Joseph Losey Collection - 8-DVD Box Set ( The Big Night / The Sleeping Tiger / The Criminal / Eva / The Servant / Accident / The Go-Between / Mr. Klein ) ( The Concrete Jungle / Eva, the Devil's Woman / The Go Between / Monsieur Klein )

Joseph Losey Collection - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Big Night / The Sleeping Tiger / The Criminal / Eva / The Servant / Accident / The Go-Between / Mr. Klein
Alternate Title: The Concrete Jungle / Eva, the Devil's Woman / The Go Between / Monsieur Klein
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
797 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1951 - 1976 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Joseph Losey

Written By:
Stanley Ellin
Joseph Losey
Maurice Moisiewitsch
Harold Buchman
Alun Owen
James Hadley Chase
Hugo Butler
Harold Pinter
Robin Maugham
Nicholas Mosley
L.P. Hartley
Fernando Morandi
Franco Solinas

Actors:
John Drew Barrymore ..... George La Main
Preston Foster ..... Andy La Main
Joan Lorring ..... Marion Rostina
Howard St. John ..... Al Judge
Dorothy Comingore ..... Julie Rostina
Philip Bourneuf ..... Dr. Lloyd Cooper
Howland Chamberlain ..... Flanagan
Emile Meyer ..... Peckinpaugh
Myron Healey ..... Kennealy
Mauri Lynn ..... Terry Angelus
Dirk Bogarde ..... Frank Clemmons
Alexis Smith ..... Glenda Esmond
Alexander Knox ..... Dr. Clive Esmond
Hugh Griffith ..... The Inspector
Patricia McCarron ..... Sally Foster, maid
Maxine Audley ..... Carol
Glyn Houston ..... Bailey
Harry Towb ..... Harry, second criminal
Russell Waters ..... Manager of Pearce & Mann
Billie Whitelaw ..... Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
Fred Griffiths ..... Taxi Driver
Esma Cannon ..... Scrubwoman with ladder
Stanley Baker ..... Johnny Bannion
Sam Wanamaker ..... Mike Carter
Grégoire Aslan ..... Frank Saffron
Margit Saad ..... Suzanne
Jill Bennett ..... Maggie
Rupert Davies ..... Edwards
Laurence Naismith ..... Mr. Town
John Van Eyssen ..... Formby
Noel Willman ..... Prison Governor
Derek Francis ..... Priest
Redmond Phillips ..... Prison Doctor
Kenneth J. Warren ..... Clobber
Patrick Magee ..... Barrows
Robert Adams ..... Judas
Kenneth Cope ..... Kelly
Jeanne Moreau ..... Eve Olivier
Stanley Baker ..... Tyvian Jones
Virna Lisi ..... Francesca Ferrara
James Villiers ..... Alan McCormick - a screenwriter
Riccardo Garrone ..... Michele - a player
Lisa Gastoni ..... The red-headed Russian
Checco Rissone ..... Pieri
Enzo Fiermonte ..... Enzo
Nona Medici ..... Anna Maria
Roberto Paoletti ..... The Greek
Alex Revidis ..... The little boy
Evi Rigano
John Pepper
Van Eicken
Peggy Guggenheim
Dirk Bogarde ..... Hugo Barrett
Sarah Miles ..... Vera
Wendy Craig ..... Susan
James Fox ..... Tony
Catherine Lacey ..... Lady Mounset
Richard Vernon ..... Lord Mounset
Ann Firbank ..... Society Woman
Doris Knox ..... Older Woman
Patrick Magee ..... Bishop
Jill Melford ..... Younger Woman
Alun Owen ..... Curate
Harold Pinter ..... Society Man
Derek Tansley ..... Head Waiter
Brian Phelan ..... Man in Pub
Hazel Terry ..... Woman in Bedroom
Dirk Bogarde ..... Stephen
Stanley Baker ..... Charley
Jacqueline Sassard ..... Anna
Michael York ..... William
Vivien Merchant ..... Rosalind
Delphine Seyrig ..... Francesca
Alexander Knox ..... Provost
Ann Firbank ..... Laura
Brian Phelan ..... Police Sergeant
Terence Rigby ..... Plain Clothed Policeman
Freddie Jones ..... Man in Bell's Office
Jill Johnson ..... Secretary
Jane Hillary ..... Receptionist
Maxwell Caulfield ..... Ted
Carole Caplin ..... Clarissa
Julie Christie ..... Marian - Lady Trimingham
Alan Bates ..... Ted Burgess
Margaret Leighton ..... Mrs. Maudsley
Michael Redgrave ..... Leo Colston
Dominic Guard ..... 'Leo' Colston
Michael Gough ..... Mr. Maudsley
Edward Fox ..... Hugh Trimingham
Richard Gibson ..... Marcus
Simon Hume-Kendall ..... Denys
Roger Lloyd-Pack ..... Charles
Amaryllis Garnett ..... Kate
Keith Buckley
John Rees
Gordon Richardson
Alain Delon ..... Mr. Klein
Jeanne Moreau ..... Florence
Francine Bergé ..... Nicole
Juliet Berto ..... Jeanine
Jean Bouise ..... Le vendeur
Suzanne Flon ..... La concierge
Massimo Girotti ..... Charles
Michael Lonsdale ..... Pierre
Michel Aumont ..... Le fonctionnaire de la préfecture
Roland Bertin ..... L'administrateur du journal
Jean Champion ..... Le gardien de la morgue
Etienne Chicot ..... Un policier
Magali Clément ..... Lola
Gérard Jugnot ..... Le photographe
Hermine Karagheuz ..... La jeune ouvrière

