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Posted June 22, 2020 11:16 PM by Webmaster
British label Network Releasing will add five new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Invasion (1965), Dulcima (1971), Keep It Up Downstairs (1976), The Way To The Stars (1945), and Who Done It? (1956), The five titles will be available for purchase in August.
Invasion
Synopsis: Based on a story by Doctor Who legend Robert Holmes, Public Eye creator Roger Marshall scripts this cult sci-fi thriller from Merton Park studios. Starring Edward Judd – memorably powerful in The Day the Earth Caught Fire – actor/writer Lyndon Brook and oriental beauty Yoko Tani, this immensely popular '60s drama is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Routine tests on a traffic accident victim lead to shocking discoveries when the man's blood is found to be unidentifiable and x-rays reveal a disc embedded in his brain. His fabulous tale of being an escaped prisoner from an alien spaceship takes a turn for the sinister when the hospital staff realise that they're under a state of siege!
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Keep It Up Downstairs
Synopsis: A classic Seventies "sex comedy", this bawdy British period romp lampoons classic television series Upstairs Downstairs and sees a host of stars shedding their Edwardian costumes to save the family silver – including Diana Dors, sex superstar Mary Millington, Willie Rushton, Françoise Pascal, Aimi MacDonald and erstwhile Artful Dodger, Jack Wild! Keep It Up Downstairs is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
1904. Cockshute Towers, one of England's stateliest homes, is threatened with bankruptcy. Both masters and servants are enjoying dalliances of one kind or another amongst themselves – and none have any desire to give up their rewarding way of life! Can they work together to keep the stately pile solvent?
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The Way To The Stars
Synopsis: An outstanding wartime drama featuring compelling lead performances from Michael Redgrave and John Mills, this box office hit co-stars Stanley Holloway, Basil Radford, Rosamund John and Douglass Montgomery. Scripted by Terence Rattigan and directed by Anthony Asquith, The Way to the Stars is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
In 1940, during the Battle of Britain, rookie pilot Peter Penrose is assigned to serve with Flight Lt David Archdale at RAF Station Halfpenny Field. By 1942 David has become acting C.O. but Peter is beginning to show signs of combat fatigue – a situation that David cannot leave unresolved.
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Who Done It?
Synopsis: Saucy comedy superstar Benny Hill makes his screen-starring debut in one of the last Ealing comedies ever made. Co-starring Belinda Lee as a glamorous showgirl and David Kossoff as a dastardly foreign spy – and directed by BAFTA award-winning Basil Dearden – Who Done It? is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.
A clumsy ice rink sweeper with delusions of grandeur, Hugo Dill fantasises about becoming a private investigator. When he wins both a bloodhound and a sum of money in a magazine competition, he decides the time is right to change career and fulfil his dream!
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Dulcima
Synopsis: An acclaimed and memorable drama, Dulcima stars Cathy Come Home's Carol White as a young woman whose determined efforts to escape a life of rural poverty lead to complications and worse. Co-starring Oscar winner John Mills as a lonely, ageing farmer, this earthy, award-winning adaptation of H.E. Bates' classic novel is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.
Dulcima, a pretty girl treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Invasion
Synopsis: Based on a story by Doctor Who legend Robert Holmes, Public Eye creator Roger Marshall scripts this cult sci-fi thriller from Merton Park studios. Starring Edward Judd – memorably powerful in The Day the Earth Caught Fire – actor/writer Lyndon Brook and oriental beauty Yoko Tani, this immensely popular '60s drama is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Routine tests on a traffic accident victim lead to shocking discoveries when the man's blood is found to be unidentifiable and x-rays reveal a disc embedded in his brain. His fabulous tale of being an escaped prisoner from an alien spaceship takes a turn for the sinister when the hospital staff realise that they're under a state of siege!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles
Keep It Up Downstairs
Synopsis: A classic Seventies "sex comedy", this bawdy British period romp lampoons classic television series Upstairs Downstairs and sees a host of stars shedding their Edwardian costumes to save the family silver – including Diana Dors, sex superstar Mary Millington, Willie Rushton, Françoise Pascal, Aimi MacDonald and erstwhile Artful Dodger, Jack Wild! Keep It Up Downstairs is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
1904. Cockshute Towers, one of England's stateliest homes, is threatened with bankruptcy. Both masters and servants are enjoying dalliances of one kind or another amongst themselves – and none have any desire to give up their rewarding way of life! Can they work together to keep the stately pile solvent?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles
The Way To The Stars
Synopsis: An outstanding wartime drama featuring compelling lead performances from Michael Redgrave and John Mills, this box office hit co-stars Stanley Holloway, Basil Radford, Rosamund John and Douglass Montgomery. Scripted by Terence Rattigan and directed by Anthony Asquith, The Way to the Stars is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
In 1940, during the Battle of Britain, rookie pilot Peter Penrose is assigned to serve with Flight Lt David Archdale at RAF Station Halfpenny Field. By 1942 David has become acting C.O. but Peter is beginning to show signs of combat fatigue – a situation that David cannot leave unresolved.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Image gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles
Who Done It?
Synopsis: Saucy comedy superstar Benny Hill makes his screen-starring debut in one of the last Ealing comedies ever made. Co-starring Belinda Lee as a glamorous showgirl and David Kossoff as a dastardly foreign spy – and directed by BAFTA award-winning Basil Dearden – Who Done It? is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.
A clumsy ice rink sweeper with delusions of grandeur, Hugo Dill fantasises about becoming a private investigator. When he wins both a bloodhound and a sum of money in a magazine competition, he decides the time is right to change career and fulfil his dream!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- The Waiters: a Benny Hill short film from 1969
- Image gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles
Dulcima
Synopsis: An acclaimed and memorable drama, Dulcima stars Cathy Come Home's Carol White as a young woman whose determined efforts to escape a life of rural poverty lead to complications and worse. Co-starring Oscar winner John Mills as a lonely, ageing farmer, this earthy, award-winning adaptation of H.E. Bates' classic novel is presented here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.
Dulcima, a pretty girl treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Original theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles
