"Actor: Oliver Reed"

• Two Of A Kind | DVD | (05/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A selfish young would-be inventor and a boorish young would-be actress come together to set their decidedly amateur criminal minds on saving the world...

• The Brigand of Kandahar (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/07/2024) from £8.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ronald Lewis (The Full Treatment), Oliver Reed (The Triple Echo), Duncan Lamont (The Scarlet Blade), and Yvonne Romain (Captain Clegg) star in Hammer's The Brigand of Kandahar, a tale of derring-do set on the north-west frontier of the British Raj. Lieutenant Case (Lewis) is a mixed-race officer imprisoned for cowardice following a racially charged court-martial. Bitter and humiliated, Case escapes and joins forces with bandit leader Khan (Reed) in order to enact vengeance upon racist British commanding officer Colonel Drewe (Lamond), but risks Khan's deadly wrath when he falls for Khan's sister (Romain). Directed by John Gilling (The Scarlet Blade), The Brigand of Kandahar is a rip-roaring classic of action and adventure. INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Vic Pratt (2020) Hammer's Women: Yvonne Romain (2020, 8 mins): profile of The Brigand of Kandahar actor by film historian Melanie Williams Stephen Laws Introduces 'The Brigand of Kandahar' (2020, 9 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror author Adventures in Filmmaking (2020, 20 mins): writer and historian Neil Sinyard examines the career and reputation of writer-director John Gilling Afghan Ostinati (2020, 13 mins): appreciation of Don Banks' score by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The System (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (23/09/2019) from £15.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The first of six collaborations between two of British cinemas most infamous figures Oliver Reed (The Damned, The Triple Echo) and Michael Winner (Death Wish, The Stone Killer) The System finds both at their creative peak. Reed is leader of a gang of youths, who spend a hot summer season in Devon in pursuit of women including Jane Merrow (The Appointment) and Barbara Ferris (A Nice Girl Like You). Filmed on location, and shot by the great Nicolas Roeg before he turned his attentions to directing, The System boasts a fine supporting cast, including Julia Foster (Alfie), Harry Andrews (The Deadly Affair), and David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear).

• Paranoiac (Dual Format Edition) | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Oliver Reed stars in this early 1960s gothic horror from Hammer Studios, directed by Freddie Francis. While the wealthy Ashby siblings - brutish alcoholic Simon (Reed) and his emotionally unstable sister, Eleanor (Janette Scott) - are waiting to come into their vast family trust fund, Simon plots to have his sister certified insane after she claims to have seen an apparition of their long-dead brother, Tony (Alexander Davion), wandering around the estate. Extras: The Making of Paranoiac (27 mins) Stills Gallery

• The Scarlet Blade | DVD | (16/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A historical adventure set during the English Civil War from the famous Hammer Film Productions. Oliver Reed is in devilish form as a Roundhead soldier who kidnaps the King on the orders of his tyrannical Colonel (Lionel Jeffries). It's down to a local group of loyal soldiers to rescue him, led by Royalist cavalier, known as The Scarlet Blade.

• Take a Girl Like You (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/05/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jonathan Miller's film of Kingsley Amis' comic novel (adapted for the screen by George Melly), casts Hayley Mills (Whistle Down the Wind, Twisted Nerve) as a naïve young girl who moves from the North of England to teach in a London school and finds herself fending off the advances of a number of lusty suitors, including Oliver Reed, John Bird and Noel Harrison. As much a document of its time as a satire on the sexual mores (and confusions) of the period, Miller's still remarkably fresh debut feature is buoyed by its terrific cast and a typically excellent Stanley Myers score. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio A New Era Revisited (2019, 15 mins): in-depth interview with celebrated actor Hayley Mills Now and Then: Jonathan Miller (1967, 42 mins): archival interview featuring the polymath director in conversation with broadcaster Bernard Braden Make a Film Like You (2019, 8 mins): production manager Denis Johnson Jnr and assistant director Joe Marks recalls the making of Take a Girl Like You Isolated music & effects track Original theatrical trailers Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Fanny Hill | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An adaptation of John Cleland's infamous erotic novel this is the sensual story of nubile virginal country girl Fanny Hill forced into the oldest profession in the world. Throwing herself body and soul into her new work Fanny comes to derive enormous pleasure from her new-found ability to please yet all the while longing for her innocent first love...

