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The Abbott
and Costello Show
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
In the golden age of classic film and
television, few comedians could match the success and popularity of legendary
comic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The pair was successful in almost every medium, including stage,
radio, film, cartoon, and television. Toward the end of their career, the duo
had already hosted the Colgate Comedy Hour and decided to do a TV series that
would utilize their classic gags while still reaching a newer, younger
audience. The result was The Abbott and Costello Show. Premiering in 1951, The Abbott and
Costello Show was
a huge (though short-lived) success. Although it ran for only two seasons and
52 thirty minute episodes, it still managed to showcased the pairÕs
incredible repertoire of routines which they had originally done in
vaudeville and reintroduced to new generations of film and TV fans. This wonderful TV series allowed for Abbott
& Costello to shine with their signature mix of misunderstandings,
physical comedy, and rapid-fire exchanges. BudÕs character was that of a selfish con man
who would use and abuse his easily manipulated pal, getting Lou into endless
trouble. LouÕs character was the simple-minded yet good-hearted guy who was
picked on by everyone yet somehow endured and often triumphed through
perseverance and a pure heart. The team basically played down-and-out
versions of themselves in the series, even using their real names. The
premise of the show was that Bud and Lou were out of work actors living in a
spartan rooming house where they were perpetually months behind in the rent.
Every episode started out with a basic plot, usually some scheme of BudÕs to
make money, but the episode would drift further and further from the core of
the storyline as it went on and finally disintegrated into chaos. The bulk of
the episodes were a series of random, barely connected sketches, taken from
the duoÕs vast body of previous work. The show would always manage to work in
one of their famous routines, even if it was an awkward fit. Nonetheless it
featured such classic sketches as: WhoÕs on First?, 7 x 13=28, Electricity
is a Watt, Find the Lemon, The Dice Game Mustard is Made for the Hot Dog, Making
Money Loafing, Heard of Cows, The Moving Candle, Floogle Street,
Packing/Unpacking & YouÕre Forty, SheÕs Ten The show had a regular cast of supporting
characters. Hillary Brooke played LouÕs glamorous dream girl Hillary, Gordon Jones was the short tempered and
eternally annoyed Mike the Cop, Joe Kirk played their Italian friend Bacciagalupe, Joe
Besser played
Stinky & Sid Fields played the duoÕs quirky landlord. The
series ran for two seasons each of 26 for a total of 52 half hour episodes This 6 DVD set contains the entire series
of 52 half hour episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show in their original
broadcast order - perfect uncut B&W prints throughout Also worth a look: Abbott & Costello movies! The best 4 films from popular 'Abbott &
Costello Meets É" series can be found in the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section: Abbott & Costello
Meet Frankenstein (1948), Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
(1949), Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
& Abbott &
Costello Meet The Mummy (1955) The Abbott and Costello Show (Season One)
Disc No. 1 The Drug
Store The
Dentist's Office Jail The
Vacation The
Birthday Party Alaska The
Vacuum Cleaner Salesman The Army
Story The Abbott and Costello Show (Season One)
Disc No. 2 Pots and
Pans The
Charity Bazaar The
Western Story The Haunted
House Peace and
Quiet Hungry The Music
Lovers The
Politician The
Wrestling Story The Abbott and Costello Show (Season One)
Disc No. 3 Getting a
Job The Chimp Hillary's
Birthday Television Las Vegas Little
Old Lady The
Actors' Home Police
Rookies Safari The Abbott and Costello Show (Season Two)
Disc No. 1 The Paper
Hangers Uncle
Bozzo's Visit In
Society Life
Insurance Pest
Exterminators Killer's
Wife Cheap
Skates South of
Dixie The Abbott and Costello Show (Season Two)
Disc No. 2 From Bed
to Worse $1000 TV
Prize Amnesia Efficiency
Experts Car
Trouble Wife
Wanted Uncle
from New Jersey Private
Eye The Tax
Return The Abbott and Costello Show (Season Two)
Disc No. 3 Public
Enemies Bank
Holdup Well
Oiled The
Pigeon Honeymoon
House Fencing
Master Beauty Contest
Story Fall Guy Barber
Lou |
Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been
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Adventures in Paradise
3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
Adam Troy (Gardner McKay) was an American Korean
War veteran who stayed in the South Pacific after the war. As captain of
the schooner "Tiki", Troy drifted from adventure to adventure while
carrying passengers and cargo anywhere from Hong Kong to Pitcairn Island. His
original partner was Chinese-American Oliver Lee (Weaver Levy) and he was
assisted by first mates Clay Baker (James Holden) and later Chris Parker (Guy
Stockwell). The series was inspired by James A. Mitchener' book. Mitchener
also contributed to the script in the first episodes. The series ran for 3
seasons (1959-62) and 91 episodes. A
nicely remastered and digitally restored set of episodes Disc
No. 1 The Siege
Of Troy The
Archer's Ring The
Bamboo Curtain The
Amazon Disc
No. 2 Once
Around The Circuit A Whale
Of A Tale The Big
Surf Treasure
Hunt Disc
No. 3 Mr.
Flotsam A Touch
Of Genius The
Serpent In The Garden The
Reluctant Hero |
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Adventures of The Falcon
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
The
Falcon that was adapted from the successful movie series (see Movie Series
section), in the mid-fifties, for a syndicated 1954 -55 television series,
starred Charles McGraw as a slightly more hardboiled, and less dashing Falcon
than depicted in the movies. He was now a famous undercover agent who
operates around the world on his hazardous missions. Interestingly, the
gravel-voiced McGraw played the Mike Waring character as basically the same
rough-hewn adventurer Michael Arlen had presented to his
readers in 1940. A
nicely remastered and digitally restored set of episodes Note
that this DVD is also part of a 5 DVD set which includes all of the The
Falcon films -
it can be found in the Movie Series section of this website Also
worth a look : The Falcon Radio Shows - check out the Old Time Radio section of
this website. These shows have been digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs
which work in your DVD player. The shows are free - with conditions. Check
out the Old Time Radio section for further details Adventures
of The Falcon TV Series (starring Charles McGraw) Out of
All Evil Decision
in Red Rocky's
Asylum The Big
Heist Backlash Kiss Me
Not A Drug on
the Market The Wheel
of Fortune Green
Means Danger The Big
Break |
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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV Series
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 Over a span of
five years this enduring 1950's series became a family favourite. It was set
in a boy's idyllic adventureland, a fort in the Old West. The cavalry officer
in charge was reliable Lieutenant Rip Masters; hilarious comedy was provided
by Sergeant Biff O'Hara; and the boy was the fabulous, freckle-faced Rusty,
who got to wear a mini-cavalry outfit and have an honorary title: Corporal
Rusty. Note: See the separate
listing below for details about color episodes The
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 1 Meet Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin and the Raging River The Killer Cat Rin Tin Tin and the Raw Recruit Rin Tin Tin and the Gold Bullion Rin Tin Tin and the Bounty Hunters Rin Tin Tin and the Bugle Call The
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 2 Rin Tin
Tin : Hero of the West - a 1985 computer colorized compilation of three
episodes :
Rin Tin
Tin and the White Wolf - Part 1 of a two part episode set in Canada Return of
Rin Tin Tin - Part 2 of a two part episode set in Canada The
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 3 Wolf Cry Rin Tin Tin and the Flaming Forest The Education of Corporal Rusty Rin Tin Tin and The Apache Chief Rin Tin Tin and The Ancient Mariner Rin Tin Tin and The Shifting Sands Rusty Plays Cupid O'Hara Gets Busted Rin Tin Tin and the Iron Horse The
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 4 Boone's Grandpappy The Lost Puppy Presidential Citation Racing Rails The Warrior's Promise Rusty Gets Busted Brave Bow The Foot Soldier Star of India |
Originally mastered here in 2008, this title has now been
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USING NEW TECHNOLOGY!
Fabulous Color Prints! New 8 DVD set now available The Color Adventures of
Rin Tin Tin TV Series
Volume 1 (Discs 1 to 4): 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or
£18 Volume 2 (Discs 5 to 8): 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or
£18 Volume 3 (Discs
1 to 8): 8 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$55 or US$55 or £28 Most recently,
selected episodes of this fabulous B&W series has been remastered to
produce colored renditions with enhanced musical score and improved sound
effects. The results are spectacularly good Its still Rinny,
Rusty, Rip, O'Hara and the boys, but now they are in full color! If ever you
wanted to show 50s TV to the grandkids (great-grandkids?), this is it -
perfect color prints of a series which exemplifies the values of the 50s The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 1 Meet Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin in the Flaming Forest Rin Tin Tin and the Raging River The Killer Cat The Education of Corporal Rusty Rin Tin Tin, Outlaw The Outcast of Fort Apache Rin Tin Tin and the Raw Recruit The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 2 Blood
Brothers Rin Tin
Tin and the Gold Bullion Rin Tin
Tin and the Shifting Sands Rusty
Plays Cupid Rin Tin
Tin and the Medicine Man Rin Tin
Tin and the Babe in the Woods Rin Tin
Tin and the Eagle's Nest Rusty
Resigns from the Army The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 3 The Legacy of Sean O'Hara Rin Tin Tin and the Barber of Seville The Guilty One Rin Tin Tin and the Magic Box Rin Tin Tin and the Dead Man's Gold Rin Tin Tin and the Ghost Town Rin Tin Tin and the Bounty Hunters Farewell to Fort Apache The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 4 Rin Tin Tin and the Lost Scotsman Rin Tin Tin and the Lonesome Road Rin Tin Tin and the Bugle Call Rin Tin Tin Meets Shakespeare Rin Tin Tin and the Wild Stallion Rusty Volunteers Rin Tin Tin and the Poor Little Rich Boy Rin Tin Tin and the White Buffalo The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 5 Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister President Rin Tin Tin and the Iron Horse Higgins Rides Again Boone's Wedding Day Rusty Goes to Town Rin Tin Tin and the Star Witness Rin Tin Tin and the Last Chance Rin Tin Tin and the Christmas Story The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 6 Rin Tin Tin and the Missing Heir Rusty's Romance Rin Tin Tin and the Tin Soldier Rin Tin Tin Meets O'Hara's Mother The Third Rider Rusty Surrenders Rin Tin Tin and the Rainmaker Scotsman's Gold The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 7 Rin Tin Tin and Homer the Great Rinty Finds a Bone Forward Ho! Rin Tin Tin and the Witch of the Woods Rin Tin Tin and the Return of the Chief Yo-o Rinty Rin Tin Tin and the White Wolf Return of Rin Tin Tin The Lost Puppy The
Color Adventures of Rin Tin Tin Disc No. 8 Presidential Citation Higgins' Last Stand The Courtship of Marshal Higgins Rusty's Reward A Look of Eagles The Last Navajo Rusty's Strategy The General's Daughter |
NEWLY REMASTERED
Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, like the
similarly themed William
Tell, The Buccaneers, Sir
Francis Drake &
The Count of Monte Cristo, was a British television series of the 1950s,
produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV
network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a
Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot. The
series debuted in the UK on Saturday September 15 1956, on London weekend ITV
franchise holder ATV, and on the NBC network in the United States nine days
later. It is one of the very few British television series ever to have been
screened on one of the major broadcast networks in the US (as opposed to on
PBS or cable television stations). Its success on NBC led to it becoming the
first British television series ever to be produced in colour, the last
fourteen of the thirty half-hour episodes being shot on colour stock,
although they were only seen in colour in the US. The last episode was shown
on April 13 1957 in the UK and September 16 1957 on NBC. It later transferred
networks in the US to ABC, who repeated the episodes from October 1957 to
September 1958. Bruce
Seton and later Ronald Leigh-Hunt played King Arthur, with Jane Hylton as
Guinevere and Cyril Smith as Merlin. As was common with other British
television series of the time, it employed several American screenwriters who
had moved to Britain after being placed on the Hollywood blacklist, often
under pseudonyms. These included Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner Jr..
The series was produced by Sidney Cole, Dallas Bower and Bernard Knowles and
made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames. The
complete series of 30 episodes - perfect B&W and color prints! Check out The Count of Monte Cristo, The Buccaneers, Sir Francis Drake & William Tell - all available from this website The
Adventures of Sir Lancelot Disc No. 1 The
Knight with the Red Plume The
Ferocious Fathers The
Queen's Knight The
Outcast Winged
Victory Sir
Bliant The
Pirates The Magic
Sword The
Adventures of Sir Lancelot Disc No. 2 Lancelot's
Banishment Roman
Wall Caledon Theft of
Excalibur The Black
Castle Shepherds'
War The Magic
Book The Ruby
of Radnor (color) The
Adventures of Sir Lancelot Disc No. 3 The Lesser
Breed (color) Witches
Brew (color) Sir
Crustabread (color) Maid of
Somerset (color) Knight
Errant Double
Identity (color) Lady
Lilith (color) The
Adventures of Sir Lancelot Disc No. 4 The
Bridge (color) The Ugly
Duckling Knights
Choice (color) The Missing
Princess The
Mortaise Fair (color) The
Thieves (color) The
Prince of Limerick (color) |
The
Adventures of Spin and Marty
See Mickey Mouse Club Serials: Spin and Marty & The
Hardy Boys
in the TV Series I-Z section |
Adventures of Superman
Season
One - 3 DVD
Boxed Set price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
Season
Two - 3 DVD
Boxed Set price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
Seasons
Three & Four - 3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Seasons
Five & Six - 3
DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Announcer:
"The Adventures of Superman" Faster than a speeding bullet! More
powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!
Voices: "Look up in the sky! "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's
Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from
another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those
of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend
steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered
reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for
truth, justice, and the American way."
There were 104 episodes
produced across 6 seasons. Seasons 1 & 2 comprised 26 Black & White
episodes each. Seasons 3, 4, 5 & 6 were filmed in color and as such only
13 episodes were produced for each series. Great
Picture & Sound Also worth a look : The
Superman Radio Shows - check out the Old
Time Radio section of this website.
These shows have been digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs which work in
your DVD player. The shows are free - with conditions. Check out the Old
Time Radio section for further details Season
One - 3 DVD
Boxed Set price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
The Adventures of Superman (Season 1) Disc No. 1
Superman on Earth The
Haunted Lighthouse The Case
of the Talkative Dummy Mystery
of the Broken Statues The
Monkey Mystery Night of Terror The
Birthday Letter The
Mind Machine The Adventures of Superman (Season 1) Disc No. 2
Rescue The
Secret of Superman No
Holds Barred The
Deserted Village The
Stolen Costume Treasure
of the Incas Double
Trouble Mystery
in Wax The
Runaway Robot The Adventures of Superman (Season 1) Disc No. 3
Drums
of Death The
Evil Three The
Riddle of the Chinese Jade The
Human Bomb Czar of
the Underworld Ghost
Wolf Crime
Wave The Unknown
People - Part I* The
Unknown People - Part II* * from the theatrical pilot Superman and the
Mole People (1951) Season
Two - 3 DVD
Boxed Set price : AU$30 or
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The Adventures of Superman (Season 2) Disc No. 1
Five
Minutes to Doom The Big
Squeeze The Man
Who Could Read Jet Ace Shot in
the Dark The
Defeat of Superman Superman
in Exile A Ghost
for Scotland Yard The Adventures of Superman (Season 2) Disc No. 2
The Dog
Who Knew Superman The
Face and the Voice The Man
in the Lead Mask Panic in
the Sky The
Machine That Could Plot Crimes Jungle
Devil My
Friend Superman The
Clown Who Cried The Boy
Who Hated Superman The Adventures of Superman (Season 2) Disc No. 3
Semi-Private
Eye Perry
White's Scoop Beware
the Wrecker The
Golden Vulture Jimmy Olsen,
Boy Editor Lady in
Black Star of
Fate The
Whistling Bird Around
the World with Superman Seasons
Three & Four - 3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
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The Adventures of Superman (Seasons 3 & 4) Disc No. 1
Through
the Time Barrier The
Talking Clue The
Lucky Cat Superman
Week Great
Caesar's Ghost Test of
a Warrior Olsen's
Millions Clark
Kent, Outlaw The Adventures of Superman (Seasons 3 & 4) Disc No. 2
The
Magic Necklace The
Bully of Dry Gulch Flight
to the North The
Seven Souvenirs King
For a Day Joey The
Unlucky Number The Big
Freeze Peril
By Sea The Adventures of Superman (Seasons 3 & 4) Disc No. 3
Topsy
Turvy Jimmy
the Kid The
Girl Who Hired Superman The
Wedding of Superman Dagger
Island Blackmail The
Deadly Rock The
Phantom Ring The
Jolly Roger Seasons
Five & Six - 3
DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
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The Adventures of Superman (Seasons 5 & 6) Disc No. 1
Peril
in Paris Tin
Hero The
Town That Wasn't The
Tomb of Zaharan The Man
Who Made Dreams Come True Disappearing
Lois Money
to Burn Close
Shave The
Phony Alibi The Adventures of Superman (Seasons 5 & 6) Disc No. 2
The Prince Albert Coat The
Stolen Elephant Mr.
