Seton I. Miller
Series
Language
English
Description
"It's a Brazzle Dazzle day when an orphan named Pete and his best friend Elliott (an invisible dragon), wander into the seaside village of Passamaquoddy. Although Pete befriends the lighthouse keeper and her salty old father, the townspeople think he is behind the 'accidents' that keep happening. But after a daring rescue, everyone believes in Pete's fire-breathing buddy"--Container.
4) The Sea Hawk
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe commandeers a 40-gun galleon, endures captivity, and boldly escapes to warn England of Spain's armada.
5) Scarface
Series
Criterion collection volume 1239
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister...
6) Scarface
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most influential movies of all time, the original Scarface is an exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era [about] Tony Camonte, an ambitious criminal with a ruthless drive to be the city's top crime boss. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 819
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
Series
Studio classic volume 38
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Pirate Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica on one condition - he must stop his fellow pirates from doing their criminal actions.
10) Ministry of fear
Series
Criterion collection volume 649
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The swashbuckling romantic lover Don Juan is sent back to Spain in disgrace, where he discovers the oppression of the people and wins the heart of the queen; set in seventeenth-century England, a surgeon becomes a pirate after he is arrested and condemned to slavery for caring for a rebel against the king; Lord Robin of Locksley protects the Saxon peasants from the Norman lords and wins the heart of Maid Marian; in the days when England controlled...
12) Ministry of fear
Series
Criterion collection volume 649
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Joe is a boxer who is headed for a championship fight when he is killed in a plane crash. Unfortunately for Joe, he was not supposed to die in the crash, but was instead brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. It is now up to Mr. Jordan, the angel's boss, to find Joe a new body and give him another chance to fight for the title. Joe meets an idealistic young woman to whom he is immediately smitten, and she gives him a reason to live beyond...
14) Fighter squadron
Series
Publisher
Warner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"U.S. airman Ed Hardin pilots a damaged P-47 Thunderbolt toward a perilous but successful belly flop landing at his fighter-group base in the English countryside. The battered aircraft may never wing into the skies again. Hardin will. 'Notify the taxpayer to get me another one,' he quips. Hardin tempers his flyboy recklessness when the men of the squadron are entrusted to his leadership"--Container.
15) My gal Sal
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Pub. Date
[2012].
Language
English
Description
"The short but colorful life of turn-of-the-last-century tunesmith Paul Dresser is given a lavish treatment as Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature give star wattage to this delightful and snappy musical"--Container.
18) Calcutta
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
19) Bengal brigade
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set during British India in 1857, Captain Claybourne (Rock Hudson) is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders.
20) Dawn patrol
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tormented over his sending eager young recruits to their deaths, Major Brand is heavily criticized by his ace pilots, Dick Courtney and Douglas Scott. But when the major is promoted and Courtney assumes command, he finds himself in the same situation as his predecessor when he dispatches Scott's inexperienced brother on an ill-fated mission, a sacrifice of war for which he must soon make amends. This film is the "talkie" debut for director Howard...