Starring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), The Frankenstein Chronicles is a thrilling and terrifying reimagining of Mary Shelley's classic novel that follows a detective investigating a series of horrifying experiments. London, 1827: when a mutilated corpse is discovered by the edge of the River Thames, Inspector John Marlott (Bean) sets off on a hunt for the most deranged of killers, which takes him to the darkest corners of Georgian London an underworld of prostitution, drug smuggling, bodysnatching and murder for profit. But as his investigation deepens only one thing is for certain: an evil which defies reason is at work, attempting to reanimate the dead.
Featuring the film debut of British screen siren and post-war sex symbol Christine Norden this Soho-set Brit Noir tells the story of two wartime friends whose civilian lives take very different paths. Featuring Ben Frankel's excellent musical score Nightbeat is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Don and Andy two young commando sergeants are demobilised from the army. Unable to find jobs that suit they both join the police – where Don does well and is soon promoted but Andy's rebellious nature makes it hard for him to accept discipline. When he becomes involved with a "good-time girl" Andy finds himself on a downward slope which puts both his career and life in jeopardy.
Starring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), The Frankenstein Chronicles is a thrilling and terrifying reimagining of Mary Shelley's classic novel that follows a detective investigating a series of horrifying experiments. London, 1827: when a mutilated corpse is discovered by the edge of the River Thames, Inspector John Marlott (Bean) sets off on a hunt for the most deranged of killers, which takes him to the darkest corners of Georgian London an underworld of prostitution, drug smuggling, bodysnatching and murder for profit. But as his investigation deepens only one thing is for certain: an evil which defies reason is at work, attempting to reanimate the dead. Bonus Features The Making Of Frankenstein Chronicles The Look of the Frankenstein Chronicles Frankenstein: The Myth Cast & Crew Interviews
A peaceful seaside village is shocked by a sudden and vicious double murder. The murdered men are a petty thief and a taxi driver. A beautiful young actress informs the police that she saw the dead man's taxi and the man who stood beside it. The newspaper reports that she is potentially able to identify the killer and although the police provide her with protection, the 'Dark Man' strikes and leaves her for dead. The police decide to transfer her to a secret location but is it secret enough to protect her from him?
Rock Hudson stars in Sea Devils - Based on Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea this classic adventure is a swashbuckling tale of spies counter-spies and star crossed love! The threat of Napoleonic invasion hangs heavy over Britain. The mysterious Drouette (Yvonne DeCarlo) meets Gilliat (Rock Hudson) a Guernsey smuggler who directs her to the chief of customs. He agrees to help her to get back to France to help her to save her brother from the guillotine but all is not as it seems.
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.
Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
A most entertaining film showing Britain in the fifties.This 1951 Nettlefold production was directed by Lewis Gilbert, who went on to direct a whole string of hit films, Reach for the Sky, three James Bond films, Alfie, Shirley Valentine and many more.In this early work with the help of an excellent cast, the director shows his skills in aking a fairly simple plot most entertaining.Laurence Harvey is 'Mag Maguire' a likeable fairground boxer and Maxwell Reed, 'Eddie Racer' a motorbike daredevil rider. The mutual love interest is the lovely Susan Shaw. Good roles from Leslie Dwyer and Meredith Edwards.
This hard-hitting portmanteau drama from Michael Relph and Basil Dearden depicts the emotion, excitement and broad humour of one night's boxing at a downmarket London stadium. Starring Jack Warner as the dressing-room attendant who links the stories together and co-starring Robert Beatty, Maxwell Reed, Joan Collins and Kay Kendall Ealing Studios' The Square Ring is presented here as a transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.Danny Felton, Adam's Stadium's dressing-room handler has seen many fighters come and ago, rise and fall and tonight's line-up is no exception. Up-and-comers, would-be contenders, comeback kids , champions-in-waiting out into the ring they go, and back to his dressing-room they return bruised, batter, chastened or triumphant.
The Brothers is a classic drama from 1947 filmed on the scenic Isle of Skye. A young orphan girl named Mary arrives on a remote Scottish island to become a servant to the Macraes a family clan who are arch rivals with another family on the island the McFarishes. Her arrival provokes competition between the young men of the two households and eventually turns to jealousy within the Macrae family itself. Both Fergus and John Macrae are determined to wed her but their chase may have chilling consequences for all. This DVD edition features a restored version of the film.
In Ballyconnen Emmy Baudine (Siobhan McKenna) is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan (Maxwell Reed) and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favours from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran (Liam Redmond) to Yorkshire Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until that is the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...
Postwar Gothic thriller featuring Britain's first female serial killer. In the small Irish town of Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine (Siobhan McKenna) is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan (Maxwell Reed) - and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favours from her. Hurriedly packed off to Yorkshire by Father Corcoran (Liam Redmond), Emmy is taken in by a farmin...
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