"Actor: Telly Savalas"

• The Dirty Dozen - The Deadly Mission | DVD | (04/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Telly Savalas assumes the role of the leader of the Dirty Dozen from Lee Marvin as he and the twelve are charged to destroy a nerve gas manufacturing plant before the Germans can make enough to use against the Allied invasion...

• Cape Fear Box Set (1962 & 1991 versions) | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-25.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The original 1962 version of Cape Fear is directed by J Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone) in a deliberately Hitchcockian manner, and 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. Superior to Martin Scorsese's punishing 1991 remake, which seems trapped in its explicitness, Thompson's film accomplishes a lot with a more economical and telling use of violence. The result is a rich character study that explores the nature of guilt. Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake dabbles a bit in some fascinating psychological crosscurrents between its characters, but it finally trades in all that rich material for extensive and gratuitous violence. Robert De Niro plays a serial rapist released from prison after 14 years. Angry because his appalled attorney (Nick Nolte) made it easy for him to be convicted, this monster is out to hurt Nolte's character through his wife (Jessica Lange) and daughter (Juliette Lewis). The themes of interlocking guilt and anger between these people suggests a smart film in the making. But the final act, set on a boat with De Niro's vengeful pervert attacking Nolte and the two women, takes a more unfortunate direction. The stars of the original film, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, each make a cameo appearance. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

• Horror Express | DVD | (16/10/2006) from £18.90   |  Saving you £-5.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In the early 1900s anthropologist Alexander Saxton (Christopher Lee) unearths in China what he believes to be the scientific find of the new century: the centuries-old frozen body of a gigantic ape-like man a veritable ""missing link."" Booking a ticket on the train back to Europe with his crated-up but still very healthy discovery he joins an international group of passengers on a nightmarish adventure aboard the Horror Express. Even before the train embarks things are amiss: a theif who tries to pick the lock on the monster's box is discovered stone-dead his eyes turned completely white like two poached eggs. After the creature awakens and begins knocking off other travelers Saxton is eventually forced to enlist the help of rival scientist Dr. Wells (Peter Cushing). The two Bristish doctors soon begin a cat-and-mouse game of discovery learning bits of information about the creature - which turns out to be a non-corporeal alien intelligence only temporarily inhabiting the ape-man - and trying to stop its bloddy rampage through the train as it steals enough information from the brains of various passengers to enable it to return home. Horror Express is a relentlessly entertaining cult favorite and by far the best 1970s pairing of genre stalwarts Cushing and Lee this time around not as enemies (as in their Hammer Dracula pictures) but as reluctant comrades forced to combat a malign extraterrestrial and almost diabolical creature bent on human destruction.

• James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) | DVD | (17/07/2006) from £11.01   |  Saving you £8.97 (111.85%)   |  RRP £16.99

  George Lazenby made his first and only appearance as James Bond in this the unheralded gem of the franchise. With an incredibly affecting denouement and one of John Barry's finest scores OHMSS would show a different side to Bond and open up the character to different approaches in the future. Agent 007 (George Lazenby) and the adventurous Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) join forces to battle the evil Spectre organization in the treacherous Swiss Alps. But the group's powerful leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas) is launching his most calamitous scheme yet: a germ warfare plot that could kill millions!

• Kojak | DVD | (29/08/2011) from £18.79   |  Saving you £16.20 (86.22%)   |  RRP £34.99

  On the timeline of successful TV cop dramas, Kojak offered bold authenticity and paved the way for shows like NYPD Blue. The Greek, bald-headed, snappily attired Kojak, brought no-nonsense bravado to homicide cases in South Manhattan - a setting that lent a gritty, urban edge to intelligent plots and won the respect of real cops with authentic police work, instead of overblown action and phony glamour.Enjoy for the first time the complete season four on DVD.

• Mackenna's Gold | DVD | (12/04/2004) from £13.81   |  Saving you £-7.82 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A U.S. Sheriff entrusted with a map of the legendary Valley of Gold is attacked by an unruly bandit gang and his own local townspeople. They are all fired by greed and gold lust but bound together by a fear of their common enemy - the Apache. Based on a novel by Will Henry with music by Quincy Jones.

• The Greatest Story Ever Told DVD and Blu-Ray Limited Collector's Edition Mediabook (+ Bonus Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £30.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  At the time of Rome's rule over Judea, Jesus (Max von Sydow) is born in a stable in Bethlehem. As a grown man, he preaches about his father's kingdom, gathers twelve disciples around him, performs miracles and is revered by the people as the long-awaited Messiah. Fearing for their position of power, the celebrated saviour is a thorn in the side of the Roman rulers and the Jewish priesthood: they have Jesus persecuted, arrested and sentenced to death on the cross. With his subsequent resurrection and ascension, he proves to humanity his identity as the Son of God. He Walks in Beauty Documentary, Filmmaker Documentary, Director's Commentary, Alternative Scene: Judas Dies , Original Theatrical Trailer.