Synopsis:

The Go-Between (1970)
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk.

The Servant (1963)
In this landmark drama of class struggle and moral decay, a pampered playboy (James Fox) acquires an elegant townhouse complete with a dedicated man servant (Dirk Bogarde).

Accident (1967)
When an accident kills one of his student, and Oxford professor (Dirk Bogarde) recounts the circumstances of their meeting.

The Criminal (1960)
Stanley Baker (Hell Is A City, Zulu) stars as underworld kingpin Johnny Bannion, sprung from prison by his best friend Mike Carter to mastermind a daring racetrack heist.

Eva (1962)
Welsh writer Tyvian Jones (Stanley Baker) seems to have it all, Sixties style -- an international best seller, an apartment in Rome, a gorgeous fiancée in Virna Lisi - but he's bitter anyway.

Mr. Klein (1976)
As Jews flee Paris, Mr. Klein exploits them, preying on their desperation by buying their valuables at a fraction of their worth... until he finds his name is shared by a Jewish member of the anti-Nazi resistance.

The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
An intriguing psychological drama starring Dirk Bogarde as a petty crook who is sheltered by a psychiatrist planning to use him as a "guinea pig," until Bogarde seduces his wife.

The Big Night (1951)
After his adored father is savagely beaten by sports writer Al Judge, 17 year-old George goes on a mission of revenge.

The Big Night (1951)
George La Main, just turned 17, suffers growing pains and is anxious to prove his manhood. That night, George's adored father Andy is savagely beaten by sportswriter Al Judge. Traumatized and unable to learn why it happened, George goes gunning for Judge. His mission becomes an odyssey through the town's seamy side, and his coming of age is more of a trial by fire than he bargained for.

The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
The direction of The Sleeping Tiger was credited to Victor Hanbury, but this was actually a pseudonym for the blacklisted Joseph Losey, whose first British film this was. Alexander Knox stars as psychiatrist Clive Esmond, who believes that he can stem the criminal tendencies of young fugitive from justice Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde). To this end, Esmond hides Clements in his own home. At first hostile towards the handsome crook, Esmond's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith) gradually warms up to her house guest, and before long she and Clements are casting lustful glances at one another. She intends to run off with Clements and make a new life for herself, when suddenly he decides that he actually wants to reform. If nothing else, The Sleeping Tiger is a fascinating precursor to the sexual tensions prevalent in Losey's later Harold Pinter adaptations.

The Criminal (1960)
Directed by American expatriate Joseph Losey, the British The Criminal is a gloom-wallow elevated by superb performances. Top crook Stanley Baker plans a clever bank robbery. It goes off hitchless, but the clerk responsible for "laundering" the stolen money insists upon a bigger percentage of the take, else he'll blow the whistle. Baker hides the money, whereupon he is turned over to the law by his ex-girlfriend, who is in cahoots with the clerk. Baker refuses to reveal the whereabouts of the loot, so his old gang arranges to have him broken out of jail -- and also arranges for Baker's "accidental" demise. Appearing as the greedy clerk in Concrete Jungle is Sam Wanamaker, who like Joseph Losey fled to England as a result of the Hollywood blacklist.

Eva (1962)
Joseph Losey's turbulent melodrama concerns a phony writer, Tyvian Jones (Stanley Baker), who has recently sold the film rights to his autobiography as a Welsh coal miner (actually penned by his deceased brother). Tyvian is engaged to Francesca (Virna Lisi), an alluring screenwriter, but then Eva (Jeanne Moreau) walks into his life. Eva and her lover had sought shelter from a thunderstorm in his apartment and Tyvian is immediately attracted to her. He follows her to Rome, where Eva demands an elaborate hotel suite, tons of gambling money, and a bonus for sexual favors. When Tyvian assents in gratifying her wishes, Eva just laughs at him. Tyvian then has to rush back to Francesca, since they are going to be married. But Tyvian forsakes her on their honeymoon and takes up with Eva again. Finding Tyvian and Eva together, Francesca is heartbroken and she commits suicide. After the funeral, Tyvian sets his sights on killing Eva, but, when he sees her, he finds that he is still obsessed with her.

