Warner Archive Collection New Releases:Three Docs and a Private Dick
DR. KILDARE, THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1962-63) America's favorite intern, Dr. James Kildare (Richard Chamberlain), returns in the second season of his smash hit NBC series alongside mentor Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Raymond Massey). Thanks to Chamberlain's and Massey's able embodiment of the characters originally made famous by Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore, Dr. Kildare soared to smash hit heights. Adding sizzle to the second season is a scorcher of a special full color episode, "The Burning Sky", with guest star Robert Redford playing an arrogant medical student who loses his nerve during a raging forest fire! Other illustrious guest star making the rounds of Blair General Hospital in this 34-Episode, 9-Disc Collection include Carroll O'Connor, Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Mary Astor, Gloria Swanson, Bill Bixby, John Cassavetes, and Leonard Nimoy!
THE BILL ELLIOTT DETECTIVE MYSTERIES (1955-57) Superstar cowboy actor "Wild Bill" Elliott traded in his boots for gumshoes at Allied Artists for a series of crackling crime dramas playing a Los Angeles County Sheriff's department detective lieutenant Andy Doyle whose dogged determination and canny mind lead him past the obvious suspects to nab the real killers before fade-out. Unhinged war veterans, not-so-innocent blind men, baby racket blackmail, kidnapped cons and careless stranglers all appear in intrepid lieutenant's case files. Tough guy character actor Don Haggerty appears in the final three films as sidekick Sgt. Mike Duncan. Two disc, Five-film collection includes:
Dial Red "0" (1955) A traumatized vet triggers a citywide manhunt when he goes AWOL from the bughouse and his soon-to-be-ex-wife gets bumped off. 16x9 Widescreen
Sudden Danger (1955) Lt. Andy investigates a suspicious suicide and the prime suspect is a blind man. 16x9 Widescreen
Calling Homicide (1956) Andy must connect the dots between a cop-killing and a model's murder. 16x9 Widescreen
Footsteps in the Night (1957) A high-stakes poker game ends in murder - and Lt. Andy must figure out why before he can figure out who. 16x9 Widescreen
HBO's Greatest Greatest
MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT (2013) Stephen Frears directs this all-star docudrama that looks at the biggest fight of Muhammed Ali's life - the one he fought outside the ring. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land. Starring Christopher Plummer (as Justice John Harlan), Frank Langella (as Justice Warren Burger), Ed Begley, Jr. (as Justice Harry Blackmun), Barry Levinson (as Justice Potter Stewart) and Danny Glover (as Justice Thurgood Marshall). 16x9 Widescreen
MISS YOU CAN DO IT (2013) This uplifting HBO Documentary Film chronicles the efforts of Abbey Curran, a former Miss Iowa USA and the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA PageantÃÂ, and eight girls with various disabilities as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It pageant. Created in 2004 by Curran (who has cerebral palsy), Miss You Can Do It offers girls with special needs the opportunity to be celebrated and not defined by what the world sees on the outside. 16x9 Widescreen
INSTANT LIBRARY
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