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No Trees in the Street (DVD)
Sylvia Syms, Ronald Howard, Liam Redmond, Herbert Lom, Melvyn Hayes, …
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R249
Discovery Miles 2 490
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J. Lee Thompson directs this classic pre-war drama starring Sylvia
Syms and Herbert Lom. The film follows local girl Hetty (Syms), who
opts to leave home before she can be married off to Wilkie (Lom), a
local crime boss of ill repute.
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Alive and Kicking (DVD)
Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, …
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R241
Discovery Miles 2 410
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Cyril Frankel directs this 1960s British comedy in which a trio of
elderly women set out to defy society's expectations of them. Dora
(Sybil Thorndike), Rosie (Kathleen Harrison) and Mabel (Estelle
Winwood) become friendly at an old people's home, though they
dislike being confined there. When they learn that plans are being
made that will see the three of them separated, they decide that
enough is enough and run away from the home. They find refuge on a
small island; that is, until a millionaire returns home and finds
the women living in his cottages. Will he allow them to stay?
Collection of four British crime thrillers from the 1950s. In 'High
Treason' (1951), after the destruction of the SS Asia Star in
London Docks, Commander 'Robbie' Brennan (Liam Redmond) joins
forces with Special Branch and MI5 to investigate an underground
terrorist group plotting acts of sabotage. They discover that the
group are planning an attack on a power station. Can they stop them
before it's too late? In 'The Big Chance' (1957), fed up with
living his mundane life, travel agency employee Bill Anderson
(William Russell) siezes his opportunity for a change when a
customer returns tickets to Panama. Bill decides to take the
tickets and go to Panama himself. While at the airport, however, he
is distracted by the alluring Diana Maxwell (Adrienne Corri). When
the flight is delayed until the following day, Diana manages to get
Bill involved in all manner of misadventures. Will he be glad of
this change from the humdrum of his daily existence? In 'Dublin
Nightmare' (1958), adapted from the novel by Robin Estridge, Steve
Lawlor (Richard Leech) is reported dead following a car accident
after he helped a Republican gang rob a Northern Irish security
vehicle. The loot has gone missing and while the gang believe the
car passenger Danny O'Callaghan (Pat O'Sullivan) has betrayed them,
Lawlor's former girlfriend is convinced he is still alive. His
photographer friend John Kevin (William Sylvester) investigates. In
'Deadly Nightshade' (1953) Robert Matthews (Emrys Jones) is
arrested in Cornwall when he is mistaken for convict John Barlow,
to whom he bears a striking resemblance. When Barlow (also Jones)
hears of this, he makes his way to the man's cottage and takes his
place. After surviving a local shipwreck Robert's fiancée Ann
Farrington (Zena Marshall) is taken in by Barlow, who maintains his
imposture but soon discovers that Matthews is not all he seems.
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High Treason (DVD)
Liam Redmond, André Morell, Anthony Bushell, Anthony Nicholls, Mary Morris, …
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R307
R151
Discovery Miles 1 510
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After the destruction of the SS Asia Star in London Docks,
Commander 'Robbie' Brennan joins forces with Special Branch and MI5
to investigate an underground terrorist group planning acts of
sabotage. They discover that the group's next act of destruction is
'the big one' - an attack on a power station.
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War at Sea Collection (DVD)
David Farrar, Ralph Michael, Robert Wyndham, John Slater, John Batten, …
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R428
Discovery Miles 4 280
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Triple bill of war dramas set at sea. In 'For Those in Peril'
(1943), Pilot Officer Rawlings (Ralph Michael) is turned down by
the RAF for air service on medical grounds and instead joins Air
Sea Rescue, helping to pull downed Allied airmen out of the sea.
Rawlings is initially resentful of his new job, but gradually comes
to appreciate its importance. When the crew of a Boston bomber
become stranded at sea in a dinghy, Rawlings and his colleagues
become involved in a race against time - and the elements - to save
their lives. 'San Demetrio, London' (1943), set in 1940 during the
battle of the Atlantic, is based on a true story. The crew of the
petrol tanker San Demetrio are left with a near impossible task
when she is torpedoed by the Germans. The crew are forced to
abandon ship in three lifeboats. Two are picked up by other ships
in the convoy, but the third drifts for days until its crew spies
the burning San Demetrio on the horizon. Do they board the ship,
try to put out its fires and get it back to English shores or do
they stay in the drifting lifeboat in the hope of being rescued? In
'The Cruel Sea' (1953), based on the novel by Nicholas Monsarrat,
World War Two Lt. Commander Ericson (Jack Hawkins) has already lost
one ship to an enemy attack when he is given command of the frigate
Saltash Castle. A subsequent confrontation in the North Atlantic
tests Ericson's leadership to the limit once again, as he risks
sacrificing the lives of his crew for the greater good.
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The Diplomatic Corpse (DVD)
Robin Bailey, Susan Shaw, Liam Redmond, Harry Fowler, Maya Koumani, …
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R268
R151
Discovery Miles 1 510
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1950s British drama directed by Montgomery Tully. The film follows
a group of reporters and police officers as they pursue a network
of foreign criminals in London in a bid to infiltrate a drugs ring.
After a body is discovered in the River Thames, journalist Mike
Billings (Robin Bailey) is assigned to investigate. When he
discovers the deceased was an influential diplomat, Billings finds
himself involved in a deep web of nefarious dealings and aligns
himself with some fellow reporters and the police to try and solve
the case.
Triple bill of British movies produced by the Children's Film
Foundation. In 'Sammy's Super T-Shirt' (1978), despite his small
build, Sammy Smith (Reggie Winch) dreams of being a top athlete.
While in training for a running competition, a couple of bullies
hurl Sammy's lucky t-shirt through a science lab window where an
accident results in it gaining super strength. Sammy retrieves the
t-shirt and tries to use it to win the race but things don't go
according to plan. In 'Soapbox Derby' (1957), set in London, a
teenaged Michael Crawford makes his movie debut. The Battersea Bats
and the Victoria Victors, two rival gangs of children, are getting
ready for an upcoming soapbox derby. When the Victors learn of a
new car design created by the Bats they try to get their hands on
it before the big race. In 'The Sky Bike' (1967) a bumbling
inventor hopes to win a contest with his new creation - a flying
bicycle. With the help of his young friend can he win the prize?
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