alfred Hitchcock's iconic thriller The Birds; the historic epic Spartacus; literary classic To Kill a Mockingbird; and timeless Western The War Wagon starring the legendary John Wayne.
A pirate takes over a lighthouse near Cape Horn intent on luring ships to their destruction. A beautiful woman used as bait by the pirate traps a sole survivor who is attempting to foil the actions of this cunning pirate.
This is the story of Queenie Kelly an English girl from the slums of Calcutta who is kept from full knowledge of her Indian heritage by her protective mother. She moves to London where she relentlessly pursues fame and fortune but at what price?
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