"Actor: Robert Mitchum"

• The Night Of The Hunter (1955) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (28/06/2021) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Night of the Hunterincredibly, the only film the great actor CHARLES LAUGHTON ever directed is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister ROBERT MITCHUM (Cape Fear, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by SHELLEY WINTERS (A Place in the Sun, The Diary of Anne Frank) are uncovered by her terrified young children. Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humour, this ethereal, expressionistic American classicalso featuring the contributions of actress LILLIAN GISH (Intolerance, Duel in the Sun) and writer JAMES AGEEis cinema's quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil. Special Features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary featuring assistant director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter, a two-and-a-half-hour archival treasure trove of outtakes from the film New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman New video interview with Simon Callow, author of Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor Clip from The Ed Sullivan Show, in which cast members perform live a scene that was deleted from the film Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show Moving Pictures about the film Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow

• The Wonderful Country | DVD | (16/03/2015) from £10.94   |  Saving you £5.04 (63.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Mitchum stars in this classic 1950s Western based on Tom Lea's novel. When injured mercenary Martin Brady (Mitchum), under the employ of notorious smugglers the Castro brothers (Victor Mendoza and Pedro Armendariz), loses a shipment of rifles and ammunition, he is taken in by U.S. Army Major Colton (Gary Merrill), who uses Brady's expertise to gain control over the hostile Apaches in Mexico. As he begins to fall for Colton's wife Helen (Julie London), Brady has a big decision to make: go back to Mexico and face the Castro brothers or fight Colton for Helen's hand. The cast also includes Albert Dekker, Jack Oakie and Charles McGraw.

• The Big Sleep | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £5.65   |  Saving you £4.34 (76.81%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Raymond Chandler's hard boiled novel is brought to the screen with sleuth Phillip Marlowe finding himself involved with murder blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.

• Studio Classic: Classic War Movies | DVD | (10/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Von Ryan's Express (1965): Colonel Joseph Ryan of the US Army Air Forces is shot down in Italy and taken to a prison camp populated by the Royal Army's 9th Fusiliers and run by sadistic commandant Battaglia. With the recent passing of their commanding colonel the 9th Fusiliers under Major Eric Fincham must now answer to the new senior officer of the prisoners Ryan. Also in the camp are several American prisoners who don't cotton to Major Fincham's stubborn passive resistance

• Secret Ceremony (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joseph Losey's lurid and often misunderstood drama stars the great Elizabeth Taylor (Suddenly, Last Summer) as an ageing London prostitute who befriends a young woman (Mia Farrow, See No Evil) that reminds her of her long-dead daughter. As the bizarre relationship between the two evolves, the appearance of Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear), as Farrow's abusive stepfather, ignites deep emotions and dark passions. With its exquisite production design, stylish cinematography and elegant score, Joseph Losey's lost masterpiece finally makes its long-overdue premiere on Blu-ray. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with authors and critics Dean Brandum and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2019) Archival Interview with Joseph Losey (1969, 15 mins): extract from the French television programme Cinéma critique, featuring the celebrated director promoting the release of Secret Ceremony and an appreciation by critic Michel Mourlet The Beholder's Share (2019, 25 mins): interview with Gavrik Losey, son of Joseph Losey TV version: additional scenes (1971, 18 mins): unique epilogue and prologue produced for US television screenings, with Robert Douglas and Michael Strong Original theatrical trailer Larry Karaszewski trailer commentary (2015, 3 mins): short critical appreciation Image gallery: promotional and publicity material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Heaven Knows Mr Alison | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £11.34   |  Saving you £1.65 (12.70%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Stranded on a Pacific Island an Irish nun (Kerr) and a heroic Marine sergeant live a life of constant peril hiding from Japanese troops. Eventually the sergeant falls deeply in love with the religious woman which compels her to question her vows... With its surprising blend of suspense and humor excellent performances (Deborah Kerr earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1957) and acclaimed direction by John Huston this film is a true classic.

• D-Day Boxset (8 Titles) | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £23.99   |  Saving you £-10.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.72

  June 6 1944 known as D-Day marked the beginning of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy France and the turning point of World War II that would ultimately end Nazi domination in Europe. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the largest military mission in history this triumphan D-Day Remembered film collection includes 8 of the greatest war movies of all time featuring powerful performances by Hollywood's biggest heroes! Films Included: The D-Day Sixth Of June The Longest Day A Bridge Too Far Patton Battle of Britain The Bridge At Remagen Attack Von Ryan's Express

• The Enemy Below | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. As both men try to out-think and out-manouevre each other the chase becomes a deadly chess game in which any mistake can bring instant defeat and death. Winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Best Special Effects The Enemy Below marked the directorial debut of actor Dick Powell. In an interesting move Powell let the public deci