Zero Whatever
Goes Up The
Last Knight The
Magic Secret Divide
and Conquer The
Mysterious Cube The
Atomic Captive The Adventures of Superman (Seasons 5 & 6) Disc No. 3
The
Superman Silver Mine The Big
Forget The
Gentle Monster Superman's
Wife Three
in One The
Brainy Burro The
Perils of Superman All That
Glitters |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 "Good
Evening É I'm Alfred Hitchcock and tonight I'm presenting the first in a
series of stories of suspense and mystery called, oddly enough, Alfred
Hitchcock PresentsÉ I
shall not act in these stories but will only make appearances - something in
the nature of an accessory before and after the fact É to give the title to
those of you who cannot read and to tidy up afterwards for those of you who
don't understand the endings É" Thus
heralded the first ever episode of this fabulous and enduring half hour
anthology series. When
it premiered in 1955, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was an instant hit destined
for long-term popularity (7 Seasons and 268 episodes). The series' original
half-hour anthology format provided a perfect showcase for stories of
mystery, suspense, and the macabre that reflected Hitchcock's established
persona. The series began with the familiar theme of Gounod's "Funeral
March of a Marionette" (which would thereafter be inextricably linked
with Hitchcock), and as Hitchcock's trademark profile sketch was overshadowed
by the familiar silhouette of Hitchcock himself, the weekly "play"
opened and closed with the series' most popular feature: As a good-natured host whose inimitable
presence made him a global celebrity, Hitchcock delivered droll, dryly
sardonic introductions and epilogues to each week's episode, flawlessly
written by James Allardyce and frequently taking polite pot-shots at
sponsors, or skirting around broadcast standards (which demanded that no
crime could go unpunished) by humorously explaining how the show's killers
and criminals were always brought to justice... though always with a nod and
a wink to the viewer. This
knowing complicity was Hitchcock's pact with his audience, and the secret to
his (and the series') long-term success. It's also what attracted a stable of
talented writers whose tele plays, both original and adapted, maintained a
high standard of excellence. Hitchcock directed four of the first season's 39
episodes, including the premiere episode "Revenge" (a fan favorite,
with future Psycho costar Vera Miles) and the season highlight
"Breakdown," with long term collaborator Joseph Cotten as a
car-accident victim, paralyzed and motionless, who's nearly left for dead -
it's a good example of visual and narrative economy, executed with a master's
touch (although presented 7th here, it was the original pilot for the
series). Robert
Stevenson directed the majority of the remaining episodes with similar skill,
serving tightly plotted tales (selected by associate producers Joan Harrison
and Norman Lloyd) by such literary greats as Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch,
Cornell Woolrich, Dorothy L. Sayers, and John Collier. Adding
to the series' prestige was a weekly roster of new and seasoned stars, with
first-season appearances by Cloris Leachman, Darren McGavin, Everett
Sloane, Peter Lawford, Charles Bronson, Barry Fitzgerald, John Cassavetes,
Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, and a host of Hollywood's best-known character players. Trev's
personal favorite is Premonition (starring John Forsythe) - excellent! This
listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 39 B&W half hour
episodes from Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order.
All 39 episodes are of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and are
completely uncut. Note that while later
seasons had episode lengths of one hour, this first season is of half hour
episodes only Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (Season 1) Disc No. 1 Revenge -
Ralph Meeker & Vera Miles - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Premonition
- John Forsythe & Cloris Leachman Triggers
in Leash - Gene Barry & Darren McGavin - a western! Don't
Come Back Alive Into Thin
Air - adapted from "The Lady Vanishes" Salvage -
Gene Barry & Nancy Gates Breakdown
- Joseph Cotten - Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock Our
Cook's a Treasure The Long
Shot - Peter Lawford Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (Season 1) Disc No. 2 The Case
of Mr. Pelham - Tom Ewell - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Guilty
Witness Santa
Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid - Barry Fitzgerald The
Cheney Vase - Darren McGavin A Bullet
for Baldwin The Big
Switch You Got
to Have Luck - John Cassavetes The Older
Sister Shopping
for Death The
Derelicts - Robert Newton Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (Season 1) Disc No. 3 And So
Died Riabouchinska - Claude Rains & Charles Bronson Safe
Conduct - Claire Trevor Place of
Shadows Back for
Christmas - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock The
Perfect Murder There Was
an Old Woman - Charles Bronson Whodunit Help
Wanted - Lorne Green Portrait
of Jocelyn The Orderly
World of Mr. Appleby Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Never
Again - Phyllis Thaxter The
Gentleman from America The Baby
Sitter - Thelma Ritter The
Belfry The
Hidden Thing The
Legacy Mink -
Ruth Hussey Decoy -
Robert Horton The Creeper
Momentum
- Joanne Woodward & Skip Homeier |
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Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! (Now a 4 DVD set - upgrades available) Arthur of the Britons
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 Its
the Dark Ages a century after the Roman withdrawal from Britain and the
tribes have entered into a period of feudal warfare. Arthur (Oliver Tobias) is not a great king with an
elaborate court; instead, he is the war chieftain of a tribe of Celts who
wants unification of the tribes into a cohesive fighting unit that can
effectively oppose the Saxon invaders who were arriving in Britain in growing
numbers. Assisted by his adoptive father, Llud the Silver Hand (Jack Watson)
and Saxon friend, Kai (Michael Gothard), Arthur sets about keeping the peace
with opposition from various feuding factions as well as that his duplicitous
cousin, Mark of Cromwell (Brian Blessed). Arthur
of the Britons presents a muddy & realistic version of the King Arthur
legend stripped of the elaborate medieval view of Camelot - it provides the
viewer with a thoughtful & fascinating insight into the Arthurian legend
as it might have been. There's
action all the way (and well staged too) in this excellent outdoors adventure
series A
very strong guest cast includes Rupert Davies, Tom Baker, the lovely
Catherine Schell, Alfie Bass, a superb Clive Revill, Dave Proswe, a young
Sally "Tiswas" James, Gila von Weitersahausen, Bernard Bresslaw,
and the future Sir Michael Gambon! Arthur
of the Britons was produced by Harlech Television (HTV) and it consisted of
two season each of 12 half hour episodes for a total of 24 released between
1972 and 1973. Harlech
Television (HTV) was also responsible for two other excellent TV series: Kidnapped starring David McCallum in 1978 and Smuggler starring (again) Oliver Tobias in
1981 - both of which are available from this website The
complete series of 24 episodes - perfect color prints! Arthur
of the Britons (Season One) Disc No. 1 Arthur is
Dead The Gift
of Life The Challenge The
Penitent Invader People of
the Plough The Duel Arthur
of the Britons (Season One) Disc No. 2 The Pupil Rolf the
Preacher Enemies
and Lovers The
Slaves The Wood
People The Prize Arthur
of the Britons (Season Two) Disc No. 1 The
Swordsman Rowena The
Prisoner Some
Saxon Women Go Warily The
Marriage Feast Arthur
of the Britons (Season Two) Disc No. 2 In Common
Cause Six
Measures of Silver Daughter
of the King The Games The
Treaty The Girl
from Rome |
The Avengers with Mrs Peel
Volume One (Discs 1 to 6): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Volume Two (Discs 7 to 12): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45
or £23 The Avengers was
a British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. It was
an early example of the spy-fi genre, combining secret agent storylines with
science fiction elements. During the course of its 6 season run, The Avengers
was marked by different eras as different co-stars came and went. The only constant
was John Steed, played by Patrick Macnee. After three
seasons with Honor Blackman playing Steed's assistant Cathy Gale, a new female
partner appeared in October 1965: Mrs. Emma Peel. The character,
whose husband went missing while on a South American exploration, combined
with superior fighting skills with intelligence, and fashion sense. Mrs Peel was
played with great aplomb by Dianna Rigg. The classic
Avengers episodes are generally considered to be those featuring Macnee and
Rigg. By contrast to the Cathy Gale episodes, there was a lighter comic touch
evident, both in Steed and Peel's conversations and in the ways they reacted
to other characters and situations. The harder edges of the previous seasons
almost completely disappeared, as Steed and Peel visibly enjoyed topping each
other's witticisms. The exact relationship between the partners was left
ambiguous, although they seemed to have carte blanche to visit each other's
homes whenever they pleased and it was not uncommon to see an episode in
which Steed spent the night at Mrs. Peel's home, or vice-versa. Although
nothing "improper" was ever displayed, the obviously much closer
chemistry between the Steed/Peel characters constantly suggests that
something of the sort is happening in the background Many episodes
were characterized by a futuristic, science fiction bent to the tales, with
mad scientists and their creations leaving havoc in their wake. The duo dealt with giant alien
carnivorous plants (The Man-Eater Of Surrey Green), being shrunk to doll size
(Mission . . . Highly Improbable), pet cats being electrically altered into
'miniature tigers' (The Hidden Tiger), killer automatons (The Cybernauts and
Return Of The Cybernauts), mind-transferring machines (Who's Who???), and
invisible foes (The See-Through Man). The series also poked fun at its
American contemporaries with episodes such as The Girl From AUNTIE and
Mission ... Highly Improbable (spoofing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission:
Impossible, respectively). The show still
carried the basic format: Steed and his associate were charged with solving
the problem in the space of a 50-minute episode, thus preserving the safety
of 1960s Britain on a regular basis. The arrival of
the Mrs Peel character coincided with the show's sale to US television. This
made it one of the first British series to be aired on prime-time American
television, alongside traditional US shows. Mrs Peel appeared
in Seasons 4 & 5 of The Avengers - a total of 26 B&W and 24 color
episodes respectively. Diana Rigg left
in 1967 to pursue other projects (including, like Blackman, a Bond film). No
farewell episode had been shot, but despite now being out of contract, Rigg
agreed to film an episode that explained her departure. At its end, Emma's
husband, Peter Peel, was found alive and rescued, and she left the British secret
service in order to be with him - from Steed's viewpoint looking out the
window to the driveway below, Peter remarkably resembles Steed, only with a
moustache! This episode, the
first of the 1968/69 season (The Forget-Me-Knot) also introduced
Emma's successor, an inexperienced agent named Tara King, played by
Canadian actress Linda Thorson. With this
final appearance from Mrs Peel making a total of 51 episodes (26 B&W and
25 color), The Avengers with Mrs Peel has been assembled into two 6 DVD
Volumes Perfect
B&W and color prints throughout! See also The New Avengers - the 1976/77
revival with Patrick Macnee back as Steed for a further two series totaling
26 episodes. This series is also available from this website. Also worth a
look : The Avengers Radio Shows (an excellent series from South
Africa) - check out the Old Time Radio section of this website. ItÕs a fully
restored and complete series of the 1972 South African radio series of The
Avengers. Excellent radio dramatizations with The Avengers presented in a
cliffhanger serial format. These shows come on MP3 CDs which work in your DVD
player. The shows are
free - with conditions. Check out the Old Time Radio section for
further details Volume One (Discs 1 to 6): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 The
Avengers (Season 4 - B&W) Disc No. 1 The Town of No Return The Gravediggers The Cybernauts Death at Bargain Prices The
Avengers (Season 4 - B&W) Disc No. 2 Castle
De'ath The
Master Minds The
Murder Market A Surfeit
of H2O The
Avengers (Season 4 - B&W) Disc No. 3 The Hour that Never Was Dial a Deadly Number Man-Eater of Surrey Green Two's a Crowd Too Many Christmas Trees The
Avengers (Season 4 - B&W) Disc No. 4 Silent Dust Room Without a View Small Game For Big Hunters Girl From Auntie The
Avengers (Season 4 - B&W) Disc No. 5 The Thirteenth Hole Quick-Quick Slow Death The Danger Makers A Touch of Brimstone The
Avengers (Season 4 - B&W) Disc No. 6 What the Butler Saw The House That Jack Built A Sense of History How to Succeed .... at Murder Honey For the Prince Volume Two (Discs 7 to 12): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 The
Avengers (Season 5 - Color) Disc No. 1 From Venus With Love The Fear Merchants Escape in Time The See-Through Man The
Avengers (Season 5 - Color) Disc No. 2 The Bird
Who Knew Too Much The
Winged Avenger The
Living Dead The
Hidden Tiger The
Avengers (Season 5 - Color) Disc No. 3 The Correct Way to Kill Never, Never Say Die
- costarring Christopher Lee Epic The Superlative Seven - costarring Donald Sutherland The
Avengers (Season 5 - Color) Disc No. 4 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station Something Nasty in the Nursery The Joker Who's Who??? The
Avengers (Season 5 - Color) Disc No. 5 Return of the Cybernauts Death's Door The 50,000 Pound Breakfast Dead Man's Treasure The
Avengers (Season 5 - Color) Disc No. 6 You Have Just Been Murdered The Positive Negative Man Murdersville Mission... Highly Improbable The Forget-Me-Knot (Note: This is the 1st episode from Season
6 in which we say good-bye to Mrs Peel) |
The Baron
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
From the same ITC stable that produced The
Champions, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, Return of The Saint & Strange
Report and
created by Robert Baker and the prolific Monty Berman, 'The Baron', whose
real name was John Mannering, was a Texan rancher (purveyor of the Baron
brand) turned fine arts dealer with exclusive establishments in London,
Washington and Paris who was also a secret undercover agent for British
Intelligence, helping them out whenever a crime took place involving valuable
pieces. The series was initially designed as a replacement for 'The Saint'
and became the first live action ITC series with instant US appeal by being
filmed entirely in colour. For the leading man, Berman turned to 6 foot
3 inch Texan Steve Forrest, the brother of Hollywood movie star Dana Andrews,
who had appeared in a number of minor film roles as well as numerous 'guest
appearances' on US TV series such as 'The Twilight Zone', 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents',
'The Virginian', 'The Fugitive' and 'Burke's Law'. Through these roles
Forrest was building up a steady reputation for himself. Script supervisor
for the series was to be Terry Nation and both John Moxey and Leslie Norman
shared the directors chair for the early episodes helping to establish the
style of the series. The pilot episode 'Dipolmatic Immunity' introduces SBDI
(Special Branch Diplomatic Intelligence) agent Cordelia Winfield played by 26
year-old actress Sue Lloyd. The Cordelia character was designed to inject a
little humour into the script and act as a counterpoint to the Mannering
character who was played very straight and seriously by Steve Forrest. A further star of the show and that was
Mannering's car that, like Simon Templar's Volvo in 'The Saint', would always
be available to him. The British car manufacturer Jensen, realising the
benefits that Volvo had reaped from donating one of their vehicles to a major
television series were only to happy to supply 'The Baron' with one of their
CV8 Mk II sports cars with the powerful 6.2 litre V8 Chrysler engine bearing
the (unregistered) index number BAR 1. It paid off and sales of the CV8
increased greatly until it finally went out of production in 1966 to be
replaced by the more famously known Jensen Interceptor. Nearly every episode of 'The Baron' featured
Mannering involved in the world of antiques, whether trying to unmask a
scheming insurance agent, trying to obtain rare collectibles, helping a
