"Director: Lewis Milestone"

• The Classic War Collection - Bridge On The River Kwai/Das Boot/Guns Of Navarone/All Quiet On The Western Front/Sands Of Iwo Jima | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £23.90   |  Saving you £11.09 (46.40%)   |  RRP £34.99

  This Box Set Includes: Bridge On The River Kwai (Dir. David Lean) (1957): Set in Burma during World War II the story tells of British P.O.Ws who are forced to build a large bridge for the Japanese while a British Commando team is sent to destroy it. Winner of seven Academy Awards. Das Boot (Dir. Wolfgang Peterson) (1981): Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96 one of the famed German U-Boats known as 'The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy... Guns Of Navarone (Dir. J. Lee Thompson) (1961): Exciting war film based on a novel by Alistair Maclean which tells of the attempts of a British raiding team to sabotage two giant German guns on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Carl Foreman brought Allistar MacLean's best-selling novel to the screen winning nominations for seven Academy Awards in 1961. All Quiet On The Western Front (Dir. Delbert Mann) (1980): A devastating story of war and a generation destroyed. In 1914 a group of German schoolboys idealistic and inflamed with youthful patriotism set off to fight in the ""glorious"" war. During their brutal basic training disenchantment begins. Then boarding a train for the front they see the wounded being rushed back to the hospitals and they begin to grasp the grim reality of war. On their first night in action they come under heavy attack. In the trenches they begin to fall. Their youth is stripped away by the violence and the boys become as sullen as veterans. Sands Of Iwo Jima (Dir. Allan Dwan) (1949): Blazing action and spectacle are on the menu as battle-toughened sergeant John M Stryker (John Wayne) prepares a group of soldiers for action in the Pacific. The men have got their biggest test ahead on Iwo Jima where they have to inch their way up Mt. Suribachi under constant Japanese fire.

• The Halls Of Montezuma | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Once again returning to the genre to which he was perhaps best-suited director Lewis Milestone traces the fate of a Marine platoon in the Pacific theater during WWII. The film stars Richard Widmark as the no-nonsense Lt. Carl Anderson an officer charged with the responibility of leading his unit on a scouting mission to capture prisoners from an experimental rocket-launching facility and bring them back for interrogation. Among his platoon are veterans Pidgeon Lane (Jack Palance) D

• 3 Leading Ladies of the Silver Screen Vol.4 - Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard and Ginger Rogers | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £6.20   |  Saving you £-1.21 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Rain - Based on the story Rain by Somerset Maugham. A puritanical and self righteous minister sets out to reform a carefree American prostitute. The Racketeer - This gangster film stars Carole Lombard as a broke ex-society girl, Rhoda Philbrooke, who accepts the advances of a racketeer to promote the career of failing classical violinist Tony Vaughan. Shriek in the Night - Ginger Rogers plays a reporter to rival Ted Rand and both are investigating the mysterious death of a millionaire.

• A Walk in the Sun | DVD | (21/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers.

• The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• A Walk In The Sun | DVD | (01/01/1900) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When your thoughts are all you have for comfort. A brutal and realistic depiction of war from Lewis Milestone. In the 1943 invasion of Italy an American platoon lands and attempts to storm a fortified farmhouse with grim results...

• Arch of Triumph | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgement, they become involved in a doomed affair; matters come to a crisis on the day war is declared

• Kirk Douglas Collection | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £9.90   |  Saving you £-1.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Kirk Douglas Collection (3 Discs)

