frank-talker's - Rented List

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This film could be called the last gangster movie. Cagney plays Ralph Cotter a violent jail breaker. Luther Adler shines as a crooked lawyer. The elements arc all here in this long lost masterpiece. Seldom seen, this film is the swansong of all the gangster movies that came out of Hollywood.

The doomed actress Barbara Pay ton plays Holiday Carlton supported by Hollywood stalwarts Ward Bond, William Frawley, Barton Maclaine and Kenneth Tobey. This film brings together elements of noir and the violence of the criminal and gangster in a unique style and originality. An outstanding performance from Cagney who is the master of this type of film role and he does not disappoint in this rare performance, an absolute classic of it's kind.

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Suzanne (Deneuve) is a "Potiche"; a beautiful, subservient wife dedicated to serving the selfish whims of her tyrannical husband. But after the exploited workers of his umbrella factory decide to strike, Suzanne takes on the role as head of the company to great success.

Although business and personal politics are about to collide with the arrival of Maurice (Depardieu), a charming union leader and a former lover of Suzanne's.

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Probably the most atypical star in the history of popular music, Ian Dury over-came polio to be one of the most iconic figures of the late punk movement.

With his super-charged live performances and unique blend of sexually poetic lyrics, Ian Dury achieved critical acclaim from both the fans, and his fellow artists. From his early days with Kilburn and the High Roads to his superstardom with the Blockheads, Ian Dury was a complicated cocktail of warmth, wit, bile and bombast... quite simply, he was unique & unforgettable. To discover the legend that is Ian Dury, this 2 DVD set contains amazing live performances of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, What A Waste, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Sweet Gene Vincent and many other hits from his heyday, alongside in-depth interviews that give an insight into the man himself.

Newly employed at a run-down London swimming baths, Mike (John Moulder-Brown) obsesses after his sassy and self-assured co-worker (Jane Asher) whilst collecting tips for the 'special services' he is expected to perform for clients (including Diana Dors).

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Film-maker 'Jack Innov' wants to make serious movies but after years spent making low budget horror film rip-off's, he realises his only chance is to bank roll his dreams on the back of a sweeping romantic self-penned porn epic titled 'Assanova'.

Alas Jack's quest to film his tour de force is beset with difficulties right from the start. Managing the minuscule budget is a piece of cake compared to the antics of the eccentric and eclectic cast and crew, (including, a junkie continuity girl, a naked German cinematographer and a pair of lesbian actresses who feel uncomfortable using explicit language). In the midst of this madness Jack is forced to come to terms with his own sexual inexperience, (as knowledge of only one sexual position can be a key impediment in the porn world). The whole bungling enterprise is bank-rolled by two gormless gangsters, Ron and Reg, one obsessed with the immense bosoms of the female cast while the other is more concerned with the Greek leading man's over-endowed bonhomie and manhood. But Jack is a man on a mission and no mishaps or obstacles will sway him from the creation of his modern minor masterpiece. The show must go on.

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Feature is a moving and often funny think about the relationship between Terri (Jacob Wysocki), and the loquacious but well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly).

Under Fitzgerald's tutelage, Terri befriends a pair of fellow misfits, Chad (Bridger Zadina), an edgy loner whose rebellion masks his own insecurities, and Heather (Olivia Crocicchia), a sexually precocious girl whose beauty proves to be a trap of its own. The three teenagers, so different on the surface, but all outcasts in the unforgiving high school hierarchy, find an unexpected, imperfect bond that reflects the tenuousness, poignance and pathos of the adolescent experience. Deftly combining authentic and candid elements with wry humor and compassion, Jacobs tells Terri's story with delicacy and complex emotionality, as the young man learns to reach outside his insular world. A film about the courage it takes to build relationships and the rewards of taking that sometimes terrifying leap.

A gunslinger with a heavy price on his head comes across the body of a travelling minister who has been killed in an ambush. The gunslinger, fearful of those who are chasing him, assumed the identity of the dead minister.

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Barbra Streisand is back and she's better than ever as the exuberant Fanny Brice in 'Funny Lady'. This lively, lavish musical opens a new chapter in Fanny's career and love life.

