Flora appears to be the perfect politician's wife running her husband's constituency and country home with ease while he pursues his career as Minister for the Family at Westminister. Until a sex scandel involving her husband changes Flora's life forever. Political intrigue adultery and betrayal is just the beginning until Flora takes her revenge.
Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety - only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.
Includes: Watch Your Stern: When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman the crew of the ship rally round when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist. No Kidding: A young married couple inherit an estate and decide to turn it into a summer camp for children. Crooks Anonymous: An habitual criminal enrolls in a recovery program based on the AA system. He gets a job as Father Christmas in a department store and finds temptation everywhere.
Murdoch Troon (Baxter) attempts to woo the daughter (Christie) of wealthy businessman Charles Chingford by impressing her with a vintage Bentley known as 'The Fast Lady'...
The Fast Lady team rides again! The newlywed Munroes purchase a rundown ramshackle cottage and plan to fix it up themselves primarily to escape their meddling father. However they haven't appreciated the scope of the work required to get the place up to scratch.. They have no choice but to seek outside help. When Builder Josh Wicks arrives on the scene the bills start going through the roof... Written by Henry Blyth (The Bulldog Breed) and Jack Davi
A young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father.
Stanley Baxter Collection (5 Discs)
James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips and Stanley Baxter star in this hilarious (though somewhat loose) sequel to The Fast Lady! Featuring a remarkable array of comedy talent including Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Cope, Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd Father Came Too! is featured here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Newlyweds Dexter and Juliet Munro purchase a ramshackle cottage in order to escape her overbearing father, Shakespearean actor-manager Sir Beverly Grant. But Sir Beverley soon turns up on the doorstep, determined to help ... and the incompetent builder and his skiffling workmates hired by his son-in-law quickly earn the full force of his temper! SPECIAL FEATURES: Theatrical trailer Image gallery
Based on the play by Tennessee Williams and scripted by Francis Ford Coppola (amongst others) 'This Property Is Condemned' features an outstanding performance from Robert Redford as Owen Legate; the man sent to shut down much of Dodson town's railway. Owen meets Alva a beautiful girl whose affections are keenly sought after in Dodson. Whilst axing jobs Owen tries to woo Alva in an attempt to whisk her off to New Orleans so they can start a new life together. Now Alva must make
Ships With Wings
On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his son’s seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter), the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters, Gentlemen of the shade, Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years, while the young Prince, the future Henry V, nurtures his own ambitions. Orson Welles considered Chimes at Midnight his personal favorite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations, the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast comprises of Jeanne Moreau, Fernando Rey, Margaret Rutherford, and Ralph Richardson as the narrator, in addition to Welles and Gielgud. The film’s harrowing war scenes have proven especially influential, cited in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V as well as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.
Hollywood's top stars and directors were assembled for this stunning 1952 adaptation of O.Henry's finest short stories, each with a delicious twist in the tail! The Cop and The Anthem (Directed by Henry Koster) A tramp decides to spend winter in a nice warm jail cell - only to find it impossible to get arrested! Guest-starring Marilyn Monroe. The Clarion Call (Directed by Henry Hathaway) A cop (Dale Robertson) discovers an old friend (Richard Widmark) is a murderer - an old friend to whom he owes a big debt... The Last Leaf (Directed by Jean Negulesco) An artist (Gregory Ratoff) must find a way to help a young girl dying of a broken heart and her desperate sister (Anne Baxter and Jean Peters)... The Ransom of Red Chief (Directed by Howard Hawks) Two city slickers (Fred Allen and Oscar Levant) decide to kidnap a country boy for ransom. After all, kids are easier to control... aren't they? The Gift of The Magi (Directed by Henry King) On Christmas Eve, an impoverished young couple decide to buy each other Christmas presents they can't possibly afford... Special Features: Digitally Remastered Picture and Sound Commentary by Dr Jenny Lind Porter The Life and Writing of O'Henry Featurette Stills Gallery 2 Additional O'Henry Shorts Collectors Booklet
Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS (James Robertson Justice) is a cantankerous and crotchety old professor. Testing one of his new radar inventions (and travelling incognito as Lt. Farrow RN) the plane he is travelling is shot down and he is incarcerated as a POW. His overbearing and abrasive manner leads his fellow inmates into believing he is a German spy but when they discover who he actually is they realise that his escape is vital to the war effort. Written by Henry Blyth (The Bul
Tomb Raider (Dir. Simon West 2001): Exploring lost empires finding priceless treasures punishing villains in mortal combat: it's all in a day's work for adventurer Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). A secret from her father's (Jon Voight) past is about to lead Lara to her greatest challenge: the Triangle of Light a legendary artefact with the power to alter space and time. Lara must find the Triangle before it falls in to the clutch of the Illuminati a secret society bent on w
Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling in this 1951 Alan Jay Lerner musical for MGM, directed by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain). The appealing story finds Astaire as part of a brother-and-sister act (along with Jane Powell) that travels to London at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding. Astaire and Powell each find romances that threaten to break up the act, but that's mostly fun window dressing in a movie better known for some truly creative sequences made vivid by Donen, including Astaire's famous dance with a hat rack and his duet with Powell, "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You (When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life)?" --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Doctor In Trouble: The madcap doctor team are at it again! This time Dr. Burke stows away on a cruise ship when his girlfriend is assigned a modelling job aboard the vessel and ends up as a ship's doctor. Very Important Person: A happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits POWs in a German camp find out their new acerbic fellow prisoner rather unpopular with the rest of the chaps is a key officer who must be spirited to freedom at all cost. Don't Just Lie There Say Something Based on the stage play this is an all-star fast paced political farce as a Whitehall secretary bares all in a bid to save her boss and his assistant...
William Holden and Jennifer Jones star in one of drama's most endearing and intelligent love stories. Nominated for eight Academy Awards this timeless classic follows the passionate affair of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor whose love for each other must overcome racial prejudice and the outbreak of war in Korea.
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