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TV
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The Invaders
Season One -
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Season Two -
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
The Invaders is a 60's science fiction series
which originally ran for two seasons. The first episode was aired January
10th 1967 and the last, March 26th 1968 - 17 episodes in Season I, followed
by 26 episodes in Season II Very much a period piece, reflecting the
public concerns of the time, it draws influence both from America's first
missions into space which made ordinary people think about the possibility of
contact with life from other planets, and also from the paranoia of "Reds under the Beds"
brought on at the height of the Cold War. David Vincent, an architect returning home
after a hard, hard day parks his car in an old ghost town in order to rest
for a while before continue driving. Suddenly, in the middle of the night,
something awakes him, a strange object, non human, that is landing in front
of his eyes. From this moment he will be trying to persuade a skeptic world
that the invasion of our planet is going on; that the nightmare has begun. Note that all episodes from both Seasons are included on the 10 discs below (Season I
had only 17 episodes) - Excellent Color Picture & Sound Season
One - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18 The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 1 Beachhead The
Experiment - costarring Roddy McDowell The
Mutation The
Leeches The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 2 Genesis Vikor -
costarring Jack Lord Nightmare Doomsday
Minus One The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 3 Quantity:
Unknown - costarring James Whitmore The
Innocent - costarring Michael Rennie The Ivy
Curtain - costarring Jack Warden The
Betrayed The Invaders (Season I) Disc No. 4 Storm Panic Moonshot Wall of
Crystal The
Condemned - costarring Ralph Bellamy Season Two - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45
or US$45 or £23
The
Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 1 Condition:
Red The
Saucer - costarring Anne Francis The
Watchers - costarring Kevin McCarthy Valley of
the Shadow The
Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 2 The Enemy The Trial The
Spores - costarring Gene Hackman !! Dark
Outpost The
Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 3 Summit
Meeting - Part I - costarring Michael Rennie Summit
Meeting - Part II - costarring Michael Rennie The Prophet Labyrinth
- costarring Sally Kellerman The
Captive - costarring Dana Wynter & Fritz Weaver The
Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 4 The
Believers The
Ransom Task
Force The
Possessed Counter-Attack The
Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 5 The Pit The
Organization The
Peacemaker The Vise The
Invaders (Season II) Disc No. 6 The
Miracle The Life
Seekers The
Pursued Inquisition |
Jet Jackson - see Captain Midnight in the TV Series A - H Section
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Johnny Midnight
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
A
Broadway star decides to change careers and become a private detective and
use his stage name of Johnny Midnight. His cases frequently bring him to the
vicinity of Times Square and Broadway's theatre district, the same area where
he had enjoyed many of the thespain triumphs of his former career. Johnny
lives in a plush Manhattan penthouse with a stunning view of the city and has
a wise-cracking young Japanese man for a "houseboy". The moody,
haunting version off "The Lullabye of Broadway" from the 1935 film "Gold
Diggers of Broadway" serves as a quite effective theme song. Such is the
set up for the 1959-60 thirty minute TV series Johnny Midnight. Skilled
character actor Edmond O'Brien plays Johnny Midnight in true noir style
narrating his adventures in the classic Bogart voice-over style. Edmond O'Brien was famous for his tough noir roles on the
big screen, notably his starring roles in The Web (1947), Fighter Squadron (1948), D.O.A. (1950), 711 Ocean Drive
(1950), Between Midnight and Dawn (1950), Two of a Kind (1951), The Turning
Point (1952), Denver & Rio Grande (1952), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), China
Venture (1953), The Shanghai Story (1954), Shield for Murder (1954) & A
Cry in the Night (1956). Then there are his earlier "breakout"
roles in Parachute Battalion (1941), Obliging Young Lady (1942), Powder
Town (1942) & The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) - all of which are available from the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website. (Trev and his son, Matt are big fans
of the guy!) Johnny
Midnight Disc X Equals
Murder (Pilot Episode - taken from a very nice 16 mm print) 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 Note that this DVD is also
part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see
below (under "F" for 50's) |
Johnny Staccato
3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
"A smooth man on the ivories, hot on the
trigger, and cool in a jam," so the paperback tie-in for the 1959-60
television series Johnny Staccato describes its protagonist. "He's the
toughest private eye to hit America in a decade." Johnny Staccato was a pianist who played at
Waldo's, a Greenwich Village jazz hangout in a stylish, moody, TV show that
still remains a cult favourite. Staccato who was played by the then young but
headed-for-greatness John Cassavetes, supplemented his income as a musician
by taking on detective work. Jazz played a big part in the show's charm.
There were numerous performances by the Pete Candoli combo, which featured
musicians Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Red Norvo at the time. The theme was
composed by Elmer Bernstein Gone, but not forgotten, particularly by the
Europeans, who found something in the show's jazz-tinged moodiness that
Americans seem to have missed. It only lasted one season on NBC, despite ABC
picking it up for repeats, and all the glowing reviews in Europe counted
little Cassavetes received some artistic control over the
show, relatively unheard of at the time for an actor. He participated in
story development and directed a number of the episodes. But when a
controversial episode on drug addiction was pulled, Cassavetes had enough and
proceeded to criticise the sponsors and the production company in the press
in order to get out of his contract. As such only one season of 27 episodes was
produced Johnny
Staccato Disc No. 1 The Naked
Truth Murder
for Credit - costarrring Charles McGraw & Martin Landau The
Parents The Shop
of the Four Winds The
Nature of the Night Viva,
Paco! Evil Murder in
Hi-fi Fly,
Baby, Fly Johnny
Staccato Disc No. 2 Tempted -
costarrring Elizabeth Montgomery The
Poet's Touch A Piece
of Paradise The
Return The
Unwise Men Collector's
Item The Man
in the Pit The Only
Witness Night of
Jeopardy Johnny
Staccato Disc No. 3 Double
Feature The List
of Death Solomon An Act of
Terror An Angry
Young Man The Mask
of Jason - costarrring Mary Tyler Moore A Nice
Little Town Swinging
Long Hair The Wild
Reed - costarrring Harry Guardino |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Jungle Jim
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18
Following a series of 16 successful Jungle Jim
movies over 7 years, a syndicated Jungle Jim TV series debuted in 1955.
Johnny Weissmuller recreated his role as Jim and two new characters were
added: Jim's son Skipper and a Hindu assistant named Kaseem. Lots of action and adventure with Jim "doin'
his thing". Trev well remembers his first viewing of this
series and the after-school excitement that it engendered (Skipper
parachuting down to render First Aid while Jim lands his seaplane in a nearby
river!) The entire series of 26 episodes is presented here
in its original telecast order (from Sept. 1955 to March 1956) Special Note about Print Quality: Trev's
original 2003 mastery of this series (to 3 DVDs) was not in telecast order
(and I used slightly different names for some of the eps). That set has since become "heavily
bootlegged". In an effort to stay ahead of these
"thoughtless opportunists", Trev has returned to his original
collection of episodes and has this time remastered the set onto 4 DVDs and
at the same time used digital enhancement technology to improve the picture
and all-round presentation of this wonderful adventure series (Trev's second
favourite after Jet Jackson). Nevertheless some of the episodes are still not
the greatest of prints (but still nicely viewable) and so I'd say that the
quality of these episodes is still in the 7 to 8 range (out of 10). Jungle
Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 1 Man
Killer Land of
Terror Treasure
of the Amazon Lagoon of
Death A Fortune
in Ivory Jungle
Justice Jungle
Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 2 The Eyes
of Manobo The
King's Ghost White
Magic The
Deadly Idol Leopard's
Paw Man from
Zanzibar Jungle
Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 3 Precious
Cargo The
Golden Parasol Code of
the Jungle Wild Man
of the Jungle Safari
into Danger Blood
Money Striped
Fury Jungle
Jim TV Series (starring Johnny Weissmuller) Disc No. 4 The Sacred Scarab Voodoo Drums The Avenger Return of the Tauregs The Silver Locket Gift of Evil Power of Darkness |
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Kidnapped (starring David McCallum)
2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$25
or US$25 or £13
"Culloden
was the HighlanderÕs holocaust. Here, on a lonely moor outside Inverness on
April 16, 1746, Bonnie Prince CharlieÕs exhausted, hungry force of 5,000 men
was finally crushed, outnumbered two to one by a well-equipped army commanded
by 'Butcher' Cumberland, son of EnglandÕs George II. The days that followed,
immortalized by Robert Louis StevensonÕs epic drama Kidnapped, were
dangerous, uncertain times. Highlanders were outlawed, their colourful
costume forbidden by law" An
ambitious serialization of StevensonÕs epic story, produced by HTV West in
association with Tele-munchen of West German was made in 1978. Consisting of
13 twenty-five minute episodes, it starred David " Illya
Kuryakin" McCallum as Alan Breck, now on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at
Culloden. He meets up with young David Balfour (German actor Ekkehardt Belle)
who has been shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Their journey
to Edinburgh whilst dodging Redcoats along the way becomes the gist of this
excellent mini-series. The
impressive cast also features French teenage actress Aude Landry as Catriona,
the daughter a Highland rebel, torn between her love for David and loyalty to
her father. An
all-star support cast includes Patrick Magee, Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen,
Andrew Keir & Jack Watson For
David McCallum
now standing heroic in the tartan of Alan Breck, the fearless, fighting
veteran of Culloden, itÕs a return to his roots. McCallum was born in Glasgow
and for a time lived in various parts of Scotland including Loch Lomond. And
yes, he has relatives still living in Scotland and there is actually a
McCallum clan! This
well-produced series from Harlech Television is must for fans for David
McCallum - he
excels in this action packed adventure which seems to have been almost
tailor-made for him. Harlech
Television (HTV) was also responsible for two other excellent TV series: Arthur
of the Britons
starring Oliver Tobias in 1972/1973 and Smuggler starring (again) Oliver Tobias in
1981 - both of which are available from this website Kidnapped
Disc No. 1 Episode
No. 1: Uncle Ebenezer Episode
No. 2: Captain Hoseason Episode
No. 3: The Voyage Episode
No. 4: The Stranger Episode
No. 5: Murder Episode
No. 6: Escape Episode
No. 7: Over the Highlands Kidnapped
Disc No. 2 Episode
No. 8: Prestongrange Episode
No. 9: Suspicion Episode
No. 10: Prisoner Episode
No. 11: The Trial Episode
No. 12: A Far Cry Episode
No. 13: The Choice |
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - see The Night Stalker below
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The Lone Ranger (Season 1)
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45
or US$45 or £23
"A fiery horse with
the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!"
The Lone Ranger. "Hi Yo Silver, away!" With his faithful Indian
companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains, led
the fight for law and order in the early west. Return with us now to those
thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger rides again!" Perhaps the most famous Western
of all is The Lone Ranger. It was the tale of the mysterious masked man and
his faithful Indian companion and their efforts to maintain law and order
throughout the West. It came to TV in 1949 in a series of half-hour films
epitomizing the good guys vs. the bad guys Western theme. In the beginning, six Texas
Rangers led by Captain Dan Reid in search of a bunch of outlaws known as the
Cavendish gang are ambushed at Bryant's Gap. All of the Rangers are shot and
left for dead. A Mohawk Indian, Tonto, comes upon the massacre and discovers
one Lone Ranger still alive. Tonto carries the seriously wounded man to a
cave and nurses him back to health. John Reid, the surviving ranger, tells
his story to Tonto, and later tears a piece of black material from his dead
brother Dan Reid's vest and makes a mask which enabled him to hide his
identity and to pose as an outlaw to get near the gang. Later, Reid and Tonto
learn most of the outlaws had been hanged or imprisoned. To symbolize the
massacre at Bryant's Gap, The Lone Ranger never removed his mask and
continued to pursue outlaws and defend justice every week with his faithful
Indian companion Tonto, his equally faithful steed Silver, and his legendary
silver bullets, never fired in anger. After a long and successful radio and comic
book career, The Lone Ranger came to TV in 1949. In an ambitious project, 52 initial episodes
were filmed for the 1949 / '50 Season. Well shot on a good budget and with
deft scripting developed from the successful radio series (as penned by the
legendary Fran Striker), The Lone Ranger was off to a good start. Not the least of which was
a three part story arc recounting the origins of The Lone Ranger, Tonto &
(horse) Silver and as told the first three episodes: (Enter The Lone Ranger,
The Lone Ranger Fights On, The Lone Ranger's Triumph). A record 221 episodes were filmed between
1949 and 1955 (182 in B&W and 39 in color) This set consists of the first (and best)
Season. Picture (B&W) & Sound are
both perfect (Also worth a look: at the
conclusion of the TV Series, The Lone Ranger moved to the big screen with two
Technicolor outings: The Lone Ranger (1956), The Lone Ranger and the Lost
City of Gold (1958) - both of these
films are available from within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this website) The
Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 1 Enter
the Lone Ranger The
Lone Ranger Fights On The
Lone Ranger's Triumph Legion
of Old Timers Rustlers'
Hideout War
Horse Pete
and Pedro The Renegades The
Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 2 The
Tenderfeet High
Heels Six
Gun's Legacy The
Return of the Convict Finders
Keepers The
Masked Rider Old
Joe's Sister Cannonball
McKay The Man
Who Came Back The
Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 3 Outlaw
Town Greed
for Gold Man of
the House Barnaby
Boggs, Esquire Sheep
Thieves Jim
Tyler's Past The Man
With Two Faces Buried
Treasure Troubled
Waters The
Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Gold
Train Pay
Dirt Billie
the Great Never
Say Die Gold
Fever Death
Trap Matter
of Courage Rifles
and Renegades The
Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 5 Bullets
for Ballots The
Black Hat Devil's
Pass Spanish
Gold Damsels
in Distress Man
Without a Gun Pardon
for Curley Eye for
an Eye Outlaw of
the Plains The
Lone Ranger TV Series (Season 1) Disc No. 6 White
Man's Magic Trouble
for Tonto Sheriff
of Gunstock The
Wrong Man The
Beeler Gang The
Star Witness The
Black Widow The
Whimsical Bandit Double
Jeopardy |
The Lone Wolf
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Based
on the stories by Louis Joseph Vance, this US detective series consisted of
39 (B&W) episodes each of 25 minutes duration. Produced in 1955 it
starred the former top-line film star Louis Hayward as Michael Lanyard, a
globe-trotting gentleman rogue who fights crime. The Lone Wolf used a coin as
a calling card - on it was the image of a wolf with the words "The Lone
Wolf" inscribed on the circumference. Louis Hayward has a powerful
presence in this series, sometimes not unlike his standout starring role in
The Saint in New York (1939). ItÕs
a well budgeted TV series with interesting outdoor locales throughout. This
4 DVD set contains all 39 episodes of the series Great
Print Quality throughout The
Movie Series of The Lone Wolf is also available from this website (Movie
Series A-M section) The
Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 1 The Long
Beach Story The
Avalanche Story - costarring Ernest Borgnine The
Chinese Story The
Carnival Story The Blue
Lantern Story The Ski
Story The
Plantation Story Pursuit The
Malibu Story The
Murder Story - costarring DeForest Kelley The
Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 2 The
Honolulu Story Skid Row The Arena The
Karachi Story The Las
Vegas Story - costarring Nancy Malone The
Italian Story The Hunt The Oil
Story The Boy
Story The
Emerald Ring The
Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 3 The
Department Store Story The
Mexico Story The Art
Story The
Carlsbad Big Lie Story The Last
Ballet Story The
Beverly Hills Story The Jet
Story The San
Francisco Story - costarring Ted DeCorsia The
Savage Deep Sea
Diving The
Lone Wolf TV Series (starring Louis Hayward) Disc No. 4 The Werewolf Story The Stamp Story The Minister Story The Robbery Story The Wife Story The Planetarium Story The San Pedro Story The Runaway Story The Newhall Story |
Originally mastered here in early 2006, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
The Man Called X
3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Before anyone had ever heard of James Bond,
audiences thrilled to the daring adventures of The Man Called X, radio's
greatest espionage series. Created by Jay Richard Kennedy, it featured
Hollywood great Herbert Marshall as agent Ken Thurston, "the man who
crosses the ocean as readily as you and I cross town". It ran on CBS and
then NBC radio networks from 1944 until 1952. In 1956 ZIV brought the character to TV screens
with movie veteran Barry Sullivan taking the role of Ken Thurston in 39
exciting and well written episodes. The series benefited from ZIV's polish
and production values with extensive outdoor scenes being a feature of a show
that would take the viewer to a different corner of the globe each week "Wherever there is mystery, adventure,
intrigue, in all the strange and dangerous places in the world, there you
will find -- The Man Called X" This set consists of the only 28 episodes still
known to be in existence. Each is uncut and of good quality. Also worth a look : The Man Called X 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 The
Man Called X Disc No. 1 Assassination Truth
Serum Afghanistan Embassy Dangerous Provocateur Local
Hero Maps U.S.
