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Title: AFRICAN QUEEN/ON GOLDEN POND/THE IRON PETTICOAT
Starring: Theodore Bikel, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Bull, Paul Carpenter, Dabney Coleman, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Alan Gifford, Walter Gotell, Robert Helpmann, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, Sid James, James Robertson Justice, David Kossoff, William Lanteau, Tutte Lemkow, Richard Marner, Doug McKeon, Noelle Middleton, Robert Morley, Olaf Pooley, Christopher Rydell, Peter Swanwick, Richard Wattis
Format: DVD

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Cat No: 3711505653
EAN: 5037115056535
Distributor: ITV DVD
Regions: 0 (Worldwide)
Rel. date: 20 October, 2003
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 294 mins
Language: English
Description: A box set of Katharine Hepburn films spanning 3 decades. In 'The African Queen' (1951) a prim missionary (Hepburn) is forced to team up with a gin-swilling river trader (Humphrey Bogart) when her village is destroyed during the Great War. They flee from the Germans down the Congo, aboard the trader's battered ship, 'The African Queen'. Bogart won an Oscar for his portrayal of the gruff, cynical sailor. In 'The Iron Petticoat' (1956), when a Russian Mig strays into US air space, airforce captain Chuck Lockwood (Bob Hope) is given the task of forcing it down and apprehending its pilot. He is surprised to find that his quarry is a woman, Captain Kovelenko (Hepburn), who has chosen to defect on the grounds that as a woman she is discriminated against in her homeland. As the pair debate the values of capitalism against communism, love begins to cut across the political divide, but the romance is put on hold when a disgruntled KGB makes moves to apprehend the defector. Whilst in 'On Golden Pond' (1981), for forty eight years, Professor Norman Thayer Jr (Henry Fonda, in his last film performance) and his wife Ethel (Hepburn) have holidayed at their New England cottage on Golden Pond. This time round they have an extra guest - Billy Ray (Doug McKeon), the son of their daughter Chelsea's (Jane Fonda) boyfriend, Bill. The generation gap is soon highlighted, with Norman and Billy clashing frequently and fiercely. However, as the summer progresses Norman begins to forge the kind of close relationship with the boy that he has always denied Chelsea, and comes to realize how much happiness he has missed out on with his own daughter. Fonda and Hepburn won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress.
Directors: John Huston, Mark Rydell, Ralph Thomas
Genre: Feature  Modern Classic 
No. of pieces 1
Returns: Returnable
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YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
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DENTIST ON THE JOB
DOLL'S HOUSE
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MY FAIR LADY
AUDREY HEPBURN: COUTURE MUSE COLLECTION
TRUE GRIT/ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST/SHANE
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VICE VERSA
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE/SOME GIRLS DO
BLESS THIS HOUSE: SERIES 2
CHAMPIONS: THE COMPLETE SERIES
BLESS THIS HOUSE: SERIES 3
BLESS THIS HOUSE: SERIES 4
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BLESS THIS HOUSE: SERIES 5
TWINKY
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HOT ENOUGH FOR JUNE
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WISE BLOOD
PRIZZI'S HONOR
WALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH
MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
ANNIE
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MATILDA/ANNIE
OLIVER!/ANNIE
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ABOVE US THE WAVES
AFRICAN QUEEN
TALE OF TWO CITIES (SPECIAL EDITION)
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DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE
DOCTOR AT SEA
DOCTOR AT LARGE
DOCTOR IN LOVE
DOCTOR IN DISTRESS
DOCTOR IN CLOVER
DOCTOR IN TROUBLE
39 STEPS
ON GOLDEN POND
KATHARINE HEPBURN COLLECTION
ON GOLDEN POND
DONALD SINDEN ICON BOX SET
COMPLETE DOCTOR COLLECTION
JOHN MILLS: CENTENARY COLLECTION 2
ON GOLDEN POND/FRIED GREEN TOMATOES/SOPHIE'S CHOICE
TALE OF TWO CITIES/OLIVER TWIST/GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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