Classic Films

• You're Only Young Twice | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £10.35   |  Saving you £-0.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Long Lost Comedy Classics is a collection of films from a golden age of British Cinema remembered for timeless stars and some unique movies that have stood the test of time. So why not take a trip down memory lane and see how cinema used to be? A young girl Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long lost uncle who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under another name as the University Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal Asher as his new secretary and she goes along with the impersonation. Asher and Ada fall in love which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman.

• The Hound Of The Baskervilles | DVD | (10/05/2004) from £14.98   |  Saving you £-1.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A man runs for his life through the moors breathless and frightened. Behind him we hear the baying of a hound a sound so fearful it chills the soul. The man falls. From the desolate rocky nightscape another man peers: He is bearded and rough looking perhaps a convict from the nearby prison.... Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in their first outing as Holmes and Watson in this celebrated adaptation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles....

• The Musicals Collection (West Side Story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fiddler On The Roof, Man Of La Mancha, Guys & Dolls) | DVD | (19/02/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  West Side Story: Garnering a total of ten Academy Awards - including Best Picture of 1961 - West Side Story set a brilliant standard for movie musicals that remains unsurpassed to this day. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins from Ernest Lehman's spectacular screenplay the film combines the unforgettable score of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim with Robbins' exuberant choreography to create a transcendent fusion of realism and fantasy that will forever be a feast for the eye the ear and ultimately the heart. A triumph on every level this electrifying musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of gang warfare in the slums of 1950's New York. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: From the book by Bond creator Ian Fleming and adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the wonderful family film starring Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts an eccentric inventor who designs an extraordinary car that not only drives but flies and floats. Along with his two children Jemima (Heather Ripley) and Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes) Caractacus and Chitty lead everyone into a magical world of pirates castles and endless adventure. Fiddler On The Roof: An outstanding accomplishment in every way this lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol) a poor milkman whose love pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Tsarist Russia. Nominated eight Academy Awards (1971) including Best Picture and Best Director and featuring such classic songs as ""If I were a rich man"" ""Matchmaker"" and ""Sunrise Sunset"" Fiddler On The Roof is a universal story of hope love and acceptance: a musical masterpiece! Man Of La Mancha: The hit stage musical given the movie treatment. A skinny old gentleman with wispy white hair dreams the impossible dream... He is Don Quixote de La Mancha the knight errant. Don Quixote is the mad aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures. Backed by his faithful sidekick Sancho Panza he duels windmills and defends his perfect lady Dulcinea (who is actually a downtrodden whore named Aldonza)... Guys And Dolls: Hollywood legends Marlon Brando Frank Sinatra Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine (from the original Broadway cast) are dazzling in this masterpiece unleashing a spectacular song-and-dance show that's loaded with entertainment. The slickest big-time New York City gamblers Sky Masterson (Brando) and Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) can't resist making or taking a bet on anything. So when a pretty missionary (Simmons) sets up shop in the neighbourhood Nathan stakes a grand that Sky can't seduce her. But all bets are off when Sky falls madly in love in this romantic musical spectacular that sets the Big Apple afire with excitement.

• The Belles Of St Trinian's - 60th Anniversary Edition | Blu Ray | (28/04/2014) from £10.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (109.19%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Belles of St Trinian's is a classic comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School released in 1954 directed by Frank Launder and written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Featuring a star cast of British comedy talent including - Alastair Sim as both Miss Millicent Fritton and Clarence Fritton Joyce Grenfell George Cole Beryl Reid and many others. This 60th anniversary edition has been fully restored plus features brand new extra content. The unruly schoolgirls of St. Trinian’s are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton who has kidnap on her mind. Special Features: The Girls of St Trinian’s Interview with Alistair Sim’s Daughter - Merlith McKendrick Interview with Geoff Brown - film historian Interview with Steve Chibnall – Professor of British Cinema De Montfort University Interview with Melanie Williams - Senior Lecturer in Film Studies UEA

• Snapshot (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (25/03/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Chantal Contouri (Thirst), Robert Bruning (Ned Kelly), and Sigrid Thornton (Prisoner: Cell Block H) star in Snapshot, a tense Australian thriller that marked the feature debut of director Simon Wincer (Harlequin, D.A.R.Y.L.). When naive hairdresser Angela (Thornton) is persuaded by her model friend Madeline (Contouri) to try glamour modelling, she dreams of escaping her humdrum life and the clutches of her over-protective mother. Instead, she is thrust into a decadent world of jealousy, exploitation... and death. Produced by Antony I Ginnane (Patrick), co-written by Everett De Roche (Roadgames), and scored by Brian May (Mad Max), Snapshot released internationally under the titles One More Minute and The Day After Halloween is a classic of Ozploitation cinema.

• The Producers (1 Disc Edition) | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Low rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder) discover that with the help of a few gullible investors they can make more money on a flop than on a hit! Armed with the worst show ever written (Springtime For Hitler) and an equally bizarre cast this double dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a smash hit they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg! Winner of an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Mel Brooks recently adapted his classic film as a Broadway musical and scooped a record-breaking 12 Tony awards.

