The lives of four night shift cab drivers intertwine while a serial killer is on the loose...
Based on a true story about a peaceful Vermont farming valley that was flooded to create a luxurious lake resort. At the time, one evicted farmer, whose mother and ancestors were buried in their 250 year old back yard cemetery, warned of the terror that would one day strike the three greedy perpetrators - a land baroness, billionaire banker and unscrupulous politician. Ten years later, a crippling blizzard strands the three perpetrators and several other characters at nearby Ramage House, an eerie 28 room mansion built in the 1800's. During the stormy night, retaliatory spirits are awoken by the three greedy mongers. But who is exacting revenge? The wily inn owner, a brawny mountain man, a sexy exotic dancer, two rowdy hunters, a jovial cop, a young Indian girl, the egomaniacal senator or a lurking ghost? The surprising answer is not revealed until the last chilling moment!
3 Classic Abbot & Costello Features Of The Silver Screen
Three features starring Abbott and Costello. African Screams - Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Stanley Livingston (Lou Costello) go on an African safari in search of treasure. Buzz is a bookseller who tricks Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) into believing that his fellow bookseller Stanley is an expert on Africa. They are thereby abducted by Diana's henchmen who expect the two self proclaimed hunters to lead her to an African tribe. On the way there they run up against giant apes, lion tamers, and a wild river. Jack And The Beanstalk - One of the few colour feature films Abbott and Costello made, starting out in black and white, but soon spring-boarding into a truly colourful fairy tale. Lou plays the bumbling fool Jack, repeatedly tricked by the conniving Mr. Dinglepuss (Abbott), who sells him magic beans. Their adventures take them up the beanstalk, where they find a magic castle, a talking harp, and a hen that lays golden eggs. They also encounter a fearsome giant! One of the funniest and most enjoyable of Bud and Lou's many movies. The Abbot And Costello Show - A classic episode of the popular Abbot and Costello Show with guests Jane Russell and Rhonda Fleming.
3 Classic Bela Lugosi Films Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
This Bela Lugosi collection contains nine of his greatest films. Includes: Invisible Ghost, Scared To Death, White Zombie, The Corpse Vanishes, Bride Of The Monster, The Ape Man, Spooks Run Wild, The Devil Bat and Black Dragons.
3 Classic Bela Lugosi Films Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three films starring Bela Lugosi. The Corpse Vanishes - A mad scientist, (Bela Lugosi), aided by an old hag and her two sons - a malicious dwarf and a brutish moron, kills virgin brides, steals their bodies, and extracts gland fluid to keep his ancient wife alive and young. The Ape Man - Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster, (Bela Lugosi), aided by his colleague Dr.Randall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, ape-man. Desperately seeking a cure, Brewster believes only an injection of recently-drawn human spinal fluid will prove effective. With Randall refusing to help him, it falls to Brewster and his captive gorilla to find appropriate donors living or dead! Bride Of The Monster - In this classic horror from Director Ed Wood, Dr. Varnoff, (Bela Lugosi), captures twelve men for his experiment: to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Newspaperwoman Janet Lawton, (Loretta King), gets too snoopy for her own good and stumbles into his creepy abode where Dr.Varnoff decides to use her as his next test subject.
3 Classic Bela Lugosi Films Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3
Three films starring Bela Lugosi. Spooks Run Wild - The East Side Kids get a chance to sample the other side of life when they are sent to the country to learn how to live beyond the streets. When they arrive at the house they are due to stay in they discover that it is haunted! It is also run by one of the most terrifying men they have ever met! Bela Lugosi stars as the mad killer in this house of horror. An extremely atmospheric film offering comedy, thrills, mystery, surprises and more. The Devil Bat - Evil Doctor, Paul Carruthers, (Bela Lugosi), feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers when they became rich as a result of a product he devised. He gains revenge by electrically enlarging and training blood sucking bats to death dive his employers' family members. Black Dragons - A World War II Nazi plastic surgeon, Doctor Melcher, (Bela Lugosi), travels to Japan to perform face-lifts on Japanese spies, making them appear as prominent American industrialists. After the doctor is double-crossed by his masters and almost killed, he plans an elaborate revenge plot involving the murders of the impostors that have taken the place of their American look-alikes.
