Would-be songsmiths Ray Thompson (Terence Morgan) and Ken Miller (George Cole) manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the ditty hits the top of the charts Thompson and Miller find themselves in the embarrassing and unenviable position of having to produce the ""real"" composer.
This version of the classic story picks up from where the 1976 version left off. The mighty ape is resurrected through a miracle of modern medicine and brings him together with what will be the equally terrifying love of his life: Lady Kong...
She's either the love of his life... Or the end of it. Jacqueline Bisset stars in this dramatic thriller as a woman who just a few weeks after her husband's mysterious death returns from a cruise with a handsome Brit in tow and announces that she's engaged. Her son played by Adam Garcia is immediately suspicious especially since he still can't believe his father a world-class athlete drowned. He teams up with his stepfather-to-be's attractive daughter to uncover the tru
One night in l963, two plainclothes LAPD officers were abducted by armed, small-time criminals after a routine traffic stop, then driven to a remote area where one was brutally executed. The other officer managed to escape and the perpetrators were captured and brought to trial. Despite overwhelming evidence, the slayers managed to drag the justice process on for years through appeals and delaying tactics, one of them making use of the prison law library to become a "jailhouse lawyer". Taken from the Joseph Wambaugh book, The Onion Field is a true story about a case that changed LAPD policies forever. More than a simple police procedural, though, the film is a character study that follows the aftermath of the murder for all involved. John Savage, as the surviving officer, is called on over and over to re-enact the event in court, chided by his superiors and eventually fired from the force, with redemption a long way off. He does a great job in a harrowing role as frustration, guilt and depression cause his life and career to disintegrate over time. There are impressive early performances by Ted Danson and James Woods (setting the tone for countless raw-nerve, psycho-lowlife roles that Woods would take on in the future). The compelling script, written by ex-cop Wambaugh (with no studio interference), is a reminder of why he's one of novelist James Ellroy's favourite writers. It's a story of tragedy and hope, dignity and pain, with a potent emotional payoff. --Jerry Renshaw
This box set contains the following four sensational episodes from the sci-fi television series:; ; Hate Street: An outbreak of race-riots and hate crimes against Xyronite immigrants is being co-ordinated by Burl Flak, wanted for murder on Danae. Brogan and Haldane are assigned to find Flak and stop the killings, but their investigations are hampered by the appearance of Erika Brandt, a bounty hunter intent on claiming the price on Flak's head, who just happens to be one of Brogan's old flam...
Beautiful young women with gorgeous figures handsome muscle-bound young men aerobics classes weight rooms tanning booths saunas locker rooms and juice bar. All the things one might expect to find in a modern Southern Californian health spa. This one in particular however is slightly different in nature. Its members are not only exercising for a better life: they’re dying for it....
Space Precinct is one of the oddest science-fiction shows ever. Launched at the same time as Babylon 5, and looking like a cross between that series and Blade Runner (1982), it is like B5 about a group of interplanetary peacekeepers on a space station around an alien planet. Except that, rather than any extrapolated SF future, an entire New York police unit has been transferred into space, lock, stock and two smoking raygun barrels. Produced by Gerry Anderson, the result seems too adult for children, too juvenile for adults. "Double Duty", the first episode, for example, involves our cop heroes hunting the alien monster that is slaughtering Demiter City's drug dealers, and the copious blood and one particular sexual reference suggest an adult show at odds with the nice children, cute aliens, comic relief robot and simplistic scenario. On the plus side, the special effects are especially lavish by TV standards, and the "Making of" documentary offers an interesting if brief introduction to modern SFX. Human actors wearing complex animatronic alien heads suggest aspects of Anderson's puppet shows (Stingray, Thunderbirds) meeting his live action series (UFO, Space 1999). Technically accomplished, Space Precinct is a genuine curiosity in search of a cult-audience. --Gary S. Dalkin
Double Duty. A drug war is raging in Demeter City and a professional assassin is taking out the competition. The sole survivor of an attack on drug baron Oturi Nissim is a pretty alien girl Aleesha Amyas who is taken into protective custody. Suddenly the killer is loose in the Space Precinct House and Orrin is its first Victim...Protect And Survive Brogan's informant Slik Ostrasky is murdered by Tylan Gershom a smuggler of illegal Xyronite immigrants and the only witness is slimy Melazoid business executive Armand Loyster. Brogan and Haldane are assigned to offer Loyster protection until he can testify as Gershom's trial. But Gershom plans to ensure that Loyster never reaches the courtroom...Enforcer On Skall Street in Demeter City members of the infamous Hydra Gang are found dead - their hearts shredded but not a single mark in their bodies! Accompanied by an orphaned alien girl a new enforcer has taken over and the Skall Street traders soon discover that the Hydras have been replaced by something far worse. Flash: A new drug HE-11 (also known as 'Flash') has arrived on the street of Demeter causing spontaneous combustion in its users. While Brogan and Haldane visit Interchem the pharmaceutical company which originally developed the drug Orrin and Beezle run into trouble when Interchem's chief chemist Pola Vad Moonacki is kidnapped.