• Rain | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £-1.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Drama | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A Farewell To Arms:This dense adaption of Ernest Hemmingway's novel features Gary Cooper as American soldier Lt. Henry and his illfated love affair with British Nurse Catherine portrayed by Hellen Hayes during World War I. Filmed in beautiful Italy the two lovers will stop at nothing to be together but Lt. Henry's internal struggles ultimately threaten the relationship. Hemmingway's theme of questioning the nature of war and fighting is fully recognised under Frank Borzage's direction. Strange Love Of Martha Ivers:This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story 'Love Lies Bleeding' stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune. She lives with her weakling husband a district attorney running for mayor played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows however is that Stanwyck and Douglas are bound by a dark secret involving murder. Gripping and suspenseful this film noir classic also stars Van Heflin as Martha's old love who returns to town after an 18-year absence whom Douglas thinks is there for one reason: blackmail. Call It Murder:Edward Weldon (O.P. Heggie) is a foreman of a jury finding himself in the unenviable position of having the casting vote in a case that would send a young woman to the electric chair for murder. Before long however his daughter Stella (Sidney Fox) murders a gangster (played by Humphrey Bogart)... Snows Of Kilimanjaro:Based on the Ernest Hemigway novel of the same name Peck plays the part of a wounded hunter who is accompanied by two young women in the African wilds. Each of them tries to analyse his or her past life. Home Town Story: Jeffrey Lynn plays an ex-politician who blames big business for his failure to get re-elected. To expose big business as an evil monster he joins his uncle's newspaper. When his little sister is caught in a cave-in the town's largest company comes to her aid and he must now reconsider.

• Barbara Stanwyck Collection | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The Barbara Stanwyck Collection (3 Discs)

• Rain | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £11.82   |  Saving you £-0.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Rain

• All Quiet on the Western Front | DVD | (28/03/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  If a classic movie can be measured by the number of indelible images it burns into the collective imagination, then All Quiet on the Western Front's status is undisputed. Since its release in 1930 (and Oscar win for best picture), this film's saga of German boys avidly signing up for World War I battle--and then learning the truth of war--has been acclaimed for its intensity, artistry, and grown-up approach. Director Lewis Milestone's technical expertise is already stunning in the great opening sequence, as a professor exhorts his students to volunteer for the glory of the Fatherland while troops march past the windows. Erich Maria Remarque's novel is faithfully followed, but Milestone's superbly composed frames make it physical: the first battle scene, with the camera prowling the trenches as they fill with death and chaos, was surely the Saving Private Ryan of its day. The cast is strong, with little-known Lew Ayres finding stardom in the lead (Ayres became a pacifist and conscientious objector during World War II; although he served in battle as a medic, the stance harmed his career).--Robert Horton

• The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers | DVD | (06/11/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story 'Love Lies Bleeding' stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune. She lives with her weakling husband a district attorney running for mayor played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows however is that Stanwyck and Dougl

• Strange Love of Martha Ivers/Kirk Douglas on Film - A Biography | DVD | (26/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.38

• Rain | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Rain is the second film version of Somerset Maugham's oft-filmed story Miss Thompson a shocking tale by period standards and a melodrama well-served by director Lewis Milestone's expressionistic style. The film stars the young Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson a San Francisco prostitute hoping to start a new life in the South Seas. While on the island of Pago Pago she becomes involved with a group of soldiers and falls in love with one of them Sgt. Tim O'Hara (William Gargan). This puts her at odds with Rev. Alfred Davidson (Walter Huston) a hellfire and brimstone religious reformer who has already converted the native people to Christianity and who intends to protect the purity of the soldiers. The minister has O'Hara confined to quarters and threatens Sadie with deportation having learned that she was indicted for a crime although unaware she was framed. Davidson becomes strangely obssessed with reforming the prostitute and harangues her relentlessly about renouncing her evil ways until Sadie gradually is filled with the spirit of repentance. But for the minister the power of beauty trumps the power of the Lord with surprising consequences. Beautiful yet unusual camera work by Oliver Marsh adds to the film's unique character.

• Rain | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £5.38   |  Saving you £-3.39 (-170.40%)   |  RRP £1.99

  A prostitute is held in quarantine on Pago Pago island and whilst she is popular amongst the American troops stationed there a missionary makes it his business to make her life a living misery...

• The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

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