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• Oliver Twist / Great Expectations | DVD | (17/03/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An astonishingly good David Lean double-bill featuring his two Dickensian adaptations, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), this is a reminder that cinema does not necessarily have to debase its literary sources, sometimes it can enhance them. Lean's painterly eye for evocative locations--be they windswept marshes or bustling London streets--provides the backdrop, but his focus on smaller details--the ominous tree in the graveyard with its almost human face, the reaction of Bill Sikes' dog to Nancy's murder--adds the vital ingredient that brings both place and character to life. Starring a youthful John Mills as Pip, Lean's Great Expectations is an unadulterated delight, a serendipitous gelling of screenplay, direction, cinematography and acting that produces an almost perfect film. The cast is exemplary, with Alec Guinness in his first (official) role as Pip's loyal pal Herbert Pocket; Martita Hunt is a cadaverous Miss Havisham; Finlay Currie transforms himself from truly threatening to entirely sympathetic as Magwitch; while the young Jean Simmons makes more of an impact as the girl Estella than Valerie Hobson does as the older incarnation. Perhaps best of all, though, is Francis Sullivan as the pragmatic but kindly attorney Jaggers. The cinematography alone (courtesy of Guy Green) would qualify Oliver Twist as a classic: the opening sequence of a lone woman struggling through the storm is an indelible cinematic image. Fortunately, Lean's film has many more aces up its sleeve thereafter, notably Alec Guinness' grotesque Fagin--a caricature certainly, but a three-dimensional one--and Robert Newton's utterly pitiless Bill Sikes. The skewed angles and unsettling chiaroscuro lighting transform London itself into another threatening character. --Mark Walker

• Night Boat To Dublin | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £9.49   |  Saving you £6.50 (68.49%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A British secret agent attempts to thwart Nazi plans with the daring rescue of Swedish scientist Dr. Hansen who is unwittingly aiding the Nazis with his atomic research.

• Waterfront | DVD | (02/03/2015) from £8.01   |  Saving you £1.98 (24.72%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This outstanding drama traces the turbulent life of a seaman brutalised by a life of hard work and hard drinking and the challenges facing the three children he abandons as they struggle to make their way in Depression-era Liverpool. Featuring powerful performances from Robert Newton Susan Shaw Kathleen Harrison and a young Richard Burton – appearing here in only his third film – Waterfront is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife he leaves her impoverished with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns sacked and humiliated trailing trouble in his wake... Bonus Features: Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF

• Waterfront | Blu Ray | (02/03/2015) from £6.79   |  Saving you £8.20 (120.77%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This outstanding drama traces the turbulent life of a seaman brutalised by a life of hard work and hard drinking and the challenges facing the three children he abandons as they struggle to make their way in Depression-era Liverpool. Featuring powerful performances from Robert Newton Susan Shaw Kathleen Harrison and a young Richard Burton – appearing here in only his third film – Waterfront is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife he leaves her impoverished with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns sacked and humiliated trailing trouble in his wake... Bonus Features: Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF

• Tom Brown's Schooldays | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £21.93   |  Saving you £-8.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is the classic 1951 adaptation of Thomas Hughes's novel set at Rugby school in Victorian times. It tells the story of new boy Tom Brown his friednship with 'Scud' East and their battles with the school bully Flashman

• The Desert Rats | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £7.50   |  Saving you £2.49 (33.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In The Desert Ratshis second Hollywood role--between Oscar-nominated turns in My Cousin Rachel and The Robe--Richard Burton stars as a Scottish commando put in charge of a battalion of the Ninth Australian Division defending Tobruk. The Aussies don't like him, and with a year of grim North African duty already under his belt, he's not too crazy about his new responsibilities either. The outfit is charged with staving off the battering assaults of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel for two months to give the British Army time to regroup in Cairo and prepare for a counterattack. In the end, the "Desert Rats" play hell with the Desert Fox for 242 days, during which they and their commander develop some mutual respect.This is a solid, workmanlike World War Two picture that, having been made in 1953 rather than 1943, can acknowledge a degree of eccentric humanity and soldierly professionalism in the enemy. Featured guest star James Mason reprises his Rommel from The Desert Fox (1951)--playing all his scenes in German except for a scene of ironical repartee with Burton. Another distinguished Brit, Robert Newton, gets co-star billing as a boozy, self-confessed coward who used to be Burton's schoolmaster once upon a time. However, a goodly number of Australians--including Chips Rafferty and Charles "Bud" Tingwell (still going strong nearly 50 years later in Paul Cox's wonderful Innocence)--rate as much screentime. Robert Wise directed, with a trimness that reminds us he started out as an editor, and Lucien Ballard provides the pungent black-and-white cinematography. --Richard T Jameson, Amazon.com

