Collection of the acclaimed German director's finest films. In ' Doctor Mabuse, The Gambler' (1922), a devious gambler blackmails & deceives those around him using his powers of hypnotism to take over the city. But when he is finally cornered, his lunacy becomes apparent. In ' Metropolis' (1926), in the year 2000, industrialist John Frederson rules over a giant city where the workers exist only as an underclass. They call for rebellion, but their leader Maria urges them to wait for a mediator. When Frederson kidnaps Maria & replaces her with a robot replica, the workers are incited to revolt. In ' Spione' (1928), Rudolf Klein-Rogge plays Haghi, the leader of an international spy ring. Haghi leads several lives using instruments of modern technology to spearhead a mad rush for secrets that assert his power over others. Agent No 326 (Willy Fritsch) is ordered to stop the spy ring but instead falls in love with one of the spies. In 'M' (1931), Lang's first sound film, the city of Berlin is being terrorised by a notorious child molester &, frustrated by the failure of the police to catch the culprit, the underworld criminals organise themselves to hunt him down. Peter Lorre portrays the snivelling, compulsive psychopath in a role that typecast him for life & the film was remade in 1951 by director Joseph Losey. Finally, in ' The Testament of Dr. Mabuse' (1933), an early Lang crime thriller banned by the Nazis, Dr. Mabuse has been locked away in an asylum for ten years, but his crime organisation is still perpetrating an insane orgy of wanton destruction
- threats, shoot-outs, thefts, explosions, bombings, burnings & floodings.
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Richard Lester directs this farcical musical comedy. Set in ancient Rome, it tells the story of Pseudolus (Zero Mostel), an idle slave who has made a deal to win his freedom if he can procure for his master (Michael Crawford) the beautiful virgin slave, Philia (Annette André), who lives in the house next door. Pseudolus does his best, but the forces of farce are against him & his efforts soon come up against a series of bizarre complications involving mistaken identites, sly tricks, comic chases, unexpected arrivals & narrow escapes. Phil Silvers, Michael Horden, Roy Kinnear & Buster Keaton also star. ...

Richard Lester directs this farcical musical comedy. Set in ancient Rome, it tells the story of Pseudolus (Zero Mostel), an idle slave who has made a deal to win his freedom if he can procure for his master (Michael Crawford) the beautiful virgin slave, Philia (Annette André), who lives in the house next door. Pseudolus does his best, but the forces of farce are against him & his efforts soon come up against a series of bizarre complications involving mistaken identites, sly tricks, comic chases, unexpected arrivals & narrow escapes. Phil Silvers, Michael Horden, Roy Kinnear & Buster Keaton also star. ...

Richard Lester directs this farcical musical comedy. Set in ancient Rome, it tells the story of Pseudolus (Zero Mostel), an idle slave who has made a deal to win his freedom if he can procure for his master (Michael Crawford) the beautiful virgin slave, Philia (Annette André), who lives in the house next door. Pseudolus does his best, but the forces of farce are against him & his efforts soon come up against a series of bizarre complications involving mistaken identites, sly tricks, comic chases, unexpected arrivals & narrow escapes. Phil Silvers, Michael Horden, Roy Kinnear & Buster Keaton also star. ...

Six-part thriller series from Francis Durbridge. When a famous athlete (Anthony Sagar) dies on a golf course, his detective son Jack (Gerald Harper) supects murder, despite the coroner's misadventure verdict. In pursuit of the facts & events behind his death, Jack embarks on a murder hunt that takes him into the seedy underworld of the Soho red-light district. As the body count rises Jack's suspicions are proved correct but will he be able to discover the mystery behind it all? ...

This is the story of early motor racing as told, & filmed, by a man who was at its very heart
- John Tate. This final volume
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Throughout the 1950s, filmmaker John Tate travelled around Europe recording the great motor racing events of the day at circuits including Snetterton, Goodwood & Silverstone. In this volume, Tate charts the transition in the sport from the gifted amateurs of the early days, to the rise of the factory teams who would come to dominate the sport in later years. ...

Throughout the 1950s, filmmaker John Tate travelled around Europe recording the great motor racing events of the day at circuits including Snetterton, Goodwood & Silverstone. This third volume features the annual veteran London to Brighton car run, Formula 1 at Silverstone, & the Aston Martin team visiting Nurburgring for the 1000km race. ...

Throughout the 1950s, filmmaker John Tate travelled around Europe recording the great motor racing events of the day at circuits including Snetterton, Goodwood & Silverstone. This fourth volume features action from the 1957 Grand Prix season at Monaco, Roven & Monza, plus the Horsfall Trophy at Silverstone. ...

Throughout the 1950s, filmmaker John Tate travelled around Europe recording the great motor racing events of the day at circuits including Snetterton, Goodwood & Silverstone. This fifth volume

Includes:: races at Monaco, where Rob Walker made it two wins in a row, & Spa, which saw another British triumph.

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