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Elvira Madigan
(1967) [PG]

Directed by Bo Widerberg and inspired by the famous John Lindstrom Saxon ballad, this classic Swedish film centres on circus performer Elvira Madigan (Pia Degermark) and army officer Sixten Sparre (Thommy Berggren). Both have run away from their lives - Elvira from her family's circus, Sixten...  More

Birdman Of Alcatraz
(1962) [PG]

How does bitter convict Richard Stroud cope with a lifetime of solitary confinement? The answer, in a sense, comes from above - in the form of a feeble sparrow he finds in the isolation yard. Stroud brings his newfound companion to his cell, nurses it to health and, from that point on, there's no...  More

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
(1946) [M]

When Nick Smith (Cecil Kellaway) hires drifter Frank (John Garfield) to work as a handyman at his roadside diner he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will lead to his own murder. Nick's beautiful wife Cora (Lana Turner) persuades her lover Frank to join her in a plot to kill her...  More

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea
(1976) [R]

Obsession and fate collide in one of the most controversial and provocative films ever made. English widow Anne Osborne (Ryan s Daughter s Sarah Miles) lives by the sea with her young son, Jonathan. The arrival of a rugged American sailor, Jim (Blade s Kris Kristofferson), brings Anne the joy and...  More

The Quiller Memorandum
(1966) [PG]

After the brutal murder of two British agents, secret agent Quiller (George Segal) is assigned to West Berlin where he must uncover the operations of the mysterious neo-Nazi organisation believed responsible. His methods of exposing this menace are as unorthodox as the ruthless men he encounters....  More

The Dam Busters
(1954) [G]

Dr Barnes Wallace (Michael Redgrave) was possessed with a seemingly crazy idea - the creation of a bouncing bomb, designed to destroy the Ruhr dams and paralyse the enemy's industrial nerve centre. He fought persistent scepticism and disbelief that such a feat was possible. Through the matchless...  More

Night Of The Generals
(1966) [PG]

Five years after their triumphant teaming in Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif reunited for this powerful World War II thriller about a Nazi General who becomes a serial killer. When a Polish prostitute is brutally murdered in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, her killer is identified as a...  More

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
(1939) [G]

James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Claude Rains star in this award-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic, small town senator who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him.  More

Around The World In 80 Days: Special Edition (2 Disc Set)
(1956) [G]

An imperturbable English gentleman, played by the urbane David Niven, attempts to completely circumnavigate the world in eighty days in order to win a large wager. But is he also conveniently missing from London as an investigation into a robbery at the Bank Of England begins? A lavish production...  More

Cool Hand Luke
(1967) [M]

A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a "failure to communicate" in this searing drama. Paul Newman shines in the title role, George Kennedy as his sidekick won an Oscar(R).  More