This collection of films stars one the of the true originals when it comes to horror, 'The Uncanny', Boris Karloff! In 'The Ape' Karloff is mad scientist Dr Adrian, a man who becomes obsessed with curing paralysis. Desperately trying to cure the crippled young woman, he discovers that he needs human spinal fluid for his vaccine - but how will he get it? In Doomed to Die, Mr. James Lee Wong (Karloff) uncovers a murderous plot of saboteurs. In the cult classic The Fatal Hour Karloff is the famous sleuth Mr. Wong on the trail of murder.....
3 Classic Bulldog Drummond Films Of The Silver Screen
Three features. In 'Bulldog Drummond's Bride' a robbery in London prevents the marriage of Bulldog Drummond. Also features 'Bulldog Drummond Comes Back' and 'Bulldog Drummond Escapes'.
3 Classic Comedies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three features. In 'Africa Screams' Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds. Also features 'The Flying Deuces' and 'The Abbot And Costello Show'.
3 Classic Comedies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three features. In 'Spooks Run Wild' a group of boys sent to a mountain camp sneak out to search for a monster killer, but end up going missing. Also features 'Jack And The Beanstalk' and 'Utopia'.
3 Classic Crime Films Of The Silver Screen
Three stories. The Speckled Band - After her sister collapses and dies, her last terrified last words being 'The Speckled Band', Helen fears for her own life. She calls upon the expertise of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in the hope that they can prevent her own murder. Silver Blaze - Sherlock Holmes is called upon to help when the racehorse 'Silver Blaze' is kidnapped. Blake Of Scotland Yard - A newly invented 'Death Ray' has been stolen by 'The Scorpion' but he is missing an important part. Will 'The Scorpion' complete it before the intrepid Blake discovers his secret identity?
3 Classic Dick Tracy Films Of The Silver Screen
Three features from the crime fighting legend include: 'Dick Tracy's Dilemma', 'Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome' and 'Dick Tracy vs Cueball'.
3 Classic Hope & Crosby Features Of The Silver Screen
Three features. My Favorite Brunette - Legendary funnyman Bob Hope plays a baby photographer who gets mixed up with gangsters in this bubbly slapstick comedy-drama. Ronnie Jackson (Hope) wants nothing more than to step into the gumshoes of office mate Sam McCloud (film noir veteran Alan Ladd), a private investigator who runs his own detective agency. Jackson gets his big break when a mysterious femme fatale (Dorothy Lamour) strolls into his office and, mistaking him for McCloud, asks for help with her uncle's kidnapping. Jackson plays along with the detective role but is soon in way over his head as he becomes embroiled in a dangerous (and comic!) mystery. Road To Bali - Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men (Hope & Crosby) sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala (Dorothy Lamour). The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals. Road To Hollywood - This documentary feature charts the singer-actor's rise to stardom during his early years in show business. Crosby's years with Paul Whiteman and the Rhythm Boys, his performances at the Coconut Grove and his first steps into radio and recording are covered. Included are clips from some of Crosby's earliest film appearances: Reaching for the Moon (1930), Check and Double Check (1930), Hollywood on Parade (1932) and the rare Paramount short Please (1933).
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three films. Horror Hotel - Nan Barlow, (Venetia Stevenson),a young college student, travels to New England to do some research for a paper on witchcraft. Her professor, Alan Driscoll (Christopher Lee) recommends that she stay in a small hotel - The Raven's Inn - that turns out to be run by the spirit of an undead witch. Soon, Nan finds that rest of the hotel's boarders are also witches and that she is about to become their annual Candalmas Eve sacrifice. The Terror - A young officer (Jack Nicholson) in Napoleon's army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron (Boris Karloff) where he discovers that she is the pawn of an old witch bent on driving the Baron to suicide. The Corpse Vanishes - A mad scientist, (Bela Lugosi), aided by an old hag and her two sons - a malicious dwarf and a brutish moron, kills virgin brides, steals their bodies, and extracts gland fluid to keep his ancient wife alive and young.
