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Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forget James Bond for a moment and step into the real, dour and chilling world of spies and counterspies. Richard Burton was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for his role as the burned-out British agent who refuses to "come in from the cold" to take a desk job. Instead, he launches into the most dangerous assignment of his career, stalking East German agent (and Golden Globe winner) Oskar Werner. John Le Carre's best-selling novel provides...
2) Spectre
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Formats
Description
Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the 'Circus' without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground ...
Publisher
Distributed in the USA by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 586 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having survived the bombing of the Thames Barrier, Adam and Ros recover to find London facing an even greater threat. While attempting to thwart an attack that could jeopardize a historic peace accord, the team unwittingly unleashes a deadly virus.
5) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Description
The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of the spy who defied her government to stop a war. In 2003, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun received a memo with a shocking directive: collect blackmail worthy information on UN council members to force the vote for the invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world rush into war. Gun makes the decision to leak the memo to the press, igniting an international firestorm that would expose a vast political...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the height of the Cold War, a precarious operation goes deadly wrong, and the head of British Intelligence wonders if a double agent is leaking vital secrets. Brought out of retirement to expose the potential mole, master spy George Smiley is the only one who can be trusted to expose one of their own. Or can he? As the emotional and physical tolls mount on the high-ranking suspects, Smiley will be forced into the ultimate international spy game...
8) Skyfall
Language
English
Description
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked, forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust - James Bond. 007, aided only by field agent Eve, follows a trail that leads to Silva,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 452
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
After a fellow spy is murdered, an agent who is working as a defected spy trying to get inside information realizes that he is just as expendable as his fellow agent.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approx. 274 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the enormously popular mystery series returns, World War II is over, but the Cold War simmers in 1946 London. DCS Christopher Foyle has retired from police work when Britain's secret intelligence service compels him to join its ranks. Reunited with his former colleague, newlywed Sam Wainwright, Foyle faces new-but no less deadly-threats in the world of spies and counterintelligence.
11) Dr. No
Series
James Bond blu-ray volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
007 James Bond's mission takes him to the steamy island of Jamaica, where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U.S. missile launches. As James unravels the astonishing truth, he must fight deadly assassins, sexy femme fatales and even a poisonous tarantula. With the help of CIA agent, Felix Leiter, and the beautiful Honey Ryder, he searches for the headquarters of Dr. No. The doctor is a fanatical scientist who is implementing an evil plan...
12) MI-5: Volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The threat to national security increases and the need to thwart the activities of terrorists operating within the UK becomes more urgent.
13) Dr. No
Language
English
Description
British Agent 007 investigates interferences to U.S. space rocket launches. He is sent to Jamaica, the suspected nerve centre from where the interference is emanating, to stifle the plans of his arch enemy SPECTRE's delegate, Dr. No who will stop at nothing to control the world.
14) MI-5: Volume 1
Publisher
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Defending their country, deceiving their friends, MI-5 takes us into the secret world of the clandestine UK security service and the people who make up the elite team. This exciting, fast paced drama, full of split screens and technical wizardry, explores the passion, jeopardy and intrigue of people who have to lie for a living and deceive their loved ones about what they do.
15) The 39 steps
Author
Publisher
Samuel French
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Samuel French acting ed.
Physical Desc
105 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joseph Rearden is British Intelligence's man on the inside. It's his job to become what he isn't-- even a thief and convict-- to convince the group he infiltrates that he's one of them. And it's his job to get through it all alive.
17) Casino Royale
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sir James Bond is persuaded to rejoin Her Majesty's secret service and head an operation to smash SMERSH.
18) MI-5: Volume 3
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (ca. 600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Worlds collide and nothing is what it seems in the thrilling new installment of MI-5. While Tom has been branded a traitor, and Harry is in the hospital, an enigmatic agent, Adam Carter, has been recruited from MI-6 to help pick up the broken pieces.
19) MI-5: Volume 8
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the season begins, the fallout from Russia's thwarted attack on London finds the team in a race against time to rescue Harry, who has been kidnapped by rogue Russian agents. But as they dig deeper into his disappearance, they find a trail that leads to Iraq, and a conspiracy that involves the CIA, MI-6 and some missing weapons-grade uranium. Special features included.
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