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Review 4 Front Video / Sands Of Iwo Jima [1950]
Actors & Directors
  • Adele Mara
  • John Agar
  • Wally Cassell
  • Allan Dwan
  • John Wayne
  • Forrest Tucker
Release date: 1996-05-06
Run time: 108 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.70

Review Sands Of Iwo Jima [1950] / 4 Front Video:

This classic World War II actioner has Wayne as a tough but compassionate Marine Corps sergeant, John M. Stryker. Tough name, too. Stryker's job is to turn a bunch of raw recruits into a fighting machine. His no-holds-barred approach causes a great amount of friction, not to mention a running subplot concerning his personal life that makes him something of an enigma to his men. The mystery of his past is not fully resolved until the very ending, by which point Stryker is decidedly a war hero. The supporting roles of those who hate Stryker's guts, and who are inevitably won over, are played handsomely by John Agar and Forrest Tucker. Veteran film director Allan Dwan helmed this one, and used real war footage and three of the surviving soldiers who raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi to reenact that momentous event. An engrossing and entertaining war flick all around, Sands of Iwo Jima boasts one of the Duke's finest, most measured and layered performances. [+]
-Jim Gay.

Review Second Sight Films Ltd. / The Trail Beyond [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • Noah Beery
  • Verna Hillie
  • John Wayne
  • Robert N. Bradbury
  • Robert Frazer
  • Noah Beery Jr.
Release date: 1998-03-16
Run time: 55 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.37

Review The Trail Beyond [1935] / Second Sight Films Ltd.:


Review Ilc Prime / John Wayne Classics - The Lucky Texan / West Of The Divide [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • Virginia Brown Faire
  • John Wayne
  • Robert N. Bradbury
  • Yakima Canutt
  • Lloyd Whitlock
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
Release date: 1998-01-26
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £2.99
Price: £6.49

Review John Wayne Classics - The Lucky Texan / West Of The Divide [1935] / Ilc Prime:


Actors & Directors
  • Gregory Peck
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Jennifer Jones
  • King Vidor
  • Lionel Barrymore
  • Herbert Marshall
Release date: 1997-03-09
Run time: 129 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £16.00

Review Duel in the Sun [1946] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Scalphunters [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Shelley Winters
  • Telly Savalas
  • Dabney Coleman
  • Ossie Davis
  • Burt Lancaster
  • Sydney Pollack
Release date: 2000-02-01
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.49

Review The Scalphunters [1968] / MGM Entertainment:


Review 4 Front Video / Dark Command [1940]
Actors & Directors
  • Raoul Walsh
  • John Wayne
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
  • Walter Pidgeon
  • Roy Rogers
  • Claire Trevor
Release date: 1996-05-06
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.98

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Review Encore Entertainment / Comanche Station [1960]
Actors & Directors
  • Budd Boetticher|Randolph Scott|Nancy Gates|Claude Akins
Release date: 1996-10-28
Run time: 70 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Comanche Station [1960] / Encore Entertainment:


Review 4 Front Video / Flying Tigers [1943]
Actors & Directors
  • Gordon Jones
  • Anna Lee
  • John Carroll
  • David Miller
  • Paul Kelly
  • John Wayne
Release date: 1996-05-06
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £11.99

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Broken Lance [1954]
Actors & Directors
  • Spencer Tracy
  • Edward Dmytryk
  • Robert Wagner
  • Jean Peters
  • Katy Jurado
  • Richard Widmark
Release date: 1998-03-23
Run time: 92 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £11.99

Review Broken Lance [1954] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Ilc Prime / John Wayne Classics - Frontier Horizons / Randy Rides Alone [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • Harry L. Fraser
  • Earl Dwire
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
  • Alberta Vaughn
  • Yakima Canutt
  • John Wayne
Release date: 1998-01-26
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £2.99
Price: £19.99

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Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid [1969]
Actors & Directors
  • Strother Martin
  • Robert Redford
  • Paul Newman
  • George Roy Hill
  • Katharine Ross
  • Henry Jones
Release date: 1999-01-04
Run time: 106 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £4.99

Review Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid [1969] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Dating from 1969, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has never lost its popularity or its unusual appeal as a star-driven Western that tinkers with the genre's conventions and comes up with something both terrifically entertaining and-typical of its period-a tad paranoid. Paul Newman plays the legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy as an eternal optimist and self-styled visionary, conjuring dreams of banks just ripe for the picking all over the world. Robert Redford is his more level-headed partner, the sharp-shooting Sundance Kid. The film, written by William Goldman (The Princess Bride) and directed by George Roy Hill (The Sting), basically begins as a freewheeling story about robbing trains but soon becomes a chase as a relentless posse-always seen at a great distance like some remote authority-forces Butch and Sundance into the hills and, finally, Bolivia. Weakened a little by feel-good inclinations (a scene involving bicycle tricks and the song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" is sort of Hollywood flower power), the film maintains an interesting tautness, and the chemistry between Redford and Newman is rare. (A factoid: Newman first offered the Sundance part to Jack Lemmon. ) -Tom Keogh, Amazon. com On the DVD: This anamorphic widescreen print of the 2. 35:1 Panavision original looks marvellously crisp, highlighting the sepia tinting and washed-out, over-exposed look of the film nicely and making the best of the deep focus cinematography. The mono soundtrack sounds clean and clear in Dolby 2. [+]
0. The commentary track is hosted by documentary-maker Robert Crawford with contributions from George Roy Hill, cinematographer Conrad Hall, and lyricist Hal David (who chips in during the "Raindrops" sequence). The 40-minute documentary dates from 1968 and is narrated by director Hill, who talks in detail about the making-of process, comments on his relationship with the three principals (Katharine Ross was the difficult one apparently), and adds little nuggets such as how they sprayed the bull's testicles to make him charge at the end of the bicycle scene. Also included are a series of absorbing 1994 interviews with all the main players: Newman, Redford, Ross, writer William Goldman, and composer Burt Bacharach. Trailers, Production Notes and an Alternate Credit Roll complete an attractive package. -Mark Walker.

Review Ilc Prime / John Wayne Classics - Sagebrush Trail / Riders Of Destiny [1934]
Actors & Directors
  • John Wayne
  • Robert N. Bradbury
  • Cecilia Parker
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
  • Forrest Taylor
  • Al St. John
Release date: 1998-01-26
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £2.99
Price: £34.99

Review John Wayne Classics - Sagebrush Trail / Riders Of Destiny [1934] / Ilc Prime:


Review MGM Entertainment / The Bridge At Remagen [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Vaughn
  • Bradford Dillman
  • George Segal
  • Ben Gazzara
  • E.G. Marshall
  • John Guillermin
Release date: 2000-05-29
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.49

Review The Bridge At Remagen [1968] / MGM Entertainment:

Fine casting, rugged characters and authentic military detail make The Bridge at Remagen one of the best World War II action films of the 1960s. Based on actual incidents during the final Allied advance on Germany in March 1945, the story focuses on the US Army's exhausted 27th Armoured Infantry, assigned to seize the bridge at Remagen, on the Rhine river, to prevent 50,000 German troops from retreating to safety. Lt Hartman (George Segal) leads the mission, while a Nazi major (Robert Vaughn) defies orders by attempting to hold the bridge instead of blowing it up. With strong emphasis on war's harsher realities, the film's compelling characters illustrate the camaraderie of survivors and the heroism of mavericks in the thick of battle. Segal and Ben Gazzara effectively convey a hard-won friendship, and the film's dynamic action (filmed in Czechoslovakia and Italy) never overwhelms the story's emotional impact. This is highly recommended. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Second Sight Films Ltd. / Neath The Arizona Skies [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • Henry Frazer
  • John Wayne
  • Yakima Canutt
  • Shirley Ricketts
  • Sheila Terry
  • George 'Gabby' Hayes
Release date: 1998-03-16
Run time: 52 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £12.99

Review Neath The Arizona Skies [1935] / Second Sight Films Ltd.:


Review Second Sight Films Ltd. / The Dawn Rider [1935]
Actors & Directors
  • Joseph De Grasse
  • Reed Howes
  • Dennis Moore
  • Robert N. Bradbury
  • Marion Burns
  • John Wayne
Release date: 1998-03-16
Run time: 54 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.95

Review The Dawn Rider [1935] / Second Sight Films Ltd.:


Review 4 Front Video / Rio Grande [1951]
Actors & Directors
  • Maureen O'Hara
  • Harry Carey Jr.
  • Ben Johnson
  • Claude Jarman Jr.
  • John Ford
  • John Wayne
Release date: 1996-05-06
Run time: 102 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £10.97

Review Rio Grande [1951] / 4 Front Video:

The last and least memorable of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy, Rio Grande nonetheless has an interesting continuity about the gentlemanly rules of military conduct. Here the focus is on the family. While creating a heated controversy over his handling of the Apache war, John Wayne must also contend with disgruntled wife Maureen O'Hara and estranged son Claude Jarman Jr, a new recruit trying to earn his father's love and respect. Ford seems to suggest that there are two conflicting codes of honour in every cavalry officer's life, the personal as well as the professional, and that it takes an act of heroism to maintain both. It's fascinating to observe Wayne's progression throughout the trilogy, as his personal stakes intensify. Also, this is the first of five onscreen appearances between the Duke and O'Hara, each filled with a competitive spirit and stormy sexuality. -Bill Desowitz, Amazon. com.

Review Delta Visual Entertainment / Santa Fe Trail [1940]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Curtiz
  • Alan Hale
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Errol Flynn
  • Raymond Massey
  • Olivia de Havilland
Release date: 1999-09-13
Run time: 116 min.
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.99

Review Santa Fe Trail [1940] / Delta Visual Entertainment:


Review MGM Entertainment / Run Silent, Run Deep [1958]
Actors & Directors
  • Brad Dexter
  • Jack Warden
  • Don Rickles
  • Robert Wise
  • Clark Gable
  • Burt Lancaster
Release date: 2000-05-29
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.95

Review Run Silent, Run Deep [1958] / MGM Entertainment:

A movie's lasting value can often be measured by its influence in the years and decades following its original release, and on that basis Run Silent, Run Deep is certainly a classic of sorts. It remains one of the seminal World War II submarine pictures, and its intelligent script and tautly executed action are clearly echoed in such later submarine dramas as Das Boot and especially Crimson Tide, which borrows liberally from this 1958 film. In one of his best and final roles (he appeared in only four films after this), Clark Gable plays a submarine captain without a command, having been saddled with a desk job after his previous ship was destroyed due to his overzealous pursuit of the enemy in dangerous Japanese waters. He finally gets another boat-this time with a vigilant first officer (Burt Lancaster), who stands poised to assume command if Gable puts his crew in unnecessary danger. The tension and mutual respect between these two principled men is superbly written and directed (Robert Wise was just two years away from his triumph with West Side Story), and the crucial inclusion of a strong supporting cast (including Jack Warden and Don Rickles) enhances the movie's compelling authenticity. Based on a novel by former submarine commander Edward L. Beach, Run Silent, Run Deep is rousing entertainment with the added benefit of paying honourable tribute to the men who navigated through the most frightening and claustrophobic channels of the Pacific cinema. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Second Sight Films Ltd. / Rancho Notorious [1952]
Actors & Directors
  • Gloria Henry
  • Mel Ferrer
  • William Frawley
  • Arthur Kennedy
  • Fritz Lang
  • Marlene Dietrich
Release date: 1997-07-28
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.80

Review Rancho Notorious [1952] / Second Sight Films Ltd.:


Actors & Directors
  • John Hoyt
  • James Garner
  • Ralph Nelson
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Bibi Andersson
  • Bill Travers
Release date: 1999-05-10
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.95

Review Duel at Diablo [1966] / MGM Entertainment:


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Sands Of Iwo Jima [1950], The Trail Beyond [1935], John Wayne Classics - The Lucky Texan / West Of The Divide [1935], Duel in the Sun [1946], The Scalphunters [1968], Dark Command [1940], Comanche Station [1960], Flying Tigers [1943], Broken Lance [1954], John Wayne Classics - Frontier Horizons / Randy Rides Alone [1935], Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid [1969], John Wayne Classics - Sagebrush Trail / Riders Of Destiny [1934], The Bridge At Remagen [1968], Neath The Arizona Skies [1935], The Dawn Rider [1935], Rio Grande [1951], Santa Fe Trail [1940], Run Silent, Run Deep [1958], Rancho Notorious [1952], Duel at Diablo [1966]

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