The Spiral Road - DVD

Directed by the brilliant Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird), The Spiral Road stars Rock Hudson (The Tarnished Angels) as an opportunistic young doctor who travels the jungles of the Dutch West Indies on a quest for knowledge and money. Planning to profit later, Dr. Anton Drager (Hudson) sets out to learn all he can about leprosy from a renowned and eccentric older physician, Brits Jansen (Academy Award winner Burl Ives, The Big Country). However, his journey becomes more spiritual when a terrifying meeting with a black-magic medicine man forces him to reevaluate both his self-serving past and his plans for the future.

Noah McManus finds out his new boss in Washington is a corrupt Senator who can no longer employ him and that his girlfriend has been cheating on him. Devastated, Noah travels to a quaint Cape Cod town.

Based on the novel by John MacKay, this powerful drama from the UK focuses on Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield), a young woman living a hardscrabble life on the Outer Hebrides in the early part of the 20th century. Kirsty is left forever changed when she falls victim to a violent sexual assault, just as the man (Will Fletcher) she loves is about to leave to serve during World War I. Mark Gatiss, Morven Christie, Ali Fumiko Whitney co-star. 116 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.