Featured Acquisitions
Here you will be exposed to many films that are new or unique to Alice, or are the notable re-releases of VHS catalogue films. To earn their shelfspace, they must have demonstrated cinematic longevity, be exceptionally rare, of great interest to central control or have outstanding production values. All may be hired on a weekly basis.
Obsession (Blu-ray) (1975)
6.7/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow
In this elegant thriller Cliff Robertson stars as a man who feels responsible for the death of his wife in a kidnapping tragedy, and seeks to resurrec... Read more
Penda's Fen (Blu-ray) (1974)
Director: Alan Clarke
Starring: Spencer Banks
Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and pol... Read more
The Nelson Affair (Blu-ray) (1973)
6.4/10
Director: James Cellan Jones
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston, Anthony Quayle, Margaret Leighton,...
Young George Matcham visits his uncle Lord Nelson and the vulgar Lady Hamilton. With the clear eyes of youth, he measures Nelson's stature and notes h... Read more
Death Smiles On A Murderer (Blu-ray) (1973)
5.8/10
Starring: Klaus Kinski
Greta, a mysterious woman with amnesia, is taken in by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. von Ravensbruck. The three soon enter into a love triangle that turns... Read more
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Blu-Ray) (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Robert Mitch...
Aging Boston gunrunner Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is looking at several years of jail time for a hold-up if he doesn't funnel information to Dave Fo... Read more
You'll Like My Mother (1972)
6.6/10
Director: Lamont Johnson
Starring: Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas
Francesca Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a sn... Read more
Hapkido (1972)
6.8/10
Three graduated Hapkido students return to China from Japanese-occupied Korea in order to set up their own school. However, problems start to arise wh... Read more
Our Miss Fred (1972)
5.4/10
Director: Bob Kellett
Starring: Danny La Rue, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival, Frances de la Tour
Shakespearian actor Fred Wimbush's drafted during WWII. While entertaining the troops with his drag act one day, the Germans capture them. Thinking he... Read more
Fear Is The Key (Blu-ray) (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Michael Tuchner
Starring: Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall, John Vernon, Ben Kingsley, Ray McAnally
A man is in radio contact with his family when their airplane is shot down. He wants those responsible and becomes a criminal to get a job as deep sea... Read more
The Valachi Papers (Blu-ray) (1972)
6.4/10
Director: Terence Young
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman, Gera...
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exc... Read more