friend who is being blackmailed and forced to sell her valuable collection or
trying to sell a fake Renoir, the adventures took him from London to behind
the Iron Curtain, from New York to Switzerland. A superior action packed
adventure series of true quality, complimented by an enigmatic leading man
and his attractively charming assistant and a production team that comprised
the best in British talent, 'The Baron', at 30 episodes was all too short
lived and is today far too underrated. Note
that the complete series of Department S, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions,
Return of The Saint & Strange Report is also available from this website This 6 DVD set contains the entire series of
thirty 50 minute episodes of The Baron in their original broadcast order - superb
color prints throughout The Baron Disc No. 1 Diplomatic
Immunity Epitaph
For A Hero Something
For A Rainy Day Red
Horse, Red Rider Enemy Of
The State The Baron Disc No. 2 Masquerade
(Part 1 of a 2-Parter) The
Killing (Part 2 of a 2-Parter) The
Persuaders And
Suddenly You're Dead The Legions
Of Ammak The Baron Disc No. 3 Samurai
West The Maze Portrait
Of Louisa There's
Someone Close Behind You Storm
Warning (Part 1 of a 2-Parter) The Baron Disc No. 4 The
Island (Part 2 of a 2-Parter) Time To
Kill A Memory
Of Evil You Can't
Win Them All The High
Terrace The Baron Disc No. 5 The Seven
Eyes Of Night Night Of
The Hunter The Edge
Of Fear Long Ago
And Far Away So Dark
The Night The Baron Disc No. 6 The Long,
Long Day Roundabout The Man
Outside Countdown Farewell
To Yesterday |
Bat Masterson
2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$25 or US$25 or £13
Bat
Masterson was a 30 minute US western TV series which ran for 3 seasons and
108 episodes from 1958. Bat Masterson was played with great aplomb by Gene
Barry, fresh from
success in the lead role in War of the Worlds. The show took a tongue-in-cheek outlook,
with Barry's Masterson dressed in expensive Eastern clothing and preferring
to use his cane rather than a gun to get himself out of trouble, hence the
nickname "Bat." Masterson was also portrayed as a ladies' man who
traveled the West looking for women and adventure. The black derby, fancy
vest, black jacket, and elegant cane were his trademarks. He was a
professional gambler, a scout, an Indian fighter and a lawman, although he
used his cane and his 'wits' before resorting to his gun. The
series is based upon the legend created by the real William Bartley
"Bat" Masterson This
2 DVD set comprises the first 12 episodes (in order) from Season 1 and then
the last 8 episodes (in order) from Season3 - each is uncut and of excellent
quality Bat
Masterson Disc No. 1 Double
Showdown - the first ever episode! Two
Graves for Swan Valley Dynamite
Blows Two Ways Stampede
at Tent City The
Fighter Bear Bait A Noose
Fits Anybody Dude's
Folly The
Treasure of Worry Hill Cheyenne
Club Bat
Masterson Disc No. 2 Sherman's
March Through Dodge City Trail
Pirate Meeting
at Mimbres Dagger
Dance The
Fourth Man Dead
Man's Claim The
Marble Slab Farmer
with a Badge The Fatal
Garment Jeopardy
at Jackson Hole - the last ever episode! |
Bearcats! -
TV Movie & TV Series
4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
ItÕs 1914 and Hank Brackett (Rod Taylor) is a former Army captain and a
veteran of the Spanish-American War campaign in the Philippines. Having left
the Army and settled in the Southwest, he rescues the young Johnny Reach (Dennis Cole) from unjustly being lynched as a
cattle rustler. Together they cleaned up a couple of border towns in
self-defense, and eventually people started coming to them for help. Hank and Johnny had to get a bit mercenary
about the jobs they would take and set their fee as a signed blank
check. They
would fill in the amount only after successfully completing their job: the
amount being determined by the degree of difficulty encountered. Their
rationale was simple: If you could put a dollar amount on your trouble, then
you didn't need their help badly enough. Typically they worked for railroads,
landowners or the government. As private citizens they were able to cross the
Mexican border where normal lawmen or the military could not go. Brackett was responsible for the clever plans
the pair had to come up with to defeat their well-organized foes. As the
younger of the pair, Reach would often do the more athletic stunts. The main source of conflict in their relationship
was a good-natured competition for some of the inevitably beautiful (and
available) women they would meet in their adventures. There are some great
scenes involving these two - expertly written and played - for example check
out their concluding conversation at the end of Tiger, Tiger - we get to hear
the always rugged charismatic Rod Taylor (as Hackett) giving his (1914) opinions on
universal suffrage, women's smoking and driving! Would you like to hear this actual
exchange now? Just click on the link below and you'll hear Hank and Johnny
discussing the place of women in society whilst driving along in their Stutz
Bearcat - you'll also get to hear the fabulous music score, as well: The centrepiece of the action is their
unlikely form of transport: a Stutz Bearcat! So there you have a great TV series shot on a
big budget which was part The Professionals, part The Wild Bunch and part
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Well written and loaded with action Bearcats! commenced life with a highly
successful pilot called PowderKeg (1971) - a 94 minute story with the boys pitted
against Chucho Morales (Fernando Lamas) a Mexican bandit who takes over a train and
holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released from death
row in a US penitentiary. It was a big success and after being released as a
movie to theatres in Europe, the series Bearcats! premiered in September 1971. John Vernon played the adversary in the first episode
with Henry Silva, Kevin McCarthy, Leslie Nielsen, Morgan Woodward &
William "Falconetti" Smith taking over "baddie" duties in
later episodes. On the side of the goodies: Henry "Manolito"
Darrow played
Mexican Army pilot Raoul Estaban in two episodes ("Ground Loop at
Spanish Wells" & "The Return of Estaban") - both episodes
featuring some spectacular aerial photography of his fabulous pre WWI
biplane. Interestingly Superman: The Movie (1978) directed Richard Donner helmed two episodes of this
series Perhaps best remembered of the TV movie
and subsequent series was the thumping musical score from John Andrew
Tartaglia - fabulous! Unfortunately this expensive series didn't
rate and it was cancelled after only 13 episodes - such a shame (Monday
nights at 7:30 here in Australia were never the same again!) This 4 DVD set contains the 94 minute TV
movie pilot Powderkeg (1971) as well as all 13 fifty-two minute uncut
episodes of the TV series; Bearcats! Quality Note: Whilst Powerkeg (1971) is an excellent print, the
episodes which comprise the series are less so - although taken directly from
16 mm film stock the color has degraded somewhat - but the enjoyment of this
series is never compromised Note that Powderkeg (1971) is available separately from
within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website. Rod's other TV series was 1960's Hong Kong - a DVD set of episodes from this
excellent action series can be found below Fans of aussie actor Rod
Taylor are well catered for on this website
with the following titles available: The Time Machine (1960), Seven
Seas to Calais (1962), The Birds (1963), Fate Is the Hunter (1964), 36 Hours
(1965), Young Cassidy (1965), The Liquidator (1965), Chuka (1967), Dark of
the Sun aka The Mercenaries (1968), The High Commissioner aka Nobody Runs
Forever (1968), The Hell With Heroes (1968), Powderkeg (1971), Trader Horn
(1973) & Cry of the Innocent (1980)
- all of which are available from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website. Disc No. 1 (TV Movie Disc) Powderkeg (1971) Disc No. 2 (Bearcats! TV series) The Devil Wears Armor Ground Loop at Spanish Wells Dos Gringos The Feathered Serpent Disc No. 3 (Bearcats! TV series) The Hostage Conqueror's Gold Blood Knot Assault on San Saba Disc No. 4 (Bearcats! TV series) Bitter Flats Tiger, Tiger The Big Guns The Return of Estaban Man in a Cage |
Originally mastered here in 2008, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY
RESTORED! Bold Venture
1 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$20 or
US$20 or £10
This 1959 TV series arose out of the successful
radio series of the same name which starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren
Bacall. Dane Clark
plays Slate Shannon, the owner and proprietor of a dubious Havana hotel, and Joan
Marshall is Sailor Duval, his sultry,
wisecracking sidekick. Bernie Gozier plays the calypso-singing aide-de-camp King Moses. Shannon's hotel
attracts all manner of types and he is thrown into exotic adventures both on
shore in steamy Havana and aboard his beloved yacht: Bold Venture. In total 39 episodes of this exciting series were
produced (and by the same team who made Sea Hunt - also available from this
website). But not many episodes have survived. This DVD set consists of a restored set of 7
episodes which have been properly titled thanks to an exhaustive search
"through what records remain". Quality Note : Despite the restoration, the print quality of
these episodes is in the 7.5 to 8.5 range (out of 10) Also worth a look : The Bold Venture Radio
Shows starring Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall - check out the Old Time Radio section of this website. These shows
have been digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs which work in your DVD
player. The shows are free - with conditions. Check out the Old Time Radio section for further details Bold
Venture Disc The Last
Hungry Man (aka The Search) Some Came
Sleeping (co-starring DeForest "Bones" Kelley) The Kick
in the Can (aka Feathered Capes) Look
Back, Inge Anger The Red
and the Black Matador Build My
Gallows Ankle High |
Border Patrol - see U.S. Border Patrol in the TV Series I - Z Section
|
Boris
Karloff's Thriller
Season One -
8 DVD Special Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$50 or £26
Season Two - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Thriller (aka Boris Karloff's Thriller) was an anthology television
series that aired from 1960-1962 on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff
introducing a mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers. Karloff
would open each episode with a brief onscreen appearance, setting the scene for
the story to follow and introducing the viewers to the cast. Created by Hubbell Robinson, it drew on the works of many
talented and well known writers for the series: Richard Matheson, Cornell Woolrich and mostly notably, Robert
ÒPsychoÓ Bloch
who adapted a number of his own stories including the exceptional: The Weird
Tailor. Whilst the horror episodes were often more highly regarded than the
crime-themed ones, an adaptation of Jack Vance's clever "Man in a
Cage," provided ample proof that this exceptional series was indeed a
Thriller rather than just a series of horror stories introduced by the Boris
ÒFrankensteinÓ Karloff. In fact Karloff acted in several of the
episodes himself, whilst other emerging actors (and indeed) future stars
featured in a smorgasbord of thrilling stories: William Shatner, Jack
Carson, Robert Vaughan, Richard Chamberlain, Phil Carey, Elizabeth
Montgomery, Leslie Nielsen, John Carradine, Richard Carlson, Warren Oates,
Mary Tyler Moore, Brandon De Wilde, Lloyd Bochner,
É Incisive direction came from some of
HollywoodÕs finest chill-thrillers, including Ida ÒThe Hitch-HikerÓ Lupino and John ÒThe LodgerÓ Brahm. Some programs consisted on two or
three separate stories (though with a common thread) - so, the Ida Lupino
helmed Trio for Terror provided three doses of scary stuff in the one episode! The series ran for two seasons comprising
(in total) 67 B&W episodes, each of an uncut length of 50 minutes (sans
commercials). Season One episodes – there are 37
of them – are presented here in an 8 DVD boxed set. Season Two – consisting of 30
episodes – are presented in a 6 DVD set. Picture quality is uniformly superb Season
One - 8 DVD Special Boxed Set price : AU$50 or US$50 or £26 Boris Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc
No. 1 The Twisted
Image Child's
Play Worse
Than Murder The Mark
of the Hand Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 2 Rose's
Last Summer The
Guilty Men The
Purple Room The
Watcher Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 3 Girl With
a Secret The
Prediction The Fatal
Impulse The Big
Blackout Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Knock
Three-One-Two Man in
the Middle The
Cheaters The
Hungry Glass The
Poisoner Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 5 Man in
the Cage Choose a
Victim Hay-Fork
and Bill-Hook The
Merriweather File The
Fingers of Fear Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 6 Well of
Doom The
Ordeal of Dr. Cordell Trio for
Terror (3 stories) Papa
Benjamin Late Date Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 7 Yours
Truly, Jack the Ripper The
Devil's Ticket Parasite
Mansion A Good
Imagination Mr.
George Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 8 The
Terror in Teakwood Prisoner
in the Mirror Dark
Legacy Pigeons
From Hell The Grim
Reaper Season
Two - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 1 What
Beckoning Ghost? Guillotine The
Premature Burial The Weird
Tailor God
Grante That She Lye Stille Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 2 Masquerade The Last
of the Sommervilles Letter to
a Lover A Third
For Pinochle The
Closed Cabinet Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 3 Dialogues
With Death (2 stories) The
Return of Andrew Bentley The
Remarkable Mrs. Hawk Portrait
Without a Face An
Attractive Family Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 4 Waxworks La Strega The Storm A Wig For
Miss Devore The
Hollow Watcher Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 5 Cousin
Tundifer The
Incredible Doktor Markesan Flowers
of Evil 'Til
Death Do Us Part The Bride
Who Died Twice Boris
Karoff's Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 6 Kill My
Love Man of
Mystery The
Innocent Bystanders The
Lethal Ladies (2 stories) The
Specialists |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Boston Blackie
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
After
14 successful Boston Blackie films in the 40's (starring Chester Morris) -
see Movie Series section, the character was a natural to progress to the
small screen. During the early 50's the Boston Blackie series(1951-1953) was
very popular with many TV fans who enjoyed the way actor Kent Taylor played
his roll as the tough, suave and sometimes humorous investigator who traveled
around the Los Angeles area solving crimes with the help of his girlfriend Mary
Wesley(Lois Collier)and their dog Whitey (of course). They were also assisted
by their friend, Police Inspector Faraday(Frank Orth). There were three
things that really stood out about the series. First, the crisp camera work
performed through most of the series by cameraman Curt Fetters. Second, was
the tight editing by veteran film editor Ace Herman. And third, the wonderful
action sequences put together by two stuntman, who were fairly new to the
business at that time, and who went on to have very successful careers in
television and motion pictures : Bill Catching and Troy Melton. A
nicely remastered and digitally restored set of episodes This
DVD is also part of a 5 DVD set which includes all of the Boston Blackie
films -
it can be found in the Movie Series section of this website This
DVD is also part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD
set - see below (under "F" for 50's) Also worth a look : The Boston Blackie Radio
Shows - check out the Old Time
Radio section of this website. These
shows have been digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs which work in your
DVD player. The shows are free - with conditions. Check out the Old
Time Radio section for further details Boston
Blackie TV Series (starring Kent Taylor) The Heist
Job The
Gunman Revenge Queen of
Thieves So Was
Goliath The
Devil's Daughters False
Face Deep Six Minuet
for Murders Scar Hand |
NEWLY REMASTERED
Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! The Buccaneers
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
TV's first pirate series, featured
swashbuckling adventure on land and high seas. Set in the West Indies in the
1720's, The Buccaneers told the rousing tale of reformed pirate Dan Tempest
(Robert Shaw - the legendary movie actor), who had been the leader of a band
of freebooters in the British Caribbean province of New Providence, as he
battled against buccaneers and Spanish attack after being persuaded by Lt.
