Product Details

• Actors: Various
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Vidtape
• DVD Release Date: December 7, 2004
• Run Time: 767 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0001FSLBE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #230,097 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gibson, McQueen, Quinn, Moore, Peck, Russo, Glover, Hopper and Marvin, July 20, 2008

By	Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

VIDTAPE's ACTION MOVIE LEGENDS is comprised of ten films on five dual-side recorded DVDs. The stars appearing in these PD titles are best known for action films, but not all of this set qualifies for that genre.

NOTABLES:
In TIM, Mel Gibson is a mentally-challenged man who falls in love with a woman who'd hired him to do yardwork. It's a well-done adaptation of the Colleen McCullough novel, one of Mel's first starring roles.

THE GREAT ST. LOUIS BANK ROBBERY is based on a true story and shot on location using people who were actual witnesses to the crime. Steve McQueen's character is recruited by a gang to assist in a bank heist that ultimately goes very wrong.

Gregory Peck portrays a dying man reliving events of his life in THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO. Based on the Hemingway short story.

NIGHT TIDE features Dennis Hopper in an early starring role. He's a sailor on shore leave romantically involved with a mysterious woman who portrays a mermaid at a local carnival. Unusually atmospheric, this was filmed on location in Malibu, CA.

MAD DOG MORGAN is Hopper again, in the true story of a 19th Century Australian outlaw. Co-stars Aussie aborigine actor, David Gulpilil.


THE LEGENDS OF THE SILVER SCREEN (also from VIDTAPE) features Red Skelton, W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy, Shirley Temple and more!


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(4.7) Condition Red (Fin/USA/Ger-1995) - James Russo/Cynda Williams/Paul Calderon
(3.1) Deadly Drifter ("Out") (1982) - Peter Coyote/Danny Glover/O-Lan Jones
(5.3) Dog Day (France-1984) - Lee Marvin/Tina Louise/Miou-Miou/Jean Carnet
(4.9) Fatal Assassin ("Target of an Assassin") (So. Africa-1976) - Anthony Quinn/John Phillip Law
(5.5) Gold (UK-1974) - Roger Moore/Susannah York/Ray Milland/Bradford Dillman/John Gielgud
(5.9) The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) - Steve McQueen/Crahan Denton/David Clarke
(5.8) Mad Dog Morgan (Australia-1976) - Dennis Hopper/Jack Thompson/David Gulpilil
(6.1) Night Tide (1961) - Dennis Hopper/Linda Lawson/Gavin Muir/Luana Anders
(6.3) The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Gregory Peck/Susan Hayward/Ava Gardner/Leo G. Carroll
(6.3) Tim (Australia-1979) - Piper Laurie/Mel Gibson/Alwyn Kurts/Pat Evison/Peter Gwynne