Edward Fox
Language
English
Description
Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cicely. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones must investigate the secrets and scandals centering on a reclusive couple after a social services investigator tries to visit them and is later found dead.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the worst of World War II, Hitler's armies are storming through Europe, but U.S. Colonel Barnsby (Ford) plots to strike a crippling blow to the brutal Nazi forces. To succeed, he'll need the help of the most skilled and lethal soldiers in the world: the Force 10 squad, fresh from their triumphant mission at Navarone. But when the team's plan goes awry, Barnsby and the squad's hard- driving Major Mallory (Shaw) are forced to devise a new and even...
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Story of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (373 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A month by the lake: At a luxurious Lake Como resort, Miss Bentley, an attractive older guest has her eye on a handsome, well-to-do bachelor. But when he's more interested in a beautiful young flirt, the mischievous Miss Bentley goes to outrageous lengths to reel in her wealthy catch.
My life so far: Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But with the arrival of his sexy French aunt, Heloise, Fraser enters a truly eye-opening...
8) The dresser
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager "Sir" who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser "Norman" must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to perform that night?
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of aristocratic men and women gather for a shooting party at an estate in the English countryside. They go through the elaborate rituals of an Edwardian country house party. Times are changing, though, and their values are about to change as well.
11) A bridge too far
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 176 min.) : sound, color ; dual layer ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to World War II by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. However, a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and worse weather led to disaster.
12) Gandhi
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (267 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple solves mysteries set against a rich background of grand English estates, gorgeous scenery, and post-WWII period detail. The mirror crack'd from side to side: Hollywood star Marina Gregg has moved into Gossington Hall. When Marina and her dashing young husband host a party for the village, a garrulous fan drops dead after drinking a poisoned cocktail. The secrets of Chimneys: Miss Marple accompanies Lady Virginia Revel to her family home...
14) Gandhi
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (Blu-ray) (approximately 191 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1983. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all South African Indians. The government finally relents and recognizing rights for Indians. Gandhi goes back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent campaign of unprecedented...
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 1900 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bail out: Three down-on-their-luck bounty hunters promise to deliver the daughter of a millionaire to trial on drug charges.
Somewhere tomorrow: A professional guardian angel has been transported to Earth to help a young woman.
Cuba crossing: An adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.
When the bough breaks: A detective and a child psychologist investigate a child molestation ring that uses a center for troubled children as a front.
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