• Kojak - Series 1 | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Who loves ya baby? Telly Savalas stars as Lieutenant Theo Kojak in this seventies cop-drama series. He's got style street smarts and a penchant for lollipops and he's hitting the gritty streets of New York City in pursuit of some of television's toughest criminals. And now it's an open-and-shut case with all 22 Season One episodes available on DVD for the first time ever! Featuring fine scripts and terrific acting 'Kojak' became an overnight success on both sides of the

• Kojak: The Price of Justice | DVD | (31/07/2017) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The bald detective in a fedora finds himself attracted to a foxy, enigmatic woman who is suspected in the murders of her two small sons.

• Kojak: The Belarus file | DVD | (31/07/2017) from £5.39   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Lieutenant Theo Kojak teams up with Dana Sutton, a comely federal agent, to uncover a conspiracy reaching back to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union.

• The Scalphunters | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £5.07   |  Saving you £7.92 (156.21%)   |  RRP £12.99

  An old fur trader embarks on his own war to reclaim his 'trade' embezzled from him by bounty seeking scalphunters...

• Lisa And The Devil | Blu Ray | (09/07/2018) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  EVERY CORNER OF THE SOUL IS LOST TO THE ICY CLUTCH OF THE SUPERNATURAL! From the father of Italian Horror Mario Bava (Black Sunday, The Whip and the Body) comes a tale of nightmarish surrealism and supernatural suspense. Lisa (Elke Sommer) - an American tourist travelling in Spain - loses her tour party and seeks refuge in the tumbledown mansion of a blind countess after being guided there by the distinctly satanic butler of the house, Leandro (Telly Savalas Horror Express, Kojak). The Son of the Countess notices Lisa's striking resemblance to his dead lover and pursues her as a night of murder, strange eroticism and dark hallucinations begins. Re-cut in the US to cash in on the popularity of William Friedkin's The Exorcist and released as The House of Exorcism (included in this special edition) the original Lisa and the Devil is Bava at his abstract and delirious best, delivering a 70s horror classic and a masterclass in cinema as feverish nightmare.

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £9.04   |  Saving you £13.94 (230.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Australian model George Lazenby took up the mantle of the world's most suave secret agent when Sean Connery retired as James Bond--prematurely, it turned out. Connery returned in Diamonds Are Forever before leaving the role to Roger Moore, and Lazenby's subsequent career fizzled, yet this one-hit wonder is responsible for one of the best Bond films. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 007 leaves the Service to privately pursue his SPECTRE nemesis Blofeld (played this time by Telly Savalas), whose latest master plan threatens the world's crops with agricultural sterilisation. Bond teams up with smooth international crime-lord Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti) and falls in love with--and marries--his elegant daughter, Tracy (Diana Rigg). Bond monogamous? Not at first; after all he has Blofeld's harem to seduce. Lazenby hasn't the intensity of Connery but he has fun with his quips and even lampoons the Bond image in a playful pre-credits sequence. Rigg, fresh from playing sexy Emma Peel in The Avengers, matches 007 in every way. Former editor Peter Hunt makes a strong directorial debut, deftly handling the elaborate action sequences with a kinetic finesse and a dash of humour. Though not a hit on its original release, On Her Majesty's Secret Service has become a fan favourite and the closest the series has come to capturing the spirit of Ian Fleming's books. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com -- On the DVD: Affable and intelligent director Peter Hunt explains his ambition to take the series back to the original spirit of Fleming's books with this instalment. Out of all the Bond DVDs, his commentary track--interspliced with comments from other cast and crew members--is one of the most entertaining and informative as he chuckles over some of his more felicitous touches. Although sadly Diana Rigg is absent from the "making of" featurette, an older and wiser George Lazenby reveals how he acquired one of Connery's suits and went to the same barber in order to make himself look credible for the part. Hunt and others are disarmingly frank about how Lazenby's arrogance on set won him few friends. The late lamented Desmond Llewelyn, who played the boffin "Q", presents an amusing guide to the greatest gadgets of the series and explains how he can barely work a can opener in real life. The rest of the technical features are all present and correct and up to this series' usual high standards. --Leslie Felperin

• On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Blu Ray | (14/09/2015) from £4.75   |  Saving you £13.24 (278.74%)   |  RRP £17.99

  James Bond goes undercover in the treacherous Swiss Alps in this action-packed epic filled with artillery-laden ski pursuits, incredible stunts and nonstop thrills! George Lazenby leaps into the role of Agent 007 with supreme confidence and undeniable charisma, even finding love with the beautiful and seductive Tracy Di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg). But first Bond must stop evil genius Blofeld (Telly Savalas) from realising a germ warfare plot that could kill millions!