Beamish (Peter Hammond), the new deputy governor, to switch sides and fight
on behalf of the Crown. Armando, Taffy and Gaff were all loyal members of
Tempest's swashbuckling crew. Deacon, a stowaway-turned cabin-boy and Captain
Morgan, Tempest's pet monkey also featured. Take note that Dan Tempest is not introduced
to the series until Episode No. 3 - sources report that Robert Shaw was
unavailable for the first few episodes, but nevertheless shooting went ahead
without him. In the majority of episodes, he is listed as "With"
rather than "Starring" in the title sequence, for reasons that are
open to speculation. Produced
in 1957 by Lord Lee Grade's ITC, the series guested lots of emerging English
talent including Richard Johnson, Sid James & Conrad Phillips - the
latter being star of Grade's
"sister" series: William Tell (ITC also produced the similarly
themed The Count of Monte Cristo, The
Adventures of Sir Lancelot & Sir
Francis Drake) - all available from this
website This 4 DVD set contains the entire series of
39 episodes in their original broadcast order - superb prints throughout Check out The Count of Monte Cristo, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Sir Francis Drake & William Tell - all available from this website The Buccaneers Disc No. 1 Blackbeard - does not
feature Dan Tempest (Robert Shaw) The Raider - does not
feature Dan Tempest (Robert Shaw) Captain Dan Tempest - introduces
Dan Tempest (Robert Shaw) for the first time Dan Tempest's War with Spain The Wasp Whale Gold The Slave Ship Gunpowder Plot The Ladies The Buccaneers Disc No. 2 The Surgeon of Sangre Rojo Before the Mast Dan Tempest and the Amazons Articles of War The Hand of the Hawk Marooned Gentleman Jack and the Lady Mr. Beamish and the Hangman's Noose Dead Man's Rock Blood Will Tell The Buccaneers Disc No. 3 Dangerous Cargo The Return of Calico Jack Ghost Ship Conquistador Mother Doughty's Crew Conquest of New Providence Hurricane Cutlass Wedding The Aztec Treasure Prize of Andalusia The Buccaneers Disc No. 4 Dan Tempest Holds an Auction The Spy Aboard Flip and Jenny Indian Fighters Mistress Higgins' Treasure To the Rescue The Decoy Instrument of War Pirate Honour Printer's Devil |
Captain America TV Movies
2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$25
or US$25 or £13
Apart from a few animated TV
series, live-action characterisations of Captain America have been confined
to two 1979 TV movies Captain America (1979) Starring Reb Brown, Len Birman,
Heather Menzies & Steve Forrest Directed By Rod Holcomb 90 minutes The ex-marine son of the
original World War II hero (see the serial) has his life is saved by a super
steroid endowing him with extra strength, vision, hearing and agility.
Determined to carry on the duties of his late father, he dons the famed red,
white & blue costume and climbs aboard a high tech motorcycle to thwart a
power mad industrialist who threatens to destroy Phoenix with a neutron bomb Captain America II (1979) Starring Reb Brown, Len Birman,
Connie Sellecca & Christopher Lee Directed By Ivan Nagy 90 minutes Christopher Lee stars as a
merciless world revolutionary who threatens to unleash a drug that
accelerates the aging process unless his impossible demands are met. Faced
with the greatest challenge of his career, Captain America races against time
to penetrate the evil terrorist's fortress of death. Disc
No. 1 Captain America (1979) Disc No. 2 Captain America II (1979) |
NEWLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY ENHANCED - JULY 2011
Yes, I've returned to those 16mm masters
(plus a few others of lesser quality) and completely remastered all 37
surviving episodes using digital enhancement technology The result is most encouraging: just about
all episodes are now quite presentable with the core group (those from 16mm
masters) of exceptional quality As before, this is very restricted release
É. Bootleggers eventually got hold of the previous unrestored
set despite my efforts in protecting the considerable
investment in "unearthing" those (previously considered) lost
episodes. Which is one of the reasons why I have now spent further
time digitally restoring & remastering the set all over
again Stay ahead of those bootleggers! - be gone you opportunists!
Contact Trev for more details (genuine
fans only!) "Justice! Through Strength &
Courage" Captain
Midnight (Jet Jackson) TV Series
4 DVD (Discs No. 1 to 4) Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
The Captain Midnight (aka Jet Jackson) TV Series
ran on Saturday mornings in 1954 and proved so popular that it was moved to
evenings in prime time after only 17 episodes. In all, 39 episodes were
produced of this, my all-time
favourite TV show. The series then became Jet Jackson in
syndication and again proved to be a winner. It was the story of a crimefighter, a World War II veteran
(aka Jim Albright, played by Richard Webb) who, along with his sidekick Ikky
(Sid Melton), fought evil-doers all around the world. It was the perfect
series for the time as the "cold war" conflict between capitalist,
communist and socialist countries provided lots of fodder for the scripts.
Also, the "advanced" scientific knowledge that they got from
scientist Aristotle "Tut" Jones (Olan Soule) also fitted well into
the time period which encompassed the beginnings of nuclear, electronic,
computer and rocketry research and development. Captain Midnight had his own
private jet (The Silver Dart) which he often landed on "a flat stretch
of beach". And he had the BEST fist fights - to this day I have not seen
better, nor more spectacular rumbles. As Captain Midnight, the series was
sponsored by Ovaltine (and in alternate weeks by Kix) and the advertisements
by the Captain were a true encapsulation of the time - "Show the boys and
girls how to mix a 'Tut' special". And the premiums - decoder badges
(find out about next weeks show), Secret Squadron emblems (on Ovaltine jars)
and the ultimate : membership to the Secret Squadron ("Justice through
Strength & Courage"). A total of 37 (out of 39) episodes have been
mastered into broadcast order across 4 DVDs - this allows for the viewer (at
the end of the episode) to hear a little about the next episode and perhaps
also decode information relevant to its content. Two episodes remain as "Missing": No. 11 Sabotage Under the Sea & No. 28 The
Runaway Suitcase Below is the list of episodes together with my
opinion of their respective quality: (BTW: Did you know that Richard Webb made another TV Series after Captain Midnight
concluded? It was called U.S. Border Patrol - a nice set of episodes from this series is
available from this website) Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson Disc No. 1 Murder by Radiation Electronic Killer Deadly Diamonds The Lost Moon Death Below Zero Operation Failure Trapped Behind Bars Counterfeit Millions The Walking Ghost Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson Disc No. 2 Secret of the Jungle Isle of Mystery The Curse of the Pharaohs The Deserters The Electrified Man The Young Criminal The Deadly Project Touchdown Terror Top Secret Weapon Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson Disc No. 3 The Human Bomb The Mark of Death Arctic Avalanche Mystery of the Forest The Invisible Terror Saboteurs of the Sky Peril from the Arctic The Secret Room Mission to Mexico The Frozen Man Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson Disc No. 4 Doctors of Doom Sunken Sapphires Master Criminal Secret of Superstition Mountain The Mountain of Fire The Jungle Pit Flight into the Unknown Million Dollar Diamond The Human Bullet |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
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Casey Jones
2 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13
Calling all steam train enthusiasts! - "Casey
Jones, steamin and a-rollin .É" - who could forget this famous song that
topped and tailed the legendary 1950's TV series. This family adventure
series was set in Illinois,
Tennessee, and told the story of a 1890's railroad engineer John Luther 'Casey' Jones
played by that genial big man Alan Hale Jr (before he was to achieve further
notoriety as the Skipper on Gilligan's Island) who drove the Cannonball
Express for the Midwest & Central Railroad Company. Each week he plunged
into another adventure, helped by his son, Casey Jr, wife Alice, their dog, Cinders and the dedicated
crew of the Cannonball Express : Fireman Wallie Sims (Dub Taylor) and Conductor Red Rock Smith (Eddy
Waller). This is
the series where we leaned about Morse Code and schedules and being on time -
all that we wanted for Xmas was a train set. Casey had a ready smile which
belied a toughness (in one memorable episode, he beats up on The Good, The
Bad and The Ugly tough guy Lee Van Cleef!) - he was indeed a model citizen. Good
Picture & Sound Casey
Jones Disc No. 1 Night
Mail The
President's Special Prison
Train Spur Line
to Danger The Old
Timer The Run
to Deadwood Death
Rides the Tender One Way
Ticket The Lost
Train Casey
Jones Disc No. 2 The
Gunslinger A Badge
for Casey The
Marauders The
Trackwalker The Silk
Train Lethal
Journey Honeymoon
Express The Fire
Eater Mrs Casey
Jones |
Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been
RECENTLY TRANSCODED (PAL to NTSC) & REMASTERED
(its now an 8 DVD set) The Champions
8 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$55 or US$55 or £28
"Craig Stirling, Richard Barrett
& Sharron Macready are The Champions. Endowed with the qualities and
skills of superhumans - qualities and skills, both physical and mental, to
the peak of human performance. Gifts given to them by an unknown race of
people, when their plane crashed near a lost civilisation in Tibet. Now, with
their secret known only to them, they are able to use their fantastic powers
to their best advantage...as The Champions of Law, Order and Justice.
Operators of the International Agency, Nemesis!" From the same company that made The Baron,
Department S, Man in a Suitcase, Return of The Saint & Strange Report comes The Champions, the story of
three agents of the international crime-fighting agency Nemesis. The first episode 'The Beginning' sets the
story: Richard (William Gaunt) and Craig (Stuart Damon) are 'hard-bitten
Nemesis agents', Sharron (Alexandra Bastedo) has joined them for her first
mission, to retrieve evidence of new germ-warfare tests 'behind the bamboo
curtain'. Hit by gunfire as they escape, their plane crashes in the mountains
of Tibet. There, they are rescued by a hidden Tibetian civilisation which
mends their bodies and raises them to the peak of human physical and mental
performance. Vowing to keep this a secret, the three agents set about using
their powers in their role as Nemesis agents. Nice humour was generated in their
"keeping the secret of their powers". The Boss of Nemesis,
Tremayne, is amazed by the success of this trio and wonders at how they were
able to achieve such a result - the trio do their level best to explain away
things (although with a wry smile). The series was the brainchild of Dennis
Spooner and Monty Berman, both veterans of the cult action/adventure genre,
but this would be the first time they had created a series together. Spooner
had previously written for series such as The Saint and The Baron, as well as
being a script editor for Doctor Who. Berman had been one of the driving
forces behind the creation of the TV series of The Saint as well as Gideon's
Way. All these series came from the stable of Lew Grade, via his company ITC. The first episode made its debut on 25
September 1968, and ran for 30 color episodes each of 50 minutes duration. Note
that the complete series of The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase,
Return of The Saint & Strange Report is also available from this website This 8 DVD set contains the entire series of
thirty 50 minute episodes of The Champions in their original production order
- superb color prints throughout The Champions Disc No. 1 The Beginning The Invisible Man Operation Deep-Freeze The Champions Disc No. 2 A Case of Lemmings The Interrogation The Search The Dark Island The Champions Disc No. 3 The Iron Man The Experiment The Fanatics The Silent Enemy The Champions Disc No. 4 To Trap a Rat The Gilded Cage Get Me Out of Here! The Ghost Plane The Champions Disc No. 5 The Night People Twelve Hours Shadow of the Panther - guest star Donald Sutherland The Champions Disc No. 6 Full Circle Reply Box No. 666 Project Zero The Survivors
The Champions Disc No. 7 The Body Snatchers - guest star Bernard Lee The Mission The Gun-Runners Nutcracker The Champions Disc No. 8 The Final Countdown Happening Desert Journey Autokill |
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NEW ADDITION É NEW ADDITION É NEW
ADDITION Cheyenne
(Seasons 1 & 2)
Volume One
(Season 1): 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Volume Two
(Season 2): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Cheyenne,
Cheyenne. Where
will you be camping tonight? Lonely
man, Cheyenne. Will
your heart stay free and light? Cheyenne was a western TV series starring Clint Walker as Cheyenne
Bodie, a former frontier scout who
drifts through the Old West, travelling from one adventure to another. Along
the way he takes a number of jobs, working on ranches or wagon trains, taking
part in cattle drives or protecting precious cargo. Sometimes he works for
the federal government; at other times he finds himself deputized by local
lawmen. The series was built around its
charismatic star, Clint Walker, who
rose from obscurity to become one of the icons of the TV western. With his
powerful physique and towering height, Walker commanded the small screen
through sheer presence with his performance gaining impetus simply from the
way his body dominated the screen - he was certainly a Òbig unitÓ. (Of note
is that fact that producers quickly realized Walker's Òhunk valueÓ and his
shirt came off in an astonishing number of episodes). The first season of 'Cheyenne'
existed as a segment of the weekly
series ÔWarner Brothers Presents...Õ which was hosted by Gig Young. The show featured three rotating series: ÔKingÕs RowÕ, ÔCheyenneÕ
and ÔCasablancaÕ plus 6 hour-long features As such there were only
15 episodes in the first season of ÔCheyenneÕ. And they weren't really
"hour-long" - after commercials breaks and Gig's topping and
tailing each episode, they worked out to be about 42 minutes! Later seasons became
Ôstand-aloneÕ with the full complement of episodes (with a longer running
time of about 50 minutes per episode) and in all 108 B&W episodes were
produced from 1955 to 1963. The Cheyenne TV Series made a
huge impact: it was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first
hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last
more than one season! Worthy of note is that for the
initial season, Cheyenne Bodie (who
nominally described himself as a ÔscoutÕ) also had a sidekick, a mapmaker
named Smitty (L.Q. Jones). The Cheyenne series achieved a
benchmark ratings success as early as the 3rd episode of the
initial series: ÔThe ArgonautsÕ which
told of gold dust miners who are the best of friends until they strike it
rich, only to have Indians attack and cast their dust to the wind. It was an
interesting ÒtakeÓ on John HustonÕs wonderful The Treasure of the
Sierra Madre (1948) with Walker in the
Walter Huston role, Edward Andrews doing Bogie and a young Rod Taylor (who scored excellent reviews) filling the Tim
Holt spot. This first series is of
significance in that it provided the launching pad of future mega-star James
Garner. The initial episode (Mountain
Fortress) was JimÕs first ever acting
gig! And he also guested in two further episodes from this first series: Decision & The Last Train West. (The
three appearances must have impressed Warner Bros execs as they signed him
for his very own western series, Maverick which premiered on the same network
two years later and thereby making Garner a household name) Season Two heralded Cheyenne "standing on its own
terms" - no longer part of Warner Brothers Presents and no longer with
the support of other shows in the roster. Season Two consisted of
the full complement of 20 episodes and
it has significance for the fact that Episode No. 2 (The Long
Winter) is the first episode to have the
familiar ÔCheyenneÕ title screen
as well as the even more familiar ÔCheyenneÕ Theme Song (see above). Also there was more "bang for
ya buck" in that the running time became the standard "hour less
commercial breaks" of 50 minutes. So Season Two episodes were
at least 5 minutes longer per episode than Season One! Why were these changes not in
the first episode of Season Two? É Well the first episode of the new season (The
Dark Rider) appears to be an unaired
episode from Season One, as it has the
same intro as the first season, no title card and no song - and its running
time is only 42 minutes (more than 5 minutes shorter than the rest of the
Season Two episodes) É BTW: Warner Bros ÒallowedÓ Clint
Walker to make only three films (all
westerns) during his successful as Cheyenne on TV: Fort Dobbs (1958), Yellowstone Kelly (1959) and Gold of the Seven Saints (1961). Each of trio afforded Clint the opportunity to
shine and convey significant Òscreen presenceÓ under the tight direction of Gordon
Douglas. These 3 films are available in
a special 3 DVD set from within the Classic Movie Combinations of this website under the heading Cheyenne
É on the Big Screen ... As well, each of the titles are
