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Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent
Director: Stephen, Fry
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Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: John Mills
Director: Marcus Dillistone
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A fascinating look at the life and career of one of British cinema's most endearing actors, Sir John Mills. Using his own never before seen home movies, and clips from many of his most famous movies, the star of such films as ICE COLD IN ALEX, SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON and SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC tells ..read more »
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66%
from 120 members
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Cats
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page
Director: Trevor Nunn, Gillian Lynne
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This ultimate DVD edition of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats is one thing all fans of this phenomenal theatrical smash hit will want to have in their collection. Disc One: Original musical feature. Disc Two: Interviews with original creative team of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, producer Cameron ..read more »
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65%
from 2,002 members
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Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed
Director: Mel Smith
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In his big-screen debut, the bumbling, barely verbal Mr. Bean lands in Los Angeles, where he has been sent to "guard" Whistler's Mother as it changes hands between the London National Art Gallery and a chic private gallery. Absurd laughs from the hilarious Atkinson.
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60%
from 4,861 members
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Around The World In Eighty Days
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Julia Nickson-Soul
Director: Buzz Kulik
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Jules Verne's classic adventure, this time recorded for television, stars Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg who places a bet that he can circumnavigate the globe within 80 days. His sidekick Passepartout is played by Eric Idle, and they are pursued by a detective (Peter Ustinov) to check they are ..read more »
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The Lady And The Highwayman
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Emma Samms, Oliver Reed, Claire Bloom
Director: John Hough
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Set in the turbulent 17th Century reign of King Charles II, this film tells of Lady Panthea Vyre who has attracted the attention of the King and the eye of the folk hero and highwayman, Silver Blade, who, unknown to her, is really a relative of hers and rightful heir to the family estate and title. ..read more »
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49%
from 214 members
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Who's That Girl
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Madonna, Haviland Morris, John McMartin
Director: James Foley
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Upon her release a streetwise parolee, innocent of the crime for which she was jailed, is to be driven to the bus station by a strait-laced attorney. But she has other ideas, and the poor attorney must face the fact that his world is about to dissolve into chaos...
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56%
from 869 members
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Gandhi - BLU-RAY Version
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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The acclaimed dramatisation of the life of Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, from his beginnings as a South African-educated lawyer through his historic, galvanizing struggle to free India from British Colonial rule. With a large, distinguished cast, headlined by Ben Kingsley in a nuanced performance, Sir ..read more »
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79%
from 454 members
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Gandhi
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Gandhi is a great subject, but is Gandhi a great film? Undoubtedly it is, not least because it is one of the last old-school epics ever made, a glorious visual treat featuring tens of thousands of extras (real people, not digital effects) and sumptuous Panavision cinematography. But a true epic is ..read more »
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from 16,373 members
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Zulu Dawn
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Director: Douglas Hickox
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ZULU DAWN depicts the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana, in which 30,000 Zulu warriors wiped out nearly 1,500 British troops stationed in Natal. The film focuses most sharply on the preparations for battle and the political situation in the region at that time. Taking Zulu chief Cetshwayo's defiant ..read more »
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from 1,614 member
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The Thirty Nine Steps
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter
Director: Don Sharp
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It is 1914. Europe is on the brink of war. London seems peaceful enough but a dangerous conspiracy is underway. Colonel Scudder of the British Intelligence has unearthed a plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister on a visit to London and thus precipitate World War I. Richard Hannay (dashing ..read more »
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from 795 members
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The Big Sleep
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Harry Andrews, Richard Todd
Director: Michael Winner
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A faithful remake of the 1946 original in which private eye Philip Marlowe finds himself involved in murder, blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.
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The Human Factor
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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George Kennedy stars in this 1970s revenge film as John Kinsdale, a military employee stationed in Naples who uses state-of-the-art (for the time) computer technology to track down the terrorists who killed his family. Local police inspector Dr. Lupo (Raf Vallone) and Kinsdale’s commander (Arthur ..read more »
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Oh What A Lovely War
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's directorial debut OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR is a riotous, thought-provoking satire on the follies of war, based on the stage musical of the same name. Set during World War I, the story revolves around the Smith family, whose five sons enlist in the army only to end up as cannon ..read more »
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from 1,042 member
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Operation Crossbow
(1965)
Starring: Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard
Director: Michael Anderson
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During World War II, the British suspect that the Nazis are secretly building a new kind of long-range missile. English operatives -- disguised as German scientists -- are then sent to discover the source of the weapons -- and sabotage the project. Can the spies thwart the efforts of the nefarious ..read more »
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67%
from 16 members
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Tiara Tahiti
(1962)
Starring: James Mason, John Mills
Director: Ted Kotcheff
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A former army officer travels to Tahiti with the purpose of building a resort hotel there. His efforts are stymied when he encounters his ex-commanding officer already living on the island.
