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The Best of British War Cinema
- (Boxed Set, Slim Pack)
- Format: DVD
- Rated: NR
- Release Date: 15/11/2011

The Best of British War Cinema
(Boxed Set, Slim Pack)
- Starring: Peter Finch, Dirk Bogarde, Hugh Williams, James Mason, Eva Bartok, Yoko Tani, Alexander Britton, Ronald Lewis, Michael Wilding, John Fraser
- Directors: Brian Desmond Hurst, Michael McCarthy, Hugo Fregonese, Jeffrey Dell, Harold French, Ralph Thomas
- Genre: War Drama, War-World War II
- Closed Caption: No
- Number of Discs: 5
- UPC: 011301610263
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Product Notes
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 Five-disc set also includes "Unpublished Story," "The Flemish Farm," and "Two Thousand Women." 15 hrs.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.
Credits
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CreditsPeter 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
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DirectorsBrian Desmond Hurst
Michael McCarthy
Hugo Fregonese
Jeffrey Dell
Harold French
Ralph Thomas