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Charlie Largent continues with yet another four-cylinder compendium of thrillers from the prolific Hammer Films. As every Hammer/Columbia co-production that resembles in the slightest a horror film has been covered in the four volumes already released, collection number five moves on to a string of ‘Adventure!’ thrillers. The Pirates of Blood River is a familiar enough item, but The Scarlet Blade and The Brigand of Kandahar are new to Blu-ray, as is the even more obscure Visa to Canton, which stars Richard Basehart and Lisa Gastoni. This sounds like a set for devoted Hammer fans, which these days are legion. Top-lining the other three pictures are Christopher Lee, Ronald Lewis and Jack Hedley.

4xBD50 | 1080p AVC | 326 min | 132 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Drama, Romance, War, Thriller

Visa To Canton (1961)
Don Benton (Richard Basehart) is a pilot hired to fly into China to rescue an American girl trapped there. Upon landing he discovers that she wants to fill the plane with refugees and fly them out of the country.

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Christopher Lee is in magnificent form as Cpt LaRoche; the leader of a group of pirates who rescue a penal colony escapee and take him to his village with the promise that they want to make it a home base, but in reality they are after treasure…no surprise for pirates!

The Scarlet Blade (1963)
Set during the English civil war, King Charles I is captured by Roundhead soldiers lead by Colonel Judd (Lionel Jeffries) and his right hand man Captain Sylvester (Oliver Reed). Charles’ allies attempt to rescue him and are secretly helped by Judd’s daughter Claire (June Thorburn).

The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
Oliver Reed once again appears and steals the movie as the evil Eli Khan; the leader of a local tribe of people in 1850s India who plot to storm a British garrison.
Inside the garrison is Lieutenant Case (Ronald Lewis); a mixed race officer who is unfairly charged of abandoning his fellow soldiers during a reconnaissance mission, but escapes from the garrison only to be captured by Khan.