One of France's best-selling writers at the time of the novel's composition Dumas here combines what he considered to be life's essentials
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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 Its &all for one & one for all& as the Three Musketeers along with D& Artagnan reunite in this swashbuckling tale of action & adventure Leonardo Di Caprico stars in the dual role of the cruel King Louis XIV & the mysterious prisoner encased in the iron mask Paris is starving but the King of France is more interested in the debauched affairs of court The Musketeers devise a daring plot to save France from the tyranny of this King only D& Artgnan stands in their way The Man in the Iron Mask is a stunning film of intrigue danger action & romance ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Spirited away at birth for political motives Philippe (Chamberlain) is kept captive in a brutal iron mask by his twin brother King Louis XIV of France possessing no knowledge of his real identity However the Captain of the Musketeers
- D& Artagnan (Louis Jordan) & the King&s Minister for Home Affairs Colbert (Sir Ralph Richardson) are determined to restore the true monarch to France & renew the throne&s wilting fortunes by substituting Philippe for the King Actors Richard Chamberlain Patrick Mc Goohan Louis Jourdan Jenny Agutter Ian Holm Ralph Richardson Vivien Merchant Brenda Bruce & Esmond Knight Director Mike Newell Certificate PGYear 1977 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx)
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The long-awaited autobiography of Howard Webb the man who refereed the World Cup final Webb's first game as a match official came when he was just 18 & his father's verdict was blunt ' Useless
- he doesn't know his arse from his elbow' It wasn't the last time his performance would come under fire But Webb progressed through the ranks & his natural calm authority made a good impression on players & administrators alike & soon he was being offered the top matches & the toughest fixtures The policeman went on to take charge of some of the most important games including the 2009 FA Cup final the 2010 Champions League final &
- the biggest of the lot
- the 2010 World Cup final Now in this superb & frank memoir Howard Webb reveals what it is like to be at the heart of the action in modern-day football where every decision can be unpicked by television cameras He explains how he learned to handle some of the game's superstars Refereeing is a hard business but Webb shows just why he enjoyed it so much & provides fascinating insights into how he dealt with the most challenging situations With his unique perspective & the characteristic honesty & humour he has displayed as a pundit on BT Sport Webb has written a book updated for this edition that reveals the game
- & the man himself
- in a new light ' Genuinely fascinating insight into the difficulties of officiating in the modern game & Webb's frankness & self-deprecation are to be commended' When Saturday Comes




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The long-awaited autobiography of Howard Webb the man who refereed the World Cup final Webb's first game as a match official came when he was just 18 & his father's verdict was blunt ' Useless
- he doesn't know his arse from his elbow' It wasn't the last time his performance would come under fire But Webb progressed through the ranks & his natural calm authority made a good impression on players & administrators alike & soon he was being offered the top matches & the toughest fixtures The policeman went on to take charge of some of the most important games including the 2009 FA Cup final the 2010 Champions League final &
- the biggest of the lot
- the 2010 World Cup final Now in this superb & frank memoir Howard Webb reveals what it is like to be at the heart of the action in modern-day football where every decision can be unpicked by television cameras He explains how he learned to handle some of the game's superstars Refereeing is a hard business but Webb shows just why he enjoyed it so much & provides fascinating insights into how he dealt with the most challenging situations With his unique perspective & the characteristic honesty & humour he has displayed as a pundit on BT Sport Webb has written a book that reveals the game
- & the man himself
- in a new light ' Genuinely fascinating insight into the difficulties of officiating in the modern game & Webb's frankness & self-deprecation are to be commended' When Saturday Comes




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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 When an engine catches fire on the experimental rocket-propulsion plane that he is flying test pilot John Mitchell (Jack Hawkins) defies an order to jettison the vehicle into the sea From the director of The Lavender Hill Mob Charles Crichton Actors Jack Hawkins Elizabeth Sellars Jeremy Bodkin Gerard Lohan Walter Fitzgerald John Stratton Eddie Byrne Victor Maddern Lionel Jeffries & Donald Pleasence Director Charles Crichton Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1957 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 or region free DVD player in order to play An intelligent & intriguing Cold War thriller directed by Jack Gold (The Bofors Gun) An American physicist has been horribly injured in a crash leading Russian Colonel (Trevor Howard) to complete a reconstruction job before sending his new bionic double agent back to the US to fool FBI agent Sean Rogers (Elliott Gould) Actors Elliott Gould Trevor Howard & Joseph Bova Director Jack Gold Certificate PG Year 1975 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 33 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Eccentric Sidney Stratton (Alec Guiness) is a laboratory cleaner in a textile factory who invents a material that will neither wear out nor become dirty Initially hailed as a great discovery Sidney&s astonishing invention is suffocated by the management when they realise that if it never wears out people will only ever have to purchase one suit of clothing ...

Filth (Failed In London Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War Reserved immaculate & courteous Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions But Elisabeth is different
- a free spirit She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival & an affinity with the Far East No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the Bar
- the brash forceful Veneering Veneering has a Chinese wife & an adored son
- & no difficulty whatsoever in demonstrating his emotions How Elisabeth turns into Betty & whether she remains loyal to stolid Filth or is swept up by caddish Veneering makes for a page-turning plot in a perfect novel which is full of surprises & revelations as well as the humour & eccentricites for which Jane Gardam's writing is famous


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Wodehouse's well-known gift for satisfying plots & comic surprises is evident on every page but there are also signs of his debt to earlier writers in the realistic tradition 368 pages Wodehouse P G ...