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three films. A Bucket of Blood - When bumbling busboy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) tries his hand at sculpting he accidentally kills a cat and covers it with clay. It becomes a celebrated work of art and soon Walter has moved on to killing people and is the hit of the local art scene. Director Corman shot this black comedy cult classic in an amazing five days for $50,000 and satirizes the world of contemporary art. House of Haunted Hill - Vincent Price has one of his juiciest roles in this haunted-house thriller as millionaire playboy Frederick Loren, who invites five guests out to a genuine haunted house, offering them each $10,000 if they spend the night. The Ghoul - British Egyptologist Professor Morlant, (Boris Karloff), finds a magic jewel in the tomb of an Oriental idol. This talisman is supposed to grant immortality to those who are buried with it. So Morlant arranges to have it put into his grave upon his demise. And woe to those who might double-cross him, for Morlant's spirit will arise to wreak vengeance on his betrayers...
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3
Three classic horror features. In 'Little Shop Of Horrors' a Skid Row flower shop employee creates a weird plant that feeds on human flesh. Also features 'The Bat' and 'Bride Of The Monster'.
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 4
Three features. In 'The Ape Man' a scientist whom the world believes to be dead is secretly working on a serum collected from the spine of a gorilla. He injects himself with this and slowly turns into an ape. Also features 'Carnival Of Souls' and 'Mesa Of Lost Women'.
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 6
Three features. 'Dementia 13' is set in Ireland and follows a series of axe murders. Also features 'Shock' and 'Black Dragons'.
3 Classic Horrors Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 7
Three horror films. Includes: Attack Of The Giant Leeches, The Amazing Transparent Man and Revolt Of The Zombies.
3 Classic Mickey Rooney Films Of The Silver Screen
QUICKSAND: Motor mechanic Dan Brady, (Rooney), lacks funds for a heavy date with new waitress Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a fur coat so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into crime, while everyone he meets is out for what they can get. MY OUTLAW BROTHER: A naive dude (Mickey Rooney), heading westward to find the brother he idolizes (Robert Stack), is shepherded safely across the plains by a Texas Ranger, (Robert Preston). What Rooney doesn't realize is that Stack is a notorious gunslinger...and Preston has to bring him in! MICKEY THE GREAT: A young Mickey Rooney stars as the cocky, self-assured tough little kid, Mickey McGuire in this anthology of pre-Little Rascals film shorts about the comedic misadventures of a group of neighbourhood kids from Toonerville, USA.
3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three films. Second Chorus - Music, dance and romance abound in this delightful musical as two young, talented trumpeters find success in their college band. They ask Ellen, a beautiful student, to be their manager. All goes well until they graduate and are forced to leave school. Ellen decides to use her position as manager for another successful band to help promote the boys to the 'big time'. Also features: The Duke Is Tops and Private Buckaroo.
3 Classic Musicals Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three features. In 'The Royal Wedding' brother and sister dance act Tom and Ellen journey to London at the time of a Royal wedding. On board the ship, Ellen pays less and less attention to her dancing as she falls in love with Lord John Brindale. When arriving in London, Tom auditions for a replacement partner, but on meeting Anne Ashmond, romance once again threatens the act. Also features: 'The Fabulous Dorsey's' and 'Black And Tan'.
Three films. The Wild Ride - Jack Nicholson stars as a troubled youth who races cars and tangles with the cops in this cult classic about rebellious teens in the early 1960s. The Fast And The Furious - A young beautiful woman pulls up to a roadside cafe in shiny Jaguar. In the cafe she meets an escaped prisoner who kidnaps her and takes flight with her car. With all the police roadblocks around the country, the only way Frank can get past them is to enrol in a Pebble Beach race to slip across the border. The Big Wheel - The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
Three films. Missile To The Moon - Two escaped convicts and two stowaways are caught hiding in a space rocket by a strange scientist, who forces them to pilot the ship to the moon. Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers - An alien race has completely surrounded the planet with flying saucers, giving Earth sixty days to surrender. Buster Crabbe: Planet Outlaws - An American soldier is suspended in time and wakes up to find himself in the futuristic world of the year 2500. Once settled he realises that an evil villain has been trying his best to gain total control of the universe and everything in it.
