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• Bombay Waterfront - Paul Temple Returns | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £9.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (30.16%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Bentley - Playing Paul Temple for the third time aids the police in solving a series of gruesome murders. Murder mystery based on Francis Durbridge's amateur sleuth. While holidaying in New York, English novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple (John Bentley) learns of a series of murders terrorising his homeland. Warned by the culprit, the notorious 'Marquis' not to get involved, Temple nevertheless wastes no time in setting after his quarry.

• The Dancing Years | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £5.86   |  Saving you £5.39 (117.17%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Premiering on stage in March 1939 Ivor Novello's enchanting musical romance set in pre-Great War Vienna became one of the most popular West End shows during the dark days of the Second World War. This radiant film adaptation proved no less popular with Dennis Price's sensitive portrayal of the lead character winning great acclaim and Novello's score featuring a string of melodies that swept the world. The Dancing Years is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. 1910: a small band of army officers arrive at an inn on the outskirts of Vienna. It is home to Rudi Kleber a gifted but impoverished composer who is asked to play while they eat. Rudi plays his own composition and the officers immediately bid against each other for its purchase – but a woman's voice outbids them all; it is Maria the lovely and brilliant star of the opera... Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Original Promotional Material PDF

• The Passionate Stranger (Vintage Classics) | Blu Ray | (14/08/2023) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE PASSIONATE STRANGER (1957) centres around happily married house-wife Judith Wynter (Margaret Leighton) who keeps the fact she is a best-selling author of steamy romance novels, a closely guarded secret.As her husband Roger (Ralph Richardson), recovers from a serious illness, the couple's new driver Carlo (Carlo Justini) discovers the manuscript of Judith's latest novel and jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion, making life in the Wynter household very complicated indeed! Boldly experimental in form and an entertaining riposte to the romance novel. Product Features An Out and Out Feminist: Muriel Box and The Passionate Stranger The Woman Behind the Picture: Archive interview with Muriel Box Part 1 Behind the Scenes stills gallery Original Trailer

• The Passionate Stranger | DVD | (07/04/2014) from £7.55   |  Saving you £2.44 (32.32%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Pairing Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson two of Britain's most accomplished film and stage actors The Passionate Stranger is a gentle satire on the conventions of the romantic novel and the perils of confusing reality with fiction. Directed in inventive fashion by Oscar winner Muriel Box (sharing writing credits with husband Sydney Box) this hugely engaging comedy is made available here in a brand-new transfer from the original elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo a handsome young Italian chauffeur arrives to work for Judith and her husband a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed! Special Features: Image Gallery  

• The House In Marsh Road/Monkey's Paw | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The House in Marsh RoadSupernatural thriller based on the novel by Laurence Meynell. David Linton (Tony Wright) is a hard drinking womanising would be writer his wife Jean (Patrica Dainton) supports David the best she can seeing only the best in him. Out of the blue Jean is left a house by a distant Aunt. Jean hopes that it will be the fresh start they need but David plans to dispose of Jean and have the house for himself and his lover but the house has other ideas... Also stars Sam Kydd Monkey's PawBased on the famous horror short story by author W. W. Jacob and filmed at Kay Carlton Hill Studios at St John's Wood. A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the processor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow. Mr Trelawne (Milton Rosmer) hastily wishes his gambling debts away. Mrs Trelawne (Megs Jenkins) wishes their dead son back to life but the wishes only bring pain and sorrow. This 1948 film was directed by Norman Lee and also stars Michael Martin-Harvey Sydney Tafler and Alfie Bass.

• Limited Edition Paul Temple Box Set | DVD | (28/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Send For Paul Temple:Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called Steve. Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.Calling Paul Temple:Scotland Yard is unable to unravel the Rex murders. An unidentified killer who signs his name as Rex has slain three wealthy women as they rode in trains.Paul Temple's Triumph:Steve (Sheridan) are on the hunt for a kidnapped scientist whose secret formula for atomic weaponry has fallen into enemy hands.Paul Temple Returns:The plot revolves around Temple's efforts to aid the police in solving a series of gruesome murders, and leaves us with the inevitable feeling of 'However could Scotland Yard have managed without him....'

• Paul Temple Collection | DVD | (08/01/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Flaw/Witness In The Dark | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £19.75   |  Saving you £-4.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The FlawDirected by Terence Fisher of Hammer fame this 1955 British production stars John Bentley Donald Houston and Rona Anderson. In this crime drama a sneaky race-car driver Paul Oliveri (John Bentley) plans to murder his wife for the insurance money. Her attorney who is in love with her discovers the plan - a brutal fight culminates in tragedy for one of the two combatants. Great old motor racing sequences and filmed in Shoreham East Sussex. Witness in the DarkThis second feature stars Patrica Dainton as a blind girl who witnesses the thief turned murderer of her upstairs friend and neighbour. Also stars Conrad Phillips and Nigel Green. Directed by Wolf Rilla just before he directed Village of the Damned.

• Lantern Hill | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston) whom the family has tried to convince her is dead resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst) Jane resolves to reunite her parents despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!

• Lantern Hill | DVD | (01/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A spellbinding ghost story unfolds when 12-year old Jane Stuart discovers that her mysterious father (Sam Waterston), whom the family has tried to convince her is dead, resurfaces to reconcile his troubled past. She discovers a kind man, genuinely interested in both her welfare and her mother's. With the assistance of a powerful mystic (Colleen Dewhurst), Jane resolves to reunite her parents, despite the horrible forces that stand in her way!