Director: Sidney Salkow. Cast: Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt, Binnie Barnes, Hugh French, Charles Goldner. Description: Russia's Catherine the Great orders a count to kill a female usurper, but he falls in love with his intended victim instead and must think fast to avoid a sentence of execution for both of them. Produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan. Based on the story "Tarakanova" by Jacques Companeez. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 93 mins. Item #3994 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Sergei Nolbandov. Cast: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Edward Chapman, Basil Sydney, Michael Wilding, Michael Rennie, Cecil Parker, Ian Fleming. Description: After causing the death of a fellow flyer, a reckless Fleet Arm pilot is busted out of the service and becomes a mercenary pilot on a Mediterranean island. His old patriotism resurfaces when the Nazis take over the island. Produced by Michael Balcon. Co-written by Sergei Nolbandov. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 103 mins. Item #3421 Format: & vbcrlf VHS for $14.99 DVD for $19.99 also on DVD Unit
Director: Vernon Campbell Sewell and Gordon Wellesley. Cast: Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight, Beresford Egan, Katherine Byron, John Longden, Joss Ambler, Valentine Dyall. Description: When a shipping magnate seems to be helping the Nazis, he becomes a social outcast. But is he really a traitor--or is he secretly working for the Allied cause? Taut direction and expert scripting help make this film a real nail-biter. Produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Written by Vernon Campbell Sewell and Gordon Wellesley, from a story by Emeric Pressburger. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 88 mins. Item #3155 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Roger Corman. Cast: Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Richard Sinatra, Wally Campo, Sheila Carol, Roger Corman. Description: For a change of pace during the early phase of his career, Roger Corman directed this gritty but suspenseful war film. During WWII an American ski patrol, led by a tough sergeant and a wet-behind-the-ears lieutenant, is sent behind enemy lines. Written by Charles B. Griffith. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 61 mins. Item #1240 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Maurice Elvey. Cast: Leslie Banks, Mackenzie Ward, Simon Lack, Kay Walsh, Peter Shaw, Kynaston Reeves, Cecil Parker. Description: The Royal Naval College at Dartmouth is the backdrop for a murder mystery as a young student gets involved with a foreign spy. Produced by K.C. Alexander. Co-written by Maurice Elvey. Color/B&W: Color. Running Time: 75 mins. Item #3468 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Walter Forde Cast: Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Griffith Jones, Margaretta Scott, Bessie Love, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Felix Aylmer. Description: Stirring British epic, set in 1837, chronicling the efforts of two feuding brothers to build the first steamship to sail the Atlantic. Written in part by Emeric Pressburger, already displaying the talent that would eventually make him a favorite collaborator of director Michael Powell. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 92 mins. Item #4731 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Leslie Howard. Cast: Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John, Roland Culver, Anne Firth, Miles Malleson, Patricia Medina. Description: This superb, inspiring drama was a wartime morale-booster for British audiences, and it did much the same for American theatregoers too. After a holiday in Germany following Hitler's rise to power, plane designer Reginald J. Mitchell becomes convinced that Britain's survival may depend on his new designs for the "Spitfire" fighter plane. Produced by Leslie Howard who, ironically, died before the release of this film when his plane was shot down by the Germans. Written by Miles Malleson and Anatole de Grunwald. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 90 mins. Item #1527 Format: & vbcrlf VHS for $14.99 DVD for $19.99 also on DVD Unit
Director: Giuseppe Maria Scotese. Cast: Fosco Giachetti, Gianpaolo Rosmino, Lilianne Laine, Alfredo Varelli, Virgilio Tomassini, Nino Pavese, Adriana Benetti. Description: Set in fifth and sixth century Italy, this rare film tells the story of Saint Benedict, as he renounces his life of privelege, preferring to spend his life in the service of God. English dubbed. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 89 mins. Item #3041 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Albert Kelley Cast: John Litel, Alan Baxter, Fifi D'Orsay, Iris Adrian, Luis Alberni. Description: New York gangster hiding out on a tiny island supplies sabotaged torpedoes to the Nazis, but when an ex-NYC cop is shipwrecked on the island, his livelihood is endangered. Unlikely but engaging B film, performed with brio by top-notch character actors John Litel and Alan Baxter. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 65 mins. Item #4727 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Louis J. Gasnier. Cast: Wallace Ford, Toby Wing, Grant Withers, Sheila Lynch, Thomas McKeon, Don Lanning. Description: Two leathernecks fight over girls and try to stop Nazis from stealing the design for a new bombsight. Produced by George A. Hirliman. