Robert Newton
3) Gaslight
Series
Language
English
Description
A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.
Series
Criterion collection volume 605
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable life in the period between the two World Wars.
Series
Criterion collection volume 41
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's patriotic historical drama that celebrates the English nation and the greatness of its King. Includes medieval battle sequences with a recreation of the Battle of Agincourt.
6) Oliver Twist
Series
Criterion collection volume 32
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end. Includes original theatrical trailer.
9) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Westlake Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Maureen O'Hara's first film is the brooding story of a nobleman who leads a cutthroat ship-looting band of men. Charles Laughton is a magnificent villain and Hitchcock glories in the moody atmosphere.
10) Odd man out
Series
Criterion collection volume 754
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed₂s psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason (Lolita) as a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows.
11) Jamaica Inn
Publisher
Laserlight
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An Irish orphan girl (Mary) ... lives on the rugged coast of Cornwall with her uncle. After several vessels smash on the deadly rocks, Mary begins to suspect it's more than accidental. By the time she realizes what's going on, she is a target for the marauding smugglers and highwaymen who are ravaging the area.
12) The desert rats
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A courageous band of Australian soldiers stops Rommel's march to the Suez Canal in this stirring blend of action and history.
14) Les misérables
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jean Valjean is a young man accused of stealing. He escapes prison and spends the rest of his life miserable and being chased by one man: a policeman named Valert.
Series
Criterion collection volume 603
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. In which we serve. The story of the H.M.S. Torrin, a British naval ship, from its construction through its destruction in World War II. As the surviving crew cling to life boats and wreckage awaiting rescue, they flashback to their homes and loved ones and in so doing recall just why they are fighting and whom they are fighting for. Disc 2. This happy breed. The story of a London family from 1919 to 1939, and their struggle to maintain a stable...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Former P.O.W. Bill Saunders is living in England and scarred with unstable and violent tendencies. After killing a man in a bar fight, he flees the scene and manages to find cover in the home of Nurse Jane Wharton who agrees to take him in and believes his version of the story being an accident. Now in love, Nurse Wharton tries to secure Saunders a job delivering medical supplies after being released from prison for fighting with a police officer....
Publisher
Michael Todd Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock presents several dramatized short stories. The stories are invariably surprising, often containing elements of horror, comedy, suspense, and the supernatural. All 39 episodes of the first season of the Emmy Award-winning murder-mystery series.
20) Odd man out
Series
Criterion collection volume 754
Language
English
Description
Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed's psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason as Johnny McQueen, a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows.