Eight-year-old Edgar Allan Fini is haunted – by his father&s absence his mother&s secrets & the ghosts of his grandmother&s past But he recalls nothing of the accident about which people still whisper When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story he is drawn deep into a damaged grief-stricken world Lucy must confront the demons that plague her to save her son & herself Tinged with wonder & a dark fairytale heart Edgar & Lucy is a gripping coming-of-age story about the painful & loving ties that bind us Praise for Edgar & Lucy& Gorgeous There is poetry on every page with delicate precise observations & unexpected imagery& Sunday Times & On every page Lodato&s prose sings with a robust openhearted wit making Edgar & Lucy a delight to read A riveting & exuberant ride& New York Times Book Review &I love this book Profoundly spiritual & hilariously specific An unusual & intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder & terror of both child & parenthood with an uncanny clarity& Lena Dunham bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl & Wonder-filled & magisterial The book pushes the boundaries of beauty& Chicago Tribune &A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark & strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder& Tom Perrotta bestselling author of The Leftovers &I tore through the luminous pages of Edgar & Lucy as if possessed What this book has to say about love & truth will stay with me for a very very long time& Sophie Mc Manus bestselling author of The Unfortunates & This tale exerts a fiendish grip on the reader& Helen Simonson author of Major Pettigrew&s Last Stand & Brings to mind JD Salinger Lorrie Moore Karen Russell even James Joyce Edgar & Lucy will make you feel things you haven&t felt in ages& Daniel Torday author of The Last Flight of Poxl West & This otherworldly tale will haunt you& People ...

Eight-year-old Edgar Allan Fini is haunted – by his father&s absence his mother&s secrets & the ghosts of his grandmother&s past But he recalls nothing of the accident about which people still whisper When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story he is drawn deep into a damaged grief-stricken world Lucy must confront the demons that plague her to save her son & herself Tinged with wonder & a dark fairytale heart Edgar & Lucy is a gripping coming-of-age story about the painful & loving ties that bind us Praise for Edgar & Lucy& Gorgeous There is poetry on every page with delicate precise observations & unexpected imagery& Sunday Times & On every page Lodato&s prose sings with a robust openhearted wit making Edgar & Lucy a delight to read A riveting & exuberant ride& New York Times Book Review &I love this book Profoundly spiritual & hilariously specific An unusual & intimate epic that manages to capture the wonder & terror of both child & parenthood with an uncanny clarity& Lena Dunham bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl & Wonder-filled & magisterial The book pushes the boundaries of beauty& Chicago Tribune &A quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark & strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder& Tom Perrotta bestselling author of The Leftovers &I tore through the luminous pages of Edgar & Lucy as if possessed What this book has to say about love & truth will stay with me for a very very long time& Sophie Mc Manus bestselling author of The Unfortunates & This tale exerts a fiendish grip on the reader& Helen Simonson author of Major Pettigrew&s Last Stand & Brings to mind JD Salinger Lorrie Moore Karen Russell even James Joyce Edgar & Lucy will make you feel things you haven&t felt in ages& Daniel Torday author of The Last Flight of Poxl West & This otherworldly tale will haunt you& People ...

Edgar & Edith are hungry & it's up to Edgar to bring home something tasty But just when Edgar finds some delicious sausages they are taken by The Inspector a very important-looking rat with a big hat Poor Edgar & Edith are left with nothing but dry crackers & pickles for dinner That is until one day when The Inspector is all fattened up & Edgar does some inspecting of his own A hilarious tale of confidence tricks & comeuppance with deviously delectable pictures
- The Metro
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EDGAR WALLACE MYSTERIES Volume 5 features top-notch performances from Alfred Burke Barbara Shelley Paul Daneman Anton Diffring & Dawn Addams ...