Now divorced from wealthy Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), she teams up with songwriter Billy Rose (James Caan), a brash and unkempt showman who is bursting with enthusiasm and theatrical ambitions. They make an unusual couple - the polished performer and the upstart producer - but a friendship blossoms into love. 'Funny Lady' is the poignant story of their show business magic, their unbridled temperaments and their touching, bittersweet romance. Featuring dazzling production numbers, elegant costuming by Bob Mackie and an electric cast, Streisand is a Funny Lady you'll never forget!

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'The Informers' sees Scotland Yard battle organised crime in this tough 1960s drama, a forerunner to the 1970s TV series 'The Sweeney'.

Following a number of high profile robberies, Superintendent Bestwick (Harry Andrews) decrees that his officers should adopt new scientific police methods and Chief Inspector Johnnoe (Nigel Patrick) is ordered to break contact with his network of snouts. However, when his best informant Jim Ruskin is murdered whilst on the trail of the gang responsible for a number of bank robberies, Johnnoe follows his detective instincts rather than orders. Following up Jim's earlier tip off, Johnnoe encounters two mobsters, Bertie Hoyle (Derren Nesbitt) and his wily cohort Leon Sale (Frank Finlay). When Hoyle's attempt to bribe Johnnoe fails the criminals fit him up with the help of Maisie, a cheap tart. Having been suspended, but released on bail, Johnnoe again ignores orders as he attempts to clear his name. With the help of the Ruskin family he tries to track down the murderers of his informer, solve the robberies and gain revenge on the criminals who framed him.

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"Top Secret!" pits American rock star Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) against the dreaded East German High Command. It's a race against time as Nick teams up with Hilary Flammond to find her father before he can create the ultimate super weapon - the Polaris Mine.

Along the way, "Top Secret!" manages to do for war epics and Elvis films what "Airplane" did for disaster movies.

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Dr. Bartholomew Snow (Rock Hudson), a psychiatrist, is treating a man with emotional problems who, it turns out, is a brilliant scientist being pursued by different international powers and their operatives.

Snow soon finds himself caught in the middle and out of desperation he falls in with a mysterious and beautiful woman named Vicky Vincenti. But is she helping him, or is she yet another sinister figure out to manipulate him?

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It's 1942 and the Nazi chieftains decide once and for all to "resolve" the question of the Berlin Jews. Under the pretext of protecting them from air raids, entire Jewish families are penned up in the cattle cars of a special train and taken off to a place of no return - Auschwitz.

When all hope, reason and human dignity seem lost, they battle to stay strong and survive.

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Forty years on whilst attending a concert Henri Husson is startled to see Severine and follows her, begging for a chance to have dinner. While she’s reluctant to acknowledge him, he eventually wears her down with the promise of revealing an old secret.

Meeting at dinner, Severine expects Henri to disclose the revelation: what he told her husband 40 years ago while he was paralysed from a gunshot wound inflicted by a lover. While Henri knew Severine’s secret, he never told her if he did (or did not) reveal her secret life to her wheelchair-bound husband, and she’s long wondered if he ever betrayed her confidences.

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The story of the rise and fall of one of America's most infamous outlaws.

After a daring escape from jail John Dillinger (Warren Oates) recruits the likes of Baby-Face Nelson (Richard Dreyfuss) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Steve Kanaly) to take on both the depression era banks and the G-men of the nascent FBI, becoming public enemy No. 1 and a veritable folk hero in the process.

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Spring, 1958. 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle (Deborah Francois) is living in a sleepy French village with her widower father. Engaged to the son of the local mechanic, it seems her destiny is to spend the rest of her days as a bored rural housewife.

But Rose wants more from life. Travelling to Normandy, she meets Louis Echard (Romain Duris), the dashing boss of an insurance agency who's hiring a secretary. The interview is a disaster, but Rose reveals a special gift - she can type at an extraordinary speed! Unwittingly, she awakes the dormant sports fan in Louis, who enters her into a national speed typing competition. As he coaches her, they both discover that the road to success can take some romantic turns...