3 Classic Sherlock Holmes Films Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three films. Dressed To Kill - The master sleuth attempts to break a gang of master criminals led by a beautiful woman in this murder mystery set on Dartmoor and in London's antique auction rooms. Secret Weapon - Holmes' arch-enemy Moriarty forces him into race against time when the evil mastermind plots a deadly scheme of wartime espionage. Based loosely on Conan Doyle's 'The Dancing Men' and introduces the character of Inspector Lestrade. Terror By Night - As a train makes its way from London to Edinburgh, Holmes faces one of his most baffling cases - the priceless Star of Rhodesia gem is stolen and a guard is found murdered. Before the train steams into its destination, Holmes must employ all his powers of deduction in a race against time.
3 Classic Sherlock Holmes Films Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3
Features 'SILVER BLAZE' (aka 'MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES'), 'THE SIGN OF FOUR' and 'THE TRIUMPH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES'.
3 Classic Tarzan Films Of The Silver Screen
Three classic films. Tarzan The Fearless - A 1933 film version of the serial Tarzan The Fearless with Buster Crabbe as Tarzan helping rescue an explorer and his daughter while searching for the lost city of Zar. Tarzan And The Trappers - Gordon Scott stars in one of Sol Lesser's Tarzan Productions that was originally intended as three episodes of a television series. In this jungle adventure, the uncivilised man must take on an expedition of evil hunters who are searching for a lost, beautiful city. The traders are collecting animals illegally for a zoo, with Tarzan being the most sought after beast. Discovered while working as a lifeguard in Las Vegas, Scott earned the lead role of Tarzan six times, marking a rebirth of the character. He later went on to star in numerous Italian strong-man spectaculars and spaghetti westerns, becoming a sensation in Europe. Also includes The New Adventures Of Tarzan.
3 Classic Westerns Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three films. Fighting Caravans - Adaptation of Zane Grey's western with Gary Cooper as a young frontiersman who journeys across the country with his freight wagon, fighting Indians and evil traders along the way. Randy Rides Alone - Framed for robbery and murder, Wayne enlists the help of a young girl to try and catch the true villains. Unusual casting for 'Gabby' Hayes as the killer. Man Of The Frontier - Roy helps a group of Ranchers raise money to build a reservoir. However they lose it to a gambler through a crooked stock deal.
3 Classic Westerns Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three films. The Painted Desert - Filmed at The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, The Painted Desert follows the lives of two feuding cowboys, J. Farrell MacDonald and William Farnum, who clash over who will raise an orphaned boy they find abandoned at a deserted waterhole. Texas Terror - Sheriff John Higgins resigns his badge when he mistakenly believes he has shot and killed his oldest friend Dan Matthews in a ranch shoot out. Stricken with remorse he heads out to the desert to live a solitary life until Dan's daughter comes out East to claim her inheritance not knowing he died a thief. Higgins is determined to help clear his friend's name and sets about solving the mystery of the Wells Fargo robbery. Hell Town - Also known as Born To The West. Based on the novel by Zane Grey. John Wayne plays a young cowhand who falls in with a gang of rustlers and at the same time falls for his boss' girl.
3 Classic Westerns Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3
Three films. McLintock - George McLintock's (Wayne) life is in turmoil when his wife (O'Hara) returns home after a two year absence and suspects her husband of infidelity with the widow cook. The fur flies with gunfights, fistfights and an Indian attack or two thrown in as McLintock tries to win back his shrewish wife! Robin Hood Of The Pecos - Following the Civil War, Texas has been declared an area of martial law by Ballard, who intends to drive the ranchers out of the county. Ballard is pushed out by Col. Davis and Roy is elected Sheriff. When Stacy kills Davis, Ballard reinstates martial law and sentences Gabby to be executed... Public Cowboy No. 1 - Jack Shannon is running a modern rustling operation using an airplane to spot the cattle, short wave radio to alert the rustlers, and trucks to haul away the beef. When the aging Sheriff Doniphan is unable to bring them in, he is replaced by an eastern detective. But Doniphan's deputy Gene suspects Shannon and sets a trap to nab him and his gang.
