"Actor: Patrick Wymark"

• Where Eagles Dare | DVD | (27/01/2020) from £7.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Blood On Satan's Claw | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's rural England in the Early 18th Century. A deformed skull is discovered - it has an intact eye and strange fur but when that skull disappears the village, especially its children, becomes afflicted by its supernatural power.Starring Linda Hayden and Patrick Wymark, this quintessential folk horror produced by legendary British film company Tigon and directed by Piers Haggard, is a heady concoction of old-style horror and sex, served up in an unnervingly modern visual presentation. It explores and seems to unpick the dawning decade's fears about promiscuity and the generation gap, poking fun at the moral majority's lack of tolerance toward youth culture and non-Christian belief systems. Product FeaturesBrand new 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives in 1.85:1 Aspect RatioHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray PresentationLPCM 2.0 English MonoOptional English SubtitlesAudio Commentary by director Piers Haggard actress Linda Hayden and writer Robert Wynne-Simmons Audio Commentary with British Film Experts Vic Pratt and William FowlerSatan's Skin - Robert Wynne-Simmons on The Blood on Satan's ClawThe Devil's Business - Wendy Padbury on The Blood on Satan's ClawFolk Horror - Kier-La Janisse on The Blood on Satan's ClawTigon Tales of Terror featurette with Michael Armstrong, Piers Haggard, Christopher Neame, Tony Tenser and Ian OgilvyReviving Forgotten Horrors - Interview with Piers HaggardFolk Tale - An Interview with Actor Simon WilliamsFolk Art - An Interview with Set Dresser Milly Burns Folk Sound -  - An Interview with Sound Recordist Tony DaweFolk Music - An Interview with Composer Marc WilkinsonFolk Dub - An Interview with Assistant Dubbing Mixer Graham V. Hartstone Folk Promo - An Interview with Publicity Director Tony TweedaleReturn to Bix - Simon Williams Returns to the Church LocationTheatrical TrailerReconstructed Trailer

• Witchfinder General | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £7.94   |  Saving you £-1.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Witchfinder General is one of those cult British films that, like The Wicker Man, seemed to herald a renaissance in the fortunes of the British film industry in the late 1960s and early 70s. With only his third film, director Michael Reeves displayed an assured grasp of technique and a confident ability to mix and match genres that marked him out as a homegrown wunderkind to rival the Spielbergs and Coppolas who were just graduating from film school across the Atlantic. Sadly, this promise remained unfulfilled as Reeves died suddenly, soon after completing the film, from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs; Witchfinder General remains his only significant work Veteran Vincent Price is wonderfully cast as the titular witchfinder, Matthew Hopkins, whose bloody and usually sexually motivated persecutions across civil war-torn East Anglia are carried out with much relish, graphic fake blood and lots of screaming. Ian Ogilvy, an old school pal of the director's, is the upright new model soldier who swears vengeance against Hopkins for the rape of his betrothed (Hilary Dwyer, who in true Hammer Horror fashion gets to take her top off and scream a lot). Lascivious depictions of burning witches and gratuitous sex aside, what draws the viewer into the film is the setting as Reeves' camera roams lovingly across the East Anglian countryside. The opening-hanging scene, for example, depends strongly on location for its effect, and Ogilvy's quest for revenge takes on a John Ford-style Western aura in the director's hands. Perhaps not quite the masterpiece some seem to think it is, Witchfinder General remains a sturdy piece of distinctively British filmmaking. On the DVD: This disc allows the viewer to select the slightly extended "Export cut" of the movie, which has a little more graphic blood than the censored UK release, although the restored sequences are of markedly inferior quality. The anamorphic picture and mono sound are decent, even if too many murky nighttime scenes and badly dubbed actors' voices betray the film's restrictively low budget. The major extra is a documentary about the life and short career of Michael Reeves, while other fill-ups include text notes from critic Kim Newman, a music video, trailer, filmographies and stills. All in all, it's a welcome restoration of a genre classic. --Mark Walker

• Where Eagles Dare | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.48   |  Saving you £6.51 (87.03%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Scorned by reviewers when it came out, Where Eagles Dare has acquired a cult following over the years for its unashamed and highly concentrated dose of commando death-dealing to legions of Nazi machine-gun fodder. In 1968 Clint Eastwood was just getting used to the notion that he might be a world-class movie star; Richard Burton, whose image had been shaped equally by classical theatre and his headline-making romance with Elizabeth Taylor, was eager to try his hand at the action genre. Author Alistair MacLean's novel The Guns of Navarone had inspired the film that started the 1960s vogue for World War II military capers, so he was prevailed upon to write the screenplay (his first). The central location, an impregnable Alpine stronghold locked in ice and snow, is surpassing cool, but the plot and action are ultra-mechanical, and the switcheroo gamesmanship of just who is the undercover double (triple?) agent on the mission becomes aggressively silly. --Richard T Jameson

