"Actor: Wallace Ford"

• Magic Town | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £6.47   |  Saving you £3.52 (54.40%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Rip Smith (Stewart) discovers a town statistically identical to the entire country so he and his assistants go there to run polls easily and cheaply. When he meets local civic cruader Mary Peterman (Wyman) romantic involvement follows and things start to change rapidly...

• Blood On The Sun / James Cagney On Film | DVD | (01/03/2000) from £4.49   |  Saving you £-0.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  This is one of the first American martial arts movies and features some gripping action with James Cagney doing his own stunts for which he trained intensively with Ken Kuniyuki a fifth degree judo master before shooting. This is Cagney at his best.

• John Ford Director's Collection | DVD | (05/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Set Comprises: The Informer (1935) The Fugitive (1947) Mary Of Scotland (1936) Wagonmaster (1950)

• The Lost Patrol | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  John Ford's epic story of boiling passions amongst the burning sands in which twelve battered fighting men battle it out to the death. Set during the First World War a small British Army group is set out on a mission to the Mesopotamian desert but disaster strikes when their commanding officer is shot by an Arab sniper. Unaware of their intended destination their Sergeant (Victor McLagen) takes charge and decides to head north to meet up with their brigade. Sheltering at an oasis they wake up the next morning to discover their lookout dead and their camp surrounded by Arab tribesmen. Left at the mercy of the Arabs and being slowly picked off one-by-one the men begin to crack under the desert heat and life-or-death situation. As their supplies run low Sanders (Boris Karloff) begins to doubt his sanity but unbeknownst to the soldiers a rescue patrol is only days away...

• Sirocco / Dead Reckoning / The Harder They Fall / In A Lonely Place | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-1.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This box set features a collection of some of Bogie's finest efforts in the 'film noir' genre. Sirocco (Dir. Curtis Bernhardt 1951): In 1925 Damascus Harry Smith (Bogart) runs guns to the rebels under Emir Hassan. The French arrest him along with others and force him to sell weapons to them where hHe develops an dangerous interest in French intelligence officer Feroud's mistress Violette... Dead Reckoning (Dir. John Cromwell 1947): Rip Murdock (Bogart) and Johnny

• Flesh and Fury | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £4.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Flesh and Fury stars OSCAR'' nominated Tony Curtis (Some Like it Hot The Defiant Ones The Great Race) in one of his first leading roles with Golden Globe winner Jan Sterling (The High and the Mighty Ace in the Hole) and Wallace Ford (Harvey Spellbound). Director Joseph Pevney (Man of a Thousand Faces) tells the story of deaf mute boxer Paul Callan (Curtis) who starts boxing for purses when he catches the eye of Sonya Bartow (Sterling) a bloodthirsty money-sucking blonde bombshell. With Sonya keen to push his career (and his winnings!) and with the help of retired fight manager Jack 'Pop' Richardson (Ford) Callan seems all but unstoppable. For a time Sonya has the upper hand with Paul until a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis (Mona Freeman). Assigned to write an article on the hearing-impaired fighter she soon finds herself falling for him. With the women fighting for influence over Paul and ultimately his love or money in Sonya's case Paul quickly discovers that getting what he has always wanted doesn't necessarily lead to a happy ending. Available for the first time in this digitally re-mastered form Flesh and Fury shows its cast in the most flattering light: Tony Curtis is exceptional in one of his first starring roles and Jan Sterling delivers possibly the finest performance of her career.

• The Hotel New Hampshire | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-12.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  From the novel by John Irving comes this darkly comic tale of an eccentric New England family. As the father moves them from one place to the next setting up a new hotel each time the assortment of oddball characters seem to become involved in ever more bizarre situations. Frannie becomes obsessed with the boy who attacks her John becomes obsessed with Frannie his sister and both of them fall for a girl who is so insecure she hides in a bear outfit Frank is coming to terms with his homosexuality and the youngest Lilly is convinced she isn't growing. The family pet is a flatulent dog that ends up stuffed and causes more trouble than when it was alive...

• Blood On The Sun | DVD | (17/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  While much of the world watched the early success of 'Mein Kampf' and the bombing of Pearl Harbour was ten years in the future few were aware of the existence of an oriental 'Hitler' ... Baron Giichi Tankara. But the war had already started in Japan for James Condon American journalist and editor of the Japanese Chronicle whose intuition has led him to believe that major trouble was brewing. The role of Condon man of hard words and harder fists is just the kind of tough guy that first brought James Cagney stardom and in this movie you will not be disappointed as he battles to stay alive long enough to warn the rest of the world against a Japanese militarist plot called the 'Tanaka Plan' that has world domination as its objective. This is one of the first American martial arts movies and features some gripping action with Cagney doing his own stunts for which he trained intensively with Ken Kuniyuki a fifth degree judo master before shooting. This is Cagney at his best.

• War | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Jet Li and Jason Statham go head to head in this all action spectacular as an FBI Agent seeks revenge on a mysterious assassin.

• Thompson's Last Run | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Red Haines and John Thompson were childhood friends that chose two very different ways of life. Red became an excellent cop and John became a dangerous criminal spending most of his life in jail. Red volunteers to handle the relocation of his old friend from Leavenworth to Huntsville prison and whilst the two are travelling by train to make the transfer a mysterious woman helps John make a daring escape...

• The Hotel New Hampshire | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  From a novel by John Irving comes this darkly comic tale of an eccentric New England family. As the father moves them from one place to the next setting up a new hotel each time the assortment of oddball characters seem to become involved in ever more bizarre situations. Frannie becomes obsessed with the boy that attacks her John becomes obsessed with Frannie his sister and both of them fall for a girl who is so insecure she hides in a bear outfit. Frank is coming to terms with his homosexuality and the youngest Lily is convinced she isn't growing. The family pet is a flatulent dog that ends up stuffed and causes more trouble than when it was alive.