Planes Acoustics The
Man Called X Disc No. 2 The
General Enemy
Agent Operation
Janus Staff
Headquarters Underground Spare
Parts Fallout Speech Ship
Sabotage The
Man Called X Disc No. 3 Rendezvous Switzerland Code
"W" Gas Masks Murder Train
Blow Up Powder
Keg Passport Voice on
Tape |
The Man From
U.N.C.L.E. (Season 1)
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
For four seasons (1964 - 68), Napoleon Solo (Robert
Vaughn) and Illya
Kuryakin (David McCallum), agents for U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law-Enforcement)
were locked in a weekly derring-do battle with the nefarious schemes of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the
Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity). The series was a
hit and has since become a cult favorite. The first season was shot in beautiful
B&W with the remaining seasons in color. 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 quality. Disc No. 1 The Vulcan Affair The Iowa-Scuba Affair The Quadripartite Affair The Shark Affair Disc No. 2 The Deadly Games Affair The Green Opal Affair The Giuoco Piano Affair The Double Affair The Project Strigas Affair Disc No. 3 The Finny Foot Affair The Neptune Affair The Dove Affair The King of Knaves Affair The Terbuf Affair Disc No. 4 The Deadly Decoy Affair The Fiddlesticks Affair The Yellow Scarf Affair The Mad, Mad Tea Party Affair The Secret Sceptre Affair Disc No. 5 The Bow-Wow Affair The Four-Steps Affair See-Paris-and-Die Affair The Brain-Killer Affair The Hong Kong Shilling Affair Disc No. 6 The Never-Never Affair The Love Affair The Gazebo in the Maze Affair The Girls of Nazarone Affair The Odd Man Affair |
Manhunt
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45
or US$45 or £23
Manhunt was a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes,
produced by London Weekend Television in 1969. This tense drama captures the
ever-present fear and the complex personal dilemmas experienced by those
caught up in the tragedy of occupation. British pilot Jimmy Porter
(Alfred Lynch) crashes his aeroplane in occupied France and immediately finds
himself on the run from the Nazis. He meets a young girl, Nina (Cyd Hayman),
a part-Jewish agent with important information, and vows to get her back to
Britain. He is helped by another agent, code-named Vincent, (Peter Barkworth)
and pursued across France by S.S. Officer Lutzig (Philip Madoc), and the
ambivalent Abwehr Sgt. Gratz (Robert Hardy), a complex psychological
character who has fallen in love with Nina. The musical theme was taken from
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which features the famous rhythm used to
introduce radio broadcasts to Nazi occupied territories, and also signifies
the letter "V", for Victory, in Morse Code. The series constructed along the lines of a
serial consisted of 26 fifty minute color episodes This 6 DVD set contains the entire series
of 50 minute episodes of Manhunt in their original broadcast order - superb
color prints throughout Manhunt
Disc No. 1 Fare
Forward Voyagers Break-Up Only
the Dead Survive What
Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Manhunt
Disc No. 2 One
More River Open
House Better
Doubt Than Die A
Different Kind of War Manhunt
Disc No. 3 Betrayal With a
Sort of Love The
Price of Resistance The Enemy
You Know A Way
to Die Manhunt
Disc No. 4 One Way
Home Little
Man, Big Gun - Part One Little
Man, Big Gun - Part Two The
Ugly Side of War Manhunt
Disc No. 5 Confessional The
Death-Wish Machine Degrade
and Rule Manhunt
Disc No. 6 Intent
to Steal The
Train May Be Late Little
Man, What Next? - Part One Little
Man, What Next? - Part Two The
Losers |
Man in a
Suitcase
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
A fully certified "cult" series is Man
in a Suitcase, an
ITC series from 1967 that has withstood the test of time and to this day
retains its gritty freshness. From the same stable that brought forth
reliable hits such as The Baron, Department S, The Champions, Return of
The Saint & Strange Report, Man in a Suitcase starred US actor Richard Bradford as ex CIA agent
McGill or "Mac" (his first name is never revealed). Straight
forward and almost "in-your-face" in style, Man in a Suitcase
relies on good stories in an action/adventure format. McGill had been forced to resign from the
service six years prior to the opening episode, practically accused of
treason. Unable to clear his name or return to the USA, McGill makes ends
meet by working as a traveling private detective and bounty hunter, based in
Britain, living out of his suitcase (hence the title). His cases generally
took him to different parts of Europe and on a couple of occasions to Africa. In the first episode, "Man from the
Dead", we discover the reason for McGill's disgrace. During an
assignment six years previously, he learned that a top Western scientist
called LeFarbe was preparing to defect to the USSR. Though he planned to
intercept the defector, he was ordered to stand down by his superior Harry
Thyssen. Shortly afterwards, LeFarbe went over to the Russians. Accused of
complicity in the defection, McGill was unable to call on Thyssen to clear
his name, as his superior had been drowned in a sailing accident, and he was
forced to resign from the service amid much negative publicity. Now, six
years on, McGill discovers that Thyssen may still be alive! (no spoilers
here) Building on this foundation, Man in a
Suitcase was a series very much about betrayal, mistrust and deceit. Because
of his unofficial, semi-legal status, McGill often found himself being hired
by unscrupulous clients and unwittingly used for criminal ends, or set up as
a fall guy. On several occasions, characters from his past with US
Intelligence drew him into dangerous situations; and he could also be
blackmailed or tricked into participating in espionage missions, as he was
the perfect deniable operative. A number of the series writers were new to
ITC, and this resulted in a show that was markedly different to the usual
light-hearted adventure and espionage fantasy of such series. It highlighted
character-based drama grounded in a cynical view of the real world, making it
more akin to the spy novels of John le CarrŽ and Len Deighton. As developed by Bradford, the
characterization of McGill was complex. As a man who felt betrayed by life
and his country, he could appear outwardly as surly, moody and
uncommunicative. But this masked a sensitive interior. McGill felt compassion
for those who were the victims in his cases, and would try to help them,
often to his own cost. The level of violence portrayed in the show
was unprecedented for an ITC series. This was partly because of Bradford's
concerns that the stories and characters should remain real. Unlike most TV
action heroes of the time, McGill would get "knocked around" quite
a bit in most episodes - Bradford took great pains to depict the character as
wounded and concussed (just like with today's Bruce Willis character, John
McClane). In addition to beatings, McGill is several times shot and stabbed,
and ends more than one episode recovering in hospital. The series was unusual in its use of
night-time filming (as opposed to the "day for night with filters"
approach common at the time). Actual locations included London's South Bank
(Man from the Dead) and Kingston-upon-Thames (Day of Execution), the latter a
setting for a remarkable (for its time) night-time car chase. A number of episodes were helmed by the
legendary Charles Crichton (he of The
Lavender Hill Mob and A Fish Called Wanda). Second unit direction
mostly came from eventual James Bond director, John Glen - but Man in a
Suitcase managed to stay well away from the James Bond elements which were
sometimes seen in The Saint and Danger Man. Bradford himself gives an
excellent and underrated performance as McGill. A distinctive feature of the
show was the theme tune composed by Ron Grainer, a catchy, jazzy number. Note
that the complete series of The Baron, Department S, 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 Man in a Suitcase in their original broadcast
order - superb color prints throughout Disc No. 1 Man from the Dead All That Glitters Sweet Sue The Bridge Find the Lady Disc No. 2 Brainwash The Girl Who Never Was Variation on a Million Bucks (Part 1) - costarring Ron
Randell Variation on a Million Bucks (Part 2) - costarring Ron
Randell Day of Execution - costarring Donald Sutherland Disc No. 3 Web with Four Spiders Blind Spot The Boston Square Jigsaw Man The Sitting Pigeon Disc No. 4 The Man Who Stood Still Somebody Loses, Somebody ... Wins? Dead Man's Shoes The Whisper Essay in Evil Disc No. 5 Why They Killed Nolan Burden of Proof Who's Mad Now? Property of a Gentleman No Friend of Mine Disc No. 6 Which Way Did He Go, McGill? - costarring Donald
Sutherland The Revolutionaries Three Blinks of the Eye Castle in the Clouds - costarring Edward Fox Night Flight to Andorra |
Michael Shayne
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
Brett Halliday's contemporary private eye
character, Michael Shayne was the basis for 7 well received movies in the
early 40's - see Movie Series section. He became Story Consultant for the
Michael Shayne TV series (1960 - 61). This popular series of 1 hour episodes
starred Richard Denning in the title role, ably supported by strong
supporting cast (including Jerry Paris). Interesting guest stars included
Burt Reynolds, Mona Freeman, Warren Oates and Adam "Batman" West as
a florist! It was set in Miami and benefited from Four Star's strong
production values. Note
that this DVD is also part of a 4 DVD set which includes the Michael Shayne
films -
it can be found in the Movie Series section of this website Michael
Shayne TV Series (starring Richard Denning) Blood on
Biscayne Bay - guest star : Mona Freeman Murder in
Wonderland - guest star : Anthony Caruso Murder
'Round the Wrist - guest star : Warren Oates The Boat
Caper - guest stars : Burt
Reynolds, Stephen McNally Date With
Death - guest star : Jack
Kruschen |
Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
Private-eye Mike Hammer is based on Mickey
Spillane's famous novels. This 1958-59 (30 minute) series was every bit as
violent as the books described by TV Variety as a "mixture of blood,
violence and sex." Hammer had a knack for wise-cracking and smart-aleck
responses to anyone and everyone. The setting was New York City, the city
that never sleeps and Hammer was played by Darren McGavin who would later
star in Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Interestingly during the show's Second Season,
McGavin began filming the Riverboat TV series (also available from this
website). Being the star of two prime time show meant that he was working close
to 100 hours per week. Mickey
Spillane's Mike Hammer TV Series (starring Darren McGavin) Disc No. 1 Skinned
Deep Play
Belles' Toll It's an
Art Four
Blind Mice Scar and
Garter No
Pockets in a Shroud The
Living Dead Old Folks
at Home Blues Tattoo
Brute? Evidence
on the Record Note that this DVD is also
part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see
below (under "F" for 50's) Also available : A
Darren McGavin 2 DVD Set with Riverboat : AU$25 or US$25 or £13 |
M Squad (starring Lee Marvin)
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18
Captain
Grey (Paul Newlan) heads an elite detective division in the Chicago Police
Department known
simply as "M Squad". Its dedicated to fighting organized crime
and battling corrupt city officials - and has Lieutenant Frank Ballinger
(Lee Marvin) as
one of its officers. Mostly Frank works alone to arrest the villains - he's
tough, reliable and doggedly determined in solving each week's case. Although
Lee Marvin had been appearing in feature films since 1951, often to great
effect (see Seven Men From Now in the Randolph Scott section of this website), it was
this 1957/59 series that made him a star in his own right. We
all now know how he went on to become a fabulous leading man on the big
screen. And one can see that "screen presence" (even
"menace") when watching his portrayal here in this his only TV
series foray: "M Squad" Dad
and I used to watch & enjoy this show together - he often commented on
its realism. At the time Lee Marvin seemed a powerful lead but we never
realized that in a few years he would be making wonderful films like The
Dirty Dozen &
The Professionals - not the mention the excellent Emperor of the North which is available from the INDIVIDUAL
MOVIE TITLES section
of this website This
DVD set consists of the first season episodes only - in its entirety - all 38
half hour entries. Quality is mostly good with a few being a little faded M
Squad Disc No. 1 The
Golden Look The
Watchdog Neighborhood
Killer Pete
Loves Mary Face of
Evil Street of
Fear The
Matinee Trade The Hard
Case Killer in
Town M
Squad Disc No. 2 Diamond
Hard The Alibi
Witness The
Specialists Family
Portrait The
Palace Guard The Slow
Trap The Cover
Up Blue
Indigo The Long
Ride M
Squad Disc No. 3 The
Shakedown Dolly's
Bar Lover's
Lane Killing The
Frightened Wife The Black
Mermaid The Man
in Hiding Chicago
Bluebeard Girl Lost Hideout Shot in
the Dark M
Squad Disc No. 4 The
Twenty-Six Girl The Fight Guilty
Alibi The
Healer Day of
Terror The $20
Plates The Case
of the Double Face The System Woman
from Paris Accusation |
My Three Sons (Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 Yep,
itÕs a sit-com and yep it has one of those annoying canned laughter
soundtracks bubbling along in the background É but it was an excellent TV series
which ran for 12 seasons and 380 episodes! My
Three Sons tells
of a Scotch-Irish-American family: the Douglas/O'Casey and chronicles the
life of an aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas, played by
well-credentialed movie star Fred MacMurray, and his three sons Mike (Tim Considine), Robbie (Don Grady) & Chip (Stanley
Livingston).
Steve's father-in-law, Bub O'Casey (William Frawley) lived in the home as well and
did the cooking - and there was a dog, too - a big "Shaggy" one: Tramp
The
show began on ABC in black-and-white. The first season, consisting of
thirty-six episodes, is particularly remarkable for having been directed in
its entirety by Peter Tewksbury, who also produced and occasionally scripted
the programs. These early episodes varied considerably from one week to the
next - they might be comedic or dramatic but were surprisingly innovative. Each
of this first season of episodes was unusual for its fearless use of
cross-talk (a way of having the voices of off screen characters heard in the
background of the soundtrack, just under the voices of the main characters),
in depicting the chaotic Douglas household. Chip
Off the Old Block
is the first episode and itÕs a great intro of what was to follow É a
door-to-door cosmetics salesman asks to see the woman of the house, to wit
Bub laughs and replies with "Boy, do you have the wrong
house"!
In Brotherly Love (which also features a young Beau Bridges as Mike's friend, Russ) sibling
rivalry erupts over a girl who is fancied by both Robbie & Mike and it
results in a "cold war" between them. Their dinner table sniping as
Steve tries to broker peace is punctuated by the sounds of guns firing and
bombs exploding. The
situations are grounded in reality, and the writing often surprises with
twists that subvert sitcom convention and stereotypes. Countdown cleverly unfolds in real time as
the family's Monday morning routine plays out against a televised satellite
launch. Some episodes simply bring home the laughs, as in The Little
Ragpicker, in
which a realistic looking dummy causes a new neighbor to think the worst
about the Douglases. In Bub in the Ointment we get to see Bub's "Irish temper"
and lack of tact - it embarrasses the kids, until Steve reminds Mike of the
sacrifices Bub made to move in with the family after his daughter died. Another
excellent episode (and Trev's favorite) is the second last episode The
Sunday Drive in
which the Douglas family inadvertantly disrupt a neighbor's Sunday drive.
Steve needs for his day to be quiet so that he can complete some technical
drawings, Mike is trying to memories some poetry for school, Robbie wants to
hide from a persistent girl-friend, Chip & pal are playing space
adventures with ray guns, Tramp doesn't want to be left out and Bub
"would like a drive in the country". The neighbor borrows Steve's
station-wagon and all 9 with dog pile in É the noise and disorganization run
to great heights - fabulous The
boys talk, act, and fight like brothers, and Steve, while a pipe-puffing
fount of sage fatherly advice, is sometimes at a loss, and is allowed to be
testy and impatient with his "wild bunch." This
listing is for Season 1 only - the best season - all 36 B&W half hour
episodes from Season 1 are presented here in their original telecast order.