3 Classic Westerns Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 5
Three Westerns. 'Hurricane Express', adapted from a 12-part serial, follows a young pilot in search of his father's killer, known as 'The Wrecker'. Also features: 'Rage At Dawn' and 'Young Bill Hickok'
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol 11
TRAPPED: A convicted counterfeiter Tris Stewart, (Lloyd Bridges), is allowed to escape from custody as he was being transferred from Atlanta to Kansas City in order to have him unwittingly help the FBI and police find a counterfeit ring using the plates that he had hidden before his capture. DUEL OF THE CHAMPIONS: In this gladiator adventure, a Roman nobleman, Horatius, (Alan Ladd), leads an Imperial Legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel... THE BIG CHANCE: Gritty boxing drama about an ambitious young boxer, Arthur Wilson, (Mickey Rooney), who ignores the advice of his rugged trainer and makes a poor choice of associates. He goes up against a veteran boxer after gangsters have put in ?the fix? only to decide to go for the win against the odds and his life. Only his girlfriend can save him from himself.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three features. In 'His Girl Friday' the owner of a newspaper attempts to keep his star reporter, his ex-wife, on the payroll by baiting her with a potentially big story. Also features 'His Private Secretary' and 'The Amazing Adventure'.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three features. In 'Suddenly' a group of armed gunmen take a family hostage whilst planning to assassinate the President Of The United States as he passes through their town. Also features 'My Favourite Brunette' and 'The Road To Hollywood'
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 4
Three features. In 'Indiscretion Of An American Wife' Mary spends the last few hours of her stay in Rome at the giant railroad station, trying to make the heart-rending decision whether to go to her husband or remain with her lover. Also features 'A Farewell To Arms' and 'The Groom Wore Spurs'.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 5
Three features. In 'Lawless Range' a cowboy anxious to win a rodeo becomes involved in a saloon robbery. Also features 'Lawless Frontier' and 'Blood On The Sun'.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 6
Three films. Pot O' Gold - In this romantic musical comedy Jimmy Haskell, (Stewart), is the owner of a struggling music store whose financial predicament forces him to go into business with his uncle C.J. who can't stand modern music. C.J. is engaged in an ongoing feud with Mom McCorkle's boarding house next door because of the consistent noise emanating from the band of Horace Heidt, who reside there. When Jimmy falls for Molly McCorkle (Paulette Goddard), one of the band's singers, and takes up residence at Mom McCorkle's, his situation with both Molly and his uncle becomes precarious. Something to Sing About - Cagney stars as a Manhattan bandleader who journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs. A classic 1930's musical about Hollywood studio life that won an Oscar (R) for best score. Riders Of Destiny - Singin Sandy Saunders (John Wayne) is an undercover government agent who discovers, while securing water rights for ranchers, that someone is stealing their water. Bad guy, James Kincaid, controls the local water supply and plans to do in the other ranchers.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 7
Three films. Our Town - Touching film version of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play that explores the love, humour and pain in the lives of two families in the woodsy New Hampshire town, Grovers Corners. William Holden and Martha Scott succumb to adolescent affections before maturing, marrying, and bearing a child of their own. A film emphasising the preciousness of time in people's short lives. The cast includes: William Holden, Frank Craven, Martha Scott and Thomas Mitchell. The Star Packer - US Marshall John Travers (Wayne) and his Indian companion Yak are after the mysterious Shadow and his gang who are harassing the citizens of a small western town. When the town's Sheriff is killed, Travers takes his place and organises a group of armed men to rid the town of the nasty archfiend and his smelly thugs. Rocket Ship XM - Astronaut Colonel Floyd Graham, (Lloyd Bridges), and his crew blast off to explore the moon. But a malfunction changes their course to Mars where they find evidence of a once powerful civilisation and barbarian Martians. As the adventurers try to return to Earth they find their backs against the wall at every turn. One of the earliest films of the space craze of the 1950's and one that stands out from those that followed.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 8
Three features. In 'Gung Ho!' the misfits of the Gung Ho squad become fierce fighters during World War II. Also features 'West Of The Divide' and 'Neath The Arizona Skies'.
3 Classics Of The Silver Screen - Vol.10
Three features. In 'Road To Bali' two music hall artists on the run are hired as deep sea divers for a treasure hunt. Also features 'Basin Street Revue' and 'Forbidden Music'.
3 Colours Red - Live At The Islington Academy
London punks 3 Colours Red were signed by Alan McGee to Creation in the mid 90s and scored a string of hit singles as well as two top 20 albums with 1997's 'Pure' and 1999's 'Revolt'. Tracklist: Repeat To Fade, This Is My Hollywood, Paranoid People, Pure, Fit Boy & Faint Girl, Mental Blocks, The World Is Yours, Sunny In England, Copper Girl, Nerve Gas, God Shaped Hole, Sixty Mile Smile, Hateslick, Paralyse, Beautiful Day and Nuclear Holiday.
3 John Wayne Classics - Vol. 3
Three features. In 'McLintock' Wayne shows off his funny side in this 1963 western, a comedy inspired by 'The Taming Of The Shrew'. Starring as wealthy cattle baron G.W. McLintock, Wayne shows a real sense of comic timing in several scenes filled with slapstick humour. After his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and daughter leave him for the East, McLintock attempts to win them back. The dynamics between O'Hara and Wayne are the strong suit of this film, the actors having worked together previously on 'The Quiet Man'. As this is by no means a revisionist western, McLintock's chauvinistic attempts to 'tame' his wife fit within the problematic ideology of the larger western genre. The ultimate example of this comes at the end of the film when McLintock settles his marital dispute by publicly 'spanking' his wife in what is now a notorious cinematic moment. Also features: 'Lawless Frontier' and 'The Star Packer'.
3 John Wayne Classics - Vol. 4
Includes three classic John Wayne films: 'Angel And The Badman' (Dir. James Edward Grant, 1947). Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose from his world or the world from which Penelope lives by. Also features: 'Hell Town' and 'Sagebrush Trail'.
3 John Wayne Classics - Vol. 5
Three features. In 'The Man From Utah' Wayne rides into a small town, only to find himself implicated in a bank robbery. After he clears himself, he begins his own investigation. Also features: 'Lawless Range' and 'Riders Of Destiny'
3 John Wayne Classics - Vol. 6
Three features. In 'Texas Terror' the Duke battles Texas outlaws after he finds out they were responsible for the death of his best friend. Features one of Wayne's most gruelling fights on film. Also features: 'West Of The Divide' and 'Randy Rides Alone'.
3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three films. Father's Little Dividend - Sequel to Father of the Bride. Spencer Tracy discovers that his peace and quiet is about to be shattered by the arrival of a grandson. Nothing Sacred - From the David O. Selznick collection. When a small town girl, Lombard, is diagnosed as having radium poisoning, a city journalist, March, races to the town to cover her story. He invites her via the newspaper to return to New York with him so as his newspaper can exploit her dying moments. Unknown to the journalist the girl is actually well and is exploiting the newspaper. Having fallen in love with Lombard, March tries to find a cure only to discover she is not dying after all. Ghosts On The Loose - Glimpy's surprisingly beautiful sister is getting married to Jack, a young engineer, and moving to a 'bargain' suburban house neither has ever seen. During the honeymoon, the East Side Kids decide to fix up the house for the newlyweds...but mistakenly pick the 'haunted' house next door, which is occupied by some mysterious men, dodging in and out of secret panels and clearly up to no good...
3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three films. Of Human Bondage - Having unsuccessfully tried his hand at painting in Paris, Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) returns home to London. Despite his clubfoot, Philip overcomes his awkwardness and pursues a medical career. Still in medical school, he becomes obsessed with a gruff Cockney waitress, Mildred Rogers (Davis), intent on taking him for all he is worth. Eventually, his devotion to her threatens his career ambitions and his chance for future happiness. Behave Yourself - Young couple, Kate and William Denny, (Shelley Winters and Farley Granger), adopt a stray pooch, not realising that the dog carries the key element to a criminal plan to hijack a million-dollar shipment. Before long, they are in the middle of a comedy of underworld lunacy. Home Town Story - Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle's newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people. Miss Martin (Marilyn Monroe) works in the Herald newspaper office. When tragedy strikes, Blake must re-examine his views.