• The Lion Of The Desert | DVD | (06/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  The year is 1929 and dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) is still faced with the 20 year long war waged by Bedouin patriots to combat Italian colonisation in Africa. Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani (Oliver Reed) governor of Libya confidant that he can crush the rebellion and restore the glories of Imperial Rome. Inspirational in the Bedouin resistance toward the oppressors is the leadership of one man - Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn). A teacher by profession guerilla

• Tomorrow Never Comes | DVD | (31/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Jim Wilson (Reed) is a police lieutenant in a corrupt resort town. Revolted by the brutality of modern police work he decides to leave and take up duties in his quiet home town. But on his final day a violent drama explodes. A deadly confrontation breaks out between Frank (McHattie) the abandoned lover of singer Janie (George) and her new boyfriend Lyne (Osborne). The police are called and Frank shoots a young officer. Within minutes a full siege is underway in full view of the tou

• Annie/Annie 2/Oliver | DVD | (27/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Annie: A plucky red-haired girl dreams of a life away outside her orphanage and its gin-soaked tyrant Miss Hannigan (played to perfection by Carol Burnett). One day Annie meets the famous billionaire Daddy Warbucks and the pair share spectacular times in 1930's New York City. But Miss Hannigan and her zany villainous colleagues are determined to spoil the fun for America's favourite orphan... Annie 2: The little red-head orphan is back in this film based on the classic Harold Gray comic strip. This time she and her faithful canine Sandy visit England after Daddy Warbucks is called over to be knighted by the Queen. Oliver!: Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He's immediately taken in by a band of street urchins headed by the lovable villain Fagin (Ron Moody) his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and his loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and a family of his own.

• The People Vs Larry Flynt (Special Edition) | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £5.98   |  Saving you £7.01 (117.22%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Directed by Milos Forman, The People vs. Larry Flynt is the fictionalised, but true, story of how smut-peddler Larry Flynt--the poor man's redneck Hugh Hefner--ended up appealing a libel case (brought by televangelist Jerry Falwell) to the US Supreme Court and winning a major legal victory that affected all Americans. It transpires that the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights--as brought to life in this splendidly quirky and alternately reverent and irreverent comedy--ensures everyone's freedom by protecting a whole range of expression, from the banal to the outrageous. Scripted by the writers of Ed Wood (another affectionately twisted biography of a disreputably eccentric entertainment figure), The People vs. Larry Flynt applies a similar sort of exaggerated and telescoped editorial-cartoon sensibility to the wild life and times of Hustler skin-magazine publisher Larry Flynt. There are terrific performances by Woody Harrelson as Flynt, grunge-star-turned-glamour-puss Courtney Love as his wife Althea and Edward Norton as their lawyer (a composite character). --Jim Emerson

• Oliver | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £10.09   |  Saving you £4.16 (47.11%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Experience the high-spirited adventures of Oliver Twist in this Oscar-winning musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic tale! Young Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. Hes immediately taken in by a band of street urchins headed by the lovable villain Fagin (Ron Moody) his fiendish henchman Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed) and his loyal apprentice The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure... a home and a family of his own. Set to a heartfelt score that includes such favorites as ""Consider Yourself "" ""Where Is Love?"" and ""As Long As He Needs Me "" OLIVER! leads us on a journey in search of love belonging and honour among thieves. Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Score OLIVER! will steal your heart!

• The Brigand Of Kandahar * | DVD | (16/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Oliver Reed continues his villainous streak in another Hammer historical adventure. The setting is the Indian desert, where the British army faces scorching temperatures and savage warriors, Reed playing Eli Khan, leader of some local bandits that come to the aid of a disgraced British officer.

• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  From Terry Gilliam director of 'Time Bandits' and 'Brazil' comes 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' a spectacular epic fantasy quite unlike any other film ever made. Just who is Baron Munchausen? Liar? Rogue? Madman? Or the greatest superhero ever to battle and triumph against unbeatable odds? Did he really ride through the air on a cannonball slay a three-headed griffin journey to the moon all before breakfast? Helped and hindered by a cast of quite literally thousands including Vulcan Berthold and many more the indomitable Baron succeeds in overcoming every obstacle to face his final greatest challenge: Death itself? There's never been a film remotely like this but then there's never been a hero to compare with the Baron...

• Take A Girl Like You | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Hayley Mills and Oliver Reed star in Kinglsy Amis' sophisticated sex comedy, directed by Jonathan Miller. Pretty young teacher Jenny Bunn (Hayley Mills) moves down south in the swinging sixties. Jenny's hardly had time to settle into her digs before local lothario Patrick (Oliver Reed) spots her, wines and dines her and sweeps her back to his place for a night of (in his mind) meaningless sex. It's then that Patrick makes a truly shocking discovery: Jenny is a virgin - and intends to stay that way. Patrick hasn't met a virgin before, so he's totally confused - and a bit scared. Can he persuade the virtuous Jenny to join the permissive society or should he just give up and settle for the easy charms of randy TV show girl Wendy (Aimi McDonald)? Whatever he's going to do, he'd better do it fast - because Jenny's grubby old landlord Dick (John Bird) and super-rich socialist Julian (Noel Harrison) are also sniffing around her... With a great supporting cast that includes Sheila Hancock, Ronald Lacey John Fortune and Penelope Keith, and a witty script from George Melly, Take A Girl Like You is a saucy British classic available on DVD for the very first time.