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Swiss Family Robinson
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
Director: Ken Annakin
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A fanily fleeing from the despotic regime of Napoleon is chased off course by a band of pirates. They are then shipwrecked on a tropical island where they begin a new and adventurous life. Based on the book by Johann Wyss.
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Tunes of Glory
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price
Director: Ronald Neame
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In Ronald Neame's Tunes of Glory, the incomparable Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair - a whiskey-drinking, up-by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man, who expects respect and loyalty from his men. But when Basil ..read more »
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from 328 members
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Tiger Bay
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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A 12-year-old Hayley Mills made her big-screen debut in this melodramatic thriller as Gillie, a young girl living in Cardiff. She accidentally witnesses a Polish sailor named Korchinsky shoot his girlfriend dead in a fit of rage after he finds out she's left him for another man. Gillie steals the ..read more »
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Dunkirk
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Robert Urquhart
Director: Leslie Norman
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1940 France. A British Corporal is forced to take responsibility for the lives of his men when their officer is killed in battle. The troops are boxed in and he has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are recruited into the British war effort with Operation Dynamo, the ..read more »
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73%
from 832 members
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Ice Cold In Alex
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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This classic World War II drama stars John Mills as an ambulance driver who escapes the siege of Tobruk in the company of a sergeant major, a nurse and a South African officer who has become separated from his unit. Suspicions arise about whether one of the group is a German spy who is undermining ..read more »
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The End Of The Affair
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr)--the unhappy wife of a meek civil servant (Peter Cushing)--falls into a passionate love affair with American expatriate writer William Bendrix (Van Johnson) during the London Blitz. After an air raid interrupts one of their trysts, Sally inexplicably cuts the affair short,..read more »
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62%
from 79 members
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The Colditz Story
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries
Director: Guy Hamilton
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This collection features four of the greatest British war films of all time. THE DAM BUSTERS, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, is a World War II adventure which centers around the British efforts to destroy two enormous dams in Germany. In THE COLDITZ STORY, starring John Mills, a group ..read more »
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Hobson's Choice
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie
Director: David Lean
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A story of feminism in 19th Century Salford, Hobson's Choice deals with the empowering of female characters. Henry Hobson is a widower with a weakness for the pub and the owner of a successful bootmakers. In order to save his finances he denies his three daughters the right to marry. So in ..read more »
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from 1,314 member
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Madeleine
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Director: David Lean
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The David Lean Collection - 9 Disc Box Set showcases a brilliant selection of classic films by the director David Lean. Titles include: "Brief Encounter"; "Great Expectations"; "Oliver Twist"; "Madeleine"; "The Passionate Friends"; "The Sound Barrier"; "Hobson's Choice"; "This Happy Breed"; and "..read more »
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The History of Mr Polly
(1949)
Starring: John Mills, Betty Ann Davies
Director: Anthony Pelissier
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John Mills stars in this celebrated adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic. Mr Polly is a sensitive soul, idling away his days as a humble draper's assistant until one day he is abruptly sacked for daydreaming at work. His well-ordered life is plunged into chaos, until his father's death suddenly ..read more »
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from 190 members
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The October Man
(1947)
Starring: John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed. [Black and White]
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61%
from 10 members
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Great Expectations
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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David Lean directs this definitive version of the Charles Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In the gloom of a country graveyard, the young boy encounters an escaped convict, and a chance meeting years later ..read more »
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from 4,302 members
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Great Expectations - BLU-RAY Version
(1946)
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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Lean's definitive version of the Dickens classic about an orphaned boy befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. In nineteenth century London, in the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years ..read more »
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74%
from 154 members
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The Way To The Stars
(1945)
Starring: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John
Director: Anthony Asquith
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Anthony Asquith's THE WAY TO THE STARS is an outstanding drama set during the Second World War. When a deserted airfield in rural England becomes a bustling fighter command base, ..read more »
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from 487 members
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This Happy Breed
(1944)
Starring: Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, John Mills
Director: David Lean
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Three classic wartime dramas: A TOWN LIKE ALICE sees female prisoners of war at the mercy of the notoriously sadistic Japanese Army, a man and woman find hope and love in each other as they are forced at bayonet point on a long march of death. Based on Nevil Shute's best-seller, this film saw Best ..read more »
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from 463 members
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We Dive At Dawn
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: John Mills, Eric Portman, Jack Watling
Director: Anthony Asquith
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We Dive At Dawn is a gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. ..read more »
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In Which We Serve
on DVD
(1942)
Starring: Noel Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles
Director: Noel Coward, David Lean
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An engrossing account of the sinking of the British destroyer HMS Torrin during the Battle of Crete. Three survivors on a raft recount their lives aboard the sunken vessel. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay.
