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• Abbott & Costello: 8 Classic Films | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £23.48   |  Saving you £-8.49 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF 8 ABBOTT & COSTELLO MOVIES ON 4 DVD'S PRESENTED IN A BEAUTIFUL BOX SET WHICH IS BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED

• The Killing Of Sister George | DVD | (08/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Sister George" within The Killing of Sister George is Britain's best-loved soap opera character, played by actress June Buckeridge (Beryl Reid). Buckeridge has become so identified with her character--a sweet old Miss Marple-ish nurse who putters around her quaint little village on a motor scooter--even her friends call her George. But outside the studio she's a hard-drinking, hot-tempered, foul-mouthed lesbian living with an immature young thing she's nicknamed "Childie" (Susannah York, who makes her memorable entrance in a sheer baby-doll nightie). At her worst Sister George is an abusive monster (in a moment of rage she forces Childie to eat the butt of her cigar) but beneath the bluster is an insecure television actress. When the studio decides to kill her character off and an executive makes a play for Childie, the soap star desperately clings to her young lover. Director Robert Aldrich, best known for his tough action films and gothic thrillers, brings his fierce vision of human nature to Frank Marcus's play . In its best moments the film simmers in angry suspicion and helpless frustration, brought to life by Reid's vivacious performance but other scenes are overlong and stage-bound and would have benefited greatly from judicious trimming and tightening. The caricatured portrayals of lesbian life have aged rather poorly--an inevitable sign of the times--but this acidic show-biz drama still carries a hefty emotional punch. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Battle Of The V.1 | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.58%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in wartime Poland The Battle Of The V.1 involves a secret Nazi missile installation at Peenemunde. A British guerilla fighter Stefan Nowak (Michael Rennie) leads a group of Polish partisans on a mission to destroy the base and cripple the German war machine.

• The Killing of Sister George | DVD | (01/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When June Buckridge (Beryl Reid) arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught (Susannah York) realises that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character Sister George, a loveable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft (Coral Browne) is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

• Abbott And Costello - In The Foreign Legion/Meet The Keystone Cops | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £6.17   |  Saving you £3.82 (61.91%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Foreign Legion: Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Meet The Keystone Cops: Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where as stunt men they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.

• Battle Of the V.1 - In Colour! | DVD | (05/11/2012) from £8.69   |  Saving you £4.30 (49.48%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in World War II and based on a true story, Battle of the V.1 starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina and Christopher Lee is set in Nazi held Poland. Polish Resistance discover a mysterious pilot-less plane being built and tested in Poland - the resistance inform Britain of the plane and British enlist a Polish school teacher (Michael Rennie) to infiltrate the factory where the 'strange plane' was being built and pass as much information as possible back to London. The film tells the vit...

• Confidential Report | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £5.02   |  Saving you £-2.03 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Guy Van Stratten a convicted American smuggler leaves an Italian prison term with one asset a dying man's words about the wealthy mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart Van Stratten's investigation Arkadin claims amnesia about his early life and sends Guy off to investigate his unknown past. Guy's quest spans many continents and unearths eccentric characters who contribute information about the shadowy Arkadin. But the real purpose of Guy's assignment proves deadly - can he survive it? Orson Welles wrote directed and co-starred in this stylish serpentine mystery that carries echoes of his masterpiece 'Citizen Kane'.

• Mr Arkadin | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Guy Van Stratten a convicted American smuggler leaves an Italian prison term with one asset a dying man's words about the wealthy mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart Van Stratten's investigation Arkadin claims amnesia about his early life and sends Guy off to investigate his ""unknown"" past. Guy's quest spans many continents and unearths eccentric character

• Kiss The Bride Goodbye | DVD | (18/11/2013) from £9.09   |  Saving you £3.90 (42.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Made in 1944 this Butchers film stars a very young Jean Simmons almost two years before she achieved stardom in Great Expectations. Trying to climb a rung on the social ladder Joan (Patricia Medina) is pressured into marrying pompous boss (Claud Allister) by her pushy mother (Ellen Pollock) - but Joan loves a soldier (Jimmy Hanley) who is away fighting. On his return he finds Joan betrothed and he storms off to Scotland Joan decides to follow and all ends happily... also stars Irene Handl.

• Plunder Of The Sun | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  An American insurance adjuster stranded in Mexico becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector...

• Tauber - Waltz Time | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A charming joyous expertly crafted bon-bon of old Vienna full of fluffy cuddly girls of a bygone era gypsies romance gallantry and of course waltzing. The old guard views and waltz as immoral but at the end of the film it is adopted as the official court dance. Tauber is a shepherd and sings 'Break of Day' twice (mostly on camera). The others sing operetta-style arias and duets. Caressing violins punctuate the deft script.

• Confidential Report | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Phantom of the Rue Morgue | DVD | (08/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A