"Actor: Robert Shaw"

• A Town Called Hell | DVD | (28/08/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An American widow arrives in the Mexican town of Bastard in a black hearse which contains an empty coffin. She is searching for the killer of her husband who she intends to have killed and take back to the States in the coffin. All she has to go on is the name Aguila. But she is not the only one searching for him. A Colonel in the Mexican army also intends to find him and take him to Mexico City and execute him. Only one man stands in their way a local priest who is far more tha

• Last Gasp | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £12.96   |  Saving you £-7.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Pray you never hear the last gasp! A wealthy real estate developer Leslie Chase runs a wild native tribe the Totec off their sacred land-and murders their chieftain. The dying chieftain breathes his last gasp into Chase's mouth. This last breath actually contains a curse in which Chase inherits a bloodthirsty need to kill humans and eat their flesh. After years of being tormented by these irresistible urges serial murderer Chase is pursued by a private investigator who was hired by the wife of one of her victims to locate her missing husband.

• Most Vertical Primate | DVD | (14/09/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £9.61 (178.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  After being ousted from his hockey team the Seattle Simians having been falsely accused of misconduct Jack hits the road and ends up in the city. After making friends with a homeless skateboarder Jack proves equally adept at mastering the half-pipe as he is at delivering a slap shot!

• Depraved | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £8.95   |  Saving you £-2.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In an attempt to revivie their flaggin sex life Dave and Ophelia act out complex sexual fantasies that soon take a dark turn...

• The Tomorrow People - The Slaves of Jedikiah | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Tomorrow People was a children's science fiction adventure series launched in 1973 as ITV's answer to Doctor Who. In the opening five-part adventure "Slaves of Jedikiah" we meet Stephen (Peter Vaughan-Clarke) who is about to "break-out" to the next level of human evolution, becoming a Homo Superior, or "Tomorrow Person". Developing telepathic and telekenetic powers, as well as the ability to teleport, he becomes the target for mysterious American cult leader, Jedikiah (Francis de Wolff). Already secretly established with biological supercomputer TIM in an abandoned underground tunnel are three Tomorrow People--John (Nicholas Young), Carol (Sammie Winmill) and Kenny (Stephen Salmon)--who rescue Stephen and then find themselves on a damaged starship in a race against time to save its alien captain. Although the budget was low--the tin robot with his head on fire is particularly laughable--the story is ambitious and the utilitarian special effects are in plentiful supply. There's a trippy, post-2001: A Space Odyssey quality to some of the visuals, a great theme tune and acting of decidedly pantomime calibre. The Tomorrow People themselves come from a past in which teenagers still say "smashing!", but the fantasy of advanced, pacifist children saving the world had a lasting appeal, enough that the show ran eight seasons, then was revived for three more in the 1990s. --Gary S Dalkin

• Black Sunday - Imprint Limited Edition Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (05/03/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Town Called Hell | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A group of Mexican revolutionaries murder a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers. This film starts in spectacular fashion as a gang of rebels gun down the entire congregation of a church young and old including the priest. The barbaric nature of this opening continues throughout A Town Called Hell. The majority of the movie is set in the Mexican town of Bastardo which is under the leadership of Don Carlos (Telly Savalas). A hearse arrives at the gates with an empty coffin and two passengers - Alvira (Stella Stevens) a blonde widower clothed in black and her mysterious unnamed companion (Dudley Sutton). She is searching for the man that killed her husband and offers Carlos gold if he will hand over the guilty man - who she believes to be named Aguila.

• Wuthering Heights / Tess Of The D'Urbervilles | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Emily Bronte's classic tale of all-consuming love in a new adaptation and a new production of Thomas Hardy's classic novel.

