About this title: An old-fashioned thriller starring Malcolm McDowell and Eileen Atkins, this British period drama traces the battle of wills between a vacationing English gentleman and a villainous mistress. The year is 1922. Richard Chandos (McDowell) is on a Pyrenees vacation when he crosses paths with the malevolent Vanity Fair (Atkins) and her motley band of crooks. From high atop the turreted Chateau Jezreel, Fair plots to inherit millions by forcing her stepdaughter to marry. Little does Fair realize that the uptight Chandos is equally determined to thwart her plans by rescuing the young girl before the ...
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Description: New. 054961808991 BRAND NEW and FACTORY SEALED! ! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence. Holiday shipping experts! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: Acorn Media
Date: 04/14/2009
UPC:054961808991
Description: Judi Dench, Richard O'Callaghan, Frederick Treves, John Shrapnel, Bernard Hill. New. 1978 Run time: 78. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: BRAND NEW. Aired as the first episode of Mystery! on PBS in 1980, the highly entertaining thriller stars Golden Glober-nominee Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Heroes), Emmyr-winner Eileen Atkins (Cold Mountain, Gosford Park), and BAFTA-nominee Michael Jayston (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). Malcolm McDowell and Eileen Atkins are perfect foils in this rollicking British drama set in a Pyrenees chateau in the 1920s. McDowell plays the gallant Richard Chandos, a vacationing English ... read more
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