Kirk Douglas
21) Detective Story
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1951.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this influential crime drama, an embittered cop, Det. James McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife. But while McLeod fights crime on the streets, his wife suffers from neglect at home. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from *Hill Street Blues* to *NYPD Blue*. Nominated for Best Actress (Eleanor Parker), Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant), Best...
22) In Harm's Way
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1965.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (167 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Director Otto Preminger’s epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor details the devastating attack on the Hawaiian naval base as well as the explosive, behind-the-scenes stories. An awesome cast – including John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda is interwoven into this account of the attack itself, as well as into the triumphs and tragedies of disobeyed orders, the American counter-offensive, father-son reunions, battles at sea, and layers...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (ca. 612 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Titles included: Treasure Island; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; The Incredible Journey; The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit; The Barefoot Executive; The Apple Dumpling Gang.
25) The way west
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1843, a senator, joined by a dirt farmer and a scout, forms a wagon train heading from Missouri to Oregon.
Publisher
The Film Detective
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Sam Masterson returns to the neighborhood of his youth, he finds that his old friend Martha has married local District Attorney Walter O'Neil. All seems fine on the surface, but Walter, Martha, and Sam share a horrible secret. Soon Sam finds himself drawn into Martha's web of fear and suspicion, and the results are classic film noir!
28) Spartacus
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.
29) In Harm's Way
Series
Language
English
Description
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base.
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer and quite popular among his fellow convicts, especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
32) Out of the Past
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tough private eye is caught in a complex web of love, money and murder when he is hired to find a hood's homicidal girlfriend and falls in love with her.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Part fact, part fiction, Cast a Giant Shadow powerfully dramatizes Israel's heroic 1947-48 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, the film centers on the legendary David "Mickey" Marcus. Jewish-American general Marcus is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes.
34) Tough guys
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontier lawman Wyatt Earp joins his three brothers in their feud against the villainous Clanton gang, a local clan of cattle thieves in Tombstone, Arizona. When Earp defends the sickly gambler John 'Doc' Holliday and puts a stop to the Clanton's lawlessness, the ruthless outlaws seek revenge and murder one of Earp's brothers. This leads the men into the most devastating showdown in wild West history.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Dick Dudgeon learns his father was executed by the British for treason at the onset of the Revolutionary War, he steals the body for a proper burial, ignoring the pleas of his friend, Minister Anthony Anderson who's a peace-loving person who ends up becoming a belligerent firebrand of a rebel trying to save Dudgeon's life.
37) Ulysses
Publisher
Lionsgate Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Full Screen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ulysses' return from the Trojan Wars sets him upon a legendary adventure. He and his crew sail under the curse of Cassandra, and encounter Circe, the Sirens and the Cyclops.
38) The war wagon
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.
40) Spartacus
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Restored edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (197 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a gladiator who leads slaves in a rebellion against the power of Rome.