• Macabre Visions: The Films of Mario Bava | Blu Ray | (23/09/2019) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The legendary Mario Bava has inspired generations of filmmakers, including names as wide-ranging as Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton and Guillermo Del Toro. With their virtuoso photography and budget-belying visual effects, his films transcend their unassuming origins and played a vital role in shaping the horror movie as we think of it today. This exclusive collection from Arrow Video gathers together nine films from Bava's diverse catalogue including gothic horrors, giallo thrillers and even a real-time crime drama. Our journey through the maestro's output begins with Black Sunday, the ground-breaking gothic shocker that defined the Italian horror film, before launching the giallo phenomenon with the twisty The Girl Who Knew Too Much. Up next is a triple bill of terror with the gruesome anthology Black Sabbath, followed by a further slice of the macabre with the spine-tingling Kill, Baby Kill! Next, Bava channels his inner Agatha Christie with the Ten Little Indians-inspired Five Dolls for an August Moon, followed by the proto-Friday the 13th slasher A Bay of Blood (aka Twitch of the Death Nerve). Bava then returns to his horror stomping ground with the twisted and atmospheric Baron Blood and his surreal classic Lisa and the Devil widely considered to be his masterpiece. The collection concludes with Rabid Dogs (aka Kidnapped), a gritty, frenetic crime thriller that grabs the viewer by the throat and refuses to let go. This stunning collection represents one of Italian cinema's unsung heroes at the height of his creativity, ably assisted by a diverse and talented cast of cult actors, including Barbara Steele (The Pit and the Pendulum), Telly Savalas (Kojak), John Saxon (Tenebrae), Edwige Fenech (Strip Nude For Your Killer), Erika Blanc (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave) and Boris Karloff (The Comedy of Terrors). Whether you're a newcomer to these films or experiencing them for the umpteenth time, Macabre Visions: The Films of Mario Bava is a must-have addition to your library. Limited Edition Contents: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all films Original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks Alternative cuts of Black Sunday, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Black Sabbath, A Bay of Blood, Baron Blood, Lisa and the Devil and Rabid Dogs Audio commentaries on every film by Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas Numerous interviews with critics, cast and crew members Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre, a documentary profile of the director, hosted by Mark Kermode and featuring interviews with Joe Dante, John Carpenter and Tim Burton The Devil's Daughter, a video essay by critic Kat Ellinger Multiple introductions by author and critic Alan Jones Yellow, Semih Tareen's short film homage to Bava's cinema Multiple theatrical trailers and TV spots Limited edition packaging featuring original theatrical artwork Collector's souvenir hardcover book featuring writing by Matt Bailey, Alan Jones, Kier-La Janisse, David Cairns, Tim Lucas, Travis Crawford, Glenn Kenny, Adrian Smith, Jay Slater, Oliver James, Stephen Thrower, Peter Blumenstock and Helen Mullane And much, much more!

• A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die | Blu Ray | (07/08/2023) from £14.49   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Colonel Pembroke, having surrendered Fort Holman to the Confederacy without engaging in any combat, finds himself confronted with public humiliation and the looming threat of a court-martial. His only chance to redeem himself lies in reclaiming the fort from the tyrannical Major Ward, who currently holds its power. Desperate for assistance, Pembroke assembles an unlikely team of condemned men, offering them freedom as a reward if they manage to survive. Amidst internal conflicts and discord, the group gradually unites, preparing for the decisive assault.

• Escape To Athena | Blu Ray | (23/06/2008) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A battle of action and wits in a World War II prison camp where the Fuhrer's scheme for looting a treasure-laden island off Greece is under way. Prisoners of war labour under the eye of the camp's Austrian Commandment Major Otto Hecht as they dig up priceless Greek art. Zeno the island's resistance leader and his woman Eleana scheme to defeat the occupiers. Zeno and his men clash with the Germans to save the lives of condemned prisoners and try to locate a submarine oil supply depot. If the Germans are to be defeated they must also seek and dismantle the communications equipment on Mount Athens which promises a blaze of action...

• Kojak - Series 2 | DVD | (26/04/2010) from £22.93   |  Saving you £12.06 (34.50%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Emmy and Golden Globe winner Telly Savalas is back again as Lieutenant Theo Kojak television's greatest detective in the unforgettable homicide series Kojak. He's hitting the gritty streets of New York City with his trademark lollipop in the pursuit of the toughest criminals. Be sure not to miss season two of Kojak! Includes all 25 episodes from the second season.

• Kojak - Vol. 2 | DVD | (01/10/2001) from £8.33   |  Saving you £1.66 (19.93%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Three episodes of the acclaimed crime series starry Telly Savalas: ""Death is Not a Passing Grade"" ""Last Rites for a Dead Priest"" and ""Deliver Us From Evil"".

• Kojak | DVD | (29/08/2011) from £20.56   |  Saving you £14.43 (70.18%)   |  RRP £34.99

  He's got style, is street smart and has a penchant for lollipops, and he's hitting the gritty streets of New York City in pursuit of some of television's toughest criminals. Relive all his smart, edgy adventures in what is widely regarded as one of the most classic, slickest police dramas of all time. Finally, it's an open-and-shut case for Kojak in the fifth and final series, available for the first time ever on DVD.Includes all 22 epsiodes from the fifth and final season.