• He Ran All The Way Home | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £14.83   |  Saving you £1.16 (7.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Garfield (The Postman Always Rings Twice) plays Nick Robey a corrupt but somewhat sympathetic criminal who leads an abysmal life with his alcoholic mother. His friend pushes him into participating in a robbery but the whole affair is botched. As a result a cop is critically wounded and Nick just barely gets away. He tries to avoid suspicion by hiding out at a local indoor pool. There he goes for a swim and meets up with the meek and respectable Peggy Dobbs (Shelley Winters; Lolita The Night of the Hunter). Nick teaches her how to swim and he walks her home where she lives with her parents and younger brother Tommy... Nick ends up using the whole family as hostages... Garfield's magnificently edgy performance was his last as he died shortly after the film was completed in 1951 after being blacklisted by the McCarthy witch hunt. Directed by John Berry (Tension) He Ran All the Way is a classic film noir.

• The Ape Man | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  One of the areas of human knowledge which has expanded fastest over the last few decades is our awareness of the complexities of human evolution. Ape·Man is a useful summary of the current state of play dealing with such important questions as the divergence of early hominids from the other apes and the final confrontation of modern humans and their Neanderthal cousins. It is a fair-minded handling of some of the crucial debates--at what point, say, is it legitimate to talk of humans and human ancestors starting to decorate their possessions, say, and when did language and the complex innovations in hunting it makes possible start to be a factor? Inventive portrayals of the life of early humans as they wander out of the mists of time alternate with coherent and accessible accounts of fossil evidence, DNA studies and archaeology; this is both an intellectually satisfying series and an emotionally charged one. --Roz Kaveney

• Informer | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Manufacturer: UNIVERSAL PICTURES

• Jericho | DVD | (30/01/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  All Corporal Jericho Jackson (Paul Robeson) wants to do is fight for his country but on his way to the battlefields of Europe, he accidentally kills a man and is sentenced to the firing squad. But Jericho won't obey this unjust verdict.Making his escape, he flees to Africa and finds a new life leading a desert tribe, defending them against violent brigands. However, Jericho's past is pursuing him: a former friend has vowed revenge and is catching up fast...Paul Robeson was the first African-American movie star and Jericho was one of his greatest films. Blending the songs - and the action - his fans had come to expect, it shows this amazing talent at the height of his powers.

• Blood On The Sun | DVD | (01/12/2003) from £8.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (88.99%)   |  RRP £16.99

  While much of the world watched the early success of 'Mein Kampf' and the bombing of Pearl Harbour was ten years in the future few were aware of the existence of an oriental 'Hitler' ... Baron Giichi Tankara. But the war had already started in Japan for James Condon American journalist and editor of the Japanese Chronicle whose intuition has led him to believe that major trouble was brewing. The role of Condon man of hard words and harder fists is just the kind of tough guy t

• Thompson's Last Run | DVD | (01/05/2006) from £5.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  Red Haines and John Thompson were childhood friends that chose two very different way of life. Red became an excellent cop and John became a dangerous criminal spending most of his life in jail.Red Volunteers to handle the relocation of his old friend from Leavenworth to Huntsville prison and whilst the two are travelling by train to make the transfer a mysterious woman helps John make a daring escape. Red is immediately suspected by his superiors of assisting in the escape and is thrown off the case and out of the police force. Red is determined to clear his name and vows to put his friend behind bars forever.

• Mysterious Mr Wong | DVD | (23/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £1.99

  Reporter Jason Barton is investigating a series of murders in Chinatown when he is captured by Mr Wong. If Mr Wong can obtain the Twelve Coins of Confucius he will become the supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat.

• The Hills Have Eyes + The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (Double Feature) | DVD | (13/10/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Freaks | DVD | (20/10/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  One of the most famous, most shocking and, for much of its existence, most elusive of cult films, Tod Browning's Freaks remains worthy of its dubious top billing by literary critic Leslie Fiedler as the greatest of all Freak movies. At the centre of the story are two circus midgets, Hans and Frieda (already well known in the 1930s through film and advertising appearances as Harry and Daisy Earles), whose marriage plans are blasted when Hans becomes the target of the aerialist Cleopatra's plot to marry him then kill him off for his money. During what is certainly one of the most notorious scenes in cult film history, the wedding party of freaks ritually embrace Cleopatra as one of us. Through her undisguised horror at this and her gruesome punishment by the freaks, the film bluntly confronts viewers about our awkwardness about different bodies while simultaneously stirring up fear and alarm in familiar horror-movie style. Better known for the Bela Lugosi version of Dracula (1931), Brownings showmanship was equally a product of the circus (he was himself an adolescent contortionist in a travelling show). His meshing of circus and cinema--two dangerous entertainments--produces Freaks' uniquely disquieting effect.Startled and indignant preview audiences forced the producers to add an explanatory foreword to the film but even this crackles with sensationalism as it veers between sideshow-style sympathy and fright warning. None the less, protests and local censorship ensued and the film never reached the mass audience for which it was made. Still, some of the real stars of the midway Ten-in-One shows of the 1920s and 30s (Johnny Eck, Daisy and Violet Hilton the Siamese twins, Prince Randian, the Hindu Living Torso) are showcased here as themselves and it is their undeniably real presence in what is otherwise familiar fictional terrain which is still so provocative. --Helen Stoddart