Special Editions
Special Editions differ from Box Sets insofar as they are generally extended editions of Alice's Back Catalogue Films, for example the Extended Lord of the Rings films, and are available on a10 day rental cycle. In most cases they contain a lot of extra footage be it in the film or the supplementary material. All Special Editions are now available fo DVD Home Delivery.
Gold Cinema Collection: Carve Her Name With Pride / Cottage to Let / Sea of Sand (1958)
Director: Anthony Asquith, Guy Green, Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John M...
'Carve Her Name With Pride' (1958) Violette Bushell is a young woman living in London in World War 2. She meets a young French soldier whom she falls... Read more
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Wanted Dead or Alive: Season 1, Volume 1 (1958)
5.9/10
Starring: Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen was to put his own imprint on this western series. All the power of the young actor's performance shines through in every episode, but a... Read more
The Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume 1 (1958)
6.8/10
Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
That loveable hound with the Southern drawl is now available on DVD, along with mousy friends Pixie and Dixie, Yogi and Boo Boo (who got their start h... Read more
Superstars of Horror - Boris Karloff: The Sorcerers / The Haunted Strangler / Corridors of Blood (1958)
Director: Robert Day, Michael Reeves
Starring: Boris Karloff, Ian Ogilvy, Nigel Green, Susan George, Christopher Lee
Nicknamed "The Uncanny", Hollywood's most iconic boogeyman, BORIS KARLOFF menaced generations of horror fans between the 1930s and the 1960s. Alternat... Read more
Classic Action: The Planter's Wife / Robbery Under Arms / The Long Duel (1957)
Director: D W Griffith, Donald Crombie, Ken Annakin
Starring: Claudette Colbert, David McCallum, Jack Hawkins, Peter Finch, Yul Brynner
Close the doors, dim the lights, take a seat and leave your troubles behind. The Classic Matinee Triple Bill is your exclusive gold pass to the Matine... Read more
Classic Drama: Boys in Brown / The Spanish Gardener / All Night Long (1956)
Director: Basil Dearden, Philip Leacock, Montgomery Tully
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Patrick McGoohan, Rich...
For many decades Rank produced dramatic masterpieces that filled cinemas the world over. Quite simply, they had the writers, they had the directors a... Read more
Silver Screen Collection: The Battle of the River Plate / Above Us the Waves / 49th Parallel (1956)
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Ralph Thomas
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, John Gregson, Peter Finch, John Mills, Anton Wa...
A triple feature set. 'The Battle of the River Plate' (1956) - Ten days before the outbreak of WWII, a powerful German battleship sails around the Sou... Read more
The Ten Commandments (1956 and 1923 versions) (1956)
7.9/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, D...
For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 remake of his epic "The Ten Commandm... Read more
Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali/Aparajito/The World Of Apu (1955)
7.6/10
Director: Satyajit Ray
Starring: Kanu Banerji, Karuna Banerji, Subir Banerji
A boy named Apu is born to a poor but proud Brahmin family. His loving older sister, Durga, is a sweet girl, but has formed the bad habit of stealing... Read more
Classic War: A Matter of Life and Death / The Purple Plain / The One That Got Away (1954)
Director: Michael Powell, Robert Parrish, Roy Ward Baker
Starring: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Hardy Kruger, Kim Hunter
Close the doors, dim the lights, take a seat and leave your troubles behind. The Classic Matinee Triple Bill is your exclusive gold pass to the Matine... Read more