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 65 mins. Item #1697 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Alexander Korda. Cast: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Binnie Barnes, Wendy Barrie, Merle Oberon, Elsa Lanchester, John Loder. Description: This international smash proved, for the first time, that English filmmakers were capable of producing lavish historical spectaculars just as well as Hollywood. The life and wives of the infamous King Henry VIII are presented here in an almost comedic light. Top-flight production values are complemented by expert performances, including a star-making turn by Binnie Barnes. Produced by Alexander Korda and Ludovico Toeplitz. Written by Arthur Wimperis. Art Direction by Vincent Korda. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 97 mins. Item #2788 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Michael Powell. Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sebastian Shaw, Valerie Hobson, Marius Goring, June Duprez, Athole Stewart, Hay Petrie. Description: The first collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, this suspenseful war drama still packs quite a punch. German U-boat officer assigned to obtain confidential British information ends up falling for German double-agent. Produced by Irving Asher. Production designed by Vincent Korda. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 82 mins. Item #3267 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Alex Nicol. Cast: Frank Latimore, Alex Nicol, Barry Cahill, Fredrick R. Clark, Sidney Clute, Frank Gregory. Description: Six GIs separated from their unit in Nazi-occupied Italy pick up a treacherous Nazi spy, who sabotages their every move. Written by Frank Gregory. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 74 mins. Item #3682 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet. Cast: Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi, George N. Neise, Charley Rogers, Pierce Lyden, Snub Pollard. Description: PRC, the runt of Hollywood's litter, joined the war effort with this briskly paced programmer. Commandos parachute into Norway to rescue an Allied general, reuniting one of the men with his Norwegian sweetheart, who has since turned traitor. Produced by Dixon R. Harwin. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 80 mins. Item #4329 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Lewis Milestone. Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Akim Tamiroff, Denholm Elliott, David Peel, Eric Pohlmann, Gerard Oury. Description: Six British and four Greek commandos from the Special Boat Squad are sent on a suicide mission to destroy German air fields on Aegean land. Produced by Aubrey Baring and Maxwell Setton. Color/B&W: Color. Running Time: 100 mins. Item #3507 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: David MacDonald. Cast: Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings, Roland Culver, Roddy McDowall, Walter Fitzgerald. Description: This stirring propaganda piece, outlining the various threats against English freedom made through the ages, traces the history of Claverly Village from the feudal times to WWII. Produced by John Corfield. Written by Emlyn Williams. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 84 mins. Item #1600 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Dorrell and Stuart McGowan. Cast: Florence Marly, Lee Frederick, Katsuhiko Haida, Reiko Otani, Tatsuo Saito, Suisei Matsui, Major Richard W.N. Childs, Lt. Richard Finiels, Cpl. Stuart Zimmerley, Pvt. James Lyons. Description: Exploitative and hokey but fun emlodrama set In Japan after World War II. An intelligence operator breaks up a Communist sabotage plot, which consists of disabling American soldiers by plying them with booze and girls. Produced by George Breakston and Dorrell McGowan. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 84 mins. Item #3947 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Ken Hughes. Cast: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Lionel Jeffries, John Fraser, Sonia Dresdel. Description: The flamboyant playwright brings about his own downfall when he sues the Marquis of Queensbury for slander, and ends up going to jail for sodomy. Entertaining depiction of Wilde's court case, with much of the story being taken from actual court records. Produced by Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccolli and Harold Huth. Written by Ken Hughes. Color/B&W: Color. Running Time: 120 mins. Item #3683 Format: & vbcrlf VHS for $14.99 DVD for $19.99 also on DVD Unit
Director: Garson Kanin and Carol Reed. Cast: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Peter Ustinov, Narrated by Robert Harris. Description: This documentary story describes the teamwork between British and American troops in WWII, from D-Day to the fall of Berlin. It utilized the efforts of 1400 military cameramen. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 85 mins. Item #1950 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
Director: Robert Stevenson. Cast: Nova Pilbeam, John Mills, Desmond Tester, Felix Aylmer, Gwen Ffrancgon-Davies, Cedric Hardwicke, Martita Hunt, Frank Cellier, Miles Malleson. Description: A handsomely mounted star vehicle for young Nova Pilbeam, the winsome British superstar of the 1930s. A highly accurate account of the short life of Henry VIII's successor, Lady Jane Grey, from her forced marriage up to her short reign (9 days) which ended with her beheading. Produced by Michael Balcon. Written by Miles Malleson and Robert Stevenson. Color/B&W: B&W. Running Time: 78 mins. Item #3174 $14.99Format: VHS Unit
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