also available separately from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website Also available from the INDIVIDUAL
MOVIE TITLES section of this website is Cheyenne
(1947) - the film on which the TV series
is (loosely) based Cheyenne
(Season One) consists of 15 B&W episodes Cheyenne
(Season Two) consists of 20 B&W episodes Excellent
print quality throughout - uncut and no logos Volume One
(Season 1): 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Cheyenne
(Season One) Disc No. 1 Mountain Fortress Julesburg The Argonauts Cheyenne
(Season One) Disc No. 2 Border Showdown The Outlander The Travelers Decision Cheyenne
(Season One) Disc No. 3 The Storm Riders Rendezvous at Red Rock West of the River Quicksand Cheyenne
(Season One) Disc No. 4 Fury at Rio Hondo Star in the Dust Johnny Bravo The Last Train West Cheyenne
(Season One) Disc No. 1 Mountain Fortress Julesburg The Argonauts Volume Two
(Season 2): 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Cheyenne
(Season Two) Disc No. 1 The Dark Rider The Long Winter Death Deals the Hand Cheyenne
(Season Two) Disc No. 2 The Bounty Killers The Law Man Mustang Trail Cheyenne
(Season Two) Disc No. 3 Lone Gun The Trap The Iron Trail Cheyenne
(Season Two) Disc No. 4 Land Beyond the Law Test of Courage War Party Cheyenne
(Season Two) Disc No. 5 Deadline Big Ghost Basin Born Bad The Brand Cheyenne
(Season Two) Disc No. 6 Decision at Gunsight The Spanish Grant Hard Bargain The Broken Pledge |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Circus Boy
2 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13
If
you didn't quite go through with your threat to run away and join the circus
as a kid, the Circus Boy TV series (1956 - 58) was the next best thing. This
half hour adventure series, set at the turn of the 20th Century, gave 12 year
old Corky played by Mickey Braddock, (who was to eventually become Micky
Dolenz of The Monkees) a chance to live out every kid's dream. And he didn't
even have to run away from home to do it, since the circus was his home. In
the first episode, Meet Circus Boy, we learn how young Corky was adopted by
the Burke & Walsh Circus' new owner Big Tim Champion (played by serial
Batman, Robert Lowery), after Corky's parents were killed in a high-wire
accident, The young lad quickly found a role in the show as water boy to
Bimbo, a baby elephant that Corky would come to consider his pet. Corky found
fun and adventure while dealing with his adolescent problems and helped the
show's adults including Uncle Joey the Clown (Noah Beery Jr. - later to play
Jim Rockford's father Rocky) and Pete, the Canvasman (Guinn "Big
Boy" Williams) as the circus moved from town to town each week. Good
Picture & Sound Now
a nice digitally restored set of episodes in original telecast order Circus
Boy Disc No. 1 Meet
Circus Boy The
Fabulous Colonel Jack The Great
Gambino Corky And
The Circus Doctor Casey
Rides Again The
Little Fugitive The Proud
Pagliacci White
Eagle The
Masked Marvel Circus
Boy Disc No. 2 The Good
Samaritans Daring
Young Man Farewell
To The Circus Elmer The
Aeronaut The
Remarkable Ricardo Big Top
Angel Corky's
Big Parade The Lady
And The Circus The
Marvelous Manellis |
The Cisco Kid
Movie & TV Series
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Starred Duncan Renaldo as the
knight-errant title role and Leo Carrillo (then in his seventies) as his
portly sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho saw plenty of action as they
galloped around 1890's New Mexico on Diablo and Loco meting out justice to
black-hearted villains. They kept violence to a minimum, with Cisco confining
himself to shooting guns from his opponent's hands, whilst Pancho was an
expert with the whip.. Cisco was a bit of a dandy, dressed in his finely
embroidered shirts and silver spurs with a giant sombrero.. Pancho, however,
loved his food. The adventures were played mainly for laughs and Pancho's
terrible grip of the English language was used to the full. Writer O. Henry
created the Cisco Kid stories and the character had already appeared on film
in the 1920's. Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo had previously played the role
of Cisco & Pancho in the cinema in 5 B&W Westerns (the last four of
which can be found on Disc No. 1 below) before moving to TV (and color) in
1951. The TV series was filmed in color Picture & Sound are
both perfect Special Note: Ask Trev about the 1st Renaldo / Carrillo feature film
"Valiant Hombre" -
it is available as special bonus with this DVD set The Cisco Kid (Renaldo/Carrillo) Movie
Series Disc No. 1 The Gay Amigo (1949) The Daring Caballero (1949) Satan's Cradle (1949) The Girl From San Lorenzo
(1950) The Cisco Kid TV Series Disc No. 2 Big Switch Convict Story Oil Land Chain Lightning Railroad Land Rush Confession for Money Haven for Heavies The Cisco Kid TV Series Disc No. 3 Freight Line Feud Phoney Heiress Monkey Business The Puppeteer The Talking Dog Pancho and the Pachyderm Face of Death The Cisco Kid TV Series Disc No. 4 Laughing Badman Canyon City Kid Dutchman's Flat Freedom of the Press Battle of Red Rock Pass Bandaged Badman Chinese Gold The Cisco Kid TV Series Disc No. 5 Counterfeit Money Cattle Rustling Newspaper Crusaders Medicine Flats Lynching Story Dog Story Pancho Hostage The Cisco Kid TV Series Disc No. 6 Performance Bond Water Rights Uncle Disinherits Niece Stolen Bonds Jewellery Hold-Up Ghost Town Story Buried Treasure |
Coronado 9
4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
In 1960, ruggedly handsome Rod Cameron shook off the cowboy garb which
had served him so well through 20 years of film & television, and donned
the suit (but no fedora) for the high octane crime drama series: COronado
9. Set in San Diego, California, it told of the
adventures of Dan Adams (Rod Cameron), a former United States Navy intelligence officer who
has turned private detective. Set in the affluent San Diego County suburb
of Coronado, Adams is intelligent but also tough and he usually finds himself
accepting cases that are too Òcomplicated & difficultÓ for other PIs to
handle, often involving wealthy and celebrated clients. Business is brisk
because heÕs got a nice beach house and a well kitted-out yacht at the jetty
nearby. Why the capital ÒCOÓ followed by small caps
ÒronadoÓ? Well its DanÕs phone exchange - in the days when few people had
phones and all telephones numbers had place name prefixes. Across 39 half hour action packed episodes,
we follow Dan from his base in Coronado to far-flung corners of the world
solving all manner of exotic cases, among them: London, Singapore, Mexico,
Havana and (Oahu) Honolulu. Rod Cameron was 50 when this series filmed -
yet he still looks good, and does a lot of his own stunts (sans hat) notably
some fantastic ÒfisticuffsÓ with the villains. A lot of the episodes were directed by serial
and B western veteran William Witney who had previously helmed CameronÕs Republic
films. Guest stars included Doug ÒTrampasÓ McClure & DeForest ÒBonesÓ Kelley along with legendary silent &
talkie movie star Richard Arlen. All 39 uncut half hour episodes are
included here in their original production order on this 4 DVD set. Perfect B&W prints
throughout! Also Rod Cameron also made another excellent half hour
adventure TV series: State Trooper -
its also available from this website (TV Series I-Z). Also, also there's a nice set of Rod
Cameron westerns
which can be found in the "B" Westerns section of this website Coronado 9 Disc - No. 1 I Want To
Be Hated Remember
The Alamo The Widow
Of Kill Cove The Day
Chivalry Died Blow,
Gabriella Three's A
Shroud Four And
Twenty Buddhas Alibi Bye Obituary
Of A Small Ape Coronado 9 - Disc No. 2 Loser's
Circle The Day
Ramon Fell The Groom
Came D.O.A. Film Flam Londonderry
Heiress Run,
Shep, Run Wrong
Odds Man From
Way Down Yonder Caribbean
Chase Sincerely
Yours, Napoleon Coronado 9 - Disc No. 3 Doomtown Hunt
Breakfast Excursion
To Algiers Flight To
La Paz Come With
Thy Loot The
Spinster Of Nob Hill A Bookie
Is Not A Bibliophile Long Way
To Detroit Blonde
Herring I Came
For The Funeral Coronado 9 - Disc No. 4 Singapore
Girl Stroll In
The Park Gone
Goose Run
Scared But The
Patient Died The
Anxious Mariner Flee Now,
Pay Later Careless
Joe The Daley
Double They Met
In Honolulu |
NEW É NEW É NEW É NEW
Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! The Count of Monte Cristo
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 A half hour TV series adaptated
from the classic Alexandre Dumas
novel, The Count of Monte Cristo is
set in 18th-century France and centres on Edmond Dantes (George
Dolenz) - he is falsely accused of
bearing treasonable information, is convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment in the Chateau d'If. There he learns of a buried treasure from
his cellmate - he digs his way out, escapes, and retreats to the island of
Monte Cristo. There, he uncovers the treasure and establishes himself as a
mysterious and powerful figure for justice fighting the forces of corruption. This 1956 joint US/UK-produced TV series of 39
episodes combined the resources of the US-based NPA and UK's ITC - the latter
was having successfully produced similarly themed: The Buccaneers, Sir
Francis Drake, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot & William Tell. Most of the series was filmed at Elstree (UK) -
however, the first 12 episodes were filmed in the US at the Hal Roach studios
- thus underlining the show's strong links to the US, thanks to the starring
roles of Americans, George Dolenz
(father of Circus Boy &
Monkee drummer Micky Dolenz/Braddock) & well-known Burt
Lancaster side-kick, Nick
Cravat who plays DantesÕ assistant
Jacopo. Of special interest is the
initial (pilot) episode The Affair of the Three Napoleons which starred prominent "B" movie
actress Faith Domergue and was
helmed by legendary director Budd Boetticher (who went on to film such a wonderful set of
westerns with Randolph Scott).
In fact the US cast across the initial dozen episodes is peopled with such
always-interesting supporting players as: Anthony Caruso, John
Eldgredge, John Hoyt, Paul Picerni, Jack Kruschen, Pierre Watkin, Nancy Hale,
Glenn Langan, Nestor Paiva, Harry Lauter & Rick Vallin The
complete series is presented here in its original production order - an
absolutely perfect set of B&W prints which have been beautifully
transcoded (PAL to NTSC) with an "eye on the big picture" (ie they
look good on big TVs!) Check out The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Buccaneers, Sir Francis Drake & William Tell - all available from this website The Count of Monte Cristo - Disc No. 1 The Affair of the Three Napoleons (filmed in the US) The Pen and the Sword (filmed
in the US) The Deberry Affair (filmed
in the US) The Black Death (filmed
in the US) Affair of Honor (filmed
in the US) First Train to Paris (filmed
in the US) The Sardinian Affair (filmed
in the US) Return to the Chateau D'If (filmed
in the US) The Golden Blade (filmed
in the US) The Count of Monte Cristo - Disc No. 2 Andorra (filmed in
the US) The Duel (filmed in
the US) Victor Hugo (filmed
in the US) A Toy for the Infanta Marseilles - starring Conrad "William Tell"
Williams The Luxembourg Affair The Texas Affair The Mazzini Affair The Carbonari The Devil's Emissary The Count of Monte Cristo - Disc No. 3 Bordeaux Flight to Calais - starring Adrienne Corri Naples - starring Nigel Davenport Albania The Art of Terror The Experiment - starring Conrad "William Tell"
Williams Mecklenburg The Portuguese Affair - starring Bill Nagy Lichtenburg Burgundy The Count of Monte Cristo - Disc No. 4 Majorca Sicily A Matter of Justice Point Counterpoint - starring John Loder The Talleyrand Affair - starring Finlay Currie The Island Athens The Barefoot Empress Monaco The Grecian Gift - starring Conrad "William
Tell" Williams |
Danger Man
(Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Every government has its
secret service branch: America, its C.I.A; France,
SDECE; England, MI5. A messy job? - well thatÕs
when they usually call on me or
someone like me É oh, yes, my name is Drake,
John Drake Danger Man was a British television series telecast
between in 1960 - 1961, and again between 1964 and 1968. This series
featuring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the program and wrote many of the
scripts. The show was also telecast under the title Secret Agent in some non-UK markets. Boasting good writing and benefiting from a
characteristically intense and charismatic performance from the always
compelling McGoohan, Danger Man paved the way for the plethora of secret
agent series which followed (incl The Man from U.N.C.L.E. & Honey West - both of which are available
from this website) The first season (1960-62) consisted of 39
half hour B&W episodes and portrayed John Drake as working for a Washington, D.C.-based intelligence
organization, chiefly acting on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.The
reference to NATO in the opening titles of this initial season was dropped
part way through production. However he often went on missions well out of
NATO jurisdiction with assignments in Africa, Latin America and the Far East. Drake sometimes seems at odds with his
superiors about the ethics of the missions. Many of Drake's cases involve
aiding democracy in foreign countries and he is also called upon to solve murders
and crimes affecting the interests of either the U.S. or NATO or both. He uses his intelligence, charm, and
quick-thinking rather than force, usually playing a role to infiltrate a
situation, e.g. opportunistic journalist, bumbling tourist, cold-blooded
mercenary, bland diplomat or impeccable butler. As Drake gets involved in a case, things are
rarely as they seem. He is not infallible: he gets arrested, he makes
mistakes, equipment fails, careful plans don't work; Drake often has to
improvise an alternative plan. Sometimes investigation fails, and he simply
does something provocative to crack open the case. People he trusts can turn
out to be untrustworthy or incompetent; he finds unexpected allies. John Drake, also unlike Bond, never romanced
on-screen with any of the women, as McGoohan was determined to create a
family-friendly show, Drake uses his immense charm in his undercover work,
and women are often very attracted to him but the viewer is left to assume
whatever they want about Drake's personal life. McGoohan denounced the sexual
promiscuity of James Bond and The Saint, roles he had rejected. This early TV excursion into espionage was a
polished production and boasted many emerging guest stars in its roster:
Robert Shaw, Donald Pleasance, Keiron Moore, Honor Blackman, Charles Gray,
Laurence Naismith & Patrick Wymark. Well known American actress (& B movie
regular) Beverly Garland even appears in an episode. This listing is for Season 1 only - the
best season - all 39 B&W episodes from Season 1 are presented here in
their original telecast order. All 39 episodes are of exceptional (digitally
restored) quality and are completely uncut running the full 26 minutes. Disc No. 1 View from the Villa Time to Kill Josetta The Blue Veil - costarring Laurence Naismith The Lovers The Girl in Pink Pyjamas Position of Trust - costarring Donald Pleasance The Lonely Chair The Sanctuary - costarring Kieron Moore Disc No. 2 An Affair of State - costarring Patrick Wymark The Key - costarring Charles Gray The Sisters The Prisoner The Traitor Colonel Rodriguez - costarring Honor Blackman The Island Find and Return - costarring Donald Pleasance The Girl Who Liked GI's Name, Date and Place Disc No. 3 Vacation The Conspirators The Honeymooners The Gallows Tree The Relaxed Informer The Brothers The Journey Ends Halfway Bury the Dead - costarring Robert Shaw & Beverly
Garland Sabotage The Contessa Disc No. 4 The Leak The Trap The Actor Hired Assassin The Deputy Coyannis Story - costarring Charles Gray Find and Destroy Under the Lake The Nurse Dead Man Walks Deadline |
Dangerous Assignment
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35
or £18
"Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get
sent a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing:
trouble." These are the opening lines of the NBC radio
series, Dangerous Assignment which ran from 1949 until about 1952, featuring
Movie actor Brian Donlevy (Wake Island & This Gun for Hire) as
international troubleshooter and undercover agent for the U.S. government,
Steve Mitchell. In each episode he was sent off by "The
Commissioner" to some foreign place like Burma, Mexico City or somewhere
behind the Iron Curtain. During its last year on radio, Donlevy formed
a production company to convert the idea to television; But no TV network was
interested, so he produced 39 episodes and sold them to individual stations
nationwide in First-run Syndication; In the TV version, Herb Butterfield
played the boss called "The
Commissioner" as he had on the radio series. Director Bill Karn
also came across from the radio show. The TV series like the radio show owed a lot
to Donlevy's charm whilst the international locales (including jungles &
snow fields) and high energy action made for great viewing (& listening) This 4 DVD set contains the entire series of
39 episodes in their original broadcast order - superb prints throughout (much better than some of those
on commercial release). Also worth a look : The
Dangerous Assignment Radio Shows - check
out the Old Time Radio section
of this website. These shows have been digitally restored & come on MP3
CDs which work in your DVD player. The shows are free - with conditions.