• 3 Classic Charles Dickens Films - Great Expectations / A Tale Of Two Cities / Oliver Twist | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Great Expectations (1946) - David Lean directed this stylish film presentation of Charles Dickens' heart warming story of a young man befriending an escaped convict who becomes his unknown benefactor and of the consequences for the young man as he establishes himself in the world. A Tale Of Two Cities - Dickens' epic tale set during the French Revolution follows the fortunes of a disillusioned English lawyer Sidney Carton (Dirk Bogarde) whose solace is drink and wh

• Poison Pen | Blu Ray | (08/07/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Adapting a play by award-winning novelist and screenwriter Richard Llewellyn best known for his classic work How Green Was My Valley this powerful, highly acclaimed drama explores the darker side of a seemingly idyllic English hamlet. Featuring an outstanding cast, including British screen legends Flora Robson and Robert Newton, Poison Pen is featured in a High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited aspect ratio. The placid, harmonious life of a quiet village becomes a hotbed of paranoia and hatred as anonymous letters accusing the villagers of moral and sexual misdemeanours begin to circulate. As speculation and malicious gossip spread, suspicions begin to centre on Connie Fateley, a shy, solitary seamstress; it is only a matter of time before events take a tragic turn... SPECIAL FEATURES: Image gallery Original script PDF

• Best Of The Best 2 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Sequel to 'Best Of The Best'. A member of the US Karate team is murdered. Now the team's fighting skills must be used for real!

• Dead Men Are Dangerous | DVD | (28/04/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (42.92%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In an early lead role Robert Newton stars in a compelling murder melodrama charting a struggling novelist's desperate bid to start life anew - in a dead man's clothes... Released in 1939 Dead Men Are Dangerous captures the richly talented British stage star at a point of transition as West End acclaim gave way to burgeoning film success; Newton's pre-War achievements would be consolidated with iconic portrayals of Bill Sikes and Long John Silver in the 1940s and '50s. This rare London-set thriller is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from the original film elements. Aylmer Franklyn an unsuccessful writer saddled with debts seizes the chance to change his identity after discovering a corpse under a fallen branch. Faking his own death he swaps his clothes for those of the dead man and even attends his own inquest. But the events that result make him only too happy to resume his own identity... Special Features: Image Gallery

• Farewell Again | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £4.00 (66.78%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Starring Flora Robson and Leslie Banks and featuring an early performance from Robert Newton Farewell Again joins a regiment of the 23rd Royal Lancers on the happy occasion of a long-awaited reunion with loved ones back in Southampton and charts the consequences of an unexpected order which sees them forced to return to duty in the Near East just hours later.By turns humorous, poignant and dramatic, this exceptionally popular film was made with the assistance of the War Office and proved a box-office hit on its original 1937 release. Re-released twice more during wartime, it is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.SPECIAL FEATURES:Image galleryPromotional materials PDFs

• Long John Silver | DVD | (18/03/2013) from £9.43   |  Saving you £-2.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Long John Silver Action Adventure DVD NEW

• The Desert Rats | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Richard Burton stars in this exciting film about the courageous men who held off notorious German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel despite being hopelessly outnumbered. The year is 1941 and all that stands between Rommel and the Suez Canal is the fortress of Tobruk which is manned only by a small Australian battalion whom Captain MacRoberts (Burton) must whip into shape - fast! James Mason co-stars in a stunning portrayal as Rommel in this stirring action-packed story of the World War

• Long John Silver | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £6.73   |  Saving you £-1.74 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The notorious Long John Silver returns to Treasure island to sate his irrepressible desire for gold.

