Classic Cuts Collection – Tough Guys DVD – Humphrey Bogart , Kirk Douglas

The Wild One (Dir. Laszlo Benedek): An angry young Marlon Brando scorches the screen as The Wild One in this powerful `50s cult classic. Brando plays Johnny the leader of a vicious biker gang that involves a small sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hell-bent on destruction until he falls for Kathie (Mary Murphy) a “”good-girl”” whose father happens to be a cop. Unfortunately for Johnny his one shot at redemption is threatened by a psychotic rival Chino (Lee Marivn) plus the hostility and prejudice of the townspeople. All their smouldering passions explode in an electrifying climax. The Harder They Fall (Dir. Mark Robson): A down and out sports writer (Bogart) takes a job minding a boxer for a syndicate. Having arranged a title fight he is forced into fixing it by a mobster… Cape Fear (Dir. J. Lee Thompson): Sam is a small-town lawyer whose worst nightmare comes true when the criminal he helped put away returns to stalk his beautiful young wife (Bergen) and teenage daughter (Martin). Despite help from the local police chief (Balsam) and a private detective (Savalas) Sam is legally powerless to keep Max from playing his sadistic game of cat and mouse. Finally Sam must put his family’s lives at stake in a deadly trap that leads to one of the most suspenseful and heart-pounding confrontations ever committed to film… Spartacus (Dir. Stanley Kubrick): Stanley Kubrick’s film tells the tale of Spartacus the bold gladiator slave and Virinia the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height.