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1.1 "The Day Will Dawn" (1942)1.2 "Secret Mission" (1942)1.3 "Theirs Is The Glory" (1946)1.4 "Appointment With Venus" (1951)1.5 AKA: "Island Rescue."/"Seven Thunders" (1957)1.6 AKA: "The Beasts Of Marseilles."/ "The Wind Cannot Read" (1958)1.7 "Operation Amsterdam" (1959)1.8 "Unpublished Story,"1.9 "The Flemish Farm,"1.10 "Two Thousand Women." |
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5 |
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David Niven, Peter Finch, Deborah Kerr, James Mason n/a |
 | Description: | This superb collection of classic British War Cinema includes 10 of the most prominent examples of British film making at it's finest. Crackling with suspense and drama, these well-crafted films showcase great scripts, beautiful black and white cinematography, great dialog and some of the best actors then working in film: A foreign correspondent, an old salt, and his daughter unite to sabotage a U-boat base, in the British WWII thriller "The Day Will Dawn" (1942). With Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams. Michael Wilding, Roland Culver, and James Mason carry out a "Secret Mission" (1942). With Williams, Carla Lehmann. The Battle of Arnhem is re-enacted in the docudrama "Theirs Is The Glory" (1946). Reporters Stanley Maxted, Allan Wood play themselves. A prize cow fuels the comic action of "Appointment With Venus" (1951). David Niven, Glynis Johns star. AKA: "Island Rescue." In "Seven Thunders" (1957), British POWs lay low in France. Stephen Boyd, Anna Gaylor star. AKA: "The Beasts Of Marseilles." Dirk Bogarde falls for a Japanese girl, in "The Wind Cannot Read" (1958). Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis co-star. A British officer and the Dutch team to lift a diamond stash, in "Operation Amsterdam" (1959). With Peter Finch, Eva Bartok. Five-disc set also includes "Unpublished Story," "The Flemish Farm," and "Two Thousand Women." 15 hrs. Total. |  | Actors: |
Peter Finch, Dirk Bogarde, Hugh Williams, James Mason, Eva Bartok, Yoko Tani, Alexander Britton, Ronald Lewis, Michael Wilding, John Fraser, Malcolm Keen, Carla Lehmann, Anthony Bushnell, Christopher Rhodes, Stewart Granger, Tim Turner, Herbert Lom, Henry Okawa, John Horsley, Anarne Maitland, Keith Pyott, Michael Medwin, Richard Leech, Melvin Hayes, Anthony Wager, Oscar Quitak, Tadashi Ikeda, John Richardson, Yoichi Matsue, Donald Pleasence, Joy Michael, Avice Landone, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Clive Brook, Clifford Evans, Jane Baxter, Glynis Johns, Stanley Maxted, Thomas Scullion, Allan Wood, Ralph Richardson, Patricia Medina, Roland Culver, George Coulouris, Kenneth More, Bernard Lee, Anton Diffring, Anna Gaylor, Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Basil Radford, Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc |
 | Director: |
Brian Desmond Hurst, Harold French, Hugo Fregonese, Jeffrey Dell, Michael McCarthy, Ralph Thomas |
 | No. of tracks: |
10 |
 | Manufacturer No.: |
EDI61026DVD |
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