3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3
Three films. Bigamist - The story of a salesman with two wives. A sensitive study of the events that caused an upright and decent man to commit such an unusual crime. Also features: Hell's House and High Voltage.
3 Ninjas - High Noon At Mega Mountain
The three unstoppable Ninjas brothers are back to save the day. Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum decide to go to Mega Mountain amusement park to see their favourite TV star, Dave Dragon, in action. The brothers are having a great time until the evil bandit queen, Medusa, and her vicious henchman take Dave hostage and hold the park to ransom. It's time for the Ninja brothers to go into action.
3 Ninjas - Kick Back/ Knuckle Up/ High Noon At Mega Mountain
Kick Back: During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in trouble, and head out to help him, conceding the match. When they arrive in Japan, they must use all their powers to defend him against his ancient enemy, who has returned to exact revenge. Knuckle Up: In this movie Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic landfill that is destroying the Indian community. However the town is owned by the rich man and he controls the police and even the mayor. They must fight a motorcycle gang and renegade cowboys in this non-stop ninja adventure. High Noon At Mega Mountain: Three young boys, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum together with their neighbor girl, computer whiz Amanda are visiting Mega Mountain amusement park when it is invaded by an army of ninjas led by evil Medusa, who wants to take over the park and hold the owners for ransom. Kids and retired TV star Dave Dragon, who made his farewell appearance at the park at the time the ninjas appeared, have to break Medusa's vicious plans.
Colt, Rocky and Tum Tum are back in another action-packed story where they travel with their grandfather to Japan in search of a secret cave of gold, closely followed by a band of heavy metal rockers.
Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum find themselves in action again as they get drawn into a struggle between an American Indian tribe and a ruthless businessman who is dumping toxic waste on their land.
Gary Reich (Da Ali G Show and Trigger Happy TV) brings you more inspired wit with the aid of three ballsy, extremely talented woman, hidden cameras and the general public. The show brings you tomfoolery aboard the streets as three women (Tameka Empson, Jocelyn Jee Esien, and Ninia Benjamin) create an extensive, amusing and courageous cast list. Scenes include buskers doing bad African performance poetry, tarts who tout for Jesus, and a virgin who seeks sex advice from surprising sources! In short, the message you will receive from this trio preying on innocent society is that no one is safe!
3 Tough Guys Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 1
Three films. Call It Murder - One of Humphrey Bogart's first featured roles as a gangster in this story of a jury foreman, Edward Weldon, who's questioning leads to the death sentence for the murderess Ethel Saxon. Just as Saxon goes to the electric chair Weldon's daughter, Stella, claims to have killed her lover, the gangster Gar Boni (Bogart). Now Weldon must help his daughter avoid frying in the electric chair. Great Guy - The new chief deputy inspector of the New York Department of Weights and Measures, pugnacious Johnny Cave, (Cagney), steps on the toes of crooked city alderman Marty Cavanaugh and gets increasing pressure, both political and strong-arm, to stop investigating a systematic effort to cheat the public by giving them less product than they pay for. The Lucky Texan - Jerry Mason (Wayne), a young Texan, and Jake Benson (Hayes), an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
3 Tough Guys Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2
Three features. In 'Vengeance Valley' the foreman of the Strobie Ranch, Owen Daybright, has always taken the blame for any of his friend's mistakes, but now his patience has run out. Also features 'The Big Trees' and 'The Man From Utah'.
Upon discovering information about a kidnapping plot, Lew decides that he will use it to his own advantage and attempt to extort one million in blackmail money. He shares the information with three women, who turn out to be most untrustworthy. Soon the situation spirals into murderous mayhem...
Robert Altman's dreamlike masterpiece, is one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970's. The film tells the story of a shy, quiet girl named Pinky (Sissy Spacek), who starts working in a nursing home and strikes up a friendship with the talkative Millie (Shelley Duvall). The pair share an apartment and grow closer together. A third woman, Willie, (Janice Rule) a mute pregnant artist, who expresses her fears and fantasies by painting murals of male aggression and victimised women on the bottom of swimming pools, is also at the centre of a series of strange events that cause their personas to change and morph in unexpected ways.