• Jaws (1975) 30th Anniversary Collectors Edition (Limited Edition) | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  In the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel, Jaws. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long Island town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler trappings of Benchley's book and goes straight for the jugular with beautifully crafted, crowd-pleasing sequences of action and suspense supported by a trio of terrific performances by Roy Scheider (as the local sheriff), Richard Dreyfuss (as a shark specialist), and particularly Robert Shaw (as the old fisherman who offers to hunt the shark down). The sequences on Shaw's boat--as the three of them realize that in fact the shark is hunting them--are what entertaining moviemaking is all about. It's odd that the cornerstone of the new edition is a 10-year-old documentary. Shot for the laserdisc release (the unofficial 20th anniversary edition), the 2-hour "The Making of Jaws" is an excellent telling of how this film was made and became the top grossing film (and launched the career of extras filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau). An hour-long edited version appeared on the 25th anniversary DVD. Here's what else different from the 25th anniversary DVD: an interesting a 9-minute vintage featurette shot for British TV that has never been seen in the States; a few additions to the extensive "Jaws Archives" (production stills, storyboards and the like), and a few new fragments in the deleted scene roll. The image is the same excellent transfer as before but this time you can get the DTS and Dolby sound on the same disc plus a nice 60-page photo journal. A seaworthy set but hardly worth trading in your old DVD. --Doug Thomas, Amazon.com

• The Royal Hunt Of The Sun | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An epic tale of the Spanish conquest of Peru. This film will keep you glued to the screen in anticipation of the fateful ending. The world will remember me ” promises Spanish General Francesco Pizarro to the King of Spain. He tells of a land of endless gold enough to make Spain the most powerful of nations. But Pizarro is a dreamer a man of failures. The King allows him to search but at his own expense. Thus armed with a band of ruthless gold-seeking soldiers of fortune Pizarro journeys over vast mountains and harsh desert to reach Monchepechu. When faced with the life or death of the Inca God-King Atahualpa Pizarro struggles with his duty as a soldier and his loyalties to God his men and himself all of which are called into question by his fascination with the devotion and worship of the mystical man-god. Pizarro must choose between life or death and his god or another. This true epic adventure of undying faith brave yet greedy men loyalty to god king and country and one's own sense of morality hurtles towards an ending that answers humankind's hardest question Whose God is the real God?

• Jaws | Blu Ray | (03/09/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the way audiences experience movies. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strik...

• Dead End Road | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £6.65   |  Saving you £5.34 (80.30%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Detective Burt Williams has been on the trail of the infamous ""Poe killer"" for nearly three years and must stop his nemesis before he completes another tale in his book of death!

• Wes Craven's New Nightmare / Carnival Of Souls | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  New Nightmare Freddie's back in the sequel to 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' but this time staying awake won't save you!! Carnival Of Souls Every child's dream of a carnival coming to town comes true. But for Alex Grant the dream all too quickly becomes a nightmare.

• Figures In A Landscape | DVD | (06/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A couple of convicts (Robert Shaw Malcolm McDowell) go on the run in an unnamed Latin American country...

• Custer Of The West | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  General George Armstrong Custer has been portrayed as everything from a vain but ultimately honourable hero (Errol Flynn in They Died with Their Boots On) to an insane, pompous incompetent (Richard Mulligan in the biting Little Big Man), but few have attempted an ambitious look at the man in all his contradictions. Robert Siodmak's Custer of the West, his final American production, attempts the task with fine results, portraying the career soldier as a pragmatist, a disciplinarian with a bullying streak, a loner and ultimately an Old World romantic in the modern age. Robert Shaw gives the role a regal bearing (though his continental accent keeps drifting in) and a sense of dignity, depicting a man who ironically identifies more with the Indians than with the US Army. Jeffrey Hunter and Ty Hardin co-star as his battling junior officers and Robert Ryan is memorable in a brief appearance as a gold-mining deserter. Shooting in handsome widescreen and vivid Technicolor, Siodmak makes his outdoor settings come alive and nimbly handles the many action scenes, most notably a chase that sends an escaping soldier whooshing down a log water chute like a Disney ride. Siodmak's sweeping visuals deliver both grand images and ironic counterpoint, but ultimately Custer of the West eschews the heroism of Hollywood adventures for a portrait of the corrupt state of the American military and one man's hopeless fight against it. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• Battle Of Britain/The Train | DVD | (18/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Battle Of Britain (Dir. Guy Hamilton 1969): This is a spectacular re-telling of a true story that shows courage at its inspiring best. Few defining moments can change the outcome of war; but when the outnumbered Royal Air Force defied unsurmountable odds in engaging the German Luftwaffe they may well have altered the course of history! The Train (Dir. John Frankenheimer 1964): Inspired by a true incident during World War II in 'The Train' Burt Lancaster plays a French Resistance fighter doggedly attempting to stop a train used by the Nazis (led by Paul Scofield as Colonel Von Waldheim) to steal precious French art treasures in the summer of 1944. Featuring spectacular action sequences expertly directed by John Frankenheimer 'The Train' is a truly thrilling war film. The Oscar-nominated screenplay by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis superbly recreates the tension of this heroic episode.

• Puccini - Tosca (the Canadian Opera) | DVD | (20/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Cesare Angelotti an escaped political prisoner hides in the Attavanti chapel. Mario Cavaradossi enters to work on his portrait of Mart Magdalene - inspired by the Marchesa Attavanti (Angelotti's sister) whom he has seen but does not know.Angelotti ventures out and is recognised by his friend Mario who hurries him back into the chapel as the singer Floria Tosca is heard calling outside. Forever suspicious she jealously questions him then prays and reminds him of their rendezvous that evening. Suddenly recognising the Marchesa Attavanti in the painting she explodes with renewed suspicion but he reassures her.When she has gone Mario summons Angelotti from the chapel; a cannon signals that the police have discovered his escape so the two flee to Mario's villa. Meanwhile the church fills with choirboys who are to sing in a Te Deum that day. Their excitement is silenced by the entrance of Baron Scarpia chief of the secret police in search of Angelotti.When Tosca comes back to her lover Scarpia shows her a fan with the Attavanti crest which he has just found. Thinking Mario faithless Tosca tearfully vows vengeance and leaves. Scarpia sends his men to follow her and schemes to get her in his power.The spy Spoletta arrives at Farnese Palace. Not having found Angelotti he brings in Mario who is interrogated while Tosca is heard singing at a Royal gala downstairs. She entered just as her lover is being taken to an adjoining room to be tortured.Unnerved by Scarpia's questioning and Mario's screams she reveals Angelotti's hiding place. Mario is carried in; realising that has happened he turns on Tosca. Mario is dragging to prison and Scarpia suggests that Tosca yield herself to him in exchange for the lover's life but she fights off his embraces. Spoletta interrupts: faced with capture Angelotti has killed himself.Tosca forced to give in or lose her lover agrees to Scarpia's proposition. The baron pretends to order a mock execution for the prisoner. after which he is to be freed. No sooner has Scarpia written a safe-conduct for the lovers than Tosca snatches a knife from the table and kills him.

• The Luck Of Ginger Coffey | DVD | (22/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The tale of Ginger Coffey a hard-up Irish immigrant who moves to Montreal with his wife Vera and teenage daughter Paulie in the hope of finding a job and improving their lives. But he soon discovers Montreal is just as hard to find a well-paid job as Ireland and so he returns in the hopes of becoming a journalist. But it seems life is against him as he loses his job and his wife moves out.

• The Sting | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £29.99   |  Saving you £-20.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  All it takes is a little Confidence. After the huge success of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid George Roy Hill re-teamed with Hollywood stars Robert Redford and Paul Newman for this dazzlingly inventive tale about revenge in 1930s Chicago. The Sting is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time. Set in the 1930's this intricate comedy caper deals with an ambitious small time crook (Robert Redford) and a veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seeks revenge on the vicious crime lord (Robert Shaw) who murdered one of their gang. How this group of charlatans puts the sting on their enemy makes for the greatest double-crosses in movie history complete with an amazing surprise finish... The Sting was nominated for ten Oscars collecting seven on the night: Best Art Direction (Henry Bumstead James W. Payne) ; Best Costume Design (Edith Head); Best Director (George Roy Hill) ; Best Editing (William Reynolds) ; Best Score (Marvin Hamslich); Best Picture (Tony Bill Michael Phillips Julia Phillips); Best Screenplay (David S. Ward).

• Jaws | DVD | (03/04/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Don't go in the water! The peaceful resort town of Amity Massachusetts has always depended upon its thriving summer tourist trade to get it through the lean winter months ahead. But when a swimmer is killed by a great white shark Sheriff Brody faces great opposition when he proposes to close the beaches right before the 4th of July holiday weekend... Based on the novel by Peter Benchley this is the film that really put Spielberg on the map.