Product Details

• Actors: Donald Sinden, Dermot Walsh, Tod Slaughter, George Curzon, Margaret Lockwood
• Directors: Robert S. Baker, John Gilling, George King, Carol Reed, Gordon Perry
• Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Black & White, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: VCI Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008
• Run Time: 465 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001CR4970
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,802 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "British Cinema Classic B Film Collection, Vol. 1 (Tread Softly Stranger / The Siege of Sidney Street / The Frightened Man / Crimes at the Dark House / The Hooded Terror / Girl in the News)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Low-Quality Transfers, October 30, 2008

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This review is from: British Cinema Classic B Film Collection, Vol. 1 (Tread Softly Stranger / The Siege of Sidney Street / The Frightened Man / Crimes at the Dark House / The Hooded Terror / Girl in the News) (DVD)

The quality of the picture and sound in "British Cinema Classic B Film Collection, Vol. 1" is mediocre. The picture is generally blurry, the sound fuzzy. Most of the films carry the logo of a TV distributor. One of them, "The Siege of Sidney Street," was filmed in a widescreen process called Dyaliscope (2.35:1), but on this disc the picture is cropped to the old TV ratio (1.33:1). The right and left sides are cut off.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Worth getting if only for "Tread Softly Stranger" with Diana Dors, February 1, 2009

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This review is from: British Cinema Classic B Film Collection, Vol. 1 (Tread Softly Stranger / The Siege of Sidney Street / The Frightened Man / Crimes at the Dark House / The Hooded Terror / Girl in the News) (DVD)

These obscure British films have never been on DVD in US before and - to my knowledge at least most were not on VHS. I chanced on to this one to see the 1958 film "Tread Softly Stranger" with Diana Dors - which received excellent reviews when released in the UK as a PAL DVD. I'm glad I spent the time on this film. Not only is Dors - a combo Jayne Mansfield (but with a slimmer figure) and Marilyn Monroe actress - both sexy and erotic, but the tale of a robbery gone wrong has some great twists and turns. The other films on this set aren't quite as good in my opinion.

The prints are not sharp but apparently the best that can be hoped for until someone takes the time - and money - to restore them. But at least they are out there for all the word to see. The other improvement that could be made with this set is a series of film notes about the actors, directors and the British film industry.

Steve Ramm
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars British Cinema Classic B Films, November 17, 2010

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Mr David M. Cox (Corrimal, N.S.W., AU) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: British Cinema Classic B Film Collection, Vol. 1 (Tread Softly Stranger / The Siege of Sidney Street / The Frightened Man / Crimes at the Dark House / The Hooded Terror / Girl in the News) (DVD)

We will never know what happened to Hundreds of British Films which seem to have vanished forever into the mists of time.
I have combed the Internet in search of Old British Titles that thrilled me at the Cinema and on Early Television.
Amazon have managed to open doors to many great film titles and this collection on Vol 1 is great entertainment from begining to end.
B Grade is Buy Grade for this DVD
A Fantastic chance to add to a film collection and may many more of these treasures find their way into our hands.
As a projectionist I have seen and run films in Cinema,s and Drive-in,s and its a pleasure to buy six of the best.
BUY IT

Dave Cox