Saturday Morning Pictures Vol.4: Runaway Railway (1966), Junket 89 (1970) DVD9

Here it is – the extremely rare, final volume of Network's Saturday Morning Pictures series that consisted of double-bills of movies by the Children's Film Foundation.
This volume is one of the best in the short-lived Saturday Morning Pictures series and features the usual combination of one black & white film, one colour film and a couple of bonus episodes of The Magnificient 6 1/2. The movies are Runaway Railway from 1965 and Junket 89 from 1970. Both movies, as what has always seemed to be the case in these releases, feature actors who have connections to Doctor Who!

Runaway Railway (1966)
Young railway enthusiasts repair a derelict locomotive and find themselves inadvertently involved in a mail train robbery.

Junket 89 (1970)
Junket always seems to be in trouble at school, but his troubles really begin when the absent minded science master allows him to borrow his experimental instant transportation machine to journey in a flash to some delectable spot.

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Man Hunt (1941) DVD9

Captain Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon), a famous English big-game hunter, gets Hitler in the sights of his hunting rifle at Berchtesgaden and pulls the trigger on an empty chamber. Loading his rifle he is distracted and then set upon by one of Hitler's guards. Brought before a SS Major (George Sanders) who happens to be a fellow hunter, Thorndike insists that his actions were simply in the spirit of a 'sporting stalk' and he had no intention of shooting the Fuhrer.
The Nazis torture Thorndike, in an attempt to get him to sign a confession that he was plotting to assassinate Hitler for the British government, in order to achieve a propaganda coup. Thorndike refuses and the Nazis stage an 'accident' by pushing him off a cliff. Thorndike survives and returns to England but is pursued by the Major, posing as an Englishman, Quive-Smith, and various Gestapo thugs. He is befriended by Jerry Joan Bennett, a tart with a heart, and attempts to disappear, so that the Nazi propaganda machine cannot implicate him and, by association, the British government.

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | 01:42:23 | 6.12 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch, 192Kbps)
Subtitles: English, Espanol, Francais
Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall
Country: USA
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Double Indemnity (1944, 1973) DVD9 + DVD5

There are certain movies that go beyond the normal, ever beyond the status of classic. Films such as this hold a place in the pantheon of cinema no matter how many decades past since they where first seen. One such film is without any doubt Double Indemnity. While many may see this as just one of thousands of crime thrillers is is so much more. It defines the genre film noir like few films could. It is a masterpiece of lighting, direction, acting and writing. The story is based on the1936 novel 'Three of a Kind' by James M. Cain and adapted for the screen by no less luminaries as Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler.

Unsuspecting Mr. Dietrichson becomes increasingly accident prone after his icily calculating wife encourages him to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by a smooth-talking insurance agent. Against a backdrop of distinctly California settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect on the insurance. Perfect until a claims manager gets a familiar feeling of foul play and pursues the matter relentlessly . Tension soars as the would-be lovers find themselves plotting against each other.

DVD9 + DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | 01:47:32
7.66 Gb + 4.25 Gb + 3% rec
English, Espanol (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: English, Espanol, Francais
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Director: Billy Wilder, Jack Smight (TV)
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Richard Crenna (TV), Lee J. Cobb (TV), Samantha Eggar (TV)
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The Irving Klaw Classics: Volume 1-4 (1951-1956) 4 x DVD5

Irving Klaw was a photographer and filmmaker who rose to prominence during the 1950's because of his glamour girls pin ups and fetish/bondage shorts features. His tow most famous films are Varietease and Teaserama. Both films featured his most famous model Bettie Page. Klaw by the end of the 1950's he would leave fetish/bondage business after being investigated by the United States government who essentially labeled him a pornographer. Reportedly while he was being investigated by the government Klaw destroyed about 80% of his negatives to avoid jail time. The only surviving images and films that remain today are because Paula Klaw secretly hide some of Irving's best images/films.

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 03:13:23 | 16.1 Gb + 3% rec
Language: music track (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: none
Genre: Erotica

Directors: Irving Klaw, Paula Klaw
Stars: Bettie Page
Other Stars: Tempest Storm, Jackie Miller, Lili St. Cyr, Peggy Leer, Gwen Nicholas, Chris Dimes, Jackie Lens, Chris Pennease, Honey Baer, Nora Connors, Patsy Wooden, Karin Lane, Jonnie Wilson, Barbara Pauline, Ramona Lackey, Jeanne Landis, Lili Dawn, Kathleen Bright, Georgia Whitfield, Trudy Wayne, Dorian Dennis, Roz Greenwood, Evonne, Bonnie Belle, Donna Brown, Denise Dennis
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El asesino esta entre los trece / The Killer Is One of Thirteen (1973) DVD5

Thirteen people gathers in a remote Spanish villa, after an invitation from the widow of a rich businessman, Lisa Mandel (Patty Shepard). All of them had some connection with her dead husband and she suspects, and claims have proof, that one of them killed her husband! With the help of her mechanic/gardener (Paul Naschy) she sabotage their cars and they just can't leave. Over the next few days, a series of mysterious deaths takes place among the invited guests and servants...

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:30:57 | 3.72 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Espanol (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: Thriller, Mystery

Director: Javier Aguirre
Cast: Patty Shepard, Ramiro Oliveros, Jack Taylor, Paul Naschy, Dyanik Zurakowska
Country: Spain
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Les tricheurs / The Cheaters / Youthful Sinners (1958) DVD9

Middle class student Bob Letellier enters a new world when he meets Alain, a free-thinking rebel who, along with his group of young Parisians, has opted for a life of instant gratification instead of work and commitment. At a party, Bob meets a young woman, Mic, who appears to be just as carefree and cynical as Alain. Mic's only dream is to own a luxury car, and with Bob's help, she manages to find the money to but it. Mic's friend Clo discovers she is pregnant and, not knowing who the father is, she asks Bob to marry her. When they next meet at a party, Bob and Mic deny that they have any feelings for one another – a declaration that soon leads to tragedy...

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:58:05 | 7.12 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Francais (Dolby AC3, 1 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Pascale Petit, Andrea Parisy, Jacques Charrier, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Country: France, Italy
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Il a suffi que maman s’en aille… (2006) DVD9

Olivier, owner of a construction company in the Limousin region, hasn't seen time passing, just like he hasn't noticed his wife, younger than he, drift away, to the point that she's actually gone to live elsewhere. At a loss, furious, wounded, he demands custody of their daughter Lea.
The judge decides it is in the young girl's best interests that she continue to be surrounded by familiar situations. In the large house, the big wounded bear used to ordering men about finds himself alone with this tomboy, who he doesn't quite know how to handle.
Nearing sixty, he knows, he feels how precious the bond being woven between himself and his daughter is. This new situation changes his relationship to things, to his work, life, his first daughter – who has already made him a grandfather – to the whole world. As for Lea, she slowly realizes the worth of a father who loves you totally and who enters your heart forever.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:32:21 | 6.37 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Francais (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Director: Rene Feret
Cast: Jean-Francois Stevenin, Marie Feret, Charlotte Duval, Vanessa Dane, Salome Stevenin
Country: France
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