"Actor: Leslie Dwyer"

• 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

• Doctor Who - Carnival Of Monsters | DVD | (15/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Doctor Who adventure "Carnival of Monsters" finds Jon Pertwee's third Doctor and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) materialising on the SS Bernice in the Indian Ocean in 1926, on the very day the ship is about to give rise to a famous sea mystery. Passengers and crew, including Ian Marter (who would return as companion Harry Sullivan two years later), are reliving the same few moments over and over again, and there is a plesiosaur in the ocean. Meanwhile two travelling show people, Vorg (Leslie Dwyer), and Shirna (Cheryl Hall), have arrived on the bureaucracy laden planet Inter Minor with an illegal Miniscope peepshow. In a variation on the miniaturisation plot of Fantastic Voyage (1966), and harking back to Doctor Who's own "Planet of the Giants" story from 1964, the Doctor and Jo have materialised within the Miniscope's compression field and are trapped inside. For company they have the ferocious alien Drashigs while outside the machine a potentially devastating conspiracy is afoot. As the second story in the 10th season of Doctor Who, this fast-moving, witty and surreal adventure slots into series continuity between "The Three Doctors" and "Frontier in Space". A long-time fan favourite, the four-part thriller remains one of the most enjoyable of the Jon Pertwee era stories. On the DVD: Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters on DVD has an excellent 4:3 image and mono sound far better than was ever heard on the original broadcasts. Heading a massive range of extras is a commentary with Katy Manning being wonderfully enthusiastic and producer-director Barry Letts getting a little more technical. There are English subtitles not only for the episodes but also for the commentary, as well as a separate on-screen information text option. Also included are two extended and one deleted scene, Barry Lett's more tightly edited preferred ending, a trailer for a 1981 season of Doctor Who repeats and a never used arrangement of the title music. Additionally there is a compilation of visual effects test film, some studio shooting footage, a short computer animation of the TARDIS, a photo gallery and a demonstration of the CSO special effects technique. Anything more comprehensive would be hard to imagine. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Way Ahead | DVD | (17/05/2004) from £2.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (234.11%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Originally intended as a training film this war story (based on a screenplay by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov) tells of the light-hearted tomfoolery which soon gives way to the grim realities of life on the most dangerous battlegrounds of the Second World War...

• Marilyn / Stock Car | DVD | (06/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  MARILYN - AKA ROAD HOUSE GIRL - Sandra Dorne plays Marilyn, the sexy young wife of ill-tempered garage owner Leslie Dwyer. Assuming that his wife is fooling around with mechanic Maxwell Reid, Dwyer begins punching Reid out. Defending himself, Reid accidentally kills his boss. Marilyn helps Reid cover up the crime and together the two strike out to find a new life. Several months later, the couple is running a just-getting-by roadhouse. Wealthy Ferdy Mayne agrees to lend the couple some money, figuring that Marilyn will offer her affections as repayment. But things take a sorry turn when Mayne begins to suspect that Reid has committed a murder. STOCK CAR - The fast paced world of stock car racing provides the backdrop of this British adventure. The story centres on Katie Glebe as she attempts to save her fathers failing garage after he is killed during a race. She ends up assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke. Unfortunately, creditor Turk McNeil is determined to take the garage to repay a debt. Real trouble ensues when Turks lover Gina becomes interested in Larry.

• Lilli Marlene | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £16.25   |  Saving you £-3.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Lilli, (Lisa Daniely) the french girl whose song Lilli Marlene is loved by the Germans and allies, is captured by the Nazis and rescued by the British after being forced to broadcast the song for the Germans. Lilli, (Lisa Daniely) the french girl whose song Lilli Marlene is loved by the Germans and allies, is captured by the Nazis and rescued by the British after being forced to broadcast the song for the Germans.

• Where There's A Will | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring: George Cole, Leslie Dwyer, Dandy Nichols, Kathleen Harrison, Edward Woodward. Directed by Vernon Sewell. A 1955 classic British comedy digitally restored and remastered. A cockney family inherit a rundown farm in Devon. The father wants to make a go of the venture but has a problem convincing his work-shy family. Yet another British film which launched many a successful career.

• Public Eye - The Complete 1969 Series | DVD | (19/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Public Eye is a private detective series starring Alfred Burke as Frank Marker. The series originally ran on the ABC network during the 1960's resurrected by Thames in 1969 and then produced a further 6 series before the show ended in 1975.

• Die Monster Die | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Nahum Witley (Karloff) is a scientist whose family harvested a radioactive meteor when it plummeted to the Earth two generations ago. Believing that the family are Satan worshippers the locals in the adjoining village all but shun them. When Witley's daughter's new boyfriend arrives in the town he's also met with a frosty reception. Then when he arrives at the Witley family home and is reunited with his girlfriend strange things start to happen. This classic 60s horror is co

• Diana Dors Double Bill - Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? / My Wife's Lodger | Blu Ray | (21/06/2010) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (135.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This second release the BFI's pioneering Adelphi Collection brings together two films directed by Maurice Elvey both featuring sizzling performances from a young sassy Diana Dors. Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953): American Army pilot Laurie Vining (Bonar Colleano) - on leave in London - is hoping for a little rest. But his idyllic bliss is shattered abruptly when his stunning ex Candy - saucily played by Dors - unexpectedly arrives at his hotel insisting that they're still married. Laurie enlists the assistance of wisecracking co-pilot Hank Hanlon (Sid James) and girl-shy lawyer Frank Betterton (David Tomlinson). But his troubles have only just begun... My Wife's Lodger (1952): is the farcical tale of a soldier who returns home after six years to find that his house has become a boarding house...

• Hindle Wakes | DVD | (21/05/2012) from £16.25   |  Saving you £-3.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in the north of England (Hindle), two mill workers Jenny (Lisa Daniely) and Mary (Sandra Dorne) take off to Blackpoolfor the Wakes week holiday. Jenny is attracted to the Mill's boss's son (Brian Worth). The two go off together leaving Maryto give them an alibi. Mary unknown to Jenny - is killed in a freak boating accident and the couples romantic tryst is discovered by both families causing a moral dilemma.

• Stormy Crossing | DVD | (29/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Ireland heads the cast in this 1958 Tempean Production. A story of a cross channel swim filmed around Dover. Swimmer and model Kitty (Joy Webster) is entered in the race by her lover (Derek Bond). Fellow swimmer Danny, (Sheldon Lawrence) who is trained by Griff, (John Ireland) falls for Kitty whilst they are training together. Kitty is killed in the race and Danny believes she was murdered - Griff and the police believe it to have been an accident. However Griff is forced to believe Danny when Danny himself is nearly killed. Also stars Leslie Dwyer, and Arthur Lowe.

• Wodehouse Playhouse - The Truth About George And Other Short Stories | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Classic adaptations of P G Wodehouse's short stories. Each story is introduced by the author in one of his last recordings. The stories are based around three general themes: The Mulliners relating to the rather bizarre extended family of Mr. Mulliner; The Oldest Member stories which take place in and around the golf club; and The Drones Club an all male society whose members include Freddy Fitch-Fitch and Adolhus Stiffham. This double feature contains seven half hour long stories