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Stage Fright (1950)
Alfred Hitchcock puts Jane Wyman in harm's way, as she tries to rescue her unworthy boyfriend Richard Todd from a murder charge.…
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The Naked Jungle
This creepy-crawly epic enjoyed a strong reputation on my grade-school playground. Does George Pal's man-versus-the-elements saga hold up 68 years later? The…
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A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
It's the 'other' version of Dickens' terrific novel, an English film that few Americans have seen. This Australian DVD is in the…
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Last Train from Gun Hill
One of the best yet least seen of John Sturges' westerns couples a fine screenplay with strong star perfs and superb direction:…
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All My Sons
Burt Lancaster and Edward G. Robinson are excellent in this adaptation of Arthur Miller's award-winning Broadway play, about a family torn apart…
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The Great Moment
Every once in a while a movie studio would ruin what might have been a masterpiece -- and Preston Sturges' last-released Paramount…
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A Hard Day’s Night 4K
The Fab Four's first and biggest movie hit comes to 4K Ultra HD! The Beatles brought something new and exciting to 1964…
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The Blockhouse
For this perplexing British production Peter Sellers fronts a solid cast (Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson and Peter Vaughn) in a…
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Straight Time
Small thief and parolee Max Dembo is pinned in a parole system that all but guarantees he'll go back to robbing banks…
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Breaking In
Favorite director Bill Forsyth lends his knack for droll understatement to a screenplay by John Sayles, a crime tale that opts for…
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Dancing with Crime + The Green Cockatoo
Lovers of vintage English crime thrillers will have a lot to chew over with this pair of escapist gangster pix, one pre-war…
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The Mighty Peking Man
A monster ape-man smashes Hong Kong accompanied by his adopted daughter, a sexy blonde in a daringly abbreviated bikini. The lavishly produced…
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Red Angel
Yasuzo Masumura's searing outrage didn't abate in the 1960s; this unflinching view of the WW2 Japanese counterpart of a 'M.A.S.H.' unit cuts…
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A Reflection of Fear
'Teach your children well' they say, but Sondra Locke's young girl in this show is the victim of parenting so bad it…
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Day the World Ended
Another key '50s sci-fi makes it to Blu-ray in an admirable encoding. Roger Corman's end-of-the-world survivalist struggle against radioactive mist and three-eyed…
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A Walk in the Sun
Lewis Milestone directed this poetic, optimistic ode to the American infantryman, a 'lone patrol' saga that emphasizes its soldiers' hopes and fears.…
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Maverick director Robert Aldrich's one foray into grand-scale epic filmmaking is returned to crystal clarity in this fine import disc, a restoration…
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The 7th Dawn
It's a Cold War thriller in the steamy tropics! The Reds are making their move in Malaya and four vibrant people are…
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The Great Escape 4K
I must have at least 7 home video releases of John Sturges' classic starting from VHS, but they've come up with a…
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Ladies They Talk About
You can't beat pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck, who glows as a knockout thieves' accomplice, tough prison convict and deceitful lover of an incorruptible…
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The Learning Tree
The triple-threat talent Gordon Parks gets carte blanche to film his own autobiographical novel back in his old home town -- and…
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The Ultimate Invaders from Mars
Sorry, this is not for a new disc. From 23 years ago, this was the first article that convinced me that there…
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The Red Shoes 4K
The only sales pitch needed is "The Red Shoes has been encoded in 4K." Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's 1947 masterpiece conquered…
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The Abbott and Costello Show Season 1
ClassicFlix comes forward with an entire 26 original episodes of the comic duo's 1952 TV show, all fully remastered by the 3-D…
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The Wolf of Wall Street 4K
The Mean Street for this Martin Scorsese picture is Wall Street. His show pushes the hard- R rating to depict the wild…
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The Long Goodbye
Is this show a hatchet job on Raymond Chandler's confidential agent, or do Robert Altman and Leigh Brackett honestly find a place…