Independent U.S. distributors Olive Films have announced that they will add seven new titles to their Blu-ray catalog. Amongst them are Joseph Manduke's
Cornbread, Earl and Me, Irvin Kerhner's
The Return of a Man Called Horse, and Frederick De Cordova's
I'll Take Sweden.
Appointment With Crime
Leo Martin (William Hartnell, TV's Doctor Who), a "smash & grab" thief working for crime boss Gus Loman (Raymond Lovell, 49th Parallel), is caught by the police during a robbery gone wrong that leaves his wrists broken. Abandoned by Loman at the scene of the crime, Martin vows revenge against the boss who left him to shoulder the blame in the stylish British noir Appointment with Crime. Directed and written by John Harlow (Dangerous Cargo), Appointment with Crime co-stars Herbert Lom (A Shot in the Dark) as the reptilian crime lord Gregory Lang and Joyce Howard (Shadow of the Past) as Carol Dane, a woman drawn to the dangerous Leo Martin.
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
I'll Take Sweden
Widower and single dad, oil company executive Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope, The Road to Hong Kong) accepts a transfer to Sweden in hopes of keeping his daughter JoJo (Tuesday Weld, Pretty Poison) far away from her carefree, guitar-playing, marriage-minded boyfriend Kenny (Frankie Avalon, Beach Blanket Bingo). Little does Bob know that Sweden provides a more liberal view of all things romantic. So, it's out of the frying pan and into the fire. But JoJo isn't the only one with romance on her mind when Bob meets attractive interior designer Karin (Dina Merrill, Operation Petticoat). Plans for a romantic mountain resort weekend will turn into a slapstick roundelay when Kenny turns up with former girlfriend Marti (Rosemarie Frankland, A Hard Day's Night) and Bob's assistant Erik (Jeremy Slate, Girls! Girls! Girls!), a wolf in sheep's clothing, sets his sights on JoJo. The Land of the Midnight Sun will never be the same when Bob Hope and crew land on her shores in the romantic comedy I'll Take Sweden.
Directed by Frederick De Cordova (Bedtime for Bonzo) from a screenplay by Nat Perrin (based on a story by Perrin, Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx), I'll Take Sweden co-stars Fay DeWitt (The Shakiest Gun in the West), Walter Sande (To Have and Have Not) and John Qualen (Casablanca).
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
n this Mel Stuart (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) directed sex farce, Ian McShane (TV's Deadwood) stars as roguish Charlie Cartwright, a tour guide with a girl in every port, and Suzanne Pleshette (The Birds) is straight-laced American tourist Samantha Perkins, the would-be object of Charlie's affection. Joining in on the fun-filled 18-day London to Rome excursion are Murray Hamilton (Jaws), Mildred Natwick (Barefoot in the Park), Peggy Cass (Auntie Mame), Norman Fell (TV's Three's Company) and Vittorio De Sica (The Shoes of the Fisherman). Based on the story and screenplay by David Shaw, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium features cameo performances by John Cassavetes (Rosemary's Baby), Ben Gazzara (Anatomy of a Murder), Joan Collins (TV's Dynasty), Anita Ekberg (La Dolce Vita), Senta Berger (Major Dundee) and Robert Vaughn (TV's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.).
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Set against the gritty urban sprawl of Chicago, director Joseph Manduke's (Vengeance) coming-of-age drama Cornbread, Earl and Me stars Laurence Fishburne (Fled), Tierre Turner (The Crow) and Jamaal Wilkes in a story of adolescent friends who are forced to face adulthood when tragedy strikes. Cornbread, Earl and Me features supporting performances from an ensemble that includes Moses Gunn (Ragtime), Rosalind Cash (The Omega Man), Madge Sinclair (Coming to America) and Antonio Fargas (Foxy Brown) in a film written for the screen by Leonard Lamensdorf based on the Ronald L. Fair novel Hog Butcher.
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
The Return of a Man Called Horse
Richard Harris reprises his role as John Morgan, known as Horse, in the Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) directed sequel to A Man Called Horse. Morgan returns to help the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe when they are forced off their sacred ground by government backed trappers. John must devise a plan to regain a stronghold in order to return power to the disconsolate Yellow Hand by taking action against those who have enslaved and murdered members of the tribe. Joining Harris on screen are Gale Sondergaard (Anthony Adverse), Geoffrey Lewis (Bronco Billy) and William Lucking (Erin Brockovich). The Return of a Man Called Horse, photographed by five-time Academy Award nominee for Best Cinematographer Owen Roizman (The French Connection, The Exorcist) features a score by two-time Academy Award nominee Laurence Rosenthal (Becket, Man of La Mancha).
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
Stagecoach
Paying homage to the 1939 classic and the 1966 version of the tale, Stagecoach tells the story of a group of passengers, a cross-cultural mix that includes Doc Holliday (Willie Nelson, The Electric Horseman), the Ringo Kid (Kris Kristofferson, The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with The Sea), Marshal Curly Wilcox (Johnny Cash, Five Minutes to Live) and Hatfield (Waylon Jennings, Nashville Rebel) aboard the outward bound Overland Express stagecoach.
The cast also includes John Schneider (TV's The Dukes of Hazzard), Elizabeth Ashley (The Carpetbaggers), Anthony Franciosa (The Long Hot Summer), Anthony Newley (Doctor Dolittle), Merritt Butrick (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), Mary Crosby (The Legend of Zorro), June Carter Cash (The Apostle), Jessi Colter (TV's Outlaw Trail) and David Allan Coe (Beer for My Horses).
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.
A Home of Our Own
Hardworking mother and widow, Frances Lacey (Kathy Bates, Misery) is just trying to make ends meet when she's fired from her job at a local potato chip company. Adding insult to injury, her son Shayne (Edward Furlong, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) is brought to her door by the police for stealing change from local payphones. Deciding it's time for a fresh start, Frances and her six children pull up stakes in Los Angeles and move to rural Idaho.
In search of a better life, Frances and her children (whom she dubs the "Lacey Clan") spot an unfinished house and decide to do whatever it takes, no matter the challenges and adversity, to buy the property and build a home of their own.
A Home of Our Own, directed by Tony Bill (My Bodyguard) from a screenplay by Patrick Duncan (Mr. Holland's Opus), co-stars Soon-Tek Oh (The Man with the Golden Gun), Melvin Ward (Battling for Baby) and Michael Flynn (Stripes).
With optional English subtitles.
STREET DATE: JUNE 21.