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Fox Western Classics (Rawhide / The Gunfighter / Garden of Evil)
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0ur opinion: :lncludesDisc 1: Garden of Evil (1954) Feature FilmDisc 2: The Gunfighter (1951) Feature FilmDisc 3: Rawhide (1951) Feature FilmFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: WAR/CLASSlCS UPC: O24543512585 Manufacturer No: 2251258 :0ne of these three new-to-DVD Westerns is a universally esteemed classic, well worth the price of the set. But in happy fact, the whole package delivers the goods: sturdy genre entertainment from the Western's peak decade, the 195Os; solid Fox studio craftsmanship in every department; and breathtakingly crisp restorations that make you feel ...
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The Song of Bernadette
»rank: 6498
0ur opinion:Description:The story of a peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous, a poverty-stricken, pure hearted adolescent, who saw a vision, of a 'Beautiful Lady' near her home town of Lourdes in 1858. The wondrous news spreads rapidly throughout France, leaving in its wake a variety of consequences: adoration, suspicion and greed among the people of Lourdes skepticism from the town doctor (Lee J. Cobb) charges of insanity from the town prosecutor (Vincent Price) threats of physical punishment, then support and guidance from ...
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Twelve O'Clock High (Special Edition)
»rank: 3064
0ur opinion: :This gritty World War ll action drama staring Gregory Peck 0scar winner Dean Jagger Hugh Marlowe Gary Merrill and Millard Mitchell is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of the heroics and perils of war. Convinced an air force commander (Gary Merrill) is at the breaking point Brigadier General Savage (Peck) takes over his struggling bomber group. Kind and understanding he adopts a crushing discipline to revitalize the demoralized troop. At first resentful and rebellious the ...
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The Black Swan
»rank: 4489
0ur opinion: :With a clanging of swords thundering cannons and lots of bravado TYR0NE P0WER stars in this swashbuckling classic that won an 0scar for its color cinematography.System Requirements:Running Time: 85 minutesFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: ACTl0N/ADVENTURE UPC: O24543239253 Manufacturer No: 2233925
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Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
»rank: 4641
0ur opinion:Description:Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent temporarily staying in Hong Kong during the Korean War. While there he meets and pursues a beautiful Eurasian Doctor. But when they begin to fall in love, their friends and families pressure them to stop the cross cultural relationship. essential video:This love story made in 1955 and set against the backdrop of war is a many-splendored thing: it features a drop-dead gorgeous Eurasian doctor seeking meaning in her life (Jennifer ...
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David and Bathsheba
»rank: 10848
0ur opinion: :A sprawling. Action-packed epic that sweeps off the pages of the Bible and across the screen recreating one of the most torrid tales of passion ever told Gregory Peck delivers a commanding performance as David King of the lsraelites who falls in love with Bathsheba (Susan Hayward) a beautiful woman- and wife of one of his captains. lt's a story of sin and redemption a searing saga of love as burning as the sands of the harsh landscape ...
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The Old Man and the Sea
»rank: 12098
0ur opinion: :The classic Ernest Hemingway novel about man battling nature and the demons within himself is adapted admirably in this 1958 film starring the legendary Spencer Tracy. Playing the fisherman who goes on an intense and futile quest as he contemplates his own nature, Tracy turns in a spellbinding performance of understated power. He plays an itinerant Cuban fisherman whose luck at catching his prey has been poor of late, until he becomes embroiled in an intense pursuit of a ...
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Carousel (50th Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 8923
0ur opinion: :Gordon MacRae is Billy Bigelow a smooth-talking carny barker who falls in love with a millworker (Shirley Jones) on the colorful coast of Maine. Filmed on location with a beautiful seaside setting as a backdrop and a thrilling score for accompaniment their romance unfolds. But right before the birth of his daughter Billy is killed while committing a robbery. Now in heaven years later he returns to earth for one day to attend his daughter's high school graduation ...
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Corner Gas: Season 1
»rank: 13720
0ur opinion: :Starring Gemini nominee Brent Butt Corner Gas: The First Season follows the adventures of a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River Saskatchewan. Shot entirely in Saskatchewan it focuses on the life (or lack thereof) of Brent LeRoy (Butt) proprietor of a gas station that is the only stop for miles round and a hub of action on the prairies. The writing team includes Canadian ...
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Gary Cooper MGM Movie Legends Collection (The Cowboy and the Lady / The Real Glory / Vera Cruz / The Winning of Barbara Worth)
»rank: 30835
0ur opinion: :Disc 1: THE REAL GL0RYLegendary screen icons Gary Cooper (High Noon) and Burt Lancaster (Elmer Gantry) teamup for a magnificent action-packed western from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen) and screenwriters Roland Kibbee and James R. Webb. With sweeping vistas and larger-than-life heroicsit's a tale as bold and rugged as the characters it so brilliantly depicts. Cooper and Lancaster portray Benjamin Trane and Joe Erin two daredevil mercenaries who journey to Mexico in search of adventureand cold hard ...
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