• Blood On Satan's Claw 4K Ultra HD | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's rural England in the Early 18th Century. A deformed skull is discovered - it has an intact eye and strange fur but when that skull disappears the village, especially its children, becomes afflicted by its supernatural power.Starring Linda Hayden and Patrick Wymark, this quintessential folk horror produced by legendary British film company Tigon and directed by Piers Haggard, is a heady concoction of old-style horror and sex, served up in an unnervingly modern visual presentation. It explores and seems to unpick the dawning decade's fears about promiscuity and the generation gap, poking fun at the moral majority's lack of tolerance toward youth culture and non-Christian belief systems. Product FeaturesBrand new 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in 1.85:1 Aspect RatioPresented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible)High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio Also IncludedLPCM 2.0 English MonoOptional English SubtitlesAudio Commentary by director Piers Haggard actress Linda Hayden and writer Robert Wynne-Simmons Audio Commentary with British Film Experts Vic Pratt and William FowlerSatan's Skin - Robert Wynne-Simmons on The Blood on Satan's ClawThe Devil's Business - Wendy Padbury on The Blood on Satan's ClawFolk Horror - Kier-La Janisse on The Blood on Satan's ClawTigon Tales of Terror featurette with Michael Armstrong, Piers Haggard, Christopher Neame, Tony Tenser and Ian OgilvyReviving Forgotten Horrors - Interview with Piers HaggardFolk Tale - An Interview with Actor Simon WilliamsFolk Art - An Interview with Set Dresser Milly Burns Folk Sound -  - An Interview with Sound Recordist Tony DaweFolk Music - An Interview with Composer Marc WilkinsonFolk Dub - An Interview with Assistant Dubbing Mixer Graham V. Hartstone Folk Promo - An Interview with Publicity Director Tony TweedaleReturn to Bix - Simon Williams Returns to the Church LocationTheatrical TrailerReconstructed Trailer

• Scales of Justice - The Complete Series | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following the success of Anglo-Amalgamated's Scotland Yard and Edgar Wallace Mysteries, the production company scored another hit with Scales of Justice, thirteen dramas based on real-life trials that dramatise events from the alleged crime to the courtroom. As with the previous series, the films were produced at the company's Merton Park Studios to be screened as support features in British cinemas, making a successful transition to the small screen during the 1970s. This set contains all thirteen films, produced between 1962 and 1967. Introduced by crime writer Edgar Lustgarten and complemented by The Tornados' memorably pacy theme music, the dramas feature performances from some of the era's finest, and now most instantly recognisable, actors - including Alexandra Bastedo, Patrick Wymark, Peter Barkworth, Keith Barron, and Barrie Ingham.

• Where Eagles Dare | Blu Ray | (17/04/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £9.24 (105.60%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Scorned by reviewers when it came out, Where Eagles Dare has acquired a cult following over the years for its unashamed and highly concentrated dose of commando death-dealing to legions of Nazi machine-gun fodder. In 1968 Clint Eastwood was just getting used to the notion that he might be a world-class movie star; Richard Burton, whose image had been shaped equally by classical theatre and his headline-making romance with Elizabeth Taylor, was eager to try his hand at the action genre. Author Alistair MacLean's novel The Guns of Navarone had inspired the film that started the 1960s vogue for World War II military capers, so he was prevailed upon to write the screenplay (his first). The central location, an impregnable Alpine stronghold locked in ice and snow, is surpassing cool, but the plot and action are ultra-mechanical, and the switcheroo gamesmanship of just who is the undercover double (triple?) agent on the mission becomes aggressively silly. --Richard T Jameson

• Cromwell | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Disgusted with the religious policies of King Charles I Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religious tension and political infighting that will result in the British Civil War...

• The Power Game: The Complete Series | DVD | (23/03/2020) from £51.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Power Game - ATV's famous boardroom drama from the 1960s stars Patrick Wymark as John Wilder, the ruthless and power-hungry executive that everybody loves to hate. His adversarial relationship with his wife and colleagues in his fight for political power and one-upmanship set the template for many boardroom dramas to come. Wymark revelled in his role as the despicable Wilder, his strong and compelling characterisation encouraging equally high-calibre performances from co-stars Peter Barkworth, Clifford Evans, Barbara Murray, Jack Watling and Michael Jayston. Comprising all three complete series, this set will appeal to fans of high-quality drama and archive television. With both the second and third series not being seen since their original transmission, the majority of episodes have been transferred from film elements especially for this set. Special Features (Series Three): Man from Italy (mute) Alternative Main Titles and Promotion Promotional Trailers 35mm Title Footage (mute)

• Repulsion | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £13.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (50.04%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Oscar winning and controversial director Roman Polanski's critically acclaimed masterpiece depicting a young girl's descent into madness. Starring Catherine Deneuve (Belle de Jour). Repulsion won best director at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival and was BAFTA nominated.

• Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £9.78   |  Saving you £3.20 (47.13%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When scientists a hundred years into the future discover a "duplicate" Earth on the other side of the sun, the stage is set for tense science fiction adventure and suspense. Determined to find out what this new world is like, the Western nations of Earth set up an expedition headed by former astronauts Roy Thinnes and Ian Hendry to reach the new planet. All goes according to plan until the spaceship makes a crash landing on a planet some three weeks earlier than expected. Have the space travelers actually returned to Earth or are they on some strange mirror-imageworld where they must prove who they really are or die trying? This imaginative space adventure offers a journey few will ever forget.

• Blood On Satan's Claw | DVD | (22/03/2010) from £26.24   |  Saving you £-11.25 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Eagerly awaited re-release of this seminal British horror film. Patrick Wymarks stars in his last role (Where Eagles Dare Repulsion and Witchfinder General) with Linda Hayden (Baby Love Expose) in this horror thriller set in 17th century England about the children of a village slowly converting into a coven of devil worshipers.

• Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun | Blu Ray | (20/02/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  There's a sense of awe to the special effects work of animation specialists Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds Are Go)--the slow, lovingly detailed introduction of a massive spaceship creeping out of dock and struggling against its bulk while trapped on the ground, and the almost balletic spectacle of the ship elegantly floating against an impressive star field or dramatically flying against the rugged landscape. These moments are the highlights of this sober science fiction thriller about the discovery of a planet on the far side of the sun in Earth's orbit. A mission is hastily put together, with British astrophysicist Ian Hendry teamed with hotshot American astronaut Roy Thinnes for the three-week trip, but when they suddenly crash-land the strange creatures that surround them are revealed to be human. Against all rational explanations they're back on Earth, but Thinnes suddenly discovers that everything is a mirror image of his existence: Through the Looking Glass by way of The Twilight Zone. Though it begins as a paranoid spy thriller set in the near future (the opening details an ingenious espionage caper featuring a very special eyepiece), it quickly turns into a serious and oddly unsettling space-race drama with a heady twist. Robert Parrish's direction is unusually aloof, but the film is always intriguing and well acted with gorgeous special effects that may rank second only to Stanley Kubrick's 2001 as the most elegant vision of outer space flight on film. --Sean Axmaker

• Roman Polanski Boxset | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Cul-De-Sac: A mismatched couple (he effeminate and petulant she sensual and enigmatic) share a bizarre sexual relationship living in a remote castle. Their very isolation from the world prevents their eccentric partnership from foundering. Only an outsider can disrupt their make-believe lifestyle. That disruption arrives in the belligerent form of Richard and Albert two oddball gangsters straight out of a 1940's film noir wounded desperate and on the run. They demand s

• The Plane Maker Collection | DVD | (17/04/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The prequel to ATV's famous boardroom drama The Power Game, The Plane Makers follows the fortunes of the Scott Furlong airplane development company and its managing director, the ruthless John Wilder (Patrick Wymark). This set contains all 42 surviving episodes. After months of work, a new passenger airliner, the Sovereign, is almost ready for its first flight. When John Wilder discovers that the Sovereign's French rival is due for its maiden flight he gives orders to get the plane off the ground in two days - a decision that he may come to regret... Special Features: The only surviving episode from series one (disc 1) Image galleries (discs 4, 5 and 9) PDF material (discs 4, 5)