All 36 episodes are of exceptional (digitally restored) quality and are
completely uncut. My
Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 1 Chip Off
the Old Block The
Little Ragpicker Bub in
the Ointment Countdown Brotherly
Love Adjust or
Bust Lady
Engineer Chip's
Harvest Raft on
the River My
Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 2 Lonesome
George Spring
Will Be a Little Late This Year My Three
Strikers The
Elopement Mike's
Brother Domestic
Trouble Bub
Leaves Home Mike in a
Rush The Bully My
Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 3 Organization
Woman Other
People's Houses The
Delinquent Man in a
Trench Coat Deadline The
Lostling Off Key Small
Adventure Soap Box
Derby My
Three Sons (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Unite or
Sink The Wiley
Method The
National Pastime The
Croaker The
Musician The
Horseless Saddle Trial by
Separation The
Sunday Drive Fire
Watch |
The New Avengers
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or
£23
The New Avengers was a late 1970's sequel to the
1960s series, The Avengers (also available from this website) The new version was developed by original
series producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell and was a joint
UK-France-Canada production seen in more than 20 countries. The series picks up the adventures of John
Steed (again
played by Patrick Macnee) as he and his team of "Avengers" fight evil plots and
world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been
partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt), a top agent, crack marksman and
trained martial artist, and Purdey (Joanna Lumley), a former trainee with The Royal
Ballet (which she claimed was where she learned the high-kicking skills she
frequently used in the series) who was an amalgam of many of the best talents
from Steed's female partners in The Avengers (especially Mrs Peel). As he did for most of the original series,
Steed is once again acting without a direct superior and is seen as the
mentor to Gambit and Purdey, taking on a paternal role towards them
(especially in the episode "Hostage"). Gambit is the athletic
action hero, while Purdey, incorporates the wit and fighting skills of her
predecessors. The verbal interplay between Gambit and Purdey, with her
humorously keeping his romantic advances at bay, hearkens back to the
original Avengers. There were two series, each of 13 fifty
minutes episodes and filmed in 1976 & 1977 - the result was an
impressively mounted collection of 26 adventures, each bearing the undeniable
traits of its much lauded predecessor. The first series featured several episodes
using science fiction themes similar to those of the classic "Emma
Peel" Avengers era. The new trio had to deal with suspended animation
("The Eagle's Nest"), biological warfare ("The Midas
Touch"), robotics ("The Last of The CybernautsÉ?"), mind
transfer ("Three-Handed Game") and even a giant rat
("Gnaws"). Second series episodes tended to deal with more
realistic plots although there were still some "traditional
Avengers" stand-outs: the artificially-intelligent super-computer of "Complex";
the Russian soldiers revived from suspended animation in the two part epidose
"K is for Kill"; the submersible Russian community in "Forward
Base" and the Super humans of "The Gladiators". An attempt to get Diana Rigg to appear as Emma Peel in the new series was unsuccessful,
although old footage of her on the phone from two 1960s episodes of The
Avengers, 'The Winged Avenger' and 'The Hidden Tiger', were used to allow the
character to make a cameo appearance in the episode "K Is For Kill Part
One: The Tiger Awakes" Laurie Johnson, who had composed the theme for the original
Avengers series (starting with the Emma Peel era in 1965, at least), returned
to compose a new, updated theme for the revival, although it begins with the
same fanfare as the original. Although the series proved popular on both
sides of The Atlantic, funding for the series was never secure with matters
deteriorating to the point that required additional moneys just to enable
completion of the second series. A Canadian Production company came on board
and were keen to promote the home country, so the final four stories were
titled The New Avengers in Canada, with action taking place in Toronto,
Ontario (with scenes for the episode "Forward Base" shot at
Toronto's well known Ward's Island) This 6 DVD set contains both seasons and
all 26 episodes (in release order) of The New Avengers series (color, 50
minutes each) - Perfect color
prints throughout See also The Avengers with Mrs Peel - the
original series comprising two seasons and a total of 51 episodes. This
series is also available from this website. The New Avengers Disc No. 1 (Season 1) The Eagle's Nest House of Cards The Last of the CybernautsÉ? The Midas Touch The New Avengers Disc No. 2 (Season 1) Cat Amongst the Pigeons Target! To Catch a Rat The Tale of the Big Why The New Avengers Disc No. 3 (Season 1) Faces Sleeper Three Handed Game Dirtier by the Dozen Gnaws The New Avengers Disc No. 4 (Season 2) Dead Men are Dangerous Angels of Death Medium Rare The Lion and the Unicorn The New Avengers Disc No. 5 (Season 2) Obsession Trap Hostage K is for Kill (1): The Tiger Awakes The New Avengers Disc No. 6 (Season 2) K is for Kill (2): Tiger by the Tail Complex The Gladiators Emily Forward Base |
The Night
Stalker - TV Movies & TV Series + The Norliss Tapes
7 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Richard Matheson has scripted some of the finest
fantasy to ever grace the screen (big and small) and this one, based on the
then-unpublished novel by Jeff Rice, took everyone by surprise in 1972: The
Night Stalker. It told the story of now legendary character:
Carl Kolchak
(as played by Darren McGavin) - a newspaper reporter with an abrasive personality that has gotten
him fired ten times from various big-city papers. Now he's reduced to
reporting for a relatively small-time paper in Las Vegas. It's here he gets
the story of his life: someone is biting the necks of young girls and
draining their blood - can this killer with supernormal powers really be a
70-year-old Rumanian millionaire? - a vampire? But will the local sheriff, or
the D.A., or even his own boss, let him print it? And can an aging reporter
do anything to stop him? This TV movie was enormously successful - the
public wanted more of Kolchak and so a second spooky adventure seemed a natural:
The Night Strangler (1973). After being run out of Las Vegas, Kolchak heads for Seattle
and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on
the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years,
for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them
of their blood and then disappears into the night, that is until the next 21
years passes. Kolchak is on his trail, but the question is, can he stop him
before he disappears again? This second TV movie was another success and
so established Darren McGavin's enduring character: wisecracking Carl
Kolchak - a
rumpled news hound plucked from the fast-talking newspaper flicks of the
1940s and dropped into the swinging '70s -eccentric and unique is his nose
for the supernatural, a trait that leaves his editor (Simon Oakland) exasperated and the police less
than amused. A short-lived TV series titled Kolchak:
The Night Stalker
followed - it lasted only 20 episodes but is credited as being a major
inspiration for the The X-Files since series creator Chris Carter was a huge fan. The Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series was plagued by low
ratings but the show has cultivated a huge cult following over the past three
decades. Though none of the episodic stories matches the suspense and writing
strength of the Night Stalker or Night Strangler movies, TV horror fans will
appreciate the parade of interesting and inventive monsters encountered by
Kolchak including a witches' coven in "The Trevi Collection"; an
Aztec cult in "Legacy of Terror"; a Hindu Demon in "Horror in
the Heights," and a headless biker in "Chopper," (an episode
written by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and Sopranos creator David Chase).
McGavin's Kolchak continues to amuse and enthral but he's well-matched again
by Simon Oakland as his hot-tempered boss and guest stars which include Phil
Silvers, Tom Skerritt, Keenan Wynn, John Marley, Nina Foch and Richard Kiel as the monster in two
back-to-back episodes. Bonus DVD: The Norliss Tapes Legendary thriller TV producer Dan Curtis was responsible for 1972's The
Night Stalker and
The Night Strangler (1973) which Dan Curtis also directed. Following these two successes
and before Kolcak: The Night Stalker was commissioned (in 1974). Curtis combined
with Logan's Run
writer William F. Nolan to produce and direct The Norliss Tapes (1973). Starring Roy Thinness & Angie Dickinson it tells of an investigative
reporter writing a book exposing supernatural hoaxes and paranormal
phenomena. But after a frightened phone call to his publisher, Norliss
disappears leaving only a stack of cassettes on which he s dictated his
strange findings. This 7 DVD set comprises both the TV
movies and all 20 of the TV series presented in their original telecast order
plus The Norliss Tapes as a bonus - excellent color prints throughout Disc No. 1 (TV Movies Disc) The Night Stalker (1972) The Night Strangler (1973) Disc No. 2 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series) The Ripper The Zombie They Have Been, They Are, They Will Be.. The Vampire Disc No. 3 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series) The Werewolf Firefall The Devil's Platform Bad Medicine Disc No. 4 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series) The Spanish Moss Murders The Energy Eater Horror in the Heights Mr. R.I.N.G. Disc No. 5 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series) Primal Scream The Trevi Collection Chopper Demon in Lace Disc No. 6 (Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV series) Legacy of Terror The Knightly Murders The Youth Killer The Sentry Bonus DVD The Norliss Tapes (1973) |
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Paul Temple É on TV
3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Paul
Temple was one of
the most popular private detectives of all time, beginning life in a 1938 BBC
radio serial before appearing in novels, film and even a daily comic strip.
The radio show lasted for three decades before Paul Temple and wife
"Steve" ended their 30 year radio career with the broadcast of the
Paul Temple and the Alex Affair serial in 1968. However, the BBC hadn't
finished with Paul Temple, and in 1969 he was to debut on British television
- in colour. There
were to be several differences to the radio days. Radio series creator, Francis
Durbridge was not
going to write the stories, and it was to be a series of self contained
episodes, rather than a serial (as on radio). Also, the series was to be
updated to the swinging 60s. Sir Graham Forbes & Charlie didn't make the
transition, but new characters were introduced. The
Paul Temple TV series starred Francis Matthews as the exemplary crime writer turned crime
solver - he was stylish, cool, incisive and ever-protective of his loving
wife (and fellow investigator)
ÒSteveÓ played by Ros Drinkwater. The
series, consisting of 4 seasons totalling 52 episodes of 50 minutes each, was
notable for featuring a large amount of location filming, much of it in
Europe. For example Games People Play was 100% location-filmed on Malta! Unfortunately
a large number of the episodes no longer exist as they were not preserved by
the BBC. Of the 52 episodes produced, only 16 are know to exist today, &
5 of those only exist in black and white. This
3 DVD set consists of the surviving 11 color episodes - each of 50 minutes
duration An
wonderful collection of mysteries that must be solved - and thereÕs only one
crime writer who can do it: Paul Temple (and Steve, of course) Perfect
color prints throughout. Please
note that the complete collection of Paul Temple Radio Mysteries are available from within the Radio
Shows on MP3 CD
section of this website - all beautifully restored! (free - with conditions) Please
Note further that the Paul Temple Movie Series is available from within the Movies
Series section of
this website Paul
Temple É on TV - Disc No. 1 Games
People Play Corrida The
Specialists Has
Anybody Seen Kelly? Paul
Temple É on TV - Disc No. 2 Motel Cue
Murder! Death Of
Fasching Catch
Your Death Paul
Temple É on TV - Disc No. 3 Ricochet With
Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies? The Quick
and the Dead |
Peter Gunn
(Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Peter Gunn was a 30 half-hour private eye TV
series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to
1961. Unlike the standard hard-boiled detectives, such as Sam Spade or Philip
Marlowe, Gunn was a sophisticated "hipster", a dapper dresser who
loved cool jazz; where other gumshoes were often coarse, Peter Gunn as played
by Craig Stevens, was the epitome of
"cool". He operated in a nameless waterfront city, and was a
regular patron of Mother's, a wharfside club; his girlfriend, Edie Hart (Lola
Albright), was a
sultry singer employed there. Herschel Bernardi played Lieutenant Jacoby, a
police detective. The show's creator (and also writer and director on
occasion) was Blake "Pink Panther" Edwards. Edwards developed the character
from an earlier fictional detective he created. Richard Diamond, Private
Detective starred
Dick Powell
and aired as a radio series from 1949 to 1953 (and available from the OTR
section of this website). David Janssen later starred in the television adaptation
from 1957 to 1960 (also available from this section of the website). It was
this character's success that prompted his creator to revisit the concept as Peter
Gunn. The show's use of modern jazz music, at a
time when most television shows used a generic, uninspired orchestra for the
background, was another distinctive touch that set the standard for many
years to come. Innovative jazz themes seemed to accompany every move Gunn
made, ably rendered by Henry Mancini and his orchestra (which at that time
included John Williams), lending the character even more of an air of suave sophistication.
Most memorable of all was the show's opening (and closing) theme, composed
and performed by Mancini. A hip, bluesy, brassy number with an insistent
piano-and-bass line, the song became an instant hit for Mancini, earning him
an Emmy Award and two Grammys. This listing is for Season 1 only - the
best season - all 38 B&W episodes from Season 1 are presented here in
their original telecast order. All 38 episodes are of exceptional (digitally restored)
quality and are completely uncut running the full 26 minutes (except for one
episode only, "Keep Smiling" - see below) Disc No. 1 The Kill Streetcar Jones The Vicious Dog The Blind Pianist The Frog The Chinese Hangman Lynn's Blues Rough Buck Image of Sally Disc No. 2 The Man with the Scar Death House Testament The Torch The Jockey Sisters Of The Friendless The Leaper The Fuse Let's Kill Timothy Missing Night Watchman Disc No. 3 Murder On The Midway Pecos Pete Scuba Edie Finds a Corpse The Dirty Word The Ugly Frame The Lederer Story Keep Smiling (note: runs 23 mins) Breakout Pay Now, Kill Later Disc No. 4 Skin Deep February Girl Love Me to Death The Family Affair Lady Windbell's Fan Bullet for a Badge Kill from Nowhere Vendetta The Coffin The Portrait |
Ramar of the Jungle
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Jon Hall, best-known for his
RKO 'Arabian Nights' swashbucklers during WWII, starred, as Dr. Tom Reynolds,
a man dedicated to healing ('Ramar' was a native term for 'Medicine Man'),
who seemed to spend most of his life working out of his tent in the middle of
the jungle. His partner, Prof. Howard Ogden (played by happy-go-lucky Ray
Montgomery, another film veteran), had a habit of getting the pair into hot
water, but also had the scientific skills to implement the solutions that
Reynolds would come up with. Dealing with evil hunters and thieves who would
come to the jungle to plunder, Reynolds would always arrive in the nick of
time to defend the African natives, and save the day. Most episodes were set in
Africa although some were also set in India Ramar of the Jungle Disc
No. 1
The Mark
of Shaitan The
Crocodile God of Kaar Mark of
the Bola Curse of
the Devil Doll Lady of
the Leopards Voice of
the Past Savage
Challenge Idol
Voo-Doo King of
Watus Ramar of the Jungle Disc
No. 2
Dark
Venture The Devil
Soul Urn of
Destiny The
Hidden Treasure The
Tiger's Claw The
Forbidden Village The Bride
of the Idol The Mask
of Kreenah Drums of
Doom White
Man's Magic Zombie
Terror Ramar of the Jungle Disc
No. 3
Evil Trek White
Savages Drums of
the Jungle Danger in
Disguise Contraband Jungle
Terror Striped
Fury The Blue
Treasure The
Sacred Monkey Tribal
Feud The
Doomed Safari Ramar of the Jungle Disc
No. 4
The Voice
in the Sky Call to
Danger The Golden
Tablet The
Flaming Mountain Trail to
Danger Savage
Fury The
Unknown Terror Evil
Strangers Blind
Peril The
Mystic Pawn The Road
of No Return |
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The Restless Gun 3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or US$30 or
£15
The Six Shooter was a 1953-54 radio series created by Frank Burt in which legendary actor James Stewart played the role of the cowboy traveller Britt
Ponset. James Stewart's Britt
Ponset was a man with a reputation for having a fast gun but nonetheless a
thinking man who didn't reach for his gun first and ask questions later. (This excellent radio series - perfectly restored -
is available from the Old Time Radio section of this website) The Six Shooter was to become The Restless Gun on television in 1957-58. Action film star, John
Payne took over from James Stewart,
taking the name Britt Ponset with him into three appearances on TV's Schlitz
Playhouse of Stars before moving
onto a regular TV series, entitled The Restless Gun and with a name changed to Vint Bonner. Just like Stewart, Payne "narrated" proceedings
in a series of stories which were often adapted from episodes aired on radio. John Payne
also produced the TV series (along with David Dortort, who would go on to produce Bonanza) which ran for two seasons and 77 episodes - these
were very polished, well budgeted 30 minute B&W western adventures which
also featured an interesting array of guest stars: Ben Johnson, James Coburn,
J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, William Hopper, Andrew Duggan
plus eventual regulars on Bonanza: Dan Blocker & Michael Landon. This 3 DVD set begins with the original pilot
episode for the TV series - simply titled The Restless Gun, it is an entry in the Schlitz Playhouse of
Stars anthology series. The following 23 episodes are from the regular
series and are presented here in their original telecast order and are of
very nice quality throughout Also worth a look : The Six Shooter 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 The Restless Gun Disc No. 1 The
Restless Gun (Pilot - Schlitz Playhouse of Stars) Man and
Boy Cheyenne
Express Thicker
Than Water The Child
Hornitas
Town Woman
From Sacramento The Hand
Is Quicker The Restless Gun Disc No. 2 The
Outlander The Gold
Star Jebediah
Bonner Bonner's
Squaw Remember
the Dead No Way To
Kill Multiply
One Day Paligroso The Restless Gun Disc No. 3 The Way
Back The
Painted Beauty The Lady
and the Gun Blood of
Courage Melany Incident
at Bluefield The Pawn Code for
a Killer |
Return of The Saint
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45
or US$45 or £23
Return
of The Saint was
a British action-adventure television series that aired for one season in
1978 and 1979 in Britain. It was produced by Lord Lew Grade's ITC
Entertainment and ran for 24 episodes. Like its predecessors at ITC (The
Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions & Strange Report - all of which are available from
this website), Return of The Saint was shot as a series of feature films,
rather than being videotaped in studio with film inserts like so many other
TV series. In terms of production values, the series is, even by television
standards today, almost without parallel. Whereas the Elstree Film Studios
back lot was often utilised as an exotic local in the original Saint TV
series, Return of the Saint actually filmed in the countries / locations
where the stories were set, locations such as Venice, Nice, The Camargue,
Cortina, Rome, Florence etc - unheard of for a TV series back then and very
possibly now. Return
of The Saint was
a huge success and sold to in excess of 70 countries worldwide but
unfortunately Lord Lew Grade retired from the TV side of ITC to concentrate on the film arm - and
with the financial disaster of Raise the Titanic (1980), funding for a further series of Return
of The Saint never
eventuated. (Said Lord Lew: "Why make Raise the Titanic when it would
have been cheaper to lower The Atlantic") The
series starred Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar, an independently wealthy, somewhat mysterious "do-gooder"
known as "The Saint" who was created in 1928 by Leslie Charteris and featured in a long-running
series of novels and novellas. The series itself is a revival of The Saint, a long-running 1960s TV series
that starred Roger Moore as Templar. The music was written by John Scott and incorporated Leslie Charteris
own theme which had previously been used in films and on radio. The
premise of the series is identical to that of the 1960s TV series, in that
Templar is shown traveling around Britain and Europe, helping out the people
he encounters, though he is also often summoned by past acquaintances. A roaring
adventurer who loves a fight É a dashing daredevil É unperturbable É debonair
É preposterously handsome É a pirate or philanthropist as the occasion
demands. He lives for
the pursuit of excitement É for the one triumphant moment that is his alone É The
series borrowed a few storytelling elements from its predecessor. Once again,
each episode began with Simon narrating an introduction to set the scene for
viewers, and each pre-credit sequence ended with an animated halo appearing
above Templar's head as he was identified. Robert S. Baker, who developed and produced the
earlier The Saint series for Roger Moore, performed the same duties with
Return of the Saint. Of
particular significance to Trev is that the series also made a recurring reference to the 1930s-40s
film series, as well as the 1940s radio series that starred Vincent Price as Templar: as the halo appears
over Simon's head and just before the opening credits begin, a short phrase
of music is heard; this is not actually part of the specially composed theme
music for the Return of the Saint series, but is in fact the signature theme
of the Saint from film and radio. (Not that both The Saint Movie Series and The Saint Radio Series are both available from the
relevant parts of this website) Ogilvy
(who looks and even sounds like Roger Moore) became very popular in Britain
and Europe because of the series and along the way won a 'Most Compulsive TV
Character Award' in 1978 at the then prostiguous 'TV Times Awards' - in the
early 1980s he was considered a major contender for replacing Moore as James
Bond! Unlike
the earlier series, Return of The Saint did not adapt any Leslie Charteris
stories, however several episodes (such as The Imprudent Professor and Collision Course) were adapted as novels that were
credited to Charteris but written by others. A number of Saint books were
reprinted with covers depicting Ogilvy as Templar as a tie-in with the
series; these collectable volumes carried the Return of the Saint title. The
adaptation of the series only two-parter, Collision Course, retitled Salvage for The
Saint, was
published in 1983 (several years after the series ended) and was the 50th and
final Saint book to be published in a series of publications dating back to
the 1920s. The
series also boasted a fine cast of actors, with the likes of Joss Ackland,
Stratford Johns, Ian Hendry, Judy Geeson, Anton Rogers, Britt Ekland, Maurice
Denham, George Cole, Susan Penhaligon and Stuart Wilson. A fine company of
directors was also assembled, including movie stalwarts such as Charles Crichton
(A Fish Called Wanda) and Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember). This
6 DVD set contains the entire series of twenty four 50 minute episodes of
Return of The Saint in their original broadcast order - superb color prints
throughout Note
that the complete series of The Baron, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, The
Champions & Strange Report is also available from this website Note
further that The Saint Movie Series is available from the Movie Series section
of this website Also
worth a look : The Saint 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. Check out the Old Time Radio section for further details Return
of The Saint Disc No. 1 The Judas
Game The
Nightmare Man Duel in
Venice One Black
September Return
of The Saint Disc No. 2 The
Village That Sold its Soul Assault
Force Yesterday's
Hero The Poppy
Chain Return
of The Saint No. 3 The
Arrangement The
Armageddon Alternative The
Imprudent Professor Signal
Stop Return
of The Saint No. 4 The Roman
Touch Tower
Bridge is Falling Down The Debt
Collectors Collision
Course - Part 1 The Brave Goose Return
of The Saint No. 5 Collision
Course - Part 2 The Sixth Man Hot Run Murder
Cartel The Obono
Affair Return
of The Saint No. 6 Vicious Circle Dragonseed Appointment in Florence The Diplomat's Daughter |
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
Private Detective, Richard Diamond had its genesis
in the mind of Blake "The Pink Panther" Edwards. He fashioned the
very successful Richard Diamond radio show in the late 40's and cast popular
film star Dick Powell in the title role. Powell played Richard Diamond,
"radio's singing gumshoe", an ex- New York City now private
detective who was tough when he needed to be, but tried to have a little fun
while on the job. The radio show had a legion of fans who just loved Dick's
"end-of-show" song to girlfriend Helen (often at the bemusement of
her butler Francis). Ed Begley played the long suffering Lieutenant Levinson,
having his hands full dealing with Diamond and his inept subordinate Otis. When television beckoned, deciding at this point
he was too busy to star, Powell became a producer, formed Four Star
Productions, and unleashed Richard Diamond, Private Detective on the world
("Calling Mr D" in syndication), with newcomer David "The
Fugitive" Janssen as Diamond. He remained in New York for two seasons,
but the third season began with Diamond moving to Los Angles where he gets a
girlfriend, Karen (Barbara Bain), a spiffy car with a phone in it, and an
answering service, run by Sam (played by Mary Tyler Moore's legs). The
gimmick of viewers never seeing Sam's face is what the show is chiefly
remembered for these days. Fortunately, Janssen didn't give us a song at the
end of each episode - he doesn't look (or sound) like a singer. Also worth a look : The Richard Diamond Radio Shows (starring Dick Powell) - 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 Richard
Diamond, Private Detective TV Series 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
Note that this DVD is also
part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see
below (under "F" for 50's) |
Rin Tin Tin - see Adventures of Rin Tin Tin in the TV Series A - H Section
|
Ripcord
2 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$25 or
US$250 or £13
Ripcord was a 30 minute US
adventure TV series that ran for 2 seasons and 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963.
The youthful heroes of this series literally jumped into a new adventure
every week. It starred Larry Pennell
as Ted McKeever and Ken Curtis
(who later became famous as Festus on Gunsmoke) as Jim Buckley. Ted and Jim
ran Ripcord Inc., which taught skydiving and also hired out for rescues,
recovery work, and other situations where parachutists were needed. This series also helped to
inspire the first widespread interest in skydiving as a sport and Ripcord is
an informative look back into the infancy of the sport. The show guest starred such
actors as Denver Pyle & Harry Carey Jr., whilst Roy ("The
Invaders") Thinness had a small role in one of the episodes. Shug Fisher
and Paul Comi held down regular roles as the pilot who gets the guys "up
there" The show also sponsored a
Ripcord toy consisting of a large plastic parachute with a skydiver figure
attached to it which kids would throw up in the air and watch it open and float
to the ground. It was a big seller. Note: The first episode (The Sky Diver) was an enlarged
episode of 39 mins featuring a 10 minute introduction by series producer Ivan
Tors. Part message to sponsor and part examination of the new sport of
Skydiving and its emergence from its paratrooper origin, this mini-doco is
full of information and interviews Further Note: Whilst
the quality of episodes on Disc No. 1 is quite good, the quality does fall
away somewhat on the second Disc Ripcord Disc No. 1
The
Sky Diver: Pilot Episode + Ivan Tors Intro
Radar
Rescue (Trev's favorite episode from all those years ago)
Mile
High Triangle
The
Final Jump
The
Inventor
Semper
Paratus Any Time
Where
Do Elephants Go To Die?
Willie
Ripcord Disc No. 2
Top
Secret
Hi-Jack
Para-Nurse
Counter-Attack
Devil's
Canyon
The
Lost Tribe
The
Well
Chute
To Kill
|
Riverboat
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
Riverboat was an adventure series set in the
1840's aboard a 100-foot-long-stern-wheeler called the 'Enterprise' that
travelled up and down the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers. The
riverboat was owned by Captain Grey Holden (played by Darren McGavin) who had
won the boat in a poker game and then determined to make a success of it.
Stories revolved around the passengers and personal lives of the crew
members. Burt Reynolds had a co-starring role as the boat
pilot Ben Frazer as did Noah Beery Jnr. It ran for two seasons from 1959 to 1961 Riverboat
TV Series (starring Darren McGavin) Disc No. 1 About
Roger Mowbray (guest starring Robert Vaughan) The Boy
from Pittsburgh Jesse
Quinn Path of
the Eagle Three
Graves That
Taylor Affair Also available : A
Darren McGavin 2 DVD Set with Mikey Spillane's Mike Hammer : AU$25
or US$25 or £13 |
Rocky Jones,
Space Ranger
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger was a low-budget
but imaginative filmed (rather than live) 30 minute TV show produced from
1953 to 1955. In all, 39 episodes were made, three of which (Kip's
Private War, Escape Into Space, Vena and the Darnamo) were single episode
stories, while the remainder (36) were grouped into three episode continuing
adventures. These latter episodes were later recut & reissued as feature
length adventures but the excitement and anticipation of the continuing story
(and recap) from week to week was lost. Synopsis : A thousand years into the future, Rocky
Jones (Richard Crane) commands the Space Rangers. Piloting his "orbit
jet"' the Silver Moon, accompanied by his comical sidekick Winky (Scotty
Beckett from Our Gang), his girlfriend Vena Ray (Sally Mansfield), scientific
advisor Professor Newton (Maurice Cass), and kid sidekick Bobby (Robert
Lyden). When Scotty Beckett was sent to prison, Jones' sidekick became Biff
(James Lydon aka Henry Aldrich). The "Aliens" were Juliandra (Ann
Robinson from War of the Worlds), Pinto Vortando (Ted Hecht), Darganto
(Frank Pulaski) and Ed Wood's
bulky pal Tor Johnson played a villain in the series. Like many of his 1950s era space-piloting
contemporaries, Rocky Jones was pretty popular with the kiddies. And why not?
Despite its low budget and standard Space Ranger plots, every kid watching
the 39 original episodes believed in the heroism and deep space adventures of
the dashing star. Quality Note : The print quality of these episodes is in the 6.5
to 8.5 range (out of 10) with most episodes rated at about 8 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 1 Beyond
the Curtain of Space - Chapter 1 Beyond
the Curtain of Space - Chapter 2 Beyond
the Curtain of Space - Chapter 3 Blast-Off
- Chapter 1 Blast-Off
- Chapter 2 Blast-Off
- Chapter 3 Bobby's
Comet - Chapter 1 Bobby's
Comet - Chapter 2 Bobby's Comet - Chapter 3 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 2 The Cold
Sun - Chapter 1 The Cold
Sun - Chapter 2 The Cold
Sun - Chapter 3 Crash of
Moons - Chapter 1 Crash of
Moons - Chapter 2 Crash of
Moons - Chapter 3 Escape
Into Space The
Forbidden Moon - Chapter 1 The
Forbidden Moon - Chapter 2 The
Forbidden Moon - Chapter 3 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 3 Inferno
in Space - Chapter 1 Inferno in
Space - Chapter 2 Inferno
in Space - Chapter 3 Kip's
Private War Out of
this World - Chapter 1 Out of
this World - Chapter 2 Out of
this World - Chapter 3 Pirates
of Prah - Chapter 1 Pirates
of Prah - Chapter 2 Pirates
of Prah - Chapter 3 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Disc No. 4 Rocky's
Odyssey - Chapter 1 Rocky's
Odyssey - Chapter 2 Rocky's
Odyssey - Chapter 3 Silver
Needle in the Sky - Chapter 1 Silver
Needle in the Sky - Chapter 2 Silver
Needle in the Sky - Chapter 3 The Trial
of Rocky Jones - Chapter 1 The Trial
of Rocky Jones - Chapter 2 The Trial
of Rocky Jones - Chapter 3 Vena and
the Darnano |
Rin Tin Tin - see The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin in the TV Series A - H Section
|
Route 66
(Season 1)
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Route 66 was one of the most unique American
television dramas of the 1960s, an ostensible adventure series that
functioned, in practice, as an anthology of interesting character studies and
psychological dramas. Its 1960 premiere launched two young drifters (Martin
Milner as Tod Stiles and George Maharis as Buz Murdock) in a Corvette on an existential
odyssey in which they encountered a myriad of loners, dreamers and outcasts
in the small towns and big cities along U.S. Highway 66 and beyond. Creator Stirling Silliphant (future Academy Award winning
writer of In the Heat of the Night) utilized a concept in which the drama
centered on the guest stars more so than the regular cast. Whilst the series
is probably best remembered for its iconic Corvette convertible and the instrumental
theme song (composed and performed by Nelson Riddle), it was the literate scripts and
rich characterizations which brought the viewing public back each week. The
open-ended format, featuring two roaming observers/facilitators, gave Silliphant
and the other writers an almost unlimited landscape for presenting a wide
variety of dramatic storylines. Virtually any tale could be adapted to the
series. From toiling in a California vineyard to manning a Maine lobster
boat, the two men took odd jobs along their journey which brought them into
contact with dysfunctional families or troubled individuals in need of their
help. Route 66 is well remembered for its
cinematography and location filming. Silliphant traveled the country with a
location manager (Sam Manners), scouting a wide range of locales and writing
scripts to match the settings. The actors and film crew would arrive a few
months later. Memorable locations include a logging camp, shrimp boats, an
offshore oil rig, and Glen Canyon Dam, the latter while still under
construction. It is one of very few series in the history of television to be
filmed entirely on the road. This was done at a time when the United States
was much less homogeneous than it is now. People, their accents, livelihoods,
ethnic backgrounds and attitudes varied widely from one location to the next.