The Servant (1963)
The aristocratic Tony moves to London and hires the servant Hugo Barrett for all services at home. Barrett seems to be a loyal and competent employee, but Tony's girlfriend Susan does not like him and asks Tony to send him away. When Barrett brings his sister Vera to work and live in the house, Tony has a brief hidden affair with her. After traveling with Susan for spending a couple of days in a friend's house outside London, the couple unexpectedly returns and finds Barrett and Vera, who are actually lovers, in Tony's room. They are fired and Susan breaks with Tony. Later, Tony meets Barrett alone in a pub and hires him back, and Barrett imposes his real dark intentions in the house, turning the table and switching position with his master.

Accident (1967)
Stephen is a married Oxford professor experiencing the pangs of a mid-life crisis as he begins to bristle at the stifling emotional repression of the society in which he lives. Things begin to change for him when he meets Anna, a beautiful student who is engaged to William, another of Stephen's students. Though he begins to feel alive again in her presence, Stephen's feelings for Anna can only end in tragedy for them and those around them.

The Go-Between (1970)
Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh, a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit, takes him on walks, and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor, Ted Burgess, a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling, realizes he's betraying Hugh, but continues as the go-between nonetheless, asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women. Can an affair between neighbors stay secret for long? And how does innocence end?

Mr. Klein (1976)
Alain Delon plays Mr. Klein, a French-Catholic art dealer during the Nazi occupation. Strapped for cash, Klein takes financial advantage of his Jewish neighbors, knowing that they have no legal recourse. Ironically, Klein is himself mistaken for a missing Jew, a man who has been using Mr. Klein's name as a cover for his secret operations. As he desperately seeks out that man, he learns a bitter lesson about life in the other man's shoes. Star Delon is one of the four producers of this French feature.

The Go-Between (1970)
The Go Between: Summer 1900: Queen Victoria's last and the summer Leo turns 13. He's the guest of Marcus, a wealthy classmate, at a grand home in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian, Marcus's twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh, a viscount and good fellow. Marian buys Leo a forest-green suit, takes him on walks, and asks him to carry messages to and from their neighbor, Ted Burgess, a bit of a rake. Leo is soon dissembling, realizes he's betraying Hugh, but continues as the go-between nonetheless, asking adults naive questions about the attractions of men and women. Can an affair between neighbours stay secret for long? And how does innocence end?

The Servant (1963)
The Servant: In this landmark drama of class struggle and moral decay, a pampered playboy (James Fox) acquires an elegant townhouse complete with a dedicated man servant (Dirk Bogarde). But when the young man's fiance (Wendy Craig) becomes suspicious of the servant's intentions, he and his 'sister' (Sarah Miles) thrust the household into a sinister game where seduction is corruption and power becomes the most shocking desire of all.

Accident (1967)
Accident: When an accident kills one of his student, and Oxford professor (Dirk Bogarde) recounts the circumstances of their meeting. But as these turbulent memories unfold, they reveal a series of shocking relationships betrayed by adultery, obsession and self-destruction in which nothing is what it seems and everything has its cost.

The Criminal (1960)
The Criminal: Stanley Baker (Hell Is A City, Zulu) stars as underworld kingpin Johnny Bannion, sprung from prison by his best friend Mike Carter to mastermind a daring racetrack heist. But when Johnny is sent back to jail shortly after hiding the stolen loot, he must survive and ordeal of brutality and betrayal at the hands of his fellow convicts and former accomplices in this gritty drama that was originally advertised as "The Toughest Film Ever Made In Britain!"

Eva (1962)
Eva: Welsh writer Tyvian Jones (Stanley Baker) seems to have it all, Sixties style -- an international best seller, an apartment in Rome, a gorgeous fiancée in Virna Lisi - but he's bitter anyway. He meets his existential match in ennui in the mod seductress Eve, played by Jeanne Moreau, who was never more cynical or iconic. Decked out in pointy pumps and heavy eyeliner, listening to Billie Holiday on scratchy LPs as she counts the lire and smokes endless packs of cigarettes in strangers' bedrooms, she is the epitome of frayed glamour. An emotional tyrant, Eve's casual maneuvering forces Baker to confront his past - and his weaknesses - as a man and an artist.

Mr. Klein (1976)
Mr. Klein: As Jews flee Paris, Mr. Klein exploits them, preying on their desperation by buying their valuables at a fraction of their worth... until he finds his name is shared by a Jewish member of the anti-Nazi resistance. Klein reports this to the authorities only find that he is uncontrollably sinking into the quicksand of mistaken identity.

The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
The Sleeping Tiger: An intriguing psychological drama starring Dirk Bogarde as a petty crook who is sheltered by a psychiatrist planning to use him as a "guinea pig," until Bogarde seduces his wife.

The Big Night (1951)
The Big Night: After his adored father is savagely beaten by sports writer Al Judge, 17 year-old George goes on a mission of revenge. In a twisted coming of age tale George explores the seedy side of his town and in his inability to understand the savage attack gets more than he bargained for.

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