Death Of A Saleswoman - DVD

Many great actors-including Dustin Hoffman-have played Willy Loman, the feckless protagonist of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, but none has equaled the heartfelt performance given by Fredric March in this definitive 1951 screen adaptation. March makes you feel Willy's multiple failures and lament the death of his dreams. He has excellent support, especially from Dunnock as his long-suffering wife and McCarthy and Mitchell as his disillusioned sons, and director Benedek displays a keen understanding of the material. First-rate in every way, a true classic.

Young couple Paul (Justin Long) and Anna (Christina Ricci) are toying with the prospect of marriage when they have a chance encounter with Eliot (Liam Neeson), a mysterious undertaker who claims he can speak with the dead. When Anna becomes caught in the otherworldly realm between life and death, she risks being buried alive. Will Eliot help her, or is he being driven by darker motivations?

Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) walks into a police station to report his own murder. The police seem to have been expecting him and already know him. Frank begins to have a flashback, recalling that he had decided to take an over-due holiday from his job as an accountant. After a night on the town in San Francisco, Frank wakes up not feeling well. Doctors confirm that he has been poisoned with a toxin. With only a few days left to live, Frank sets out on a frenzied quest to find who has murdered him and why. Frank recalls being at a nightclub and his drink tasting strangely. Unnoticed by Frank, a stranger has swapped drinks with him. But why? Pamela Britton (Paula Gibson) Frank's fiancée, provides the first clue. A man named Eugene Phillips, had been urgently trying to contact Bigelow just before Phillips suddenly dies. This is a really great 'Who Done It' film. A real classic! (80 minutes - 1950 - B/W - 4 3).