• Laurence Olivier - Hamlet / Henry V | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 'Hamlet' we find Olivier acting and directing Shakespeare's immortal story of murder intrigue madness and despair. 'Henry V' is one of Shakespeare's most compelling histories complete with the great Battle Of Agincourt and directed by Olivier in lush technicolour became the most expensive film made by a British studio...

• Oliver Twist | DVD | (11/10/1999) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  There have been many film and TV adaptations of Oliver Twist but this 1948 production from director David Lean remains the definitive screen interpretation of the Charles Dickens classic. From the ominous symbolism of its opening storm sequence (in which Oliver's pregnant, ill-fated mother struggles to reach shelter before childbirth) to the mob-scene climax that provokes Bill Sikes's dreadful comeuppance, this breathtaking black-and-white film remains loyal to Dickens while distilling the story into its purest cinematic essence.Every detail is perfect--Lean even includes a coffin-shaped snuffbox for the cruel Mr. Sowerberry--and as young Oliver, eight-year-old John Howard Davies (who would later produce Monty Python's Flying Circus for the BBC) perfectly expresses the orphan's boyish wonderment, stern determination and waifish vulnerability. Best of all is Alec Guinness as Fagin, so devious and yet so delightfully appealing under his beak-nosed (and, at the time, highly controversial) make-up. (Many complained that Fagin's huge nose and greedy demeanour presented an anti-Semitic stereotype, even though Lean never identifies Fagin as Jewish; for this reason, the film wasn't shown in the US until three years after its British release.) Likewise, young Anthony Newley is artfully dodgy as Fagin's loyal accomplice, the Artful Dodger. Guinness's performance would later provide strong inspiration for Ron Moody's equally splendid portrayal of Fagin in the Oscar-winning Oliver! and while that 1968 musical remains wonderfully entertaining, it is Lean's film that hews closest to Dickens' vision. The authentic recreation of 19th-century London is marvellous to behold; Guy Green's cinematography is so shadowy and stylised that it almost qualifies as Dickensian film noir. Lean is surprisingly blunt in conveying Dickens's theme of cruelty but his film never loses sight of the warmth and humanity that Oliver embodies. --Jeff Shannon

• Long John Silver | DVD | (21/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Straight out of the book 'Treasure Island' comes the character known as Long John Silver. Join him in his serial debut. Also includes: 'The Necklace' 'Pieces of Eight' 'The Orphan's Christmas' 'The Execution Dock' 'The Eviction' 'The Pink Pearl' 'The Tale Of The Tooth' 'Ship Of The Dead' 'Sword Of Vengeance' 'Turnabout' 'Miss Purity's Birthday' 'Dead Reckoning' ' Devil's Stew' and 'Dragon Slayer'

• Laurence Olivier - Icon Collection | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £39.99   |  Saving you £60.00 (150.04%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Sir Laurence Olivier is regarded as one of the greatest actors of the 20th Century. Olivier dazzled audiences with brilliant acting athleticism and elaborate costumes makeup and vocal techniques. He began acting as a child and went on to gain international movie stardom and a catalogue of prestigious awards. This collection celebrates the career of possibly the greatest acting talent Britain and the world has ever seen. Set Comprises: Richard III (1955) Henry V (1944) A

• Androcles And The Lion | DVD | (20/09/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Androcles is a simple Christian who follows his religious teaching even with animals. Seeing a lion in pain Androcles removes a huge thorn from the beast's paw. However Androcles is arrested by the Romans and condemned to death by being fed to the lions in the Coliseum arena. But amongst the pack of lions is one who remembers the painful thorn...

• The Adventures Of Long John Silver - Vol. 2 | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Robert Newton takes up the role of the British pirate turned semi-respectable citizen Long John Silver in these episodes from 1955.