Check out the Old Time Radio
section for further details Dangerous Assignment Disc No. 1 The Alien Smuggler Story The Submarine Story The Displaced Persons Story The Memory Chain Story The Manger Story The Key Story The Bhandara Story The Salami Story The Pat and Mike Story Dangerous Assignment Disc No. 2 The Lagoon Story The Mine Story The Italian Movie Story The Blood-Stained Feather Story The Burma Temple Story The Sunflower Seed Story The Caboose Story The Missing Diplomat Story The Briefcase Story The Civil War Map Story Dangerous Assignment Disc No. 3 The Piece of String Story The Iron Banner Story The Dead General Story The Parachute Story The Paris Sewer Story The Atomic Mine Story The Bodyguard Assignment Story The Art Treasures Story The One Blue Chip Story The Red Queen Story Dangerous Assignment Disc No. 4 The Knitting Needle Story The Assassin Ring Story The Havana Microfilm Story The Death in the Morgue Story The Stolen Letter Story The Venetian Story The Black Hood Story The Archaeological Story The Decoy Story The Perfect Alibi Story |
NEWLY REMASTERED
Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! Danger UXB
4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
A WWII drama series based on the true-life
exploits of bomb disposal expert Major Bill Hartley, whose book, 'Unexploded Bomb', recounted his continual
death-defying ordeals in the face of extreme danger, whilst carrying out one
of the most hazardous tasks in London. This is a quality series - thirteen 50
minute episodes charting the career of Lieutenant Brian Ash, a young officer
who is assigned to the 27th Tunnelling Company, only to discover that his
unit has been seconded to the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Royal Engineers. The
day before Ash's arrival, his predecessor had been killed trying to disarm a
bomb, and so Ash finds himself quite literally in the firing line, learning
his job "along the way", a particularly deadly apprenticeship in a
job where one wrong mistake could be the last one you'd ever make and with
his life expectancy now of about seven weeks! Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited) is perfect
in the lead, moving from a newcomer utterly out of his depth to a weary
veteran by series end. His job is to deactivate bombs made by German
technicians some of which have fuses specifically designed to kill him. The
series takes us through his maturation as an officer, a love story with Susan
Mount (Judy Geeson), the married daughter of explosives boffin Dr David Gillespie (Iain
Cuthbertson) and
the stresses and strains of wartime on the civilians and military in England. What is so riveting is the fact that several
regular cast members are killed off during the series and so we are really
drawn into the "live every day like it's your last" philosophy that
people had to adopt back when bombs rained down from the sky. Note that the
episode Butterfly Winter, as well as being educational, features the death of one of the most
likable regulars. A second series was never planned (nor executed) and the 13
episodes made by Thames/Euston Films and shown in 1979, stand today as a
perfect example of edge-of-the-seat drama. The Complete series - color & 50
minutes each - Perfect Prints! Disc No. 1 Dead Man's Shoes Unsung Heroes Just Like a Woman Disc No. 2 Cast Iron Killer The Silver Lining The Quiet Weekend Disc No. 3 Digging Out Bad Company Seventeen Seconds to Glory Disc No. 4 Butterfly Winter Dead Letter The Pier With Love From Adolf |
NEWLY REMASTERED
Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! The Day of the Triffids
1 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$20 or
US$20 or £10
In
1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffids to moderate
acclaim. Fifty-two years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction
classic, touted by The Times (London) as having "all the reality of a
vividly realized nightmare." Synopsis
: Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular
meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next
morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon
meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together
they leave the city, aware that the safe, familiar world they knew a mere
twenty-four hours before is gone forever. But
to survive in this post-apocalyptic world, one must survive the Triffids,
strange plants that years before began appearing all over the world. The
Triffids can grow to over seven feet tall, pull their roots from the ground
to walk, and kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers. With
society in shambles, they are now poised to prey on humankind. Wyndham
chillingly anticipates bio-warfare and mass destruction, fifty years before
their realization, in this prescient account of Cold War paranoia. A
movie version, The Day of the Triffids starring Howard Keel was filmed in 1962 - its
available from within the Sci-Fi & INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES sections of
this website. A
scorching TV mini-series followed in 1981. Consisting of six parts each of 30
minutes duration, it adhered more closely to the book and was
enthusiastically received. It was said to be the template for the Danny
Boyle's 2002 film : 28 Days Later É Great
Picture & Sound The
Day of the Triffids TV Mini-Series Disc Part One Part Two Part
Three Part Four Part Five Part Six |
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Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! Department S
7 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$50 or US$50 or £25
F.B.I (Washington): Result
Negative, SžretŽ
(Paris): No Solution, C.I.D (London): Insufficient Evidence - when a case proves too
baffling, they turn to the talents of Department S, a special section within Interpol headed by Sir
Curtis Seretse (Dennis Alaba Peters). Department S consists of just two men
and one woman - 3 extraordinary agents - Jason King (Peter Wyngarde): an eccentric novelist, a best selling writer of
crime thrillers with a vivid imagination & flamboyant personality;
Stewart Sullivan (Joel Fabiani):
a determined man of action, who utilizes his brain as well as his fists;
Annabelle Hurst (Rosemary Nicols):
a beautiful but meticulous computer expert with an eye for detail. Each with
their own distinct method of approaching an unsolvable & bizarre crime,
the team of Department S
proves that the most illogical of a situation has a logical explanation. Created by Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman, the series was produced in 1968 by ITC (The
Baron, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions, Return of The Saint & Strange
Report). But Department S was a departure from most other mystery programs.
With its intriguing adventure & off beat stories, the series was a
forerunner to contemporary programs like The X Files & Jonathan Creek which take the premise of an illogical
occurrence, proceed to analyse and dissect it, which in turn leads to a
fascinating and rational conclusion. Department S was a huge rating hit of
the 1969-1970 UK TV season. The series made an international star of its leading
man (Peter Wyngarde), voted by Australian women in 1971 as the world's
sexiest man, leading him to his own spin off series: Jason King. Note
that the complete series of The Baron, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions,
Return of The Saint & Strange Report is also available from this website This 7 DVD set contains the entire
series of 28 episodes, each of 50 minute duration and in their original
broadcast order - superb color prints throughout Department S Disc No. 1 Six Days The
Trojan Tanker A Cellar
Full of Silence The Pied
Piper of Hambledown Department S Disc No. 2 One Of
Our Aircraft is Empty The Man
in the Elegant Room Handicap
Dead Black Out Department S Disc No. 3 The
Double Death of Charlie Crippen The
Treasure of the Costa Del Sol Who Plays
The Dummy? The Man
Who Got a New Face Department S Disc No. 4 Les
Fleurs Du Mal The Shift
That Never Was Dead Men
Die Twice A Ticket
to Nowhere Department S Disc No. 5 Last
Train to Redbridge The Ghost
of Mary Burnham The Man
From 'X' Death on
Reflection Department S Disc No. 6 The
Perfect Operation The
Duplicated Man The
Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine Spencer
Bodily is Sixty Years Old Department
S Disc No. 7 A Fish
Out of Water A Small
War of Nerves - costarring (Sir) Anthony Hopkins The Bones
of Byrom Blain The Soup
of the Day |
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Dick Barton É TV Adventures É
2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13 Dick
Barton, Special Agent was a popular radio program on the BBC from 1946 to 1951. A
15 minute serial, it featured ex-Commando Captain Richard Barton who, with his mates Jock
Anderson and Snowy
White solved all
sorts of crimes, escaped from dangerous situations and saved the nation from
disaster time and again. At its peak it had an audience of 15 million. It
gave rise to a popular catchphrase of the late forties "Éwith one bound Dick
was free!" which
made light of the fact that no matter how dangerous the cliffhanging
situation Dick found himself in every evening, he would always escape. Most
famously Dick Barton had a memorable signature tune: Devil's Gallop by Charles Williams. A
movie series followed in the late 1940s (available from the Movie Series
section of this website) and in 1979 a TV series. The
TV series which starred Tony Vogel as Dick Barton, Anthony Heaton as Snowy
White and James Cosmo as Jock Anderson was assembled just like the radio series in
that each cliffhanging episode ran for just 15 minutes - but unlike the (each
weekday) radio series, the TV series was telecast twice weekly. In
all 32 episodes, each of about 12 minutes duration and comprising four
complete adventures were filmed. They depicting a Dick Barton who following
the end of WWII, still craves excitement and so he sets himself up as an
adventurer, helping people in distress. Adventure One (10 episodes) Demobbed after World War II, Dick Barton and
Snowy White are asked by old friend Sir Richard Marley to look into the
disappearance of his daughter Virginia and son Rex. They come up against
master criminal, Melganik Adventure Two (8 episodes) Dick and Snowy rescue a young girl, Lucy
Cameron from being attacked. She tells them that her father, George Cameron
has been kidnapped by the devious German villain, Muller who is after the
deadly poison formula which George has developed Adventure Three (6 episodes) Dick's Aunt Agatha rings up and tells him
that her house has vanished! A further phone call from Sir Richard Marley
reveals that scientist, Harold Jenkins has perfected his ultimate weapon (the
XB19) and Barton and comrades soon find themselves up against Melganik once
more. Adventure Four (8 episodes) Dandy Parkes, a middle-aged playboy and
Amanda Aston, wife of a respected Whitehall official are threatened by the
Drew Brothers, leaders of the underworld. Millions of pounds of stolen war supplies are
involved This
2 DVD comprises all 32 twelve minute episodes which comprised the series Perfect
color prints Also worth a look : The Dick Barton Movie Series - all
3 theatrical films. Check the Movie Series A-M
section for further details Also, also worth a
look : The Dick Barton Radio
Shows - check out the Radio Shows on MP3 CD section of this website. These shows have been
digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs which work in your DVD player. The
shows are free - with conditions. Dick
Barton TV Adventures: Disc No. 1 Adventure One (10 parts) Adventure Two (8 parts) Dick
Barton TV Adventures: Disc No. 2 Adventure Three (6 parts) Adventure Four (8 parts) |
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 Dick
Powell & Zane Grey É Zane
Grey was a
prolific American writer and pioneer of Western as a new literary genre. He
produced over sixty books during his career and presented the West as a moral
battle ground, in which his characters are redeemed through a final confrontation
with their past or destroyed because of their inability to change. Dick
Powell may be
best remembered as a movie star, a boyish crooner in dozens of Hollywood
musicals of the 1930s, and later, a hard-boiled film noir tough guy. Like
many stars of the studio era, Powell turned his dramatic talents to
television in the fifties, and especially as an independent telefilm
producer. Between 1952 and his death in 1963, Powell served as the head of Four
Star Television (along
with actor pals: Charles Boyer, David Niven & Ida Lupino), which became, under his
leadership, one of Hollywood's leading suppliers of prime-time network
programming. Four
Star's stock-in-trade was anthologies and in particular Dick Powell's Zane
Grey Theatre, hosted by and occasionally starring the Four Star chief
executive officer himself. Zane Grey Theatre ran for five years (1956-1961)
on CBS, at once feeding and riding the crest of the phenomenal surge of
western programs on television in the late 1950s. Probably
because of the financial clout of the "Four Stars", the series was
well-budgeted in comparison with most programs of its time - a real
"outdoors" show, filmed outdoors on realistic locations - it looked
good! Dick
Powell's Zane Grey Theatre was created by Luke Short, himself a highly regarded western novelist
and screen-writer. The half hour series was originally based on the short
stories and novels of Grey, but as the episodes continued, new material was
used and it often came from the pen of Aaron Spelling (who went on to become the famed
Hollywood producer). Dick
Powell hosted
each episode appearing briefly at the beginning, usually with some
"western props" which, by way of explanation, introduced that
week's program. Powell appeared as various characters in 15 of the 149
episodes of the program whilst an incredible array of Hollywood movie talent
filled the roster for the balance of the series - see below As an example of the type of programs which
were a staple of this excellent series, consider the episode Until the Man
Dies. In it we
have the forthright and upright rancher Clint Belmet (John Payne) who rescues the murderer Dave
Jordan (Stuart Whitman) from a mob hanging. Clint takes Jordan to the town sheriff Mark
Clanton for imprisonment awaiting trial. We learn that Clint and Mark are
best friends and that Mark's
wife Ella (Carolyn Jones) was once close to Clint. Unfortunately Jordan escapes and in the
process kills Mark, leaving Clint feeling responsible (and the hanging mob
less than impressed). Clint must now track down Jordan and in the process
deal with the emotional impact on Ella (and himself). But as the hunt ensues, we learn that all is
not what it seems .. So there you have it: a taunt, lean and
muscular story in which our hero's values and determination are tested to the
limit - John Payne at his best in a typical Zane Grey yarn (although written by Aaron
Spelling).
Direction comes via the impressive skills of John English, the legendary Republic serial
director. This
listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 29 B&W episodes from
Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order. All 29 episodes
are of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and are completely uncut
running the full 26 minutes. Note
that some Episode Guides indicate that there were 30 episodes in Season 1 This
is incorrect - these (faulty) guides list Episode No. 21 as " The
Hangin' Tree" but its one and the same as Episode No. 1 "You Only Run Once" Dick
Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 1 You Only
Run Once - Robert Ryan Fearful
Courage - Ida Lupino & James Whitmore, The Long
Road Home - Dick. Powell The
Unrelenting Sky - Lew Ayres Lariat -
Jack Palance Death
Watch - Lee J. Cobb Stage for
Tucson - Eddie Albert Dick
Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 2 A Quiet
Sunday in San Ardo - Wendell Corey Vengeance
Canyon - Walter Brennan Return to
Nowhere - Steven McNally, John Ireland & Audrey Totter Courage
is a Gun - Dick Powell Muletown
Gold Strike - Rory Calhoun Star over
Texas - Ralph Bellamy Three
Graves - Jack Lemmon Dick
Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 3 No Man
Living - Frank Lovejoy Time of
Decision - Lloyd Bridges Until the
Man Dies - John Payne, Carolyn Jones & Stuart Whitman Backtrail
- Dick Powell, Catherine McLeod Dangerous
Orders - Mark Stevens The
Necessary Breed - Sterling Hayden Village
of Fear - David Niven Dick
Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Black
Creek Encounter- Ernest Borgnine There
Were Four - John Derek & Dean Jagger Fugitive
- Eddie Albert & Celeste Holm A Time To
Live - Ralph Meeker & Julie London Black is
for Grief - Mary Astor & Chester Morris Badge of
Honor - Gary Merrill, Tom Tully & Robert Culp Decision
at Wilson's Creek - John Forsythe & John Dehner Man on
the Run - Scott Brady |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Dick Tracy
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
After
portraying Dick Tracy in 4 movie serials (all of which are available from the
Movie Serials section of this website) and in 2 feature films (available from
the Movie Series section of this website), Ralph Byrd was a natural to take
his character to the small screen. Premiering in Sept. 1950 it ran for 22
episodes and featured many of Tracy's old enemies as well some new ones (in
most cases Cold War spies). The series was dramatically cut short by Ralph
Byrd's untimely death in 1952. In
1967, William Dozier (of Batman & The Green Hornet 60's TV Shows)
produced a pilot for a new Dick Tracy TV series titled The Plot to Kill NATO.
This version of the classic Chester Gould comic strip didn't make it past the
pilot, but it is truer to the source material than any other adaptation.