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Cottage To Let
(1941)
Starring: John Mills, George Cole, Michael Wilding
Director: Anthony Asquith
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A film adaptation, with the original stage actors, of one of the first war-time stage thrillers about an unsuspecting inventor who is in danger of being kidnapped by a Fifth ..read more »
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from 76 members
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn
Director: Sam Wood
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Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy schoolteacher who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr. Chipping, a young classics scholar en route to his first assignment at the reputable Brookfield school. Although his ..read more »
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from 2,508 members
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Morning Departure
on DVD
Starring: John Mills
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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In 'Morning Departure' a Navy Submarine hits a mine whilst searching for German shipping. The resulting explosion sends it to the bottom of the sea. Some of the crew can escape using the hatches but the rest remain trapped and have to hope that they will be rescued in time
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Charles Dickens Collection
(8 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Michael Hordern, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins
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Featuring a box set of the BBC adaptations of popular tales from Charles Dickens. Includes: 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Oliver Twist', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Martin Chuzzlewit', 'David Copperfield', 'A Tale Of Two Cities', 'Great Expectations', and 'Our Mutual Friend'.
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69%
from 2,367 members
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The Zoo Gang
Starring: John Mills, Brian Keith, Lilli Palmer
Director: Sidney Hagers, John Hough
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A group of former Resistance Fighters reunite to scram criminals in order to raise money for a hospital in memorary of one of their former comrades.
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John Mills - Centenary Collection Vol.2
(7 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Noelle Middleton, John Mills, Elizabeth Sellars
Director: Anthony Asquith, Ralph Thomas, Robert Hamer
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This second volume in the JOHN MILLS CENTENARY COLLECTION features eight films starring the iconic British actor. Includes CAR OF DREAMS, FOREVER ENGLAND, THE WAY TO THE STARS, THE LONG MEMORY, ABOVE US THE WAVES, THE VICIOUS CIRCLE, TIGER BAY and RYAN'S DAUGHTER.
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from 51 members
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Donald Sinden Icon Collection
(11 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Donald Sinden, Stanley Holloway, Michael Hordern
Director: Ralph Thomas, Ken Annakin, Muriel Box
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Features the Donald Sinden films A DAY TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW WHAT SAILORS ARE, THE BEACHCOMBER, MAD ABOUT MEN, ABOVE US THE WAVES, AN ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY, TIGER IN THE SMOKE, EYEWITNESS, THE BLACK TENT, ROCKETS GALORE, and MIX ME A PERSON.
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The Big Sleep
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(1978)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Harry Andrews, Richard Todd
Director: Michael Winner
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Run time: 99 minutes
A faithful remake of the 1946 original in which private eye Philip Marlowe finds himself involved in murder, blackmail and violence when hired to protect a General's young daughter.
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Sky West and Crooked
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(1966)
Starring: Hayley Mills, Ian McShane, Annette Crosbie.
Director: John Mills
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Run time: 105 minutes
A girl with learning difficulties is traumatised at a young age after witnessing an accidental death of a child. Essentially abandoned by her alcoholic mother and misunderstood and ostracised by the 1960s English rural community she lives in, suspicious of the circumstances of the accident, she ..read more »
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Cottage To Let
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(1941)
Starring: Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills
Director: Anthony Asquith
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Run time: 91 minutes
John Barington is an inventor, testing bomb mechanisms for the Air Ministry. His laboratory is in his country house where, unknown to him, various members of his domestic staff are undercover spies. The plan is to kidnap Barington, aided by a German agent. This agent comes in the form of a wounded ..read more »
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excellent adaptation 6 January 2005
...neous material to create a tight narrative. The acting is superb, particularly John Mills and Alec Guinness, and the tale of Pip's woes as he atteempts to impress Estrel...
Worth waiting for.......... 9 July 2004