• Passport To Pimlico (SPECIAL EDITION) | Blu Ray | (11/06/2012) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An archaic document found in a bombsite reveals that the London district of Pimlico has for centuries technically been part of France. The local residents embrace their new found continental status, seeing it as a way to avoid the drabness, austerity and rationing of post-war England. The authorities do not, however, share their enthusiasm...A whimsical and charming British film, 'Passport To Pimlico' is one of the finest examples of the classic Ealing comedies.

• Elvis Presley - Elvis Collection | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Set Comprises: Blue Hawaii (1961): The year was 1961. Fallout shelters dot surburban backyards. Ken joins Barbie. Roger Maris slugs 61 home runs. And Elvis Presley is in paradise playing an ex-G.I. who comes home to Blue Hawaii. His mother (Angela Lansbury) expects him to climb the corporate ladder. But Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a white collar so he goes to work as a tour guide. Lucky Elvis: his first customers are a carfull of cuties. Elvis lovely scenery lovelier girls and rock-a-hula songs - now that's paradise! Girls Girls Girls (1962): Ross Carpenter a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona and has to find a way to buy the Westwind a boat that he and his father built. GI Blues (1960): The year was 1960. A payola scandal shocks the music world. Movie fans are introduced to glorious Smell-O-Vision. The 50-star flag is adopted. And in G.I. Blues Elvis adopts an on-screen persona he knows well in real life - a singin' G.I. in West Germany. Eager to open a stateside nightclub after his hitch in khakis he takes part in a wager to raise the dough he needs. The bet: he can melt the heart of a willowy dancer (Juliet Prowse). But all bets may be off when real love intervenes... Roustabout (1964): The year was 1964. The miniskirt is in. If you can't Watusi you can't dance. Cassius Clay (soon to be Muhammad Ali) claims the heavyweight crown. And Elvis is a karate-chopping biker who's hired as a carnival Roustabout. At first he just provides the muscle and a diversion for the beautiful carny girls. Then he picks up a guitar and gets the midway rockin'. Looks like this talented tough guy may be what the good-hearted owner (Barbara Stanwyck) needs to save her travelling show from bankruptcy. King Creole (1958): The year was 1958. Everybody's dating at the drive-in. America launches its first satellite. The novel 'Lolita' stirs up controversy. And Elvis Presley gives Bourbon Street a new beat in King Creole. He plays a troubled youth whose singing sets the French Quarter rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering it looks like Elvis will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster (Walter Matthau) and his man-trap moll (Carolyn Jones) snare him in a life of crime? Easy Come Easy Go (1967): On his first day as a civilian Elvis starts his new job -- self-employed treasure hunter! Fans will dig these treasures too: rockin' tunes romance with a go-go dancer underwater action and The King twisted like a human pretzel at a groovy '60s yogafest!

• Scarlet Empress | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £14.99   |  Saving you £-5.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Young Princess of Germany Sophia is taken to Russia to marry the Grand Duke Peter son of the domineering Empress in an attempt to improve the royal blood line. She dislikes her husband and so after the old Empress dies she engineers a coup d'etat with help of the military and becomes Catherine The Great.

• Roman Holiday | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Audrey Hepburn won an Oscar for her portrayal of a modern-day princess rebelling against her royal obligations who explores Rome on her own. She meets Gregory Peck an American newspaperman who seeking an exclusive story pretends ignorance of her true identity. But his plan falters as they rapidly fall in love...

• Thunderbolt (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/07/2023) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  George Bancroft (Angels with Dirty Faces) and Fay Wray (King Kong) star in the first sound film from legendary director Josef von Sternberg (Shanghai Express), made just prior to his celebrated series of collaborations with Marlene Dietrich. Murderer 'Thunderbolt' Jim Lang (Bancroft) is arrested and imprisoned with the help of his former moll, Ritzie (Wray). Whilst on death row in Sing Sing, Jim enacts his revenge by framing Ritzie's lover, Bob (Richard Arlen), for a crime he didn't commit. With a screenplay from Herman J Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane) and Joseph L Mankiewicz (Suddenly, Last Summer), adapted from a story by Jules Furthman (Blonde Venus), Thunderbolt is a classic pre-Code crime thriller. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio The Guardian Interview with Fay Wray (1990): archival audio recording of the famed actor in conversation at the National Film Theatre, London Tony Rayns on Thunderbolt (2023): extensive discussion of von Sternberg's classic by the writer and film programmer Video essay on the film by film historian Tag Gallagher (2023) Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival articles, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits UK premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK All extras subject to change

• Dracula | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Chalk this one up as something that seemed like a good idea at the time. Frank Langella had just taken Broadway by storm in a revival of the play based on Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. He was tall, elegant, and almost painfully romantic--all qualities that failed to translate to this garish, tarted-up film version. The story remains the same, if told in greater length than in Bela Lugosi's version. The film even offered Laurence Olivier as vampire-hunter Van Helsing (in one of several roles he played during the period that required a middle-European accent) and a young Kate Nelligan as the woman whose love (and blood) Dracula most wants. But director John Badham, working from W.D. Richter's clunky script, makes a hash of most of it, relying on special effects to do the heavy lifting. --Marshall Fine

• A Severed Head (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (22/04/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Dick Clement followed the success of his first feature Otley with this wry adaptation of Iris Murdoch's celebrated 1961 satirical novel, a harbinger of the sexual liberation that was to blossom in the mid-sixties. A Severed Head chronicles the sexual and amoral escapades of a group of middle-class, middle-aged London couples, portrayed by a wonderful cast which includes Ian Holm (Alien, The Lord of the Rings), Lee Remick (Days of Wine and Roses, The Omen), Claire Bloom (The Haunting, The King's Speech) and Richard Attenborough (10 Rillington Place, Young Winston). Absurdist and delightfully funny, A Severed Head is a dark satire staged with wit and intelligence. Product Features High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with director Dick Clement and film historian Sam Dunn (2018) Guise and Dolls (2019, 8 mins): artist and sculptor Saskia de Boer discusses the figurines she created for the film's arresting title sequence Slightly Saucy (2019, 7 mins): production manager Timothy Burrill recalls the making of A Severed Head What Happened Just Then? (2019, 19 mins): an appreciation by comedian, musician, and writer Rob Deering Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: original promotional materials New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The Gang's All Here | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she's starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific. Only trouble is, he gave her the assumed name of Casey. Andy's eventual return with a medal is celebrated by his rich father with a benefit show featuring Eadie's show troupe, at which she's sure to learn his true identity...and meet Vivian, his 'family-arrangement' fiance.

• Dracula Has Risen From The Grave | DVD | (28/06/2013) from £18.77   |  Saving you £-0.78 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  He lives! They die! Christopher Lee as the fanged undead.

• Indiscreet | DVD | (04/04/2011) from £6.73   |  Saving you £3.26 (48.44%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Frothy and funny 'Indiscreet' is a beautifully-made film that will delight all fans of good old fashioned romantic comedy. Anna Kalman (Ingrid Bergman) a popular star of the international theatre returns to her London apartment after a tour to prepare for a NATO dinner. Also attending is Philip Adams (Cary Grant) a handsome American who has come to London to speak at the function. Anna and Philip hit it off immediately and are soon involved. Their relationship grows more intimate until Philip announces he has been transferred to New York. She offers to join him there and urges him to get a divorce. While preparing for his trip Philip inadvertently admits that he is not actually married but using this as a diversion to take himself off the marriage market. Grant and Bergman make a perfect combination in a film that is an irresistible mix of delightful comedy and sophisticated charm.

• At War With The Army | DVD | (22/03/2004) from £5.26   |  Saving you £-0.27 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Hapless Private Alvin Corwin (Jerry Lewis) is the lowest of the low at a World War II US Army training camp. With the overbearing sergeant constantly on his back Alvin blunders from one farcical situation to another.

• The Triple Echo (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/04/2023) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a young soldier (Deacon) deserts his outfit and hides in a remote farm, the farm owner (Jackson) and he fall in love. But their idyll is shattered by the arrival of a boorish, violent army sergeant (Reed) searching for his AWOL recruit. Unconventional and superbly played, The Triple Echo is one of the finest British films of the 1970s. Long overlooked and unjustly neglected, this powerful drama is now ripe for rediscovery, and is presented in a 2K restoration from the film's newly rediscovered original negative. Product Features 2K restoration by Powerhouse Films from the original negative Original mono audio A Matter of Life and Death (2019, 15 mins): director Michael Apted reflects on his feature debut and its place within his prolific career Identity Crises (2019, 29 mins): actor Brian Deacon recalls his first film role starring alongside Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed A Different Perspective (2019, 25 mins): editor Barrie Vince recalls shaping and structuring the film Dressing Up (2019, 9 mins): costume designer Emma Porteous on the challenges of recreating an authentic wardrobe for The Triple Echo The Emotion of the Moment (2019, 8 mins): composer Marc Wilkinson discusses highlights from his score A Sense of Justice (2019, 23 mins): an in-depth appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard Super 8 version: original cut-down home-cinema presentation Original theatrical trailer, edited by the legendary Jean Fouchet Teaser trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The Pink Panther | Blu Ray | (02/02/2009) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Along with co-stars David Niven Robert Wagner and Capucine comedy genius Peter Sellers first introduced the world to the hilarious bumbling French Inspector Jacques Clouseau in this 'delightful caper' (Leonard Maltin). When a suave jewel thief (Niven) sets out to rob a princess of both her heart and her priceless diamond The Pink Panther Clouseau falls all over himself - literally - to try to stop the crime.

• The Importance Of Being Earnest | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £13.50   |  Saving you £-0.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The timeless 1952 version of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors in a Special Collectors' Edition.