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Adventures of Sadie - (aka Our Girl Friday)
£9.99
A young Joan Collins sizzles as a desert island beauty being courted by George Cole, Kenneth More and Robertson Hare in this all-star British Comedy. Shipwrecked on an idyllic tropical island, heiress Sadie (Joan Collins) soon discovers that her fellow castaways are a pretty rum lot!
Starring: Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More Year of Production: 1953 Running Time: 1'13 Certificate: U Region: 2
Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
£9.99
A beautiful but naive angel (Diane Cilento) is sent down to Earth to help sort out the lives of ordinary Londoners. Her first port of call is The Angel, Islington, where she pawns her harp and fixes a greyhound race to raise some money for her adventures. Who will she help first?
Starring: Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento, Robert Eddison Year of Production: 1954 Running Time: 1'16 Certificate: U Region: 2
Band of Thieves
£12.99
Gaunstone Jail jumps to the jazz sound! Seven of the inmates have been encouraged to take up “Trad” by a music-mad Governor. The only resident not enjoying the music is the Chief Warden!
Starring: Acker Bilk, Jimmy Thompson, Geoffrey Sumner Year of Production: 1962 Running Time: 1'6 Certificate: U Region: 2
Battle of the V1
£9.99
Among the Poles conscripted for service in a German labour camp is Stefan (Michael Rennie) and Tadek (David Knight) who are warned by the underground to report anything unusual by means of coded letters home. Stefan’s wife Zofia (Patricia Median) acts as intermediary.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Michael Rennie, Milly Vitale Year of Production: 1958 Running Time: 1'41 Certificate: PG Region: 2
Be My Guest
£12.99
Jobless Dave, ex-member of pop group “The Smart Alecs”, meets Erica, attractive young American, seeking fame in Show business. She has an audition at the Brighton Hippodrome with Stage Director Artie, currently rehearsing for a new Extravaganza for impresario Hilton Bass, starring Arties girlfriend Wanda. Ricky and Phil, Dave’s friends and ex ‘Smart Alec’s’, miss the pop scene. Their apathy to work earns them the sack as stewards on the Brighton Belle. They land up broke at ‘Seaview’.
Starring: David Hemmings, Steve Marriott, Jerry Lee Lewis Year of Production: 1965 Running Time: 1'19 Certificate: U Region: 2
Behemoth The Sea Monster (aka - The Giant Behemoth)
£12.99
See the Beast that shakes the Earth! LIVE in a world gone mad! WATCH the chaos of a smashed civilization! FLEE from the mightiest fright on the screen! NOTHING so Big as Behemoth!
Starring: Gene Evans, Andre Morell, John Turner Year of Production: 1958 Running Time: 1'10 Certificate: PG Region: 2
Beyond the Curtain
£12.99
Richard Greene stars as a British flight officer in Beyond the Curtain, while Eva Bartok co-stars as a German-born airline stewardess. When the stewardess' plane is forced down over East Germany, she is trapped behind the Iron Curtain due to her alien status. Officer Kyle bypasses red tape and political haggling, preferring more direct means of rescuing Karin...
Starring: Richard Greene, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring Year of Production: 1960 Running Time: 85mins Certificate: U Region: 0
Big Valley (The)
£24.99
Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans and Lee Majors star in one of the most popular and long-running TV Westerns of all time. Set in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1870's, The Big Valley is the story of one family and their fight to survive and prosper on the frontier.
This special 3-disc DVD set includes 5 complete feature-length specials from The Big Valley Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors, Peter Breck Year of Production: 1965 Running Time: 7'43 Certificate: PG Region: 2
Black Arrow
£19.99
Based on a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Set in Mediaeval England during the War of the Roses, the stories tell the adventures of the mysterious masked avenger, Black Arrow, who defends the poor and oppressed.
Starring: Simon Cuff, William Squire, Glyn Owen & Nigel Havers Year of Production: 1972 Number of Discs: 3 Running Time: 8hrs, 33mins Certificate: PG Region: 2
Blind Date aka Chance Meeting
£12.99
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer (Hardy Kruger) hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau (Micheline Presle), an elegant, sophisticated Frechwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan (Stanley Baker) who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline.
Starring: Stanley Baker, Micheline Presle, Hardy Kruger Year of Production: 1959 Running Time: 91 mins Certificate: PG Region: 0