Enforcer: On Skall Street in Demeter City members of the infamous Hydra Gang are found dead - their hearts shredded but not a single mark in their bodies! Accompanied by an orphaned alien girl a new enforcer has taken over and the Skall Street traders soon discover that the Hydras have been replaced by something far worse. Flash: A new drug HE-11 (also known as Flash) has arrived on the street of Demeter causing spontaneous combustion in its users. While Brogan and Haldane visit Interchem the pharmaceutical company which originally developed the drug Orrin and Beezle run into trouble when Interchem's chief chemist Pola Vad Moonacki is kidnapped.
The Snake: An alien extortionist and explosives expert known only as The Snake threatens the executives of Brett Interplanetary. Precinct 88 becomes a task force to track him down and Jane reunites with her old ECPF colleague Bill Gray. The Snake reveals his next target - The Princess an Omega Class tanker en route to Altor with two hundred million gallons of liquefied hydrogen! Body and Soul: Caught in the radiation field of Merlin's Asteroid a prototype spaceship created by recluse industrialist Alden Holmes returns to Altor after being lost in space for twenty years. Brogan finds a body on board opening an investigation into a homicide that took place two decades ago. As he tracks down the killer Brogan is haunted by the ghost in the machine..... Time To Kill: A routine sweep on a counterfeiting operation goes horribly wrong for the officers of Precinct 88 when they are suddenly attacked by a violent Cyborg and Took is caught in the crossfire. The Cyborg has Brogan marked for death and one by one Brogan's colleagues fall victim to the creature... Deadline: Brogan and Haldane discover a capsule containing the body of a Tarn male. The autopsy reveals that the Tarn is missing vital organs removed with surgical precision... and Brogan and Haldane find themselves on the trail of organ leggers from Danae - vicious killers who murder for profit and target Brogan as their next donor.
Set in 1933 when a naughty ten year old named Archie finds himself being looked after by his inattentive father Charlie who is in debt to mob bosses. The pair flee with a suitcase of money to a town where Charlie gets a job as a teacher but a beautiful widowed mother Ellen decides she wants Charlie to get out of town. Archi realises they are really in love and with the help of his new friends tries to bring them together and save them from the mob!
Illegal: Tildon Alreeuh an illegal immigrant from Sagania saves Brogan's life in a shooting incident and Brogan learns that his saviour's son Nillim is being held by snuff fight promoter Coe Barner. Divided We Stand: Jane and Took investigate the theft of a tarn egg-sac from Demeter Memorial Hospital while Brogan and Haldane are assigned to the protection of underworld crime boss Vinny Artak who is running for city council.
The Power: Jane and Took are assigned to protect a shipment of Luxorian Ice a vital part of Solartek's new solar power system which offers a safe alternative to hyper fusion. Seek and Destroy: With the discovery of Aladine-50 a vaccine against creon fever the importation of Earth dogs is all the rage in Demeter.