Noted stage actor Ray MacDonnell portrayed the role of the ace detective with
Victor Buono as standout playing Mr. Memory. The
Dick Tracy TV Series Disc Dick
Tracy TV Series Promotional Reel (8 mins) Shaky's
Secret Treasure Hi-Jack Dick
Tracy Meets Heels Beals The
Foreign Agents / Dick Tracy and Influence - a double episode (50 mins) story
arc involving foreign spies The Plot
to Kill NATO - 1967 TV Pilot episode (in color) |
The Falcon - see Adventures of The Falcon above
|
NEWLY REMASTERED
Beautifully transcoded (PAL to NTSC) -
looks good on big TVs! Father Brown
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or
£18
Father Brown is a fictional character created in 1911 by
English novelist G. K. Chesterton, who stars in 52 short stories, later
compiled in five books. Chesterton based the character on Father John
O'Connor (1870 -
1952), a Roman Catholic monsignor who became a friend of the author. The priest is a small, insignificant type of
fellow with, as his author put it, a face ''as round and dull as a Norfolk
dumpling.'' He wears a black cassock and broad-brimmed clerical hat. He
carries, and is often dropping, an umbrella, and he rides a bicycle. While
others strut and loudly theorize, he sits on the sidelines muttering things
like, ''Oh dear, oh dear, it won't do, you know.'' The surface images are, of
course, entirely deceptive. Father Brown has a steel-trap mind and an almost
fanatical tenacity. When Lew Grade decided to make a TV mystery series out of
the stories he had only one actor in mind for Father Brown, and that was Kenneth
More. More wasn't
so sure. It took a deal of persuading before More (a former matinee idol now
in his 60s) agreed. The result was 13 episodes of about 50
minutes each broadcast in 1974. In this series, Father Brown is played to
low-keyed but clearly defined perfection by More, sly without being cute,
sharp without being aggressive. Ever suspicious of the permanent smile, he is
entirely convincing when he says, ''If ever I murdered someone, it
might well be an optimist.'' This 4 DVD set contains all 13 episodes
(in telecast order) of the Father Brown series (Color, 50 minutes each) - Perfect Color prints throughout There were also two theatrical Father Brown
films: Father Brown, Detective (1934) starring Walter Connolly and Father Brown (1954) (aka The Detective) starring Alec
Guinness Each of these films is available from the INDIVIDUAL
MOVIE TITLES section
of this website. Also worth a look : The
Father Brown Radio Shows - check out the
Old Time Radio section of this website. These shows have been digitally
restored & come on MP3 CDs which work in your DVD player. The shows are
free - with conditions. Check out the Old Time Radio section for further
details Disc No. 1 The Hammer of God The Oracle of the Dog The Curse of the Golden Cross Disc No. 2 The Eye of Apollo The Three Tools of Death The Mirror of the Magistrate Disc No. 3 The Dagger with Wings The Actor and the Alibi The Quick One Disc No. 4 The Man with Two Beards The Head of Caesar The Arrow of Heaven The Secret Garden |
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The FBI
(Season 1)
8 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$55 or US$55 or £28
Beneath the imposing tenets of Fidelity,
Bravery & Integrity, The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) was born. Its Mission: to protect the innocent and
identify the enemies of the Government of the United States. The FBI was also a US TV series that was
broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was produced by Quinn Martin and based
in part on concepts from the 1959 Warner Bros. theatrical film The FBI Story
(starring James Stewart and also available from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section). The TV series transpired as an authentic
telling of or fictionalized accounts of actual F.B.I. cases, with fictitious
main characters carrying the stories - headed by Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem
Zimbalist, Jr.),
Special Agent Jim Rhodes (Stephen Brooks) & Assistant Director (to F.B.I.
chief J. Edgar Hoover) Arthur Ward (Philip Abbott). Note that although J. Edgar Hoover served as series consultant until
his death in 1972, he was never seen in the series. The TV Series oozed class - a big budget,
charismatic leads, good stories and a fabulous signature tune (by legendary
composer, Bronislaw Kaper) The first (and best) series consisted of 32
hour long episodes This 8 DVD set contains the entire first
season of 32 hour long episodes of The FBI in their original production order
- superb color prints throughout The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 1 The Monster Image in a Cracked Mirror A Mouthful of Dust Slow March Up a Steep Hill The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 2 The Insolents To Free My Enemy The Problem of the Honorable Wife Courage of a Conviction The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 3 The Exiles The Giant Killer All the Streets Are Silent An Elephant is Like a Rope The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 4 How to Murder an Iron Horse Pound of Flesh The Hijackers The Forests of the Night The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 5 The Chameleon The Sacrifice Special Delivery Quantico The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 6 The Spy-Master The Baby-Sitter Flight to Harbin The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 7 The Divided Man The Defector - Part I The Defector - Part I The Tormentors The FBI (Season 1) Disc No. 8 The Animal The Plunderers The Bomb That Walked Like a Man The Hiding Place |
The 50's TV Detectives
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18
The
1950's saw a string of popular 30 minute "gumshoe" TV shows. Four
of the more popular were: Bostin Blackie, Johnny Midnight, Richard
Diamond & The Third Man This 4 DVD boxed set consists of
single DVDs for each of these guy's TV shows Each of these titles are available
separately See
individual website listings for details The Third Man Disc
One Kind Word Barcelona Passage Listen for the Sound of a Witch How to Buy a Country The Third Medallion Toys of the Dead A Pocketful of Sin As the Twig is Bent Broken Strings A Diamond in the Rough A Question in Ice Boston
Blackie Disc The Heist
Job The
Gunman Revenge Queen of
Thieves So Was
Goliath The
Devil's Daughters False
Face Deep Six Minuet
for Murders Scar Hand Johnny
Midnight Disc X Equals
Murder The
Villain of the Piece Award for
Murder The 9th
Doll The
Emerald Star A Token
of Love Schatzi Ding-a-Ling An
Old-Fashioned Frame The
Whammy Richard
Diamond, Private Detective Disc Picture of Fear Double Jeopardy Pension Plan Rough Cut Family Affair The Messenger The Counselor One Dead Cat Dead to the World Fallen Star |
F Troop (Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 There are few TV shows which we
remember more clearly É a TV show with heart & humor It was very funny É having superb
casting, great scripting & production values É. F Troop! F
Troop is a half
hour comedy western TV series which ran for two seasons in the mid 1960s. It
was set at Fort Courage, Kansas, a fictional United States Army outpost in
the West, shortly after the American Civil War ended in 1865. The
commanding officer is the gallant but clumsy and accident-prone Captain
Wilton Parmenter
(Ken Berry),
descended from a long line of military officers. He was awarded the Medal of
Honor after accidentally instigating the final charge at the Battle of
Appomattox. Only a lieutenant, he was ordered to fetch his commanding
officer's laundry. When he rode away, pollen in the air caused him to sneeze
repeatedly. He sneezed loudly as he passed a group of soldiers, and they
mistook his sneeze for an order to charge. His superiors, wishing to reward
his action, promoted him to captain and gave him command of remote Fort
Courage, a
dumping ground for the Army's least useful soldiers. This
is all told to us in the opening episode (Scourge of the West) and then
summarized by the opening and much loved song in later episodes (of Season
One): The end of the Civil War was
near, When quite accidentally, A hero who sneezed, abruptly
seized Retreat and reversed it to
victory. His Medal of Honor pleased
and thrilled His proud little family
group. While pinning it on, some
blood was spilled, And so it was planned he'd
command ... F-Troop! Much
of the humor is derived from the schemes of Captain Parmenter's
non-commissioned officers, Sergeant Morgan O'Rourke (Forrest Tucker) and Corporal Randolph Agarn (Larry Storch), with the local Indian tribe, The
Hekawis,
alternately seeking to expand and conceal their illicit business, O'Rourke
Enterprises. There are also struggles by Parmenter to exert his authority and
escape the matrimonial plans of his girlfriend, the beautiful but tomboyish
girlfriend shopkeeper–postmaster Jane Angelica Thrift, known as Wrangler
Jane (Melody
Patterson). Remember the running gag: Agarn makes a
suggestion; O'Rourke: "Agarn, I don't know why they say you're so
dumb!" At an inappropriate moment a few minutes later Agarn asks:
"Who says I'm dumb?!" Private First Class Hannibal Shirley Dobbs (James Hampton) is F Troop's inept bugler, who
can only play "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie" with regularity
and not the standard Army tunes like "Reveille",
"Assembly" and "Retreat". Private Dobbs is also a bit of
a thorn in Agarn's side, with his regular taunts resulting in Agarn's retort,
"I'm warning you, Dobbs!" Remember Private Vanderbilt (Joe Brooks) the legally-blind lookout and Trooper
Duffy (Bob
Steele), the
elderly cavalryman with a limp. Duffy is the lone survivor of the siege of
the Alamo in 1836 and he just loves to recount his exploits alongside the
heroes of the Alamo, "shoulder to shoulder and backs to the wall". (Note that Bob Steele was a 1930s and '40s B
Western movie star and a nice set of his films can be found in the
"B" Western Series section of the website). The Hekawi tribe supposedly derived their
name from an incident in which the tribe became lost, exclaiming "Where
the heck are we?", which then became "We're The Hekawi". They
are partners in O'Rourke Enterprises and produce most of the company's
products (usually Whiskey). Chief Wild Eagle (long-term movie "heavy" Frank
De Kova) is the
shrewd leader of the Hekawi tribe and business partner in the illegal
O'Rourke Enterprises scheme. Crazy Cat (Don Diamond - remember "El Toro" in mid '50s
TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson?) is Chief Wild Eagle's assistant and
heir apparent. He often speculates on when he will become chief, and is
subsequently rebuked by Chief Wild Eagle. Veteran actor Edward Everett
Horton is the
aged medicine man, Roaring Chicken. Of
further interest is that F Troop is in some ways a comedy derivative of the John
Wayne film, Fort
Apache (1948) - a
running joke in the film is the number of soldiers at the fort named
O'Rourke. One may well recall that Ward Bond & John Agar played the father and son pairing
of Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke & 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke in that
great John Ford
film (which is available from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of
this website). This
listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 34 B&W episodes from
Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order. All 34 episodes
are of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and are completely uncut
running the full 26 minutes. Yes
- there was a Season Two (in color) but it wasn't nearly as good so its not
available here. F
Troop (Season 1) Disc No. 1 Scourge
of the West - co-starring serial "heavy" Henry Brandon Don't
Look Now, One of Our Cannon is Missing The
Phantom Major Corporal
Agarn's Farewell to the Troops The
Return of Bald Eagle - co-starring noted comedian Don Rickles Dirge for
the Scourge - co-starring western "heavy" Jack Elam (as Sam Urp) The Girl
From Philadelphia Old
Ironpants F
Troop (Season 1) Disc No. 2 Me Heap
Big Injun She's
Only a Build in an Girdled Cage - co-starring Patrice Wymore A Gift
From the Chief Honest
Injun - co-starring John Dehner O'Rourke
vs. O'Reilly - co-starring Lee Meriwether The 86
Proof Spring Here
Comes the Tribe Iron
Horse Go Home F
Troop (Season 1) Disc No. 3 Our Hero,
What's His Name? - co-starring Mike Mazurki Wrongo
Starr and the Lady in Black - co-starring Henry Gibson El Diablo Go For
Broke - co-starring George Gobel The New
I.G. - co-starring Andrew Duggan Spy,
Counterspy, Counter Counterspy The
Courtship of Wrangler Jane Play,
Gypsy, Play - co-starring Zsa Zsa Gabor Reunion
for O'Rourke F
Troop (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Captain
Parmenter, One Man Army Don't
Ever Speak to Me Again Too Many
Cooks Spoil the Troop - co-starring James Gregory Indian
Fever - co-starring Victor Jory Johnny
Eagle Eye A Fort's
Best Friend is Not a Mother - co-starring Jeanette Nolan Lieutenant
O'Rourke, Front and Center The Day
the Indians Won Will the
Real Captain Try to Stand Up - co-starring Frank McHugh |
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NEWLY REMASTERED Gideon's Way
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or
£23
Gideon's Way was a one hour British TV crime series made
by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65. It was based on the Gideon of Scotland Yard
novels by John Creasey (the writer of The Baron TV series - which is also available from this
website). John Gregson, who was a prominent 1950's film actor with leading roles in The
Battle of the River Plate (1956), Sea of Sand (1958), Captain's Table (1959) etc, played the title role as Commander
George Gideon of Scotland Yard. Assisted by Detective Chief Inspector David Keen (Alexander Davion)
and Det. Superintendents " Lemmy " LeMaitre (Reginald Jessup) &
Joe Bell (Ian Rossiter), Gideon fought crime in and around a London of WWI
bomb damage, undeveloped docklands, seedy rooming houses and Soho coffee
bars. Unlike many shows then and later, there was
extensive location shooting of early sixties London in Gideon's Way -
the fast-paced action and
strong, well crafted story lines made the series very popular in its day. The
show was broadcast in the U.S. under the title Gideon CID. Many well-known British actors appear in
guest roles including Alan Cuthbertson, Finlay Currie, George Cole, Gordon
Jackson, Ronald Lacey, Anton Rogers, Donald Huston, Ray Barrett, Ray
McAnally, Derek Fowlds and Oscar Nominee John Hurt. In the episode called The
Millionaire's Daughter, one can ever enjoy an early screen appearance (albeit small screen)
for Donald Sutherland. The series was made at Elstree in twin
production with The Saint (Roger Moore) TV series. Whilst the distinctive Gideon theme music was
composed by Edwin Astley, some of the music in dramatic moments was the same as that used in
The Saint. This 6 DVD set contains all 26 episodes
(in production order) of the Gideon's Way series (B&W, 50 minutes
each) - Perfect B&W prints
throughout Disc No. 1 The Tin God The 'V' Men To Catch a Tiger The Rhyme and the Reason Disc No. 2 The White Rat State Visit The Firebug The Lady-Killer Disc No. 3 The Big Fix Big Fish Little Fish The Housekeeper The Nightlifers Disc No. 4 Fall High, Fall Hard How to Retire Without Really Working The Wall Subway to Revenge Disc No. 5 Gang War The Alibi Men The Prowler The Thin Red Line The Great Plane Robbery Disc No. 6 The Reluctant Witness The Millionaire's Daughter Boy with Gun Morna A Perfect Crime |
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All 28 episodes (which includes the two
Batman "cross-over" episodes) have been re-sourced Excellent quality prints throughout
(now a 4 DVD set) Gratis Upgrades for previous customers
of this title The Green Hornet
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18
Based upon the radio series
which began in 1936, the premise was that of another crime-fighting duo which
was, oddly enough, related to "The Lone Ranger"; Since George
Trendle was the radio station owner who owned both series, this had a natural
if far-fetched explanation - the Green Hornet was a masked man whose
alter-character was named Britt Reid - who was the Grand-nephew of John Reid,
the alter-character known also as "The Lone Ranger". The Green
Hornet's faithful companion was named Kato; he was a young oriental man, not
unlike Tonto - the Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion (and not unlike
Batman's Robin); The popularity of the camp-humoured TV series
"Batman" (66-68) may have had something to do with the experiment
to bring The Green Hornet to television; but it lasted only one season; Bruce
Lee, who made his debut playing Kato, went on to become a major martial-arts
star after the demise of this short-lived show. The Batman TV series also had
two sequential episodes which included the Green Hornet : A Piece of the
Action & Batman's Satisfaction Presented in Release Order - Perfect Color
Prints throughout The Green Hornet TV
Series (Starring Van Williams & Bruce Lee) Disc No. 1
The
Silent Gun Give 'Em
Enough Rope Programmed
for Death Crime
Wave The Frog
is a Deadly Weapon Eat,
Drink, and be Dead The Green Hornet TV
Series (Starring Van Williams & Bruce Lee) Disc No. 2
Beautiful
Dreamer (I) Beautiful
Dreamer (II) The Ray
is for Killing The
Preying Mantis The
Hunters and the Hunted Deadline
for Death The
Secret of the Sally Bell The Green Hornet TV
Series (Starring Van Williams & Bruce Lee) Disc No. 3
Freeway
to Death May the
Best Man Lose The
Hornet and the Firefly Seek,
Stalk And Destroy Corpse of
the Year (I) Corpse of
the Year (II) Ace in
the Hole The Green Hornet TV
Series (Starring Van Williams & Bruce Lee) Disc No. 4
Bad Bet
on a 459 -- Silent Trouble
for Prince Charming Alias the
Scarf Hornet
Save Thyself Invasion
from Outer Space (I) Invasion
from Outer Space (II) Batman: A
Piece of the Action - Green Hornet crossover episode Batman:
Batman's Satisfaction - Green Hornet crossover episode |
Hannay
4 DVD Boxed Set (Discs 1 to 4) price :
AU$35 or US$35 or £18
5 DVD Boxed Set (Discs 1 to 5) price :
AU$40 or US$40 or £20
Richard Hannay, the character created by John
Buchan featured in 5 novels. The Thirty Nine Steps was the first and most
well known, Published in 1915. Hannay also featured in Greenmantle (1916); Mr
Standfast (1919); The Three Hostages (1924) & The Island of Sheep (1936).