EDGAR WALLACE MYSTERIES Volume 7 features top-notch performances from Alfred Burke Barbara Shelley Paul Daneman Anton Diffring & Dawn Addams ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The thrillers of Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century&s most successful crime novelists have been widely adapted for film & television
- the most memorable series being The Edgar Wallace Mysteries made at Merton Park Studios during the first half of the 1960s A noir-esque series it updates some of the author&s stories to more contemporary settings blending classic B-movie elements with a distinctly British feel Unseen for decades these dramas have been freshly transferred from the original film elements specifically for this release This third volume

Includes:: top-notch performances from Michael Caine Barry Foster Michael Gough Bernard Lee Jack Watling & Michael Goodliffe & features scripts by Philip Mackie Robert Banks Stewart & Lukas Heller


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A luminary cast features in this classy adaptation of Edgar Wallace&s thriller
- the best-known & most widely adapted play by the celebrated British crimesuspense writer Marking the directorial debut of Guy Hamilton later to direct a string of iconic James Bond films The Ringer is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio The Ringer is an elusive criminal reported dead in Australia but now thought to be alive in London Scotland Yard knowing the Ringer had left his sister in the care of unscrupulous lawyer Maurice Meister & that she had later been found drowned warn Meister that the Ringer is in London A police guard is set up around Meister&s house & surrounded by burglar alarms he waits for further news; no intruder could possibly enter As tension mounts it seems increasingly clear that the Ringer is one of the people in the close circle around Meister but which one? Actors Herbert Lom Mai Zetterling & Denholm Elliot Director Guy Hamilton Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1952 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 15 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Heading an international cast
- including German &krimi& veteran Heinz Drache
- Dam Busters star Richard Todd reprises his role as insurance investigator Harry Sanders in this rare crime adventure based on Edgar Wallace&s 1911 novel Sanders of the River Made in 1964 Coast of Skeletons was the second Sanders adaptation produced & co-written by legendary B-movie mogul Harry Alan Towers & is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Dispatched to investigate the loss of a diamond dredger off southern Africa&s Skeleton Coast Harry Sanders encounters AJ Magnus the ship&s wealthy American owner He soon realises that the ruthless Magnus& true interest lies in the diamonds & gold from the sunken ships insured by Sanders& firm Actors Richard Todd Dale Robertson Heinz Drache & Marianne Koch Director Robert Lynn Certificate PGYear 1964 Screen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This crime thriller for Anglo-Amalgamated was Gerry Anderson&s directorial film debut & the only feature-length production to be made by AP Films co-founded by the legendary puppet pioneer in 1957 Released in 1960 between the making of Four Feather Falls & Supercar Crossroads to Crime features the talents of several of Anderson&s later Supermarionation collaborators including George Murcell David Graham Anderson&s future wife Sylvia & Barry Gray whose iconic themes famously complemented the Supermarionation series of the 1960s The film negative was physically edited in the 1960s to replace the original titles with ones for the Edgar Wallace Mystery series & it is from these film elements that this br&-new transfer has been made The original titles are included as a separate special feature PC Don Ross suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers operating from a transport cafe is behind a series of vehicle thefts When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors Ross decides to conduct his own undercover investigation & sets out to collect vital evidence that could convict the gang Actors Anthony Oliver Patricia Heneghan & Miriam Karlin Director Gerry Anderson Certificate PGYear 1960 Screen 1331 Languages English Duration 57 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Adapting a novel by Edgar Wallace one of the twentieth century&s most successful & prolific thriller writers Flying 55 sets an exciting tale of double-crossing & blackmail amid the glamour of the horse-racing world Featured here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements Flying 55 is showcased in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Bill Urquhart a young wastrel disinherited by his father tries to get a job as a jockey
- just about the only thing he&s really good at His name & position work against him however so he adopts an alias & prevails upon the charity of a drunken friend through whom he meets Stella Barrington
- who has not only inherited her father&s racing stables but also his debts Still incognito he takes on the job of stable lad for Stella but little does she realise that he could be the man to finally put an end to her money worries forever Actors Marius Goring & Peter Gawthorn Director Reginald Denham Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1939 Screen 1331 Languages English Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)

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