Genuine, used, very good, RARE, DELETED, NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE, UK region 2 DVD, The Prisoner (1955)

GENUINE, UK R2 SONY RELEASE, NO COPIES! 

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Two legendary actors at the height of their careers face off in a film so controversial that both the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals banned it. Following World War II, a strong-willed cardinal (Academy Award winner Alec Guinness, 1957 Best Actor, THE BRIDGE OVER RIVER KWAI) is arrested as a traitor to the state. His will is strong, but so is that of his inquisitor (Jack Hawkins), a seemingly benevolent man who uses oily charm to lure the cardinal into speaking freely. The interrogator eventually resorts to false evidence, dirty tricks and cruelty. Months pass, and the cardinal's spirit seems impossible to break. As the interviews become increasingly hostile, the captors turn to the last bastion of the immorally powerful: torture. Eventually the cardinal is exploited and destroyed. A tale for all times, all beliefs, and once witnessed, impossible to forget. THE PRISONER is a bold example of corruption, power and faith.

Approx runtime: 90 mins. 

Language options: English, German, Italian & Spanish. 

Subtitle options: English HOH, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish.

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I used to set my listings to 1-working day dispatch. When I did this after setting my listing to second class post ebay allowed folks to file item not received disputes on the 4th working day! 1 day to dispatch & 3 days RM estimate for second class post. But this completely ignores Royal Mail's policy to wait an additional 10 working days before the item is deemed lost!!! I repeatedly ask folks to not file disputes until 13 working days has passed...this is regularly ignored!!! 🙄 Claims are filed on the 4th day, I'm forced to refund prematurely & then the RM refuses my subsequent claim for not waiting the required 13 working days for the item to be deemed lost. As folks have proven so unco-operative regarding this I'm now following an ebay CS representatives advice... All my dispatch times have been changed to 10 working days which means that folks now can't file disputes until the 13th working day which complies with RM's policy on items being deemed lost. I WILL STILL POST ITEMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, USUALLY SAME DAY OTHERWISE NEXT WORKING DAY. - this change is just to protect myself against losses due to folks refusing to stop filing premature claims for missing items! (My messages, notes in my item description etc have all been consistently ignored!)

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DUE TO RECENT EXPERIENCE I HAVE TO MENTION, UK REGION 2 MEANS THIS DVD WILL ONLY PLAY ON UK REGION 2 (PLAYERS BOUGHT IN THE UK), AND MULTIREGIONAL PLAYERS. IT WILL NOT PLAY ON US/CANADIAN  REGION 1 PLAYERS UNLESS AGAIN THEY'RE MULTIREGIONAL.

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