John Mills
The Centenary Collection Volume 2
7 DVD box Set
PAL Region 2
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English + English HOH Subtitles
Eight films by the legendary British actor.
In 'Car of Dreams' (1935), John Mills stars as a
wealthy playboy who falls in love with a poor factory worker (Grete Mosheim),
buying her a Rolls Royce as a love token.
In 'Forever England' (1935), Mills stars as the
young, illegitimate son of a naval officer who heroically and singlehandedly
plots the destruction of a German Warship in World War One.
In 'The Long Memory' (1952), Mills plays a man
freed after a long prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. Once outside,
he must decide between revenge or making a new life for himself. In
'Above Us The Waves' (1955), chronicles the British
efforts to destroy the German battleship 'Tirpitz' in a Norwegian fjord during
WWII. John Mills leads a stalwart British cast in this documentary-style film.
In 'Tiger Bay' (1959), Polish seaman Korchinsky
(Horst Buchholz) shoots his girlfriend dead in a fit of jealous rage. The
murder is witnessed by 12-year-old Gillie (Hayley Mills), who steals the gun in
order in order to impress her friends. The police begin investigating the case,
asking Gillie a series of questions, but at the same time a bond of silence is
growing between the girl and the sailor.
The Vicious Circle' (1957), Dr.Howard Mortimer
(Mills) finds the German actress he's just met at London Airport, dead in his
flat. As he investigates, he's drawn into a deadly world of blackmail and
murder.
Finally, ‘The
Way Of the Stars’ 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.
Total Running Time 608 Minuets