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Hitchcock DVD Collection - Dial M For Murder / I Confess / Stage Fright / The Wrong Man / Strangers On A Train / North By Northwest

starring: Ray Milland, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, Farley Granger
directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Release Date November 08, 2004
North by Northwest is one of Hitchcock's great thrillers. Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint star. The mistaken identity plot plays well to Grants strengths as the man confused by the insistence of others that he is George Kaplan, the mysterious spy. The balance between thriller and comedy is very well judged. The look of this movie is the key to its success along with the many set pieces. The frantic struggle of Grant against the hood's attempts to pour a bottle of scotch down his throat conveys real violence and panic.

I Confess is better remembered for its star, Montgomery Clift, than as one of Hitchcock's great movies but it is still powerful stuff. The theme is a strong one that has been copied and adapted elsewhere. Clift's character ... Read More:

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Love Story [1971]

starring: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland, John Marley, Sydney Walker
directed by: Arthur Hiller

Release Date February 04, 2002
A brilliant film with a moral message that is as true today as it was when the movie was made.
The grass is not always greener...and you will live to regret hurting the one person who really loved you!!!

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Aces High [1976]

starring: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth, David Wood
directed by: Jack Gold

Release Date January 01, 2007
Based on R.C Sherriff's play 'Journey's end', Aces High is a gripping introduction for anyone wanting an insight into air combat during the First World war. A young Colin Firth is wonderful as the fledgling hero 'Croft' and McDowell proves once again that he is one of the U.K's most underrated actors. Christopher Plummer gives another highly polished performance.

As in Journey's end the idealistic youngster joins the unit commanded by a man well known to him and his family, his sister's fiancee, who is now a decorated and experienced fighter. The youngster's idealism fades however as he realizes that in spite of his friend's success in the war, Greasham is close to breaking point. The movie shows very well how young pilots with insufficient training, ... Read More:

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Battlestar Galactica - The Movie [1980]

starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herb Jefferson Jr., Maren Jensen

Release Date August 28, 2006
Battlestar Galactica was one of those late 70s / early 80s shows which quickly entered into popular culture. It has an excellent cast, including Starbuck (played by Dirk Benedict) who is a smoking, drinking, gambling, womanising pilot (with marked similarities to the Han Solo persona) and the more serious Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch) who is son of Commander Ardama (more like the serious foil / Luke Skywalker role). Commander Adama (Lorne Greene - from Bonanza) plays the main role as the serious commander of the Galactica ship.

Despite all the song and dance made of the similarity with Star Wars (Ep IV), this is a separate idea, and has more in common with a US military operation which operates like an aircraft carrier. The nice twist here is that they ... Read More:

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid [1982]

starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck
directed by: Carl Reiner

Release Date June 06, 2005
If this was the first Steve Martin film I had ever seen I would have missed some of his really good ones because I wouldn't have bothered with any others. I thought the only good thing about it was the way old films were so cleverly used to bring in many old stars that only a granny like me would recognise. This one wont be watched again.

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The Lost Weekend

starring: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling
directed by: Billy Wilder

Release Date February 20, 2006
Ray Milland delivers his finest performance in this 1945 drama. Even over 60 years later, it remains believable, tense and hard-hitting. A must for all Jane Wyman fans, too.

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Columbo - Series 2 - Complete

starring: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ray Milland, Leonard Nimoy, Martin Landau

Release Date July 18, 2005
Beginning with Season 2, Universal began releasing syndication cut episodes as "complete and uncut" episodes. In the United States back in the 70's the Columbo episodes typically were aired in a 90 minute format; later on it was 120 minutes. Of those 90 minutes, 8 minutes were taken out for commercials. In syndication, and additional 8 minutes were cut for commercials; hence 74 minutes. In some episodes, characters are introduced as having been in the episode earlier...though you never see the initial introduction of the character. This gets worse with the later episodes in later sets that aired in 2 hour time slots. Be careful when you buy these. I contacted Universal and they refused to refund money. They also refused to admit that they had issued "cut and edited" episodes as "complete ... Read More:

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Gold [1973]

starring: Roger Moore, Ray Milland, John Gielgud, Bradford Dillman, Susannah York
directed by: Peter R. Hunt

Release Date April 02, 2007
A old classic movie, betrayed by this poor DVD version. The plot is an adaptament of a Wilbur Smith's classic book ("perhaps" non between the bests). BTW why make so "bad" movies from very good action books (like Smith's or Cussler's books) ???. This film has a good cast and good action scenes (for that time). But the DVD in too poor, expecially for for audio and subtitles lacking

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Escape From Witch Mountain/Return To Witch Mountain

starring: Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Bette Davis, Christopher Lee
directed by: John Hough

Release Date October 10, 2005
A old classic movie, betrayed by this poor DVD version. The plot is an adaptament of a Wilbur Smith's classic book ("perhaps" non between the bests). BTW why make so "bad" movies from very good action books (like Smith's or Cussler's books) ???. This film has a good cast and good action scenes (for that time). But the DVD in too poor, expecially for for audio and subtitles lacking

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Ministry Of Fear [1944]

starring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds
directed by: Fritz Lang

Release Date September 03, 2007
I had no idea what to expect when I bought this but I got a result! This film involves you from the beginning. There are some very good scenes and it is a typical film noir. Ray Milland is good in the lead, as always (see "The Uninvited" from 1944 if you can), and the plot twists and turns so that you suspect different people at different times. The only let-down is Marjorie Reynolds unnecessarily affecting a terrible German accent for the duration of the film - shame! Apart from that, I'm glad I bought it and both my girlfriend and I will be watching it again. Another good film from 1944.