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The Long Duel (DVD)
Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Andrew Keir, Charlotte Rampling, …
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R307
R129
Discovery Miles 1 290
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Yul Brynner and Trevor Howard star in this action drama set in the
1920s in an India under British rule. After being imprisoned by the
United Provinces Police, tribe leader Sultan (Brynner) manages to
break out with some of his men in tow and leads them in a revolt in
an effort to free themselves from the British regime. When he hears
that the remaining prisoners are to be transferred to Delhi, he
plans to help them escape but police officer Freddy Young (Howard)
has been ordered to capture Sultan, dead or alive.
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Henry V (Blu-ray disc)
Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks, Esmond Knight, Leo Genn, …
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R259
Discovery Miles 2 590
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Laurence Olivier directs and stars in this classic adaptation of
Shakespeare's play about the king who led England to victory in the
Battle of Agincourt. The film pays tribute to its origins by
opening in a version of the Globe Theatre in 17th century London,
where Henry (Olivier) takes to the stage along with a variety of
nobles to discuss his plans to stake a claim to the French throne.
As the range of Henry's ambitions make themselves known, the
theatrical artifice gives way to a more naturalised style and
follows Henry as he sets sail from Southampton with his army.
Inspired by Henry, the invading English hand the French several
defeats, culminating in a triumph against far superior numbers at
Agincourt. Shot during WWII, the film was designed to raise morale
in the ongoing battle against Nazi Germany and earned Olivier an
Academy Award for his 'outstanding achievement' in bringing the
film to screen.
Classic British war film based on the novel by Pierre Boulle in
which a group of POWs are forced to build a bridge in Burma for the
Japanese. Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) is the appointed leader
of the men interned in the camp. When the Japanese commander,
Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), orders his captives to build a
bridge across the river Kwai, Nicholson agrees on the basis that
the project will keep his men occupied and give them an opportunity
to prove, through the quality of their work, the superiority of
British engineering. However, as the bridge progresses and the POWs
strive to show their craftsmanship, Nicholson appears to lose sight
of the fact that the ultimate object of the bridge is to help the
Japanese win the war. The impending arrival of a British commando
team, sent to destroy the bridge, looks set to provide a stern test
of where the true loyalties of the increasingly obsessive Nicholson
lie.
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