A young drifter enters strangers' houses - and lives - while owners are away. He spends a night or a day in each house, repaying the owner's unwitting hospitality by doing laundry or small repairs. His life changes when he runs into a beautiful woman in an affluent mansion who is ready to escape her unhappy, abusive marriage. A beautiful, haunting and completely original romantic tale from Kim Ki-Duk, the acclaimed Korean director of 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Again...'
A lot can happen in 30 Miles. Two strangers travel the paths of deception in this road movie from first-time director Ryan Harper. Anthony is a successful black movie agent on his way to a wedding in Las Vegas. Speeding down the highway through the Nevada desert, he encounters a stranded white drifter, Ernie (Rusty Gray), and stops to give him a lift. The two men hit it off easily and soon let their guards down, but as each begins revealing the details of his past, the other recognises the secrets his companion hides. As the pair hurtle through the night, their amiability turns into enmity, and ultimately they realise how much can change in just 30 miles...
Boxed set containing: 100 Favourite Toddler Tunes And Rhymes - Contains 100 favourite toddler tunes and rhymes including Hey Diddle Diddle, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Old MacDonald, There's A Hole In My Bucket, Incy Wincy Spider, Humpty Dumpty, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and many more. 100 Favourite Fairy Tales And Stories - Includes: Goldilocks And The Three Bears, Three Little Pigs, Puss In Boots, Rumpelstiltskin, The Hare And The Tortoise, The Princess And The Pea and many more. 100 Favourite Nursery Rhymes And Songs - A collection of 100 favourite nursery rhymes and songs featuring the best-loved and most well-known traditional songs. Each song or rhyme is accompanied by beautiful illustrations. Songs featured include: Little Miss Muffet, I'm A Little Tea Pot, Old MacDonald, Humpty Dumpty and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.
Set in 480 BC, the film is based on the true story of how the Spartan king, Leonidis, led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army more than 20 times their strength.
Terrific thriller with Kevin Costner as Thomas Murphy who assembles a gang of outlaws for one of the most daring heists in criminal history. Dressed as Elvis his plan is to rob the 2001 International Elvis Convention. Murphy's partner is crime is electronics expert and ex-con Michael Zane (Kurt Russell) who is responsible for getting the gang, all Elvises, to safety. Unfortunately, he has difficulty concentrating on the job as he's just fallen in love with a sexy single-mother. When things start to go wrong and the Federal Marshals are after them, its every man, woman and Elvis for themselves.
36 Chambers Of Shaolin - The Final Confrontation
This sequel to 36 CHAMBERS OF SHAOLIN has Lau Ka-Fai starring as the son of a murdered Kung Fu master who is adopted and trained in the martial art of Drunken Kung Fu by a mysterious hermit.
Violet Stoneham (Jennifer Kendall) is an elderly school-teacher, whose life consists of a series of little routines - her walk in the park, church on Sundays, feeding her beloved cat Sir Toby, visiting her brother in an old-age home and teaching Shakespeare to generations of insensitive students. When a new principal takes over in school, she is relegated to drilling younger students in the elements of English grammar, as the new incumbent considers Miss Stoneham's views outdated. Her bewilderment and grief leave her especially vulnerable on Christmas Eve, as she walks back from church. A chance meeting with a former student, Nandita Roy (Debashree Roy) and her jovial fiance Samaresh Moitra (Dhritiman Chatterjee) cheers her up and she feels she has found friends at last. But this young couple is like all middle-class lovers in an Indian city - looking for a place to be alone. Miss Stoneham's apartment seems ideal. The story winds to its poignant, heart-rending finale, as Miss Stoneham realises the true nature of love, friendship and exploitation.
A kung fu classic from masters of disaster Joseph Kuo, Hwang Jang Lee, Bolo and Jacky Cheng. Untold fighting explodes on the screen as masters from different factions fight it out over a secret kung fu manual.
Ben Wade is captured after a hold-up and a killing but his gang are determined to rescue him. When the authorities realise that an escape is planned they look for a guard to escort him by train to Yuma to stand trial. Rancher Dan Evans is in need of money after his land has been devasted by the drought and decides to take on the challenge of getting Wade to prison.