John Wayne [videorecording] : an American icon / "Seven sinners": Universal Pictures, a Joe Pasternak production ; produced by Joe Pasternak ; written by John Meechan, Harry Tugend ; directed by Tay Garnett. "The shepherd of the hills": Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Grover Jones and Stuart Anthony ; directed by Henry Hathaway. "Pittsburgh": Universal Pictures ; produced by Charles K. Feldman ; screenplay by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed ; directed by Lewis Seiler. "The conqueror": RKO Radio Pictures ; presented by Howard Hughes ; directed by Dick Powell. "Jet pilot": RKO Teleradio Pictures ; written & produced by Jules Furthman ; directed by Josef von Sternberg.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Edition:
5 movie collection.
Publisher:
Universal Pictures,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 501 min.) : sd., b&w or col. ; 4 3/4 in.
"Seven sinners" originally released as a motion picture in 1940 ; "The shepherd of the hills" originally released as a motion picture in 1941 ; "Pittsburgh" originally released as a motion picture in 1942 ; "The conqueror" originally released as a motion picture in 1955 ; "Jet pilot" originally released as a motion picture in 1957. "Seven sinners" based on an original story by Ladislas Fodor and Laszlo Vadnai ; "The shepherd of the hills" based on the novel by Howard Bell Wright ; "Pittsburgh" based on an original story by George Owen and Tom Reed. Title from container. "Jet pilot": Johy Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Hans Conreid, The U.S. Air Force. "The conqueror": John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez, William Conrad, John Hoyt, Ted de Corsia. "Pittsburgh": Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard, Thomas Gomez, Ludwig Stossel, Samuel S. Hinds. "The shepherd of the hills": John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Main, Marc Lawrence. "Seven sinners": Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, Anna Lee, Mischa Auer, Billy Gilbert, Richard Carle, Oscar Homolka, Samuel S. Hinds, Reginald Denny.
Contents:
Disc one: Seven sinners ; The shepherd of the hills -- Disc two, Side A: Pittsburgh ; The conqueror -- Disc two, Side B: Jet Pilot.
Summary:
A Navy officer falls in love in "Seven sinners"; A moonshiner must struggle with his family's past in "The shepherd of the hills"; In a rags-to-riches tale of frindship, love and power are brought together in "Pittsburgh"; In one of his most unusual roles ever, John Wayne portrays Genghis Khan in "The conqueror"; An American Air Force colonel is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna in "Jet pilot.".
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