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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted October 12, 2012 06:09 AM

'THE CONQUERER 6X400 £99.99. John Wayne, Susan Hayward star in this 1956 classic action adventure. Rare Universal feature.' THE CONQUERER 6X400 They do sometimes become available.

Not exactly a feature, this is also for sale 'PIRATE TREASURE (B/W) 12X400 £99.99. Universal 1934 classic serial in 12 chapters with Richard Talmadge. Original boxes.' I bought this years ago from CHC. Quality was fairly good. Wonder if they released any more?

Another title that was for rental from Rank was Hitchcock's Family Plot.

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted October 12, 2012 07:11 AM

David,

I also have Pirate's Treasure and I was pleasantly surprised at how good the print is. It is a lot of fun, and Universal made a big deal of it since it was rolled out right at the launch of the U-8 brand. They never went back in the vaults to put out anything in the same vein.

Doug

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David Ollerearnshaw
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posted October 18, 2012 11:55 AM

Quite enjoy watching Pirate's Treasure they seem to really enjoy fighting. Talmadge was a stunt coordinator on a lot of films. The fights do seem to be more real in the serials than features, if you can break it, hit em with it, then do it.

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Osi Osgood
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posted October 18, 2012 01:19 PM

It should be noted, that Universal Films also released super 8 optical prints, one of which I have, "Tender Mercies".

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Mark Williams
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posted October 18, 2012 02:57 PM

I also once has a full length print of Clint Eastwood's The Eiger Sanction with magnetic sound and this was a Universal release too,8mm rental only prints were also struck for American Graffitti,Charley Varrick,The Sting,Black Windmill,Day of the Jackal,The Front Page,Sugarland Express,Family Plot,Rooster Cogburn,The Seven Per Cent Solution & The Great Waldo Pepper via The Rank Film Library here in the UK.

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