From its cleverly choreographed opening sequence to its heart-stopping climax on a rampant carousel, this 1951 Hitchcock classic readily earns its reputation as one of the director's finest examples of timeless cinematic suspense. It's not just a ripping-good thriller but a film student's delight and a perversely enjoyable battle of wits between tennis pro Guy (Farley Granger) and his mysterious, sycophantic admirer, Bruno (Robert Walker), who proposes a "criss-cross" scheme of traded murders. Bruno agrees to kill Guy's unfaithful wife, in return for which Guy will (or so it seems) kill Bruno's spiteful father. With an emphasis on narrative and visual strategy, Hitchcock controls the escalating tension with a master's flair for cinematic design, and the plot (coscripted by Raymond Chandler) is so tightly constructed that you'll be white-knuckled even after multiple viewings. Strangers on a Train remains one of Hitchcock's crowning achievements and a suspenseful classic that never loses its capacity to thrill and delight. --Jeff Shannon
The Great Western classic TV Series
Originally airing on NBC in 1959 and lasting 14 years until its last episode Bonanza is a television classic that defined a generation's definition of the Western. It depicted the lives of Ben Cartwright a widowed father and his three sons: the oldest Adam the kind-hearted Hoss and the handsome youngest Little Joe. Set amongst the beautiful scenery of the Sierra Nevadas on the Ponderosa ranch Bonanza starred Lorne Greene as Ben Michael Landon as Little Joe Dan Blocker as Hoss and Pernell Roberts as Adam. This box set features 31 episodes of the series on eight discs.
Detective Nancy Devlin, a good cop with a dark secret, finds her professional and personal life colliding when she becomes too deeply involved in a murder investigation in her hometown of Brighton. Karla Crome, Noel Clark, Laura Haddock and Amanda Burton star in this gripping crime drama.
Bonanza is an NBC television western series that ran from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series (behind Gunsmoke), and within the top 10 longest running, live-action American series.
Every legend has a beginning This is the 1978 pilot movie created for the cult series created in response to the burgeoning interest in sci-fi following the impact of Star Wars. The Galactica a futuristic aircraft carrier the size of a small city careens through a distant starfield followed by a convoy of bizarre space vehicles all fleeing the destruction of the human race. Led by Commander Adama these survivors have started on a journey to a thirteenth sister colony in a distant galaxy star system - a planet called Earth. Battlestar Galactica follows these interstellar refugees and their battles with their enemy - the dreaded Cylons.
They say the 60s really happened in the 70s. Bell-bottoms and disco took over, while films from the 70s captured the free-spirited movement of the decade in many ways. There was the LA disaster epic Earthquake; pushing all boundaries came the cult classic National Lampoon's Animal House; there was the rip-roaring road trip Smokey and the Bandit; and crime caper The Sting starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Sherry Conley a street tough and cynical woman with an unhappy family background is taken from prison to a hotel where the DA tries to convince her to testify against a mobster. Sherry is reluctant because the last witness was murdered before he made it to the stand and why should she stick her neck out? At the hotel several attempts are made on her life and she falls for Vince the policemen guarding her...
269 episodes from Seasons 1-8 of the American Western drama following the adventures of the Cartwright family.
Ten iconic episodes from the long-running TV western about the Cartwright family. The episodes are: 'The Gunmen', 'The Fear Merchants', 'The Spanish Grant', 'Badge Without Honour', 'The Blood Line', 'The Hopefuls', 'Day of Reckoning', 'Breed of Violence', 'The Last Viking' and 'The Trail Gang'.
Their very existence menaced by a strange civilization. Running low on fuel the Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
Look Who's Talking: Starring Kirstie Alley John Travolta and the wise-cracking voice of Bruce Willis Look Who's Talking is the box-office smash which takes an hilarious off-beat look at motherhood and romance from baby Mikey's point of view. Led on and let down by boyfriend Albert (George Segal) 32 year old Mollie (Kirstie Alley) is looking for a proper father for her son. Little Mikey favours cab driver-turned-baby-sitter James (John Travolta). It's a case of baby knows be
The movie that launched the phenonmenon! In the deepest reaches of space, it is a fight to save all human life from extinction in this sci-fi adventure that launched the Battlestar Galactica phenomenon! After the Cylons launch a devastating surprise attack on the Twelve Colonies, a lone flagship battlestar, the Galactica, remains to aid the surviving colonists on their epic journey for a new home to a far-off legendary planet - Earth. They must survive the pursuing Cylons in a series of epic battles that will determine the fate of the human race in this non-stop action-packed classic filled with cutting-edge special effects by Academy Award winner John Dykstra (Star Wars, Spider-Man 2). All over gloss Steelbook to mark the 45th anniversary. Highly limited quantity.
Ben Cartwright is joined by sons Adam Joe and Hoss in a series of adventures set on and around the Ponderosa ranch in Nevada. Bonanza was one of the best loved TV western series of all time and this collection features 12 of the earliest episodes on a three disc box set including - The Gunmen The Fear Merchants The Spanish Grant Blood On The Land Desert Justice The Stranger Escape To Ponderosa The Avenger The Last Trophy San Francisco Bitter Water & Feet of Clay.
A pact made in the heat of World War II between Hitler and the Duke of Windsor placing the Duke on the throne of England should Germany claim victory threatens world stability today. The Windsor Protocol also details the names and crucially the bank accounts of those who are to help fund the resurgence of the Fourth Reich. And now the most senior surviving Nazi has enlisted the help of an influential US Senator to take over the US government. A nervous British government dispatches legendary agent Sean Dillon (Kyle MacLachlan) to Washington where anyone who gets in the way of the evil plan is being surreptitiously murdered. The race is on for Dillon to save the lives of the most powerful men in the world while his own hangs precariously in the balance. Based on the novel by Jack Higgins.
Battlestar Galactica was one of the first off the starting blocks in the rush to repeat the Box Office business of Star Wars. The original pilot episode was adapted for both cinema and television viewing, and this DVD features the more self-contained theatrical release, which eliminates certain plot threads (such as John Colicos's treacherous character Baltar). Mixing Egyptian, Greek and made-up mythologies and designs, the premise was almost too sprawling for a two-hour presentation. In the series, we'd go on to learn why there were only a handful of humans left floating around, and what their relationship with the eagerly sought planet Earth was. Here it's all about set up, with Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) stealing the show as the fighter pilots with all the charm and the best lines. Lorne Greene adds a classy element to the large-scale acting ensemble, as does an uncredited Patrick Macnee as narrator and voice of the villainous Cylon Leader. Producer/writer Glen A Larson debuted Buck Rogers in the 25th Century at almost the same time (again for both TV and cinema), but something about this has always made it the most fondly remembered Star Wars wannabe. It's a shame that the soundtrack, and Stu Phillips's cracking music in particular, is only presented in mono, but a clean digital transfer at least means that Daggits, Centons and all the other felgercarb look its best. Extras on the DVD include cast and filmmakers' biographies, production notes and Web links. --Paul Tonks
This fantastic box set brings together 10 disc's worth of the very best of Bonanza. Features: 1.Bonanza: The Gunmen / The Fear Merchants 2.Bonanza: Blood On The Land / Desert Justice 3.Bonanza: Escape To The Ponderosa / The Avenger 4.Bonanza: The Last Trophy / Bitter Water 5.Bonanza: Dark Star / Death At Dawn 6.Bonanza: Badge Without Honour / The Mill 7.Bonanza: The Hopefuls / Denver McKee 8.Bonanza: Day Of Reckoning / The Abduction 9.Bonanza: The Ape / Blood Line 10.Bonanza: The Courtship / The Spitfire For individual episode listings please refer to the individual products.
This collection of classic Bonanza features the following episodes: The Gunman The Spanish Grant Blood on the Land The Stranger.
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