Monday, January 9, 2012

Hammer Classics DVD Giveaway - The Scarlet Blade and The Brigand of Kandahar - NOW CLOSED

January 16th sees the first ever DVD release of two classic historical adventures from the revered Hammer Film Productions - The Scarlet Blade and The Brigand of Kandahar - both of which are directed by John Gilling and feature the legendary British star Oliver Reed. To celebrate the release, we have a copy of each DVD to give away to our readers courtesy of the lovely folk at StudioCanal.

Read on for details of how to enter this competition...

The Scarlet Blade

An unlikely romance blossoms between two people from opposing camps - one from the Roundheads, the other from the Cavaliers. Colonel Judd (Lionel Jeffries; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), a villainous anti-royalist loyal to Cromwell, is bewildered by his daughter Clare's (June Thorburn; Tom Thumb) Royalist sympathies. Judd's right-hand man Captain Sylvester (Oliver Reed) is an enforcer for Cromwell's parliamentarians and also June's boyfriend. Much to the consternation of Judd and Sylvester, Clare falls for Edward Beverley aka The Scarlet Blade (Jack Hedley; For Your Eyes Only) a dashing Robin Hood figure leading the Royalist rebels.




The Brigand of Kandahar

1880. British India. Robert Case (Ronald Lewis; Sardonicus), a mixed race lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive led by Eli Khan (Oliver Reed) against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accusation on trumped-up charges, instigated by the bigotry and racism of his commanding officers. Following a successful attack by the British against the rebels, Case is brutally shot by Colonel Drewe (Duncan Lamont; Quatermass and The Pit), his accuser. The journalist returns home determined to report the true story of The Brigand of Kandahar.


To be in with a chance of winning one of the two DVDS, all you need to do is make sure you like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, then send a quick email with your contact details (be sure to include your postal address and Facebook or Twitter username), the subject heading "HAMMER" and your preference of which of the films you'd prefer.

The competition closes at 5pm on Sunday, January 22nd. UK entrants only please.

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