Great British Actors - Stanley Baker Box Set (DVD)

Violent Playground: When local Juvenile Liaison Officer Sergeant Truman (Baker) visits the Murphy household, with the view that if you catch kids at an early age, they will end up being reseponsible adults. Truman becomes romantically involved with Johnny s sister and also finds considerable points of similarity between his previous investigations into the activities of an arsonist know as the Firefly and his investigation of Johnny. Sea Fury: Captain Bellew commands a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village. The father of Josita, a village girl, tempts Bellew into a romantic interest in her, despite nearly five decades difference in their ages. He hopes the aging Bellew will not live long and will leave Josita well off. Meanwhile, Abel Hewson, a handsome English sailor, signs on to Bellew's crew. When Josita and Hewson fall in love, the stage is set for conflict. But greater conflict arrives when a sinking freighter carrying explosive cargo has to be salvaged and towed to port.... This was Victor McLaglen's last film completed only a few months before his death. Checkpoint: Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot.