New on Blu-ray: BRIT NOIR COLLECTION II (Home at Seven, The Intruder, The Long Arm)

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Product Description: The mighty Jack Hawkins (The Cruel Sea, The Bridge on the River Kwai) takes center stage in this triple feature of brilliant British noir. Home at Seven (1952) – Ralph Richardson reprises his role from R.C. Sherriff’s play as a bank clerk whose inexplicable amnesia leaves him without an alibi after a murder-robbery. Co-starring Hawkins and the marvelous Margaret Leighton, this twisty mystery (a.k.a. Murder on Monday) saw Richardson direct for the first and only time in his illustrious career. The Intruder (1953) – The horrors of war come back to haunt a former World War II colonel (Hawkins) when an armed man (Michael Medwin), who once fought bravely under the colonel’s command, breaks into his home. The gripping second feature from future 007 master Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger). The Long Arm (1956) – Reuniting with his Cruel Sea director Charles Frend, Hawkins leads a Scotland Yard investigation into a spate of safe-cracking crimes across England, beginning with the latest heist in London. Known as The Third Key in the U.S., the film adopts a gritty procedural style made popular by Ealing in 1950’s The Blue Lamp.

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New on Blu-ray: BRIT NOIR - COLLECTION I (1950-1961) - Cage of Gold, The Ringer and The Frightened City

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Product Description: CAGE OF GOLD

Cage of Gold is a 1950 British drama from Ealing Studios directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Jean Simmons, David Farrar, and James Donald. A young bride believes her husband has been killed. After a suitable period of mourning, she re-marries. But then her "dead" husband comes back and tries to extort money from her.

THE RINGER

In the 1952 British thriller The Ringer, directed by Guy Hamilton, a notorious master of disguise known as "The Ringer" seeks vengeance against Maurice Meister (Herbert Lom), an unscrupulous lawyer believed to have caused the death of the chameleon's sister. Despite police surveillance, the chameleon infiltrates Meister's circle to execute his plot.

THE FRIGHTENED CITY

A cool British noir set in 1960s gangland London, THE FRIGHTENED CITY follows the story of a low-level criminal (Connery) who gets embroiled in a dangerous racketeering syndicate when he accepts a job from local mobster Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks). A year before he was thrust into stardom as James Bond in "Dr. No", Sean Connery gave a spell-binding performance as the brooding, muscular Irish enforcer Paddy Damion with a streak of rakish charm, with electrifying support from Yvonne Romain as the beautiful gangster's moll Anya and from Herbert Lom as criminal mastermind Waldo Zhernikov.

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New on Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: REMO WILLIAMS - THE ADVENTURE BEGINS (1985) - New 4K Restoration

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Product Description: Slam-bang action thriller, based on the "Destroyer" pulp novels, stars Fred Ward as a New York City cop whose death is faked by a clandestine government group that recruits him to be a secret agent. Given the new identity of Remo Williams, and trained by an enigmatic martial arts master (Joel Grey), he snaps into action to bring down a corrupt arms dealer. A showdown on the scaffolded Statue of Liberty is a highlight.

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New on Blu-ray: REMO WILLIAMS - THE ADVENTURE BEGINS (1985) Starring Fred Ward

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Product Description: Brace yourself for hilarious, action-packed adventure! When a street-smart NYPD cop (Fred Ward, Tremors) regains consciousness after a bizarre mugging, he has a new face and a new identity! Now he’s Remo Williams, the #1 recruit of a top-secret organization, and he’s toppling evil at every turn—even atop the Statue of Liberty—in this ’80s action-comedy classic. Trained by a quirky martial arts master (Joel Grey, Cabaret) to dodge bullets, brave terrifying heights and thwart attackers with his bare hands, Remo becomes the ultimate criminal exterminator. But when he faces off against a corrupt millionaire and his army of henchmen, the real adventure begins! Helmed by Guy Hamilton, the outstanding director of Funeral in Berlin, Force 10 from Navarone, The Mirror Crack’d, Evil Under the Sun and four James Bond classics including Goldfinger and Live and Let Die, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins features stellar support from Wilford Brimley (Hard Target), J.A. Preston (Body Heat), George Coe (The Entity) and Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway of TV’s Star Trek: Voyager).

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New on Blu-ray: THE MIRROR CRACK'D (1980) - Special Edition

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Product Description: MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO IS THE MURDERER AMONG THEM ALL? Angela Lansbury (Death on the Nile) is Agatha Christie’s (Evil Under the Sun) legendary detective, Miss Marple. Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra), Rock Hudson (Giant), Tony Curtis (The Vikings), Kim Novak (Vertigo), Geraldine Chaplin (Doctor Zhivago) and Edward Fox (The Day of the Jackal) are the suspects. With stars like that, this case is going to be murder! Jane Marple is thrilled when glamorous Hollywood actors arrive in her quaint English village to shoot a movie. But when the superstar cast begins feuding, the production takes a murderous turn. Can Miss Marple identify the killer before the director yells ‘that’s a wrap’? Jonathan Hales (Loophole) and Barry Sandler (Crimes of Passion) adapted this beloved Miss Marple novel. Directed by Guy Hamilton (An Inspector Calls), The Mirror Crack’d is filled with some of the most priceless performances and delectable dialogue of any Christie mystery.

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New on Blu-ray: EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982) Starring Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith

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Product Description: HOLIDAYS CAN BE MURDER! When a shrewish stage star is found strangled at a posh island resort, detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov, Death on the Nile) is called in to investigate. But as the brilliant Belgian learns, it isn’t a matter of who would want the diva dead... but of who wouldn’t. As he follows the twists and turns of clues and motives, Poirot soon discovers that even among the rich and famous, murder never takes a holiday! James Mason, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles and Denis Quilley co-star in this Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express) favorite filmed on location in stunning Majorca, Spain, directed by Guy Hamilton (The Mirror Crack’d), adapted by Anthony Shaffer (Frenzy) and filled with classic songs by Cole Porter.

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New on Blu-ray: FUNERAL IN BERLIN (1966) Starring Michael Caine

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Product Description: Michael Cane is Harry Palmer, in this classic British film now available for the first time on Blu-ray. In this thriller based on the book by Len Deighton, Colonel Stok is a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall. It appears he wants to defect, but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and enlists agent Harry Palmer to smuggle him out of East Germany. From Guy Hamilton, the acclaimed director of James Bond adventures "Goldfinger" and "Diamonds Are Forever."

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DVD & Blu-ray: AN INSPECTOR CALLS (1954) Starring Alastair Sim

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Product Description: From Guy Hamilton, the acclaimed director of The Devil’s Disciple, Goldfinger, Funeral in Berlin, Force 10 from Navarone, The Mirror Crack’d and Evil Under the Sun, comes this classic murder mystery starring the great Alastair Sim (A Christmas Carol) as the enigmatic Inspector Poole. The Birling family are rich, pampered and complacent. It is 1912 and the shadow of the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. As they sit down for dinner one night, celebrating the engagement of the eldest child, Sheila (Eileen Moore), to prosperous businessman Gerald (Brian Worth), a knock at the door announces the arrival of a visitor who changes their lives forever. Based on the classic stage play by J.B. Priestley (The Old Dark House), An Inspector Calls is a compelling critique of the moral hypocrisy of upper-crust English society, beautifully photographed by Edward Scaife (The Captain’s Paradise) and co-starring actor/writer/producer/director Bryan Forbes (Quatermass 2).

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New on Blu-ray: FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978) - Special Edition

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Product Description: From Guy Hamilton, the acclaimed director of The Devil’s Disciple, Goldfinger, Funeral in Berlin, Live and Let Die and Evil Under the Sun, and Alistair MacLean, the legendary writer of The Secret Ways, The Satan Bug, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare and When Eight Bells Toll, comes this action-packed sequel to the classic WWII adventure The Guns of Navarone. Screen legends Robert Shaw (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Jaws) and Harrison Ford (The Fugitive, Witness) star as fearless commandos on a deadly mission in the darkest days of World War II. Hitler’s armies are storming through Europe, annihilating all opposition in their path, but U.S. Colonel Barnsby (Ford) plots to strike a crippling blow to the brutal Nazi forces. To succeed, he’ll need the help of the most skilled and lethal soldiers in the world: the squad led by Captain Mallory (Shaw) and explosives specialist Corporal Miller (Edward Fox, The Day of the Jackal), fresh from its triumphant mission at Navarone. Carl Weathers (Rocky), Barbara Bach (The Spy Who Loved Me), Franco Nero (The Mercenary), Richard Kiel (Moonraker) and Alan Badel (Arabesque) co-star in this large-scale action saga with remarkable special effects and stunts. Adapted screenplay by Robin Chapman and adapted screen story by award-winning writer/producer/director Carl Foreman (The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Victors).

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