• The Lion of the Desert (DVD) | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Destined to remain a dubious footnote in books of movie trivia, Lion of the Desert--an occasionally impressive epic from 1981--was financed with a budget of $35 million by Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, who previously attempted the role of movie producer with the critically roasted Mohammad: Messenger of God. This effort didn't fare much better (it grossed approximately $1 million worldwide), and although some of its wartime action sequences are intelligently filmed, it's not likely to gain much more of a reputation on home video. Under a shaggy Muslim beard, Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, the Arab hero and guerrilla fighter who defended Libya against Benito Mussolini and Italy's attempted conquests during World War II. As straightforward biography, the movie's got an admirable epic sweep, but a cliché-ridden script and uniformly bad performances (from a cast that includes John Gielgud, Oliver Reed and Rod Steiger) make this little more than a curiosity for those wanting to learn more about Libyan history. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• The Party's Over | Blu Ray | (17/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When enigmatic young American Melina (Louise Sorel) falls in with a group of Chelsea beatniks she catches the attention of the gang's defiant leader Moise (Oliver Reed) but invites scorn and jealousy from the group's other members including Moise's lover Libby (Ann Lynn). At one wild and drunken party the group's games are taken too far and tragedy follows but only when Melina's fianc'' Carson (Clifford David) begins investigating does the terrible truth reveal itself. Originally banned by the censors for its controversial content The Party's Over has long been out of circulation despite the presence of some of Britain's most celebrated acting talent and James Bond director Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger Live and Let Die).

• Fair Trade | DVD | (12/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A Life for a Life The General's Son is in Prison The Agents Daughter is in Jeopardy The war on drugs has just turned personal. Filled with sizzling action and adventure FAIR TRADE is a powerful story of survival parental love and betrayal set against a backdrop of drug trafficking and the perilous South American jungle. A group of innocent college girls become pawns in a deadly game of death and destruction when a South American drug baron General Belmondon (Oliver Reed)

• The Party's Over (DVD) | DVD | (22/06/2015) from £16.51   |  Saving you £1.48 (8.96%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Enigmatic young Melina (Louise Sorel Crimes of Passion) has fallen in with a group of Chelsea beatniks catching the attention of the gang's defiant leader Moise (Oliver Reed The Devils). But wild and drunken partying has terrible consequences and when Melina's fiancé Carson (Clifford David The Exorcist III) begins investigating the shocking truth is soon revealed. Written by Marc Behm (Help!) and scored by the legendary John Barry (The Ipcress File Diamonds are Forever) this controversial film originally fell foul of the British Censors forcing director Guy Hamilton (Live and Let Die Diamonds are Forever Goldfinger) to remove his name from the credits but is now finally available to experience in its never-before-seen pre-release version. Presented in a digitally remastered transfer from rare print materials this daring controversial film is released here with extra features including alternative sequences and little-seen short films from the era. Extras: Alternative theatrical release sequences (18 mins) The Party (R A Ostwald 1962 16 mins): a time-capsule short about an art school get-together Emma (Anthony Perry 1964 12 mins): short film from the producer of The Party’s Over

• The Lady And The Highwayman | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Lady and the Highwayman, produced by Lew Grade as part of a series of Barbara Cartland dramatisations in 1987, contains all the ingredients that made Cartland's unique style of romantic fiction so successful. The highwayman in question, known as Silver Blade, is actually an aristocratic outlaw played by a youthful Hugh Grant in a bouffant mullet wig. The lady is Panthea (Lysette Anthony), delicate but firm of purpose, who knows her man when she sees him. It's Restoration England, so the frocks are fabulous. But Cartland's pretensions to historical accuracy evaporate when she makes Charles II's mistress, Barbara Castlemaine (Dynasty's Emma Samms), the villainess of the piece. From there, it's a freewheeling ride of Robin Hood-inspired philanthropy, duplicitous cousins and some uncomfortably fetishistic shots of the rituals and instruments of execution, although everybody is rescued in time for the romantic soft-focus finale. Full of splendidly self-indulgent performances from the likes of Claire Bloom, John Mills and Michael York, The Lady and the Highwayman is a feast of thespian ham. Somehow, the cast triumph over the banality of the basic material. On the DVD: The Lady and the Highwayman is presented in 4:3 aspect ratio with a standard Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack. With an eye on the international market, it looks and feels like any lush mini-series of the 1980s. There are no extras. --Piers Ford