Scripted characters reflected a far less mobile society, in which people were
more apt to spend their entire lives in one small part of the country.
Similarly, the places themselves were very different from one another
visually, environmentally, architecturally and in terms of their relative
isolation. Remarkably, by the end of its four-season
run, the Route 66 production caravan had traveled to twenty-five states. The
show's stark black and white photography and spectacular locations provided a
powerful backdrop to its always compelling stories, and yielded a
photographic and geographical realism that has never been duplicated on
American television. As such, Route 66 has become, in retrospect,
a dramatic and photographic portrait of early-1960s America: a far less
crowded and less complicated era, in which altruism and optimism still had a
place. That place was filled by two young men who seemed to represent the
best in us, the willingness to stand up for the weak and who espoused
old-fashioned values like honesty and physical courage. This 6 DVD set consists of the complete
Season One of the series - all 30 episodes - excellent B&W prints
throughout (in its original 4:3 aspect). Whilst later series saw cast changes
(and even just Tod on his own at times), this first Season has the original
cast backed up by an astounding array of guest stars. Future Academy Award
winners in Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall & Walter Matthau make for excellent
episodes whilst Dan Duryea, Darren McGavin, Michael Rennie & Jack Warden
round out a roster of talented support. Interestingly, series producer
Herbert B. Leonard - well remembered for the Rin Tin Tin TV series (also
available from this website) - was able to include both Rin Tin Tin and James
"Lt. Rip Masters" Brown as guests in Season One episodes of Route
66! Disc No. 1 Black November A Lance of Straw The Swan Bed The Man on the Monkey Board The Strengthening Angels Disc No. 2 Ten Drops of Water Three Sides Legacy for Lucia Layout at Glen Canyon The Beryllium Eater Disc No. 3 A Fury Slinging Flame - guest starring Leslie Nielsen Sheba The Quick and the Dead Play It Glissando - guest starring Anne Francis The Clover Throne - guest starring Jack Warden Disc No. 4 Fly Away Home (Part 1) - guest starring Michael Rennie Fly Away Home (Part 2) Sleep on Four Pillows An Absence of Tears - guest starring Rin Tin Tin Like a Motherless Child Disc No. 5 Effigy in Snow Eleven, the Hard Way - guest starring Walter Matthau Most Vanquished, Most Victorious Don't Count Stars - guest starring Dan Duryea The Newborn - guest starring Robert Duvall Disc No. 6 A Skill for Hunting Trap at Cordova - guest starring James "Lt. Rip
Masters" Brown The Opponent - guest starring Darren McGavin Welcome to Amity Incident on a Bridge |
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Science Fiction Theatre
Season 1 - 4 DVD
Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
In
this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories
extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's,
concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy. Vincent
Price, Pat O'Brien, John "Bulldog Drummond" Howard & Basil
"Sherlock Holmes" Rathbone, Howard "Sam Spade" Duff appear in episodes. Two
seasons were produced. Season 1 consisted of 39 thirty minute color episodes,
whilst Season 2 consisted of a further 39 thirty minute episodes but this time
in B&W The
set offered here is Season 1 only Quality
Note: This set of
color episodes has recently undergone significant restoration work. Most of
the episodes are now of acceptable quality - although some are still down a
little. But all 39 episodes can still be enjoyed for what they are:
fascinating Sci-Fi Also worth a look : The Dimension X & X Minus One 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 Science
Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 1 Beyond Time Is
Just a Place Out of
Nowhere Y..O..R..D.. Stranger
in the Desert No Food
for Thought The Brain
of John Emerson Spider,
Inc. Death at
2 A.M. Conversation
With an Ape Science
Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 2 Marked
'Danger' Hour of
Nightmare 100 Years
Young The
Strange Doctor Lorenz The
Frozen Sound The
Stones Began to Move The Lost
Heartbeat The World
Below Barrier
of Silence Negative
Man Science
Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 3 Dead
Reckoning A Visit
from Dr. Pliny The
Strange People at Pecos Dead
Storage The Human
Equation Target
Hurricane The Water
Maker The
Unexplored The
Hastings Secret Postcard
from Barcelona Science
Fiction Theatre (Season 1) Disc No. 4 Friend of
a Raven Beyond
Return Before
the Beginning The Long
Day Project
44 Are We
Invaded? Sound of
Murder Operation
Flypaper The Other
Side of the Moon |
Sea Hunt
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Sea
Hunt was one of the most popular shows in syndication in the Sixties (4
seasons of episodes were filmed from 1957-1962). This show was produced by Ivan Tors and the underwater
footage was shot in various warm water places around the world, from
California to Australia, from the Caribbean to the Florida Keys. There was
lots of action on Sea Hunt and the underwater fight scenes were spectacular
as Mike Nelson hunted down criminals from the undersea underworld and ran
afoul of sharks, manta rays, octopuses and giant sea turtles. The experienced
skindiver also went after salvage and did rescues - whenever danger or
excitement lurked below the surface Mike Nelson was ready for action. While
fill-in footage was filmed in exotic locales, most of the show's action
scenes were shot in a huge aquarium located in California's long-gone
Marineland amusement park in Palos Verdes. Ironically, Lloyd Bridges had no
experience as a diver before starting the series, but quickly became very
accomplished. Early in the run of the series, Mike Nelson operated from land
and the diving sequences were short. As the show gained popularity, more and
more of the action took place underwater and Mike was operating almost
exclusively from his high-tech boat, the Argonaut. Sea Hunt went on to become
one of the most merchandised TV programs of its time, with "Mike
Nelson" flippers, goggles and rubber boats being offered during the
height of the show's popularity. This two DVD set contains episodes from all
four seasons. Good
Picture & Sound Sea
Hunt Disc No. 1 Midget
Submarine Hardhat Female of
the Species The Sea
Sled The Stunt Cave
Diving Sea
Serpent Underwater
Unit Sea
Hunt Disc No. 2 The
Replacement Diplomatic
Pouch Point of
No Return Hot
Tracer The
Defector Quicksand Superman Roustabout Sea Hunt Disc No. 3
Sonar
Queen Capture
of Santa Rosa The
Shipwreck Lord
Christobal Operation
Greenback Chain of
Evidence The
Getaway Port
Security Sea Hunt Disc No. 4
Oil
Island Asylum Blind
Spot Storm
Drain Underwater
Narcotics The Sound
of Nothing River
Treasure The
Destroyers |
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Season One -
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Season Two - 3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or US$30 or £15
Season Three - 3 DVD
Boxed Set price : AU$30 or US$30 or £15 Sergeant Preston of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police astride his horse Rex and accompanied by his dog
Yukon King enforces law and order in Alaska at the turn of the century. While
other law officers were out talking to witnesses and victims, Preston and
Yukon King would sniff for their own clues, and no one ever beat them to the
bad guys. Like many of television's early shows, Sergeant Preston first began
as a radio show in 1947 and ran until 1955. It was created by George W. Trendle,
of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet fame. Every show concluded with Sgt
Preston saying to the dog : "Well King, looks like this case is
closed!" The entire series ran for 3
seasons and consisted of 78 full color episodes. All 3 Seasons are presented
here in broadcast order - great color prints throughout (except for two episodes from the
3rd Season which are in B&W) A "Who Cares? Trivia"
Note: This show
holds great significance for Trev - it was the first show that he watched on
the family's first TV (April 1961) Also
worth a look : The Challenge
of the Yukon / Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 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 - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S1) Disc No. 1
Vindication
Of Yukon Rebellion
In The North Trouble At
Hogback Incident
At Gordon Landing Bad
Medicine Hidden
Gold Last Mail
From Last Chance The
Assassins Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S1) Disc No. 2
Golden
Gift Cry Wolf Girl From
Vancouver Treasure
Of Fifteen Mile Creek The Boy
Nobody Wanted The Mad
Wolf Of Lost Canyon One Bean
Too Many Crime At
Wounded Moose Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S1) Disc No. 3
Dog Race Phantom
Of Phoenixville Trapped Justice
At Goneaway Creek Skagway
Secret Relief
Train Totem
Treasure One Good
Turn Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S1) Disc No. 4
The Cache Cinderella
Of The Yukon Go Fever Fancy Dan The
Coward Father Of
The Crime Remember
The Maine Love And
Honour All Is
Not Gold Season Two - 3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S2) Disc No. 1
The
Limping King The
Rookie Pack Ice
Justice Revenge Littlest
Rookie Lost
Patrol King of
Herschel Island Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S2) Disc No. 2
Fantastic
Creatures Eye of
Evil Luck of
the Trail Return
Visit Tobacco
Smugglers Turnabout Emergency
on Scarface Flat The
Williwaw Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S2) Disc No. 3
Border
Action The Black
Ace Scourge
of the Wilderness Blind
Justice The
Stolen Malamute The
Devil's Roost Ten
Little Indians Underground
Ambush Season Three - 3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon (S3) Disc No. 1
Old Ben's
Gold The Rebel
Yell The Mark
of Crime Storm The
Pass Old
Faithful The Skull
in the Stone Ghost
Mine Sergeant
Preston of the Yukon (S3) Disc No. 2 The Jailbreaker (B&W) Out of the Night Three Men in Black Lost River Roundup The Old Timer Battle at Bradley's The Generous Hobo Sergeant
Preston of the Yukon (S3) Disc No. 3 Follow the Leader Gold Rush Patrol Grizzly The Diamond Collar Escape to the North Outlaw in Uniform (B&W) Boy Alone The Criminal Collie |
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Sheena Queen of the Jungle
2 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13
Created in 1937 by S.M. Iger
and Will Eisner, Sheena became the star feature in Fiction House's
"Jumbo Comics," which ran for 167 issues between 1938 and 1953.
From '42 to '53, Sheena also starred in 18 issues of "Sheena, Queen of
the Jungle." From the outset, Sheena was
blond, beautiful, spear-carrying, and scantily dressed. Within a year she
appeared in the leopard-skin which became her trademark and later bore
polished metal armlets and occasionally brass bracelets and anklets. Eisner
said he created Sheena to be a female counterpart of Tarzan and that he
borrowed the name from the H. Ryder Haggard novel, She. In 1955, Sheena leaped into
television - "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" ran for 26 half-hour
episodes in '55 and '56. The syndicated series starred pin-up girl Irish
McCalla as Sheena and although it lasted only one season, the TV series
developed a cult following. Larry Urbanski, curator of one of the world's
largest libraries of early television shows, wrote of Sheena: "This
shapely beauty of the jungle is fondly remembered by all boys who watched
Sheena in her well fitting leotard. The girls fondly remember Sheena as the
woman who took charge in a 50's era when women usually did not take
charge". The Sheena TV series was
produced in a period of American social history in which what we now refer to
as "traditional" sex roles were firmly entrenched. Early television
was largely structured by the expectation of a return to the normalcy of
patriarchy. Female characters were overwhelmingly depicted in roles
subservient to and dependent on males. Sheena was preceded on television by
Annie Oakley, played by Gail Davis, by two years. Annie was a strong and
heroic female character, and probably paved the way for Sheena, but Annie was
petite and demure. Sheena was robustly feminine and her simple and direct use
of language ("Bob stay here!") gave her a forceful persona. 16 episodes are presented
here in their original release order Excellent (digitally
restored & enhanced) prints - much better than commercial offerings Sheena Queen of the
Jungle Disc No. 1
Curse Of The Voodoo The Elephant God Eyes Of The Idol Forbidden Cargo Forbidden Land The Ganyika Kid Jungle Pursuit The Lash Sheena Queen of the
Jungle Disc No. 2
The Leopard Men The Magic Bag The Renegades The Rival Queen Sacred River Secret Of The Temple The Test Touch Of Death |
|
Sherlock Holmes - Peter Cushing (Movies
& TV Series) 3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or US$30 or
£15
Noted British actor Peter Cushing portrayed Sherlock Holmes on only two occasions in
the movies: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) with AndrŽ Morell & The Masks of Death
(1984) with John Mills. Of historical significance is the fact that the
former film was the first color Sherlock Holmes film. Surprisingly, in between the quarter of a century which separated
these films, Cushing also played Holmes in an excellent BBC TV series in the
mid 60's. These were nice color 50 minute outings co-starring Nigel Stock as
Watson and featuring some of the classic Conan Doyle stories. Perfect Picture & Sound throughout Other Sherlock
Holmes films available within the INDIVIDUAL MOVIE TITLES section of this
website are A Study in Terror (1965), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976),
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) & Murder By Decree (1979) Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes Movie
Series The Hound
of the Baskervilles (1959) The Masks
of Death (1984) Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes TV Series Disc No. 1 A Study
in Scarlet The Hound
of the Baskervilles (Part 1) The Hound
of the Baskervilles (Part 2) Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes TV Series Disc No. 2 The
Boscombe Valley Mystery The Sign
of Four The Blue
Carbuncle |
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The Silent Service
2 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$25
or US$25 or £13
This
was a half hour 1957-1958 dramatic anthology series about the U.S. Navy's
submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was
heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy. The
stories were varied between the South Pacific during World War II and the
Korean War. The Navy loaned him the U.S.S. Sawfish for the filming of several
episodes. The
Silent Service is narrated by Rear Admiral Thomas M. Dykers, who retired from the Navy in 1949
after 22 years of service. He began each episode with this refrain:
"Tonight, we bring you another thrilling episode of Silent Service stories,
of warfare under the sea É " Recall
the opening / closing song: "É we'll patrol the ocean wide
from down, down underneath the sea É " Trev
well remembers this series just because of that song! The
Silent Service Disc No. 1 The
Squalus Story The Seahorse
Story Sea
Nettle vs. U-Boat The
Tautog Story The
Pargo's Lucky Seventh The
Batfish Scores The
Sealion Story The Gar
Story The
Silent Service Disc No. 2 The
Hawkbill's Revenge The Sea
Dragon Story The
U.S.S. Tinosa Story The
Bergall's Revenge The Triton's
Christmas The
Archerfish Spits Straight Nautilus
and the Nuns Two
Davids and a Goliath |
Sir Francis Drake
3 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$30
or US$30 or £15
Like William Tell, The Buccaneers & The
Adventures of Sir Lancelot which came before, Sir Francis Drake was another
offering from ITC's series of of late 50's historical TV swashbucklers. Sir
Francis Drake proved itself a rather dignified effort in comparison to the
previous period actioners. Producer Anthony Bushell delivered a robust
melodrama that was often as much cloak-and-dagger doings as high seas
privateering. Imbued with zest for the romantic patriotism of Elizabethan
times, the series brought considerable pictorial imagination to its
small-screen presentation: sunlight and shadow effects, eerily confined
narrow streets, sumptuous palace interiors, and decorative Spanish costumes
and courtiers of the time of Philip II of Spain. The storyline broadly traced
the adventures of the piratical sea fighter, commander of the legendary
'Golden Hind', as he preyed on Spanish commerce in the late 16th century and
outwitted various Spanish agents intent on forcing an unprepared England into
open war with Spain. Terence Morgan's Drake, endowed from the start
with an uncanny self-confidence, struck exactly the right balance between
poker-faced laconism and Errol Flynn-like exuberance. By contrast, Jean Kent,
in a finely measured performance, walked through it all with great patience
and dignity as a suitably regal Elizabeth I - though, at times, there were
unmistakable moments of dewy-eyed expectation whenever she and the virile
Drake convened privately to plot conspiracies against Spain. Making up the patchwork members of Drake's regular
crew were a young Michael "Phantom of the Opera" Crawford as Drake's
wide-eyed nephew John and Milton Reid as the mountainous, glowering Diego,
with Patrick McLoughlin's Trevelyan and Howard Lang's Grenville as the stock
British officer class. The recurring villain of the piece was the scheming
Spanish Ambassador, Mendoza, played by the saturnine Roger Delgado with
enough venom to sustain the entire Spanish Inquisition for years. Guest stars included David McCallum, Nanette
Newman and Warren Mitchell. It was shown in the US in 1962 as The Adventures
of Sir Francis Drake. This
3 DVD set contains the entire series of 26 episodes in their original
broadcast order - superb prints throughout Check out William Tell, The Buccaneers & The Adventures of Sir Lancelot - all available from this website Sir
Francis Drake Disc No. 1 The
Prisoner The Lost
Colony of Virginia Queen of
Scots Doctor
Dee Bold
Enterprise The
English Dragon Boy Jack The
Garrison Sir
Francis Drake Disc No. 2 Visit to
Spain The Flame
Thrower The
Governor's Revenge Slaves of
Spain The
Doughty Plot King of
America The Irish
Pirate Beggars
of the Sea Drake on
Trial Sir
Francis Drake Disc No. 3 The
Bridge Johnnie
Factotum Mission
to Paris The
Reluctant Duchess The
Gypsies Court
Intrigue Gentleman
of Spain The
Fountain of Youth Escape |
Sir Lancelot - see The Adventures of Sir Lancelot in the TV Series A - H Section
|
Sky King
Volume 1 (Seasons
1 & 2) 4 DVD (Disc Nos. 1 to 4) Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Volume 2 (Seasons
3 & 4) 4 DVD (Disc Nos. 5 to 8) Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
OR Season 1 : 2 DVD (Disc
Nos. 1 & 2) Boxed Set price : AU$25 or US$25 or £13
Season 2 : 2 DVD (Disc
Nos. 3 & 4) Boxed Set price : AU$25 or US$25 or £13
Season 3 : 2 DVD (Disc
Nos. 5 & 6) Boxed Set price : AU$25 or US$25 or £13
Season 4 : 2 DVD (Disc
Nos. 7 & 8) Boxed Set price : AU$25 or US$25 or £13
"From out of the clear
blue of the western sky comes Sky King" was the familiar opening to
television's premier aviation program. Operating from his Flying Crown Ranch
in Arizona, airplane pilot Sky (Schuyler) King, his niece Penny and their
Cessna 310 airplane "Songbird" were constantly involved in one
adventure after another. Viewed by many children in the 1950's, this program
was responsible for inspiring many later aviation careers. Although it had
strong cowboy show elements, King always captured criminals and even spies as
well as finding lost hikers using his airplane The TV series was itself
inspired by the radio show of the same name (the brainchild of Robert Morris
Burtt and Wilfred Gibbs Moore, who also created Captain Midnight) which first
aired in 1946 and ran until1954 in both continuing 15 minute and stand-alone
30 minute formats. The television version
starred Kirby Grant as Sky King and Gloria Winters as his teen-aged niece
Penny. Other regular characters included his nephew Clipper, played by Ron
Hagerthy, and Mitch the sheriff, played by Ewing Mitchell. Mitch was always
coming to Sky for help. The television show was
notable for its dramatic opening with the Songbird banking sharply away from
the camera and its engines roaring. The credit roll was equally dramatic,
with the Songbird swooping at the camera. At the beginning of the
television series, Sky flew a Cessna T-50 twin-engine "Bamboo
Bomber," actually owned by Grant, who in real life was a pilot. The
plane was made of wood and eventually became unsafe to fly. The plane was
sold and later in the series he flew a twin-engine Cessna 310B. Like most TV cowboy heroes of
the time, Sky never killed the bad guys. Largely a show for kids, although it
sometimes aired in primetime, Sky King became an icon in the aviation
community. Many pilots who grew up watching Sky King name him as an
influence. In all 72 episodes were
filmed across 4 seasons. Fabulous print quality Sky King Disc No. 1
(Season 1 Disc No. 1)
Operation
Urgent Carrier
Pigeon Stagecoach
Robbers Deadly
Cargo Jim
Bell's Triumph Designing
Women One for
the Money Danger
Point Desperate
Character Sky King Disc No. 2
(Season 1 Disc No. 2)
The Man
Who Forgot The
Threatening Bomb Speak No
Evil Two-Gun
Penny Formula
for Fear The Giant
Eagle Blackmail Wings of
Justice Destruction
from the Sky The
Porcelain Lion Sky King Disc No. 3
(Season 2 Disc No. 1)
The
Neckerchief Man Hunt The
Plastic Ghost The
Rainbird The
Crystal Trap The Red
Tentacle Boomerang The
Geiger Detective The
Golden Burro Rustlers
on Wheels Sky King Disc No. 4
(Season 2 Disc No. 2)
The
Silver Grave Uninvited
Death Fish out
of Water Diamonds
on a Sky-Hook Flood of
Fury Rocket
Story Rodeo
Roundup Showdown Land
o'Cotton Dust of
Destruction Sky King Disc No. 5
(Season 3 Disc No. 1)
Mystery
Horse Double
Trouble Note for
a Dam Bad Actor Fight for
Oil Lost Boy The Brain
and the Brawn The
Feathered Serpent The
Circus Clown Mystery Dead
Man's Will Sky King Disc No. 6
(Season 3 Disc No. 2)
Cindy,
Come Home Rodeo
Decathlon Abracadabra Triple
Exposure The
Haunted Castle Man Hunt
II Danger at
the Sawmill Sleight
of Hand The
Runaway Stop That
Train Sky King Disc No. 7
(Season 4 Disc No. 1)
The Wild
Man Sky
Robbers A Dog
Named Barney Bullet
Bait Money Has
Wings Frog Man Sky King Disc No. 8
(Season 4 Disc No. 2)
Terror
Cruise Runaway
Truck Bounty
Hunters A Mickey
for Sky Dead
Giveaway Ring of
Fire Mickey's
Birthday |
Smuggler
2 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13
The British adventure series Smuggler is set in 1802 during the early stages of the
Napoleonic wars. The central character is Jack Vincent (Oliver Tobias), a swashbuckling ex-British naval captain turned
smuggler. A strong-willed, independent man who lives by both his wits and the
sword, Vincent enjoys outwitting British revenue officers and tweaking the
nose of the French higher-ups by indulging in various espionage activities.
We find out that Jack is actually a forsaken hero of the British Navy. A
series of plot lines center around him to reveal the golden core of this
otherwise shady character. Others within Vincent's orbit were petty thief Honesty
Evans (Hywel Williams Ellis), to whom
Jack owed his life, and the gorgeous, kidnap-prone Sarah Morton (Lesley Dunlop). With taut, adventurous plots
from writers Richard Carpenter
(Robin of Sherwood), Bob Baker
(Doctor Who) and John Kane (Dick
Turpin), the series ran for 13 half hour installments in 1981. Several episodes were
directed by the legendary Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob & A Fish Called Wanda). The series was produced by Harlech Television (HTV) and employed
the same crew (including writers and directors) as the similarly themed 1979
- 82 Dick Turpin series (which is
also available from this website). Harlech Television (HTV) was also responsible
for two other excellent TV series: Arthur of the Britons starring (again) Oliver Tobias
1972/1973 and Kidnapped starring David McCallum in 1978 - both of which are available from
this website This 2 DVD set contains the entire series of
13 episodes in their original broadcast order - superb color prints
throughout Smuggler Disc No. 1
The Right
Price Part One The Right
Price Part Two Forced
Run The
Respectable Traitor Part One The
Respectable Traitor Part Two Press
Gang Smuggler Disc No. 2
In At The Death The Missing Princess Hogshead The Felon An Eye For An Eye Straw Man Part One Straw Man Part Two |
NEWLY RESTORED
Now a 6 DVD set comprising 52 episodes which have undergone digital
enhancement Very Nice! Space Patrol
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
High adventure in the wild
reaches of spaceÉ Missions of daring in the
name of interplanetary justice! Travel into the future with
Buzz CorryÉ Commander-in-Chief ofÉ The Space Patrol! Commander Corey and youthful Cadet Happy roam
the 30th century universe in their ship "Terra" fighting
super-villains Mr. Proteus and Prince Baccarratti and other badguys. Captured
badguys get zapped with the Paralyzer, then get reprogrammed with the
Brainograph. Space Patrol was a weekend half-hour show on
the ABC Network which ran for 5 Seasons (1950-'55) Surprisingly it was done
"live" in the studio and despite the obvious limitations here, it
was deftly done and over the years built up a "cult" following
amongst its adult fans. It was even telecast here in Australia in the
late 80's on our own Government funded multicultural channel - late Friday
nites! Space Patrol was the brainchild of creator
Mike Moser, an ex-U.S. Navy Air force veteran in WW II. He conceived the
program as a way to bring the same sort of vision he has experienced as a
youth reading Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. He cast Ed Kemmer as Commander Corry and Lyn
Osborn as Cadet Happy. Although television was itÕs forte Space
Patrol also generated a radio show version with all of the TV series regulars
appearing on the radio shows (which were very well written). The radio shows
which often closely followed the TV series in story-lines could be heard at
10:30 on Saturday mornings whilst the TV shows were also telecast on Saturdays Note these episodes are all kinescopes -
ie they were shot and beamed out "live". These filmed episodes were
achieved by pointing a camera at a special type of TV set - a kinescope! So whilst quite nice viewing, they don't
have the overall quality of filmed TV Also worth a look : The Space Patrol Radio Shows (starring the TV show cast-members) - 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 Space Patrol Disc No. 1 Treachery
Of Mars - the 1st ever Network episode The Lost
City Of The Carnacans The
Deadly Weapon The
Legend Of Wild Man's Ridge Way
Station To The Stars The
Dangerous Discovery The Space
Patrol Code Belt Hit By A
Meteorite Space Patrol Disc No. 2 The
Lieutenant's Revenge The
Threat Of The Thormanoids The
Deadly Ray Gun The
Mystery Of Ancient Egypt The
Energy Thief The Chase
In Time The Rifle
Arsenal The
Deadly Flower Space Patrol Disc No. 3 Operation
Rescue Survival
In The Ice Desert The
Laughing Alien The Vital
Factor (aka The Space Doctor) The
Deadly Glacier The Fraud
Of Titan The Man
Who Stole A City Mysterious
Ocean In Space The
Mystery Of Planet X Space Patrol Disc No. 4 The Trap
On Planet X The Ice
Demon Of Planet X The
Castle's Destruction On Planet X The Space
Vault Robbery The
Pirate's Escape The Men
Slaves Of Cydonia The
Deadly Radiation Chamber The Plot
In The Atomic Plant Mr.
Proteus And The Poison Gas Space Patrol Disc No. 5 Baccarratti's
"Z" Ray Marooned
In The Past Evil
Spirits Of The Great Thunderbird Prisoners
Of The Giant Comet The Demon
Planet Trapped
In The Pyramid The
Underwater Space Ship Graveyard The Space
Patrol Periscope The
Defeat Of Manza Space
Patrol Disc No. 6 The Theft
Of The Rocket Cockpit (aka Mystery of the Stolen Rocket Ship DangerÉ
Radiation! The
Exploding Stars Terra,
The Doomed Planet Revenge
Of The Black Falcon Sorcerers
From Outer Space Baccarratti
And Black Magic (aka The Defeat of Baccarratti) A
Christmas Party For Happy The Wild
Men Of Procyon |
Strange Report
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Another in the line of ITC's
action-adventure series of the 1960s, Strange Report (1969) differed from the fantastical and exotic
exploits of The Champions of
the same year, by grounding itself in the reality of late '60s London and
dealing with contemporary issues and anxieties. The producer (Norman Felton)
was responsible for The Man from UNCLE, so the series shares the visual flair
of its predecessor whilst covering such subjects as illegal immigration,
racism, student militancy and euthanasia. Locating the show in a recognisably
contemporary London (with many interesting locations), Strange
Report arguably offered a more honest
assessment of the period, allowing the program to display a degree of realism
and authenticity unusual for its genre. Adam Strange (film actor Anthony Quayle) is a retired police detective turned
criminologist who solves obscure and sometimes bizarre crimes. Whilst only sixteen episodes of
the programme were made (a mooted second season to be filmed in Hollywood
never eventuating), one of Strange Report's strengths is the relationship
established early in the series between Strange and his two young companions,
his neighbour artist/model Evelyn McLean (Anneke Wills - Polly Wright from Doctor Who) and the American researcher Hamlyn
"Ham" Gynt (Kaz Garas).
Strange's authority and professionalism neatly contrasts with Gynt's idealism
and exuberance and Evelyn's youthful enthusiasm. Despite their differences,
it soon becomes obvious from the characters' affectionate interplay that they
share a mutual respect. The program achieves a satisfying balance between the
wonderfully formed characters, witty dialogue and the seriousness of the
storylines. This
4 DVD set contains the entire series of sixteen 50 minute episodes of Strange
Report in their original broadcast order - superb color prints throughout Note
that the complete series of other ITC productions of the era: The Baron,
Department S, Man in a Suitcase, The Champions & Return of The Saint are
also available from this website Disc No. 1 Report 4407 Heart 'No Choice for the Donor' Report 1553 Racist 'A Most Dangerous Proposal' Report 0649 Skeleton 'Let Sleeping Heroes Lie' Report 5055 Cult 'Murder Shrieks Out' Disc No. 2 Report 2493 Kidnap 'Whose Pretty Girl are You?' Report 7931 Sniper 'When is Your Cousin Not?' Report 3424 Epidemic 'A Most Curious Crime' Report 4977 Swindle 'Square Root of Evil' Disc No. 3 Report 2475 Revenge 'When a Man Hates' Report 3906 Cover Girls 'Last Year's Model' Report 4821 X-Ray 'Who Weeps for the Doctor?' Report 8944 Hand 'A Matter of Witchcraft' Disc No. 4 Report 8319 Grenade 'What Price Change?' Report 1021 Shrapnel 'The Wish in the Dream' Report 2641 Hostage 'If You Won't Learn, Die' Report 0846 Lonelyhearts 'Who
Killed Dan Cupid?' |
Superman -
see The Adventures of Superman in the TV Series A - H Section
|
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Tales of the Texas Rangers
3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or US$30 or £15
Tales of the Texas Rangers premiered on radio in 1950 to great acclaim. It
came from an idea developed and carefully researched by Stacy Keach, who had
joined the legendary 30 year Texas Ranger veteran Capt. M. T. "Lone
Wolf" Gonzaullas on a number of fact-finding case investigations. The
series was adapted for television from 1955 to 1957 with Gonzaullas as
Technical Consultant. During the opening credits of the TV show, Rangers Jace
Pearson (Willard Parker) & Clay Morgan (Harry Lauter) would march toward
the camera to the song: "We are the Texas Rangers", to the tune of
"I've Been Working on the Railroad". The TV series featured both
modern cases and cases set in the "Old West". Series Note :
The 25 episodes contained with this 3 DVD set are quite rare and have been
hand-picked to provide the best available quality along with a good
representation of the 51 episodes which were produced. Of significance is the
3rd season episode titled Jace and Clay. It tells of how Clay Morgan became associated with Jace Pearson,
firstly as an outlaw and then at the end of the show, electing to join the
Texas Rangers and partner Jace. Quality Note:
The print quality of these episodes is in the 7 (out of 10) range. Also worth a look : Tales of the Texas
Radio Shows - check out the Old Time Radio section of this website (starring Joel McCrea as
Ranger Jace Pearson) . 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 Tales of the Texas
Rangers TV Series Disc No. 1
Carnival Criss-Cross Uranium Pete Edge Of Danger The Devil's Deputy The Atomic Trail Kickback The Steel Trap Tales
of the Texas Rangers TV Series Disc No. 2 The Shooting of Sam Bass Return of the Rough Riders Horseman on the Sierras Jace and Clay Prairie raiders Blazing Across the Pecos Double Reward West of Sonora Tales
of the Texas Rangers TV Series Disc No. 3 Ransom Flight Blood Trail A Texas Million Riders Of The Lone Star Gypsy Boy Home In San Antone The Hobo Desert Fury |
Tarzan - Ron Ely
3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous
Tarzan character came to television in the person of Ron Ely, the 14th actor
to play the role since Tarzan of the Apes had been first made as a silent
movie almost half a century before.
Said to be closer to Burroughs' original concept of Tarzan, Ely cut an
imposing figure as a literate Tarzan. The series was filmed on location in
Mexico & Guatemala andwas known for its fabulous scenery, good acting and
Ron Ely doing all of his own stunts (which led to many injuries) Tarzan TV Series Disc
No. 1
The
Perils of Charity Jones (I) & (II) The Blue
Stone of Heaven (I) & (II) Pride of
the Assassins Tarzan TV Series Disc
No. 2
Mountains
of the Moon (I) & (II) Four
O'Clock Army (I) & (II) The
Fanatics Tarzan TV Series Disc
No. 3
The
Deadly Silence (I) & (II) - costars Jock Mahoney & Woody Strode |
Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
Terry and the Pirates
2 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$25 or
US$25 or £13
Calling all DC-3 and C-47
Dakota enthusiasts! Terry and the Pirates is a cult TV series from the 50's -
only 18 episodes were ever made (only 15 of which are now in existence) . Based upon a newspaper comic strip
created by Milt Caniff and preceeded by a successful radio show and movie
serial, it tells the adventures of Colonel Terry Lee, USAF. Terry has
inheritied a gold mine from his grandfather and travels to the Orient in
search of it. There he begins flying for Air Cathay, a no-questions-asked
cargo/passenger airline owned and operated by Chopstick Joe, a cunning but not too honest operator.
His friend and co-pilot is
Charles C. Charles, aka Hotshot Charlie. His girl, a pretty blonde named
Burma and his nemesis, Lai Choi San, alias "The Dragon Lady", a beautiful, possibly evil Euro-Asian
whose underlying motives remain a mystery Note : Terry and the Pirates 15 chapter serial is
available from the Movie Serials section of this website Terry and the Pirates TV
Series Disc No. 1
Macao
Gold The
Maitland Affair Diplomatic
Passport The Green
God Loaded
Dice Affair Chinese
Coffin The
Boxer's Rebellion Little
Mandarin Terry and the Pirates TV
Series Disc No. 2
Co-Pilots Chinese
Legacy Black
Market in Death Tea Hee Extra
Cargo Deadly
Species The Randall Affair |
Originally mastered here in 2004, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
The Thin Man
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
A
follow up to the successful movies series starring William Powell & Myrna
Loy (available from the Movie Series section of this website). This 1957 - 59
30 TV series starred Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk. Nick
Charles, an ex-private detective, marries Nora and lives in a luxurious Park
Avenue apartment in New York City. Nick's former underworld friends still hang around and get him
involved in a number of crimes that he solves. Beatrice Dane is a beautiful
con artist using the alias "Blondie Collins" and Nora finds it
difficult to be hospitable to her 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 Thin Man
films -
it can be found in the Movie Series section of this website The
Thin Man TV Series (starring Peter Lawford) I Loathe
You, Darling The Angel
Biz Acrostic
Murders La Sabre
Invecta Est? Lost Last
Chapter Maine
Thing Dead Duck The
Dollar Doodle Asta Day Beauty
and the Bath |
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The Third Man
1 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$20 or US$20 or £10
The Third Man was a 30 minute action / adventure series from
the late 1950s. It centred on the adventures of Harry Lime, an international man of mystery who lives on the
edge of danger. The series was based on the 1949 film noir The
Third Man starring Orson
Welles (available from the INDIVIDUAL
MOVIE TITLES section of this website).
The character was changed from a criminal into a sort of "thief with a
conscience" for the subsequent popular 1951 radio series, "The
Lives of Harry Lime" (also starring
Welles and available from the Old Time Radio section of this website). The Third Man TV series changed the premise that Harry Lime died at the end of the movie, and morphs him from
a criminal into a much less ambiguous, more sympathetic, man with a
conscience. The show aired in the United
States on NBC running for 3 seasons, and was a joint production of BBC
Television, the National Telefilm Associates of America, and the British Lion
Film Corporation. The TV series received a good
reception probably because of a number of factors. These included the
"signature" zither theme song taken from the movie (performed by Anton
Karrass) and the casting of Michael
Rennie as Harry Lime, a suave, sophisticated, bold, witty, devilishly
handsome and brave individual who never lost his temper, his cool, or his
sense of humor-even in life threatening situations. Jonathan Harris ("Dr Smith" from the Lost in Space TV series) was perfect as Lime's conservative, milquetoast
assistant and treasurer of his corporations, Bradley Webster. Excellent print quality throughout! - the 11
episodes listed below are taken from all 3 seasons. Also worth a look : The Third Man
Radio Shows - check out the Old Time Radio section of this website (starring Orson Welles as
Harry Lime) . 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 The Third Man TV Series
Disc No. 1
One Kind Word (the first ever episode) 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 Note that this DVD is also
part of "The 50's TV Detectives" 4 DVD set - see
below (under "F" for 50's) |
Thriller
Season One -
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
Season Two - 4 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 Season Three & Four
- 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 Season Five
& Six - 6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Thriller was a British television series which was
originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. This sometimes really scary
anthology series consisted of 65 minute not quite feature length
"mini-movies", each comprising a self-contained
"thriller" with tales ranging from the supernatural to
down-to-earth whodunits. The series was created for Sir Lew Grade's
ITC company by Brian
Clemens, with
"The Avengers" veteran contributing the vast majority of scripts. Apart from solid plots which were very well
told, there was some terrific acting with some of the best character actors
of the time (British and American) participating. Academy Award winners Helen
Mirren and George Chakiris featured as well as a number of fine movie actors in Richard
Johnson, Jenny
Agutter, Patrick O'Neal, Diane Cilento, Richard Todd, Diana Dors, Tom Conti,
Carol Lynley, Denholm Elliott, Hayley Mills, Stephen Rea, Carroll Baker,
Bradford Dillman, Bob Hoskins & Gayle Hunnicutt. Well known TV actors were also cast in finely tuned,
tightly paced and atmospheric stories: Barbara Feldon (Agent
"99"), Robert Powell (The 39 Steps' Richard Hannay), Paul Burke (
The Naked City), George Maharis (Route 66), Linda Thorson (The Avengers),
Judy Carne (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), Christopher George (The Rat
Patrol), Edd "Cookie" Byrnes (77 Sunset Strip), Lynda Day George
(Mission Impossible) & Gary Collins (The Wackiest Ship in the Army). There were 43 episodes across 6 Seasons with
each episode of length 65 minutes. Interestingly, at the end of the second
season, an additional "episode" was added. Simply titled: "Who Killed
Lamb?" it is
a detective story rather than a thriller. At the time it was incorrectly
advertised as an episode of Thriller - afterall it did run for the usual 65
minutes and was produced by Yorkshire television, but in fact, it was
actually made by a different company entirely. It was, however a very well written
story and starred the powerful and popular film actor Stanley Baker in the lead. So its generally
considered that there were 44 episodes in the series Note that all 43 episodes from all 6 Seasons
as well as Who Killed Lamb?" are included here. Excellent Color Picture & Sound Season
One - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18 Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 1 Lady
Killer - starring Barbara Feldon, Robert Powell & Linda Thorson Possession Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 2 Someone
At The Top Of The Stairs - starring Donna Mills & Judy Carne An Echo
Of Theresa - starring Polly Bergen & Paul Burke The
Colour Of Blood Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 3 Murder In
Mind - starring Richard Johnson A Place
To Die Thriller (Season 1) Disc No. 4 File It Under
Fear - starring John Le Mesurier The Eyes
Have It - starring SinŽad Cusack & Dennis Waterman Spell Of
Evil - starring Diane Cilento Season
Two - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35
or US$35 or £18 Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 1 Only A
Scream Away - starring Hayley Mills & Gary Collins Once The
Killing Starts - starring Patrick O'Neal & Michael Kitchen Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 2 Kiss Me
And Die - starring Jenny Agutter & George Chakiris One
Deadly Owner - starring Donna Mills & Jeremy Brett Ring Once
For Death - starring Nyree Dawn Porter & Barry Nelson Thriller (Season 2) Disc No. 3 K Is For
Killing - starring Stephen Rea & Gayle Hunnicutt Sign It
Death - starring Francesca Annis & Edward Judd Thriller (End of Season 2 Special) Disc
No. 4 Who
Killed Lamb? - starring Stanley Baker Seasons
Three & Four - 4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18 Thriller (Season 3) Disc No. 1 A Coffin
For The Bride - starring Helen Mirren I'm The
Girl He Wants To Kill - starring Anthony Steel Death To
Sister Mary - starring George Maharis & Robert Powell Thriller (Season 3) Disc No. 2 In The
Steps Of A Dead Man Come Out,
Come Out Wherever You Are - starring Lynda Day George The Next
Scream You Hear - starring Richard Todd & Christopher George Thriller (Season 4) Disc No. 1 Screamer Nurse
Will Make It Better - starring Diana Dors Night Is
The Time For Killing - starring Judy Geeson & Charles Gray Thriller (Season 4) Disc No. 2 Killer
With Two Faces - starring Donna Mills & Ian Hendry A Killer
In Every Corner - starring Joanna Pettet Where The
Action Is - starring Edd Byrnes Season Five & Six - 6 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
Thriller
(Season 5) Disc No. 1 If It's A
Man, Hang Up! - starring Tom Conti & Carol Lynley The
Double Kill - starring Gary Collins & Stuart Wilson Thriller
(Season 5) Disc No. 2 Won't
Write Home, Mom - I'm Dead - starring Ian Bannen & Oliver Tobias The Crazy
Kill - starring Denholm Elliott Good
Salary - Prospects - Free Coffin - starring Kim Darby Thriller
(Season 5) Disc No. 3 The Next
Voice You See - starring Catherine Schell & Bradford Dillman, Murder
Motel - starring Edward Judd Thriller
(Season 6) Disc No. 1 Sleepwalker
- starring Michael Kitchen & Robert Beatty The Next
Victim - starring Carroll Baker Thriller
(Season 6) Disc No. 2 Nightmare
For A Nightingale - starring Susan Flannery & Stuart Damon Dial A
Deadly Number - starring Gary Collins Kill Two
Birds - starring Bob Hoskins & Susan Hampshire Thriller
(Season 6) Disc No. 3 A
Midsummer Nightmare - starring Brian Blessed & Joanna Pettet Death In
Deep Water - starring Ian Bannen & Bradford Dillman |
The Time Tunnel
6 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$45
or US$45 or £23 "Two
American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages,
during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project,
the Time Tunnel. Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a
new fantastic adventure, somewhere along the infinite corridors of
time." The
most expensive television show on the air in 1966 was The Time Tunnel, an
Irwin Allen production that debuted Friday night, September 6th. 'The
Time Tunnel' was the story of Dr. Tony Newman (James Darren) and Dr. Doug
Phillips (Robert Colbert), two research scientists who developed the top
secret Time Tunnel - only to become lost, tumbling among the infinite
corridors of time. Manning the Time Tunnel are Whit Bissell as General
Heywood Kirk, John Zaremba as Dr. Raymond Swaim, Wesley Lau as security
officer Jiggs, and Lee Meriwether as Dr. Ann McGregor. The
Time Tunnel explodes every time you use it. Allen's long time special-effects
supervisor Bill Abbott won an Emmy award for this incredible contribution to
the show. The
pilot episode, which had Tony and Doug aboard the Titanic hours before it
strikes an iceberg, has a strong script and is directed by producer Irwin
Allen, so the pacing is exciting throughout. This may be the best hour of
science-fiction television ever produced in the Sixties, the time travel
special effects are colorful and hypnotic, the characters are all likeable
and guest-star Michael Rennie is excellent as the doomed ship's captain. Unfortunately
the series only ran for one Season and a total of 30 episodes The
set below comprises the entire series - perfect color prints thoughout The
Time Tunnel Disc No. 1 Rendezvous
With Yesterday One Way
To The Moon End Of
The World The Day
The Sky Fell In The Last
Patrol The
Time Tunnel Disc No. 2 Crack Of
Doom Revenge
Of The Gods Massacre Devil's
Island Reign Of
Terror The
Time Tunnel Disc No. 3 Secret
Weapon The Death
Trap The Alamo Night Of
The Long Knives Invasion The
Time Tunnel Disc No. 4 The
Revenge Of Robin Hood Kill Two
By Two Visitors
From Beyond The Stars The Ghost
Of Nero The Walls
Of Jericho The
Time Tunnel Disc No. 5 Idol Of
Death Billy The
Kid Pirates
Of Deadman's Island Chase
Through Time The Death
Merchant The
Time Tunnel Disc No. 6 Attack Of
The Barbarians Merlin
The Magician The
Kidnappers Raiders
From Outer Space Town Of
Terror |
UFO
6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23
UFO was a 1970 British television science
fiction series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson and produced by
Lew Grade's ITC (The Baron, The Champions etc). The Andersons had previously
made a number of very successful marionette-based children's science fiction
series including Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet. They had also
made one live-action science fiction movie, DoppelgŠnger, aka Journey to the
Far Side of the Sun (starring Roy Thinness of The Invaders fame), and now felt
ready to move into live-action television and aim at a more adult market. UFO was the Andersons' first totally
live-action TV series. Despite the assumption of many TV station executives,
the series was not aimed at children, but deliberately sought an older
audience; many episodes featured adult themes such as adultery, divorce, and
drug use. The premise of the series is that aliens are
visiting the Earth and kidnapping humans. To defend against the aliens, a
secret organisation called SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence
Organisation) is established. Operating behind the cover of the
Harlington-Straker Studios movie studio in England, SHADO is headed by
Commander Ed Straker (played by Ed Bishop), a former United States Air Force
Colonel and astronaut who poses as the studio's chief executive. Earth had a
satellite in orbit to detect the UFOs. It was called SID, another acronym
for, "Space Intruder Detector". SHADO has several lines of defense.
Missiles can be launched from a base on the Moon. High altitude aircraft can
attack after being launched from submarines. There are also a fleet of
armored vehicles spread out all over the planet. The episodes typically
involve attempted alien attacks and how Earth defenses stop them. UFO first aired in the UK in 1970 and in US
syndication over the next two years. In all, 26 episodes, including the
pilot, were filmed over the course of more than a year, In a sad coincidence, lead actors Ed Bishop
and Michael Billington died in June 2005, within five days of each other.
Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson went on after UFO to create another
live-action sci-fi series called "Space 1999" starring Martin
Landau & Barbara Bain. This 6 DVD set contains the entire series
of twenty-six 50 minute episodes of UFO in their original broadcast order -
superb color prints throughout Disc No. 1 Identified Computer Affair Flight Path Exposed Disc No. 2 Survival Conflict The Dalotek Affair A Question Of Priorities Disc No. 3 Ordeal The Square Triangle Court Martial Close Up Confetti Check A-O.K. Disc No. 4 The Responsibility Seat E.S.P. Kill Straker! Sub-Smash The Sound Of Silence Disc No. 5 The Cat With Ten Lives Destruction The Man Who Came Back The Psychobombs Disc No. 6 Reflections In The Water Timelash Mindbender The Long Sleep |
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U.S. Border Patrol
1 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$20
or US$20 or £10
"The
United States Border Patrol is the only federal law enforcement body whose
operations include the air, the sea and the land along the four borders of
our country. Whose men are the best trained in the world and whose primary
mission is to secure the border against all persons and things illegal." This
powerful 1959 TV series was Richard Webb's next gig after his successful run as TV's Captain
Midnight (aka Jet Jackson). Webb had a great screen presence and he projects an air of authority as
Deputy Chief Don Jagger, Chief of Operations for the U.S. Border Patrol. The
series had a high degree of realism and authenticity, being shot outside the
studio and employing no sets at all. U.S.
Border Patrol TV Series Disc No. 1 Everglades
Story A Bundle
of Dope Cargo
Unknown The
Logmen Rattigan
and the Cat Love,
Death and Diamonds In a
Deadly Fashion Death in
the Desert Night
Target |
|
Voyage to the Bottom of
the Sea - All 4 Seasons Season 1 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Season 2 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Season 3 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Season 4 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 In the fall of 1964, television
audiences were introduced to Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, the story of
the submarine Seaview and her crew. The adventures continued for four years,
making it until recently the longest-running science fiction show on network
television. It's arguable that the star of
the show was the ship, the most powerful and advanced submarine on earth, a
testimony to the genius of its creator, Harriman Nelson. The Seaview took on
a wide variety of missions, and consequently carried many passengers: spies,
politicians, world leaders, military men, castaways, aliens and monsters,
and--most especially--scientists, mad and otherwise. The crew of the Seaview was top-notch:
the brilliant Admiral Nelson, the ultimate scientist; the courageous Captain
Crane, devoted to his ship; the steadfast first officer, Chip Morton; the
stalwart Chief Curley Jones, sadly lost after the first season but ably
replaced by the inimitable Chief Sharkey; and the crewmen, Kowalski,
Patterson, Riley, and the many less fortunate others who gave their lives for
the ship. Again and again, they proved themselves capable of handling any
situation with courage and ingenuity The first Season of Voyage
begins with the color Pilot Episode "Eleven Days to Zero". Network
executives gave the series the go ahead by ordering 31 further episodes but
only budgeting for Black & White The second season marked a
substantial upgrade in budget for the series - color was introduced as was
the Flying Sub and crash-doors on the front "seaview" section of
the submarine Seasons 3 & 4 also showed
the benefits increased budgets. Picture & Sound are both perfect Season 1 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 1
Eleven Days To Zero - color
The City Beneath The Sea
The Fear-Makers
The Mist Of Silence
The Price Of Doom
Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 2
The Sky Is Falling
Turn Back The Clock
The Village Of Guilt
Hot Line
Submarine Sunk Here
The Magnus Beam
Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 3
No Way Out
The Blizzard Makers
The Ghost Of Moby Dick
Long Live The King
Hail To The Chief
Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 4
The Last Battle
Mutiny
Doomsday
The Invaders
The Indestructible Man
The Buccaneer
Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 5
The Human Computer
The Saboteur
Cradle Of The Deep
The Amphibians
The Exile
Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 1) - Disc No. 6
The Creature
The Enemies
The Secret Of The Loch
The Condemned
The Traitor
Season 2 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 1
Jonah and the Whale Time Bomb ...And Five of Us Are Left The Cyborg Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 2 Escape from Venice The Left-Handed Man The Deadliest Game Leviathan Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 3 The Peacemaker The Silent Saboteurs The X Factor The Machines Strike Back The Monster from Outer Space Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 4 Terror on Dinosaur Island Killers of the Deep Deadly Creature Below! The Phantom Strikes The Sky's On Fire Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 5 Graveyard of Fear The Shape of Doom Dead Men's Doubloons The Death Ship Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 2) - Disc No. 6 The Monster's Web The Menfish The Mechanical Man The Return of the Phantom Season 3 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 1 Monster
From The Inferno Werewolf The Day
The World Ended Night Of
Terror Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 2 The
Terrible Toys Day Of
Evil Deadly
Waters Thing
From Inner Space The Death
Watch Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 3 Deadly
Invasion The
Haunted Submarine The Plant
Man The Lost
Bomb Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 4 The Brand
Of The Beast The Creature Death
From The Past The Heat
Monster The
Fossil Men Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 5 The
Mermaid The Mummy Shadowman No Escape
From Death Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 3) - Disc No. 6 Doomsday
Island The Wax
Men Deadly
Cloud Destroy
Seaview! Season 4 - 6 DVD Boxed
Set price : AU$45 or US$45 or £23 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 1 Fires Of
Death The
Deadly Dolls Cave Of
The Dead Journey
With Fear Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 2 Sealed
Orders Man Of
Many Faces Fatal
Cargo Time Lock Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 3 Rescue Terror A Time To
Die Blow Up Deadly
Amphibians Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 4 The
Return Of Blackbeard Terrible
Leprechaun The
Lobster Man Nightmare Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 5 The
Abominable Snowman Secret Of
The Deep Man-Beast Savage
Jungle Flaming
Ice Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Season 4) - Disc No. 6 Attack! Edge Of
Doom The Death
Clock No Way
Back |
Originally mastered here in 2005, this title has now been
RECENTLY REMASTERED & DIGITALLY RESTORED!
The Whirlybirds
3 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$30 or
US$30 or £15
This is the show that made
the Bell 47 helicopter into a television star and a national icon of vertical
flight. Conceived and produced by Desilu Studios, home of the much beloved TV
sitcom I Love Lucy, Whirlybirds brought the look, sound, and capabilities of
the Bell 47 helicopter into the mainstream of popular culture during the
mid-1950s. For several generations of post-war television viewers, the 47 was
to become the helicopter. The series debuted in 1957 and ran through 1959 for
a total of 111 half-hour episodes, of which 106 eventually aired. Thirty-nine
episodes were quickly re-syndicated by CBS under the name Copter Patrol. The
show had a big draw; some estimates place the Whirlybirds weekly audience
share as high as 25 million fans --- and this was the 1950s! The Whirlybirds centered
around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill),
owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter between Longwood
Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble. Often
the boys would be called in to help the police locate an escaped prisoner, or
save some stranded fool out in the middle of nowhere. This would inevitably
lead to one of the guys dangling at the end of a rope at some point in the
episode. When they didn't just jump right out of the helicopter. The pilot episode for the
series (included in this DVD set) was titled "The Big U". It was
filmed in 1956 at the Iverson Ranch, a dude ranch used to film westerns. It
was a little different to the episodes from the rest of the series - the
"signature" theme song was missing and the boys uniforms were not
as sharp. Kenneth Tobey was chosen for his background in aviation, and Craig
Hill for his rugged good looks. Their secretary Janet Culver
(Sandra Spence) left before the end of the first series and was replaced by
Helen Carter (Nancy Hale) A lot of the episodes were
directed by Robert Altman. He went on the Academy Award Nominations for
Gosford Park, MASH, Nashville, Short Cuts & The Player Quality Note: Whilst each of these episodes have undergone
significant digital restoration, some of them are still not of good quality.
In these latter cases, the images are a little smeary - although quite
viewable The Whirlybirds Disc No.
1
The Big U
(pilot episode) The
Rustlers Aerial
Circus Fury
Canyon Take a
Little, Leave a Little Cycle of
Terror Airborne
Gold The
Killer The Whirlybirds Disc No.
2
Bankrupt
Alibi The
Deacon Wanted--Alive Rest in
Peace Two of a
Kind The
Challenge Two Came
Back Lynch Mob The Whirlybirds Disc No.
3
Search
for an Unknown Man His
Brother's Keeper Seven
Orchids Robert
Dixon M.D. (costarring Robert Vaughan) Journey
to the Past Missing
Witness Glamour
Girl Man, You
Kill Me |
William Tell
4 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$35 or US$35 or £18
This
has to be one of the most exciting TV shows ever made - full of fist fights,
sword fights, secret weapons and passageways - all played out at a breathless
rate! Its
tells the story of the legendary hero's escapades with his "cross-bow
commandos" in 14th Century Switzerland, as he resists brutal Austrian
rule and upholds the rights of peasants against the villainous Landburgher
Gessler. Conrad
Phillips plays the dashing saviour of the Swiss peasants who depend on his
expertise with a crossbow and superhumanly quick thinking to outwit the
Austrians. The charismatic Phillips brings to role a genuine athleticism (he
performs all of his own stunts) and is ably supported by 'The Bear', expertly
portrayed with booming zeal by Nigel Greene (before he went onto major film
success). On the opposing side, as the blustering, outsize tyrant Landburgher
Gessler, Willoughby Goddard attacks his role with tremendous relish, charging
about in bewildered panic or in a savage fury when not thinking of ways to
kill the hero. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this series was the chilling
analogy made between the Austrian domination of Switzerland during the Middle
Ages and the Nazi subjugation of Europe during the Second World War. The
sadistic Hapsburg landburgher was clearly modelled on a Hitler-era Gauleiter,
or military governor. The writers extended the narrative beyond the
all-too-familiar shooting-the-apple-off-the-head fable to parallel Gessler's
methods of extracting taxes from the citizens, and his suppression of the
flare-ups of rebellion, with the Nazi barbarism of more modern history. Produced
in 1958 by Lord Lee Grade's ITP, the series is peppered with interesting
guest stars including Christopher Lee, Michael Caine, Donald Pleasance, Sid
James and Robert Shaw - the latter being star of Grade's "sister" series: The
Buccaneers (also
available from this website - see TV Series A_H section) This
4 DVD set contains the entire series of 39 episodes in their original
broadcast order - superb prints throughout Check out The Buccaneers, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot & Sir Francis Drake - all available from this website William Tell Disc No. 1 The Emperor's Hat The Hostages Secret Death The Gauntlet of St. Gerhardt The Prisoner Voice in the Night The Assassins The Baroness The Elixir William Tell Disc No. 2 The Suspect The Cuckoo The Bear The Magic Powder The Golden Wheel The Bride The Boy Slaves The Young Widow Landslide The Trap William Tell Disc No. 3 The Shrew The Manhunt The Killer The Surgeon The Ensign The Unwelcome Stranger The Avenger The Bandit Gessler's Daughter The General's Daughter William Tell Disc No. 4 The Raid Castle of Fear The Black Brothers The Lost Letter Secret Weapon The Master Spy The Traitor The Spider The Mountain People Undercover |
Yancy Derringer
1 DVD Boxed Set
price : AU$20 or
US$20 or £10
A Western series that ran on
CBS in the US from 1958 to 1959, Yancy Derringer starred the legendary Jock
Mahoney in the title role of a gentleman adventurer living in New Orleans,
Louisiana, after the Civil War.
He is hired by the city administrator, John Colton (Kevin Hagen), as a
secret agent authorized to help maintain law and order and justice in the
city by any means that may become necessary. His constant companion is a
Pawnee Indian, Pahoo-Ka-Ta-Wah (X. Brands) who communicates with Yancy only
by hand gestures, and appears ready at a moment's notice to use the shotgun
that he always carries. Yancy owns a riverboat, the Sultana, carries a
trademark Derringer gun in his hat and as part of his belt buckle and lives
at the former family plantation, Waverly. Madame Francine (Frances Bergen) is
his love interest and her establishment is where he likes to hang out
(although sometimes itÕs the jailhouse). This excellent series is
noted for its great array of stars who are included in episodes here: future
box-office star Charles Bronson,
Academy Award winner (for One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest) Louise
Fletcher, Ray Danton, Oscar nominee Nick
Adams and Lee Van Cleef.
Jock's then wife Maggie Mahoney also appeared in a few episodes - she
is perhaps best remembered as Margaret Field, the mother of Sally Field. Jock Mahoney has a big
presence on this website (I'm a big fan). He appeared in three action
packed movie serials for Columbia (Cody of the Pony Express, Roar of the Iron
Horse & Gunfighters of the Northwest) available from the Movie Serial
section of this website (in a nice 3 DVD set). He was also a pretty good
Tarzan - graduating from Tarzan's chief nemesis in 1960's Tarzan the
Magnificent to the man himself in Tarzan Goes to India (1962) & Tarzan's
Three Challenges (1963). This
Tarzan set (the Gordon Scott / Jock Mahoney Tarzan Collection) is available
from the Movie Series section of this website. Jock also came up against TV's
Tarzan (Ron Ely) in The Deadly Silence - a two part adventure which was
released theatrically outside the US (and can be found in the TV series
section of this website) Yancy Derringer Disc
An Ace
Called Spade (guest star Ray Danton) A Bullet
for Bridget (guest star Maggie Mahoney) The Loot
from Richmond Old Dixie
(guest stars Louise Fletcher & Maggie Mahoney) Nightmare
on Bourbon Street A Game of
Chance The Night
the Russians Landed (guest star Nick Adams) Hell and
High Water (guest star Charles Bronson) Longhair Outlaw at
Liberty (guest star Lee Van Cleef) |
NEW ÉÉÉ NEW ÉÉÉ NEW ÉÉÉ NEW
Zorro (Season 1)
4 DVD Boxed Set price : AU$35 or
US$35 or £18 Zorro
was a half-hour Walt Disney Productions TV series based on the well-known
Zorro character, premiered October 10, 1957 on ABC. Don
Diego de la Vega (Guy Williams) is an academic and renown fencer in Spain who
is recalled by his father, Don Alejandro de la Vega (George J. Lewis) to his
ancestral Californian home in order to fight the tyranny of Captain
Monastario. Diego decides to conceal his abilities with the sword, and change
his demeanor to that of a foppish milquetoast intellectual - much to the
chagrin of his father. But unknown to all but his faithful friend, the mute
Bernardo (Gene Shelton), Diego has an alter ego, that of a defender of good
and vanquisher of evil: a masked avenger who leaves a calling card - a huge
ÒZÓ carved on his adversaryÕs clothing after defeat by his blade, Zorro! This,
the first season consisted of 39 half hour B&W episodes. This season
consisted of 3 continuing story arcs, each of thirteen episodes. The first of
these chronicled the arrival of Zorro / Diego and his battle of wits with the
greedy and cruel local Commandante, Captain Monastario. The second storyline,
Episode Nos. 14 thru 26, told of ZorroÕs efforts to uncover and counter the
machinations of the evil Magistrado Galindo, who is part of a plot to rule
California. The third story arc, Episode Nos. 27 thru 39, concerned the
leader of that conspiracy, the shadowy figure of The Eagle. And
through all of this there are the usual skirmishes with the buffoonish
Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia (beautifully played by Henry Calvin) 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. Note
that the 6 Republic Pictures productions of Zorro movie serials are available
separately and in various combinations from the Movie Serials section of this
website. The
particular combination that consists of all 6 serials also includes a bonus 7th
DVD: The
Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR Zorro
(Season 1) Disc No. 1 Presenting
Senor Zorro - begins the Zorro vs. Captain Monastario story arc Zorro's
Secret Passage Zorro
Rides to the Mission The Ghost
of the Mission Zorro's
Romance Zorro
Saves a Friend Monastario
Sets a Trap Zorro's
Ride into Terror A Fair
Trial Zorro
(Season 1) Disc No. 2 Garcia's
Secret Mission Double
Trouble for Zorro Zorro,
Luckiest Swordsman Alive The Fall
of Monastario - concludes the Zorro vs. Captain Monastario story arc Shadow of
Doubt - begins the Zorro vs. the Magistrado story arc Garcia
Stands Accused Slaves of
the Eagle Sweet
Face of Danger Zorro Fights
His Father Death
Stacks the Deck Zorro
(Season 1) Disc No. 3 Agent Of
The Eagle Zorro
Springs a Trap The
Unmasking of Zorro The
Secret of the Sierra The New
Commandante The Fox
and the Coyote Adios,
Senor Magistrado - concludes the Zorro vs. the Magistrado story arc The
Eagle's Brood - begins the Zorro vs. The Eagle story arc Zorro by
Proxy Quintana
Makes a Choice Zorro
(Season 1) Disc No. 4 Zorro
Lights a Fuse The Man
with the Whip The Cross
of the Andes The
Deadly Bolas The Well
of Death The Tightening
Noose The
Sergeant Regrets The Eagle
Leaves the Nest Bernardo
Faces Death The
Eagle's Flight - concludes the Zorro vs. The Eagle story arc |