• The Blood on Satan's Claw (Remastered) | Blu Ray | (12/10/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the greatest British folk horror films of all time! When a human skull is unearthed in an isolated 18th century English village, it becomes clear Satan's work is afoot, as the children begin to form themselves into a murderous coven. Patrick Wymark (Where Eagles Dare), Linda Hayden (Taste The Blood of Dracula), Barry Andrews (The Spy Who Loved Me) and Michele Dotrice (Vanity Fair) star. Extras: Underneath Satan s Skin: New interview with Piers Haggard & Robert Wynne-Simmons New in-depth conversations, with director Piers Haggard and writer Robert Wynne-Simmons, as they cast their minds back in a joint interview to the creation of The Blood on Satan's Claw Folk Music: New interview with Marc Wilkinson (Composer) Folk Sounds: New interview with Tony Dawe (Sound Mixer) Folk Art: New interview with Milly Burns (Set Dresser) Folk Tale: New interview with Simon Williams (Actor - Peter Edmonton) Return To Bix Bottom: Simon Williams returns to the ruins of old St. James Church, the setting for The Blood on Satan s Claw Actor, Simon Williams, returns to the ruins of old St. James Church to recount the magic of the film s unique location The Ruins: New featurette about the setting of the Blood on Satan s Claw In this insightful mini-documentary, Dr Stephen Mileson (FRHistS) gives a historical depiction of the period and history that led to the abandonment over time of old St. James Church and its fall into ruins centuries ago. Touching The Devil: The Making of the Blood on Satan s Claw Original DVD extra (2013) - Detailed interviews with cast members analysing the creation of The Blood on Satan's Claw Interview with director Piers Haggard Original Blu-ray from 2013. Original Theatrical Trailer Audio commentary with Piers Haggard, Robert Wynne-Simmons & Linda Hayden (The Blood on Satan's Claw director, writer and lead actress - Angel Blake) Audio commentary with Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Dyson & Reece Shearsmith (from The League of Gentlemen fame and voice actors for The Blood on Satan's Claw new audiobook adaptation)

• Blood on Satan's Claw | Blu Ray | (22/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Set in a remote village in 17th Century England, farm labourer Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews) accidentally stumbles across a devilish skull whilst ploughing a field. Ralph reports his findings to the Judge (Patrick Wymark) but when they return, the skull has vanished. Very soon the children of the village start acting strangely, led by Angel Blake (Linda Hayden) they form a murderous coven and when mysterious growths of hair (called the Devil's Skin) start appearing on their bodies, all hell breaks loose... literally! Special Features: 2012 Interview with Director Piers Haggard (HD) Audio Commentary with Piers Haggard, Linda Hayden and Robert Wynne-Simmons Audio Commentary with Mark Gatiss, Jeremy Dyson and Reece Sheersmith Touching the Devil - The Making Of Blood on Satan's Claw (SD) Linda Hayden: An Angel for Satan (SD) Theatrical Trailer (SD) Stills Gallery (HD)

• Blood On Satan's Claw | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The discovery of furry remains believed to be the Devil sparks a barrage of evil un-doings in a small town. Soon after their discovery the Devil's remains disappear hampering the investigation by the local Judge (Patrick Wymark). But the evil forces that take over are frightening proof that the Devil may indeed be among the villagers...

• Witchfinder General | Blu Ray | (13/06/2011) from £16.85   |  Saving you £6.40 (41.05%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Witchfinder General is one of those cult British films that, like The Wicker Man, seemed to herald a renaissance in the fortunes of the British film industry in the late 1960s and early 70s. With only his third film, director Michael Reeves displayed an assured grasp of technique and a confident ability to mix and match genres that marked him out as a homegrown wunderkind to rival the Spielbergs and Coppolas who were just graduating from film school across the Atlantic. Sadly, this promise remained unfulfilled as Reeves died suddenly, soon after completing the film, from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs; Witchfinder General remains his only significant work Veteran Vincent Price is wonderfully cast as the titular witchfinder, Matthew Hopkins, whose bloody and usually sexually motivated persecutions across civil war-torn East Anglia are carried out with much relish, graphic fake blood and lots of screaming. Ian Ogilvy, an old school pal of the director's, is the upright new model soldier who swears vengeance against Hopkins for the rape of his betrothed (Hilary Dwyer, who in true Hammer Horror fashion gets to take her top off and scream a lot). Lascivious depictions of burning witches and gratuitous sex aside, what draws the viewer into the film is the setting as Reeves' camera roams lovingly across the East Anglian countryside. The opening-hanging scene, for example, depends strongly on location for its effect, and Ogilvy's quest for revenge takes on a John Ford-style Western aura in the director's hands. Perhaps not quite the masterpiece some seem to think it is, Witchfinder General remains a sturdy piece of distinctively British filmmaking. On the DVD: This disc allows the viewer to select the slightly extended "Export cut" of the movie, which has a little more graphic blood than the censored UK release, although the restored sequences are of markedly inferior quality. The anamorphic picture and mono sound are decent, even if too many murky nighttime scenes and badly dubbed actors' voices betray the film's restrictively low budget. The major extra is a documentary about the life and short career of Michael Reeves, while other fill-ups include text notes from critic Kim Newman, a music video, trailer, filmographies and stills. All in all, it's a welcome restoration of a genre classic. --Mark Walker

• Blood on Satan's Claw 4K-Restored Limited Collectors Edition | 4K UHD | (10/06/2019) from £49.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Scanned from a 4K masters - Limited to 3000 copies with a host of brand new extras. One of the greatest British horror films of all time! A human skull is unearthed in a small, isolated 18th century English village and the children of the village form themselves into a secret, murderous coven. Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden and Wendy Padbury star.