Alfred Hitchcock initially wanted to film
Greenmantle (a very good read!) but eventually settled on The 39 Steps. His 1935 release was the perfect
combination of fine writing and suspense-filled plot and told the story of
Hannay through England and the lowlands of Scotland as he eludes spies and
keeps Europe from war. Said to be one of Hitch's best efforts, it was
inevitable that remakes would follow. In 1959 Kenneth Moore took on the role
for a big-budget color excursion, whilst Robert Powell played Hannay in a
1978 effort (costarring a typically malevolent David Warner). A TV series titled Hannay followed again
starring Robert Powell (from the 1978 movie). Although not directly based on the books, it
begins in 1912 (3 years before WWI and The 39 Steps), and focuses on Hannay,
who has already achieved recognition as an officer in military intelligence
and as a mining engineer, He returns to Britain after 30 years in Africa -
seeking the quiet life! Hannay is immediately pitched into a string of
remarkable adventures as he battles the Brotherhood of the Black Stone (they
of the 39 Steps) and the ruthless Count Von Schwabing. In the true tradition of this character as
created in Buchan's books, the Hannay TV series is high adventure stretching from
the spectacular Scottish Highlands to the country estates and gentlemen's
clubs of the times. This 4 DVD set contains the entire series of
thirteen 50 minute episodes across two seasons (1988-89) in their original
broadcast order - superb color prints throughout An optional 5th DVD is also available - Robert Powell's The Thirty
Nine Steps (1978) Note: The Classic Movie Combinations section contains all three
versions of The 39 Steps films in a 3 DVD boxed set titled The 39 Steps
Combination. Robert Powell's The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) can also be found in a British
Espionage Combination along with The Lady Vanishes (1979) & The Riddle of the Sands
(1979) - this 3
DVD set is also available from within the Classic Movie Combinations section of this website Also worth a look : The "British Espionage"
Radio Shows (comprising dramatized radio
versions of The Riddle of the Sands, The 39 Steps, The Lady
Vanishes & Rogue Male) - check out
the Old Time Radio section of
this website. These shows have been digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs
which work in your DVD player. The shows are free - with conditions. Check
out the Radio Shows on MP3 CD section for further details Hannay Disc No. 1 The Fellowship Of The Black Stone A Point Of Honour Voyage Into Fear Hannay Disc No. 2 Death With Due Notice Act Of Riot The Hazard Of The Die Hannay Disc No. 3 Coup De Grace The Terrors Of The Earth Double Jeopardy Hannay Disc No. 4 The Good Samaritan That Rough Music The Confidence Man Say The Bells Of Shoreditch Disc No. 5 The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) - starring Robert Powell |
The Hardy
Boys
See Mickey Mouse Club Serials: Spin and Marty & The
Hardy Boys
in the TV Series I-Z section |
Highway
Patrol (Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
ÒWhenever the laws of any
state are broken, a duly authorized organization swings into action. It may be called the State
Police, State Troopers, Militia, the Rangers or the Highway Patrol. These are the stories of the
men whose training, skill and courage have enforced and preserved our State LawsÓ So the ominous voice-over intones as the
credits roll on Highway Patrol. Highway Patrol was a syndicated action crime drama series
from ZIV Productions. It that aired from 1955-1959 and ran for 4 seasons and
156 half hour B&W episodes. Its success can be put down to two factors:
realism and the casting of Academy Award winner, Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews. The realism can be traced to its location
shooting - in rural and desert areas of southern California - whilst most
other TV shows at the time were still very much studio-bound. Also for the
early seasons, California Highway Patrol (CHP) provided the series with technical
assistance. The Buick, Oldsmobile, Dodge and Mercury sedans used in the show
as patrol cars were designed to resemble the then-current CHP fleet in both
paint scheme and door insignias. Generic "Highway Patrol" logos
were placed over the real CHP emblems and studio license plates were taped
over the genuine "E" (exempt) plates. The 1955 Buick Century
two-door sedan
seen (and later dubbed the "Broderick Crawford Special") were built especially for
the CHP and were never offered for sale to the public. The show's uniforms
were copies of the khakis worn by the CHP including the state seal and the
slogan "Eureka", except that the word "California" was
removed. The other factor in the success of Highway
Patrol was Dan Mathews (as played by Broderick Crawford), the gruff and
dedicated head of a police force in a large, (unidentified) Western US state. A signature image from the series was fedora-wearing
Mathews barking "10-4!" and other rapid-fire dialogue into a
radio-microphone as he leaned against the door of his patrol car. MathewÕs
call sign was ID# "2150" - the actual unit number of then-CHP
Commissioner Bernard Caldwell! There were no other regular cast members as
they may have detracted from Òcentre of attentionÓ Mathews. Broderick
Crawford bought a
powerful and commanding presence to the role - for the latter part of the
1950s he was the epitome of a Chief of Police: confident and very Òhands-onÓ.
The series was also unusual for opening from
the point-of-view of the criminals, giving the viewer the (vicarious?)
sensation of sharing in the guilt and being systematically hunted down by the
police. Episodes usually concluded with an ironic comment on the crime or
criminal by Mathews, followed by a closing acerbic comment on highway safety: ÒÉ the clowns at the Circus
are real funny, but on the highway theyÕre
murderÉ This is Broderick Crawford
saying: See you next week ÉÓ BTW: Future movie and TV stars made regular
appearances in minor roles, including screen legend Clint Eastwood as a ÒbikieÓ in the first season
episode: "Motorcycle A". This 4 DVD set contains all 39 half hour
episodes of Highway Patrol (Season One) in their original broadcast order -
perfect uncut B&W prints throughout Highway Patrol (Season One) Disc No. 1 Prison
Break Machine
Story Copter Reckless
Driving Lookout Gambling Hitch-hiker Desert
Town Radioactive Reformed
Criminal Highway Patrol (Season One) Disc No. 2 Father
Thief Retired
Gangster Phony
Insurance Escort Resort Girl
Bandit Mountain
Copter Lie
Detector Scared
Cop Harbor
Story Highway Patrol (Season One) Disc No. 3 Hit and
Run Car Theft Human
Bomb Plane
Crash Desert
Copter Plant
Robbery Released
Convict Motorcycle
A (co-starring Clint Eastwood) Mental
Patient License
Plates Highway Patrol (Season One) Disc No. 1 Hitch-hiker
Dies Blast
Area Copter Anti-Toxin Dead
Patrolman Art
Robbery Runaway
Boy Taxi Missing
Witness Prospector Christmas
Story |
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NEWLY REMASTERED Honey West
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or
£18
Honey West is a fictional character created by Gloria
and Forest Fickling
under the pseudonym "G.G. Fickling", and appearing in numerous
mystery novels by the duo. The character is notable as being one of the
first female private detectives in popular fiction. She first appeared in the
1957 book This Girl for Hire and would appear in 10 novels before being
retired in 1971. Movie actress Anne Francis (from 1956's Forbidden Planet)
portrayed Honey West on television. The character made her first television
appearance in an episode of the popular series Burke's Law entitled "Who Killed the
Jackpot?"
(Season 2 No. 30, 21st April 1965) and proved so popular that the ABC network
spun her off into the series Honey West (1965–1966), produced by Aaron
Spelling. Honey West, a slinky, seductive female
private eye, was something new to television. In an era when actresses were
confined to sedate housewife and girlfriend roles, this series marked a
unique and original departure. This was the first dramatic TV series in the
U.S. with a female star in an action-adventure role traditionally played by a
male actor. In addition to being television's first modern, independent,
self-sufficient woman, Honey frequently engaged in energetic fight scenes and
shootouts. She is single, blue-eyed, blond, and a judo/karate expert. Honey
sports a distinctively sexy mole on her lower right lip and a wardrobe that
runs the gambit from black jumpsuits to stylish and exotic fur ensembles. She
drives a sports car and always looks classy. After Honey's father died, she inherited the
private investigation firm of H.
West and Company. The firm's rough and tumble partner, Sam Bolt (John
Ericson) stayed
on to help Honey run the business. And, while Sam pursues Honey romantically,
HoneyÕs only true love is action, adventure, and, of course, her pet ocelot, Bruce. On several occasions, HoneyÕs
aunt Meg West (Irene Hervey) dropped by to visit her daring niece and often participate in the
action. To monitor or subdue her suspects, Honey used
an arsenal of tools and gadgets. They included an exploding compact, a garter
belt gas mask, teargas earrings, a lipstick microphone and martini olives
camouflaged as radio transmitters. Honey also kept a cache of weapons in her
secret office that was hidden behind her apartment living room wall. Honey
kept a .38 revolver in her purse and a backup derringer stashed somewhere on
her feminine frame. Anne Francis really delivered as the high-kicking PI. She
was so effective because she never overplayed the character, as was the style
of the day. This actress displayed an unmatched, unmistakable aura of cool
that captivated the boys and started little girls of the Sixties thinking
about what they might want to be when they grew up. Despite fairly healthy ratings, ABC cancelled
the show after its initial season of thirty 30 minute B&W Episodes. Their
rationale was that they had just acquired the American rights to The Avengers
and that one sexy, karate-kicking female per network was all their viewers
would believe - a pity as it was a fun series! This 4 DVD set contains all 30 episodes
(in telecast order) of the Honey West series (B&W, 25 minutes each) as
well as the Burke's Law (B&W, 50 minute) episode which introduced the
character. Perfect B&W prints throughout Disc No. 1 Burke's Law: "Who Killed the Jackpot?" The Swingin' Mrs. Jones The Owl and the Eye The Abominable Snowman A Matter of Wife and Death Live a LittleÉ. Kill a Little Whatever Lola Wants.... Disc No. 2 The Princess and the Paupers In the Bag The Flame and the Pussycat A Neat Little Package A Stitch in Crime A Million Bucks in Anybody's Language The Gray Lady Invitation to Limbo Disc No. 3 Rockabye the Hard Way A Nice Little Till to Tap How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy King of the Mountain It's Earlier Than You Think The Perfect Un-Crime Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me Disc No. 4 Come to Me, My Litigation Baby Slay, Gypsy, Slay The Fun-Fun Killer Pop Goes the Easel Little Green Robin Hood Just the Bear Facts, Ma'am There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning An Eerie, Airy, Thing |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Hong Kong
3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
Rod Taylor played Glenn
Evans, a "two-fisted American correspondent" based in Hong Kong and
assigned to cover the Orient. Evans was equally adept at crime-solving,
fisticuffs and romance. The suave newspaperman thwarted blackmailers,
smugglers, kidnappers and murderers. But he also managed to spend plenty of
time in a white dinner jacket, entertaining lovely ladies at the Golden
Dragon nightclub. The show created a strong sense of place and adventure as
Evans zipped about in his white convertible, with Hong Kong as a backdrop.
Also helping set the mood was the show's extraordinary musical score, by
Lionel Newman. The rest of the supporting cast included Lloyd Bochner as the
very proper Chief Inspector Neil Campbell and Jack Kruschen as Tully, the
owner of Tully's Bar. Rod's other TV series was 1971's Bearcats! - a DVD set of the complete
series episodes from this excellent action / western series can be found
above Fans of aussie actor Rod
Taylor are well catered for on this
website with the following titles available: The Time Machine
(1960), Seven Seas to Calais (1962), The Birds (1963), Fate Is the Hunter
(1964), 36 Hours (1965), Young Cassidy (1965), The Liquidator (1965), Chuka
(1967), Dark of the Sun aka The Mercenaries (1968), The High Commissioner aka
Nobody Runs Forever (1968), The Hell With Heroes (1968), Powderkeg (1971),
Trader Horn (1973) & Cry of the Innocent (1980) - all of which are available from the INDIVIDUAL
MOVIE TITLES section of this website. The Hong Kong TV Series
(Starring Rod Taylor) Disc No. 1
Suitable
for Framing The Jade
Empress The
Turncoat The
Runaway The Hong Kong TV Series
(Starring Rod Taylor) Disc No. 2
The
Survivor Night Cry Murder by
Proxy Pearl
Flower The
Hong Kong TV Series (Starring Rod Taylor) Disc No. 3 Clear for
Action Dragon
Cup With
Deadly Sorrow The
Innocent Exile |
Hopalong Cassidy "Made For TV"
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18
The first significant Western to appear on network
television was The
Hopalong Cassidy Show, which began in 1949. It starred movie-cowboy
legend William Boyd as Hopalong, a character he had played in sixty-six
movies between 1935 and 1948. Boyd sold almost everything he owned (even his
ranch) to raise the funds to buy the rights to his films. He then re-cut 12
of them into 26 minute TV episodes. These re-cuts which included Hoppy's
trademark narration were from his later films and co-starred Rand Brooks and
Andy Clyde. To these he added another 40 made-for-TV episodes starring himself as
Hoppy, still owner of the Bar 20 Ranch with a sidekick, Red Connors (cleverly
played by Edgar Buchanan) who was the perfect foil for Cassidy.
This DVD set consists of the
40 "made for TV' episodes - excellent prints Also worth a look : The Hopalong Cassidy Radio Shows (voiced by William Boyd and Andy
Clyde) - check out the Old Time Radio section of this website. These shows have been
digitally restored & come on MP3 CDs which work in your DVD player. The
shows are free - with conditions. Check out the Old Time Radio section
for further details
Hopalong Cassidy
"Made for TV" Disc No. 1
Guns
Across the Border
The Knife of Carlos Valero The Trap Alien Range The Feud Ghost Trails Marked Cards Don Colorado Black Waters Blind Encounter Hopalong Cassidy
"Made for TV" Disc No. 2
The
Promised Land
The Vanishing Herd Black Sheep Lawless Legacy The Devils Idol The Sole Survivor The Valley Raiders Twisted Trails The Last Laugh The Jinx Wagon Hopalong Cassidy
"Made for TV" Disc No. 3
Illegal
Entry
Gypsy Destiny Arizona Troubleshooters Death By Proxy Frontier Law Don't Believe in Ghosts The Renegade Press Double Trouble Copper Hills New Mexico Manhunt Hopalong Cassidy
"Made for TV" Disc No. 4
The Outlaw's Breed Grubstake Steel Trails West Silent Testimony 3-7-77 Masquerade For Matilda Frameup For Murder The Black Sombrero The Emerald Saint Tricky Fingers |