The Power: Jane and Took are assigned to protect a shipment of Luxorian Ice a vital part of Solartek's new solar power system. Seek and Destroy: With the discovery of Aladine-50 a vaccine against creon fever the importation of Earth dogs is all the rage in Demeter. Illegal: An illegal immigrant from Sagania saves Brogan's life in a shooting incident and Brogan learns that his saviour's son Nilim is being held by snuff fight promoter Coe Barner. Divided We Stand: Jane and Took investigate the theft of a tarn egg-sac from Demeter Memorial Hospital.
A further two episodes of the sensational sci-fi television series. Smelter Skelter: Sally and Liz are violently threatened during an armed robbery at the Jewellery Centre and Brogan takes a personal interest in tracking down the culprits. His investigations lead him to mining operator Alvin Zann who plans a daring raid on the orbiting Bank Of Altor with a small beam accelerator - an unstoppable weapon capable of punching a hole in the very fabric of the universe! The Forever Beetle: Pteronarcys Eternicum a rare beetle capable of cell regeneration is stolen from Dexkor Laboratories. Brogan and Haldane are assigned to the case and suspect that the theft may be an inside job. But Brogan is preoccupied with nailing drugs dealer Amory Wolf whom he believes is responsible for the death of Tommy Murphy his oldest friend. Meanwhile Jane and Took have a run-in with local hero Thunder Cole...
Two Against The Rock: Haldane and Jane escort Houdini the most notorious escape artist on Altor to Asteriod A5 - the maximum security penitentiary known as The Rock. But on their arrival at the asteroid the two officers are horrified to discover that the prisoners have taken over and mass murderer Eric Volker is the new warden... Takeover: When Brogan and Haldane are accused of the cold-blooded murder of Naxus Simi and subjected to an Internal Affairs investigation the officers' reliability as prosecution witnesses in a case against crime boss Vanus Olvera is called into question. But Brogan and Haldane find there is far more at stake when Jane gives damning evidence against them... Predator And Prey: Following the death of an officer from the 79th Precinct in Demeter's most fashionable nightclub Brogan and Haldane are teamed with Lt. Verro Walker in a search for a serial killer. Walker is a loose cannon but may hold the key to the killings when jane discovers similarities with a string of mysterious homicides that took place nearly a hundred years before! The Witness: Small-time crooks are turning up dead on the streets of Demeter City and a search begins from prime suspect Mas Maharg spotted at the scene of the second murder by Romek's new partner Morgan. Then Fredo's daughter Estes is taken ill and Brogan realises that she has been-picking up the killer's thoughts with her paramental eye...
Time To Kill: A routine sweep on a counterfeiting operation goes horribly wrong for the officers of Precinct 88 when they are suddenly attacked by a violent Cyborg and Took is caught in the crossfire. The Cyborg has Brogan marked for death and one by one Brogan's colleagues fall victim to the creature... Deadline: Brogan and Haldane discover a capsule containing the body of a Tarn male. The autopsy reveals that the Tarn is missing vital organs removed with surgical precision... Brogan and Haldane find themselves on the trail of organ leggers from Danae - vicious killers who murder for profit and target Brogan as their next donor!
The Snake: An alien extortionist and explosives expert known only as The Snake threatens the executives of Brett Interplanetary. Precinct 8 forms a task force to track him down and Jane reunites with her old ECPF colleague Bill Gray. The Snake reveals his next target - the Princess an Omega Class tanker en route to Altor with two hundred million gallons of liquefied hydrogen! Body and Soul: Caught in the radiation field of Merlin's Asteroid a prototype spaceship created by the reclusive industrialist Alden Holmes returns to Altor after being lost in space for twenty years. Brogan finds a body on board opening an investigation into a homicide that took place two decades ago. As he tracks down the killer Brogan is haunted by the ghost in the machine...
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