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Alfred Hitchcock's most celebrated British thriller, adapted from
John Buchan's novel. Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) becomes the
victim of mistaken identity when a female corpse is dumped in his
flat by a spy ring. He tries to track down the true murderers
whilst being pursued by the police, and hooks up with an unwilling
accomplice (Madeleine Carroll). Their adventure eventually leads
them to a music hall, where the secret of the 39 steps is revealed.
Also included is the documentary 'Hitchcock - The Early Years'.
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The Flemish Farm (DVD)
Philip Friend, Ronald Squire, Richard George, Jane Baxter, Wylie Watson, …
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R83
Discovery Miles 830
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Wartime drama with a musical score by English composer Ralph
Vaughan Williams. As Hitler's Blitzkrieg sweeps across the Low
Countries in 1940, a squadron of Belgian pilots takes temporary
shelter on a Flemish Farm. There, wounded pilot Fernard Matagne
(Philip Friend) is nursed by farmer's daughter Trescha (Jane
Baxter), and the two fall in love. But their relationship is doomed
as Hitler's occupying forces advance and the squadron is ordered to
return to England.
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Jamaica Inn (DVD)
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton, Emlyn Williams, …
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Discovery Miles 740
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Alfred Hitchcock directed this adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier
novel - his last British film - before leaving for Hollywood and a
contract with David O. Selznick. Young orphan Mary (Maureen O'Hara)
arrives in 18th century Cornwall to live with her Uncle Joss
(Leslie Banks), the landlord of Jamaica Inn. After finding work as
a barmaid, Mary discovers that Joss commands a band of pirates who
smuggle contraband from wrecked ships. Mary is further unnerved by
the ever-present Justice of the Peace, Sir Humphrey Pengallan
(Charles Laughton).
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The Magnet (DVD)
Wylie Watson, Meredith Edwards, Michael Brooke Jr, Stephen Murray, Gladys Henson, …
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Discovery Miles 2 300
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Gentle Ealing comedy about childhood, guilt and half-truths
starring a young James Fox (then known by his real name, William
Fox) as Johnny Brent, a mischievous boy who tricks a younger boy
(Keith Robinson) into giving him his magnet in return for an
'invisible' clock. Having successfully obtained the magnet, Johnny
immediately starts to feel guilty about his swindling behaviour.
His guilt sparks a chain of misplaced assumptions that lead to a
search being mounted for the boy, who has run away after becoming
convinced that he is wanted for murder.
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Whisky Galore (DVD)
Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Jean Cadell, Gordon Jackson, …
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Discovery Miles 2 300
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Classic Ealing comedy. During the Second World War, the inhabitants
of a small Hebridean island are wilting under a chronic shortage of
whisky. When a ship is wrecked on the shore, it is discovered to
contain 50,000 cases of malt, which are promptly appropriated by
the menfolk of the island. All is well until an English Home Guard
commander - determined to see the whisky restored to its rightful
owners - calls in Her Majesty's Customs, and the islanders make
frantic attempts to hide their treasured alcoholic booty!
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Whisky Galore (Blu-ray disc)
Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Jean Cadell, Gordon Jackson, …
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R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
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Classic Ealing comedy. During the Second World War, the inhabitants
of a small Hebridean island are wilting under a chronic shortage of
whisky. When a ship is wrecked on the shore, it is discovered to
contain 50,000 cases of malt, which are promptly appropriated by
the menfolk of the island. All is well until an English Home Guard
commander - determined to see the whisky restored to its rightful
owners - calls in Her Majesty's Customs, and the islanders make
frantic attempts to hide their treasured alcoholic booty!
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