• War and Remembrance - The Complete Series | DVD | (11/04/2016) from £57.39   |  Saving you £-17.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  It started with The Winds of War , now the gripping emotional saga of the Henry Family continues with this epic near-on 22 hour mini-series. War and Remembrance sweeps back the pages of history, bringing alive the turmoil and the tragedy, the madness, the glory and the horrors of a world at war. Against this dramatic panorama of world events, war and remembrance chronicles the lives of the Henry family and their friends. Scattered to the four corners of the globe, they find themselves thrust into the fury of battle and drawn to the places that were to become historic milestones: Midway, Guadalcanal, Yalta, Auschwitz, Stalingrad, El Alamein, the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima and Hiroshima. Amidst these triumphs and atrocities that will change the face of the world forever, the head of the family, US Naval Officer Victor Pug Henry and the beautiful English woman Pamela Tudsbury find their love for each other tested by the horrors that surround them. Filmed lavishly on location around the world, war and remembrance stars an astonishing array of talent including: ROBERT MITCHUM JANE SEYMOUR VICTORIA TENNANT IAN McSHANE SIR JOHN GIELGUD SHARON STONE STEVEN BERKOFF TOPOL ROBERT HARDY JOHN RHYS-DAVIES BRIAN BLESSED and ROBERT MORLEY

• The Longest Day | DVD | (02/06/2014) from £7.84   |  Saving you £3.41 (51.82%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Longest Day is Hollywood's definitive D-day movie. More modern accounts such as Saving Private Ryan are more vividly realistic, but producer Darryl F Zanuck's epic 1962 account is the only one to attempt the daunting task of covering that fateful day from all perspectives. From the German high command and front-line officers to the French Resistance and all the key Allied participants, the screenplay by Cornelius Ryan, based on his own authoritative book, is as factually accurate as possible. The endless parade of stars (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton, to name a few) makes for an uneasy mix of verisimilitude and Hollywood star-power, however, and the film falls a little flat for too much of its three-hour running time. But the set-piece battles are still spectacular, and if the landings on Omaha Beach lack the graphic gore of Private Ryan they nonetheless show the sheer scale and audacity of the invasion. --Mark Walker

• The Hunters | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £5.38   |  Saving you £7.61 (58.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This classic war film features the talents of Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner. Mitchum is Major Cleve Saville and Wagner is Lt. Ed Pell two pilots with differing demeanors. Mitchum is more reserved while Wagner is cockier. Amidst the drama of war romance rears its head giving the soldiers more than they can handle. Based on the novel by James Salter.

• El Dorado | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams with two equally legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in this classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked businessmen. The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend who knows his way around a gunfight. Filled with brawling action and humor, El Dorado delivers the goods. James Caan and Ed Asner co-star.

• Thunder Road | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £19.55   |  Saving you £-6.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  War veteran Luke Doolin returns home to the family business of transporting illegal moonshine through the mountains whilst dodging the local police. But soon the bootleggers are having a new threat in the shape of Kogan a businessman who is buying up the stills. If they refuse to hand over their profits to Kogan he will take them by force and starts by shooting one of the drivers. With the police taxmen and the gangsters on his trail will Luke survive? This action packed Mitch

• The Grass Is Greener | DVD | (21/04/2008) from £13.29   |  Saving you £-8.30 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Hollywood legends Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team up for this lush romantic comedy that proves that variety is the spice of love. When a struggling British earl (Grant) opens his manor to the public, what he wants is some badly needed money... what he gets is a handsome American millionaire (Mitchum) who sweeps the earl's gorgeous wife off her feet. Encouraged by his wife's chatterbox best friend (Simmons), the jealous earl challenges his Yank rival to a duel. The romantic royal is fighting for love and honor, but he could lose something more - his life!

• Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection | DVD | (05/08/2002) from £29.95   |  Saving you £50.04 (167.08%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Released to mark the 40th anniversary of her death in 1962, The Diamond Collection brings together all of Marilyn Monroe's films for 20th Century Fox. This handsome box set stands as a salutary reminder of the considerable achievements of an actress who still reigns supreme as the greatest screen goddess of them all. The uninitiated might be surprised at the versatility of someone whose legend is founded so much on her image as a sex symbol. In particular, her touching performance as the abused second-rate bar singer Cherie in Bus Stop (1956) is a rounded study of a woman still capable of dreaming when life has done everything to dull her. The box set as a whole offers plenty of evidence that while she certainly specialised in a unique and complex variation on the blonde bombshell stereotype--embodied in her timeless performances as Lorelei Lee (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and short-sighted Pola in How to Marry a Millionaire, both 1953--she could certainly diversify. The documentary, Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, provides a sympathetic take on the troubles and behaviour which led to her being sacked from her final picture, Something's Got to Give. The presentation of the restored footage from that movie is less successful, though, as the glimpses of Monroe's incandescent screen presence, belying her illness and depression, leave a palpable sadness in their wake. Better by far to focus on her earlier work. Whatever the role, her luminous beauty and statuesque figure, combined with an unselfconsciously joyful sexuality and an on-screen vulnerability, were always at their best under the careful guidance of directors like Billy Wilder and Otto Preminger. These qualities continue to give her an enduring appeal. On the DVD: The Diamond Collection has been digitally restored using, for the most part, the original negatives, making this a sumptuous package for any Monroe fan. Niagara and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes are both presented in standard 4:3 ratio but the rest--filmed in Cinemascope and presented here in letterbox format--are certainly better-served by widescreen viewing. The colours, like Monroe, come alive. The sound quality is crisp and Monroe's singing--she had limited but genuine musical talent--has polished up well. Multiple extras include before-and-after restoration comparisons, trailers from various countries, stills and posters, and newsreel footage. Eleven discs of Marilyn in one box, this is a veritable feast indeed. --Piers Ford

• El Dorado | DVD | (06/06/2005) from £5.74   |  Saving you £7.25 (126.31%)   |  RRP £12.99

  El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks' greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks' marvellous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne's old pal, now a sheriff in the midst of a hopeless drunken bender. James Caan, in one of his first sizable roles, plays a kid who can't shoot straight and wears a funny hat (every character in the movie makes fun of this hat). As the plot moves along, it begins to resemble Rio Bravo rather closely ("I steal from myself all the time", Hawks was fond of admitting). But in El Dorado the heroes are a bit older, their powers a bit weaker; at the end Wayne must revert to a bit of subterfuge in order to get the drop on the steely gunslinger (ice-cold Christopher George) he needs to put down. As relaxed as the movie is, Hawks and Wayne and company are in good spirits, with plenty of broad humour and easy camaraderie on display. Hawks and Wayne would make just one more film, the disappointing Rio Lobo, before ending their fruitful partnership. --Robert Horton

• Robert Mitchum - Enemy Below / Longest Day / River Of No Return | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The Laconic tough guy finally gets the box set treatment featuring three of his finest celluloid performances. The Enemy Below (1957): Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. As both men try to out-think and out-manouevre each other the chase becomes a deadly chess game in which any mistake can bring instant defeat and death. Winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Be

• The Grass Is Greener | DVD | (04/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Hollywood legends Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team up for this lush romantic comedy that proves that variety is the spice of love. When a struggling British earl (Grant) opens his manor to the public what he wants is some badly needed money what he gets is a handsome American millionaire (Mitchum) who sweeps the earl's gorgeous wife off her feet. Encouraged by his wife's chatterbox best friend (Simmons) the jealous earl challenges his Yank rival to a duel. The romantic royal is fighting for love and honor but he could lose something more -- his life!

• Man With The Gun | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £15.92   |  Saving you £3.06 (23.67%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Clint Tollinger (Robert Mitchum Cape Fear The Night of the Hunter) has a gun for hire. Any western town with an excess of untamable rough and tough bad guys can rely on him to quiet things down. Tollinger who watched his unarmed father die because he couldn't defend himself is ruthless and effective in his unusual profession. But Tollinger's wife Nelly (Jan Sterling The High and The Mighty Ace in the Hole) disapproves of his cold-blooded way of enforcing law and order. Nelly leaves her husband and sets herself up as director of a troupe of dancing girls in a small town saloon. Tollinger determined that Nelly will return to him follows her to Sheridan City. He is hired by Marshal Sims (Henry Hull) to protect the town from no-good rancher Dade Holman and his hired heavies.

• Cape Fear | DVD | (28/03/2016) from £10.27   |  Saving you £4.72 (45.96%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Cape Fear is a 1962 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and a remake of the 1962 film of the same name. It stars Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis and features cameos from Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Martin Balsam, who all appeared in the 1962 original film.Superior to Martin Scorsese's punishing 1962 remake, this 1962 thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone) stars Robert Mitchum as a creepy ex-con angry at the attorney (Gregory Peck) whom he believes is responsible for his incarceration. After Mitchum makes clear his plans to harm Peck's family, a fascinating game of crisscrossing ethics and morality takes place. Where the more recent version seemed trapped in its explicitness, Thompson's film accomplishes a lot with a more economical and telling use of violence. The result is a richer character study with some Hitchcockian overtones regarding the nature of guilt. --Tom Keogh