Olive Films

High Noon – Olive Signature
Directed by fred zinnemann
The myth and poetry of the old west come alive in Fred Zinnemann's (Julia) classic western, High Noon (1952). One of the great treasures of the American cinema, the film stars the legendary Gary Cooper as lawman Will Kane, a marshal who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of killers out for revenge. Engaged in the fight of his lifetime, Kane sta... Read More
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Wild In The Streets
Directed by barry shear
Striking a zeitgeist nerve, Wild in the Streets stars Christopher Jones (Ryan's Daughter) as Max Frost, rock singer and poster boy for the counterculture revolution of the 60s. While performing with his band The Troopers at a political rally for Senate candidate Johnny Fergus (Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild), Max seizes the opportunity to spout his own political philoso... Read More
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The Fool
Directed by yury bykov
A dramatic tale worthy of Dostoyevsky, The Fool tells the story of one man's fight against a corrupt political system. Dima (Artyom Bystrov, Break Loose) is a young man eking out a living in modern day Russia as a plumber's assistant while working to finish college. Called out late one night to inspect a leak at a derelict housing community, he discovers a major structura... Read More
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The Miracle of the Bells
Directed by irving pichel
Hollywood press agent Bill Dunnigan (Fred MacMurray) attempts to carry out a deathbed promise he made to the only girl he ever loved, an aspiring actress names Olga Treskovna (Alida Valli), who dies after completing her first and only film. As promised, Bill takes her body to the Pennsylvania coal town of her birth for the funeral arrangements. To arouse public interest, and get the reluctant stud... Read More
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Johnny Come Lately
Directed by william k. howard
Hollywood legend James Cagney (Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye) plays carefree ex-newspaperman Tom Richards. Arrested for vagrancy, he’s saved from a jail term when Vinnie McLeod (Grace George), an elderly editor of a floundering local paper, offers him a job. Together they’re out to make headlines as they work to expose political corruption in a small town. Richards and McLeod refuse to buckle... Read More
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1969
Directed by ernest thompson
Set during the Vietnam War, 1969 is the story of two best friends, Ralph (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Scott (Kiefer Sutherland), both Maryland college students whose moral outrage at the country’s involvement in the war leads to a life-altering event. When Scott’s brother Aiden, an enlisted serviceman, is declared missing in action, a decision by the friends to steal their files from the ... Read More
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1900 (3-Disc Set)
Directed by bernardo bertolucci
1900 is an epic film of massive scope, power and controversy. It is both a vast history of the 20th Century Italy and an intimate portrait of two friends, both born on January 1, 1900… the son the socialist peasant farmer (Gerard Depardieu) and the son of the fascist landowner (Robert De Niro). The two young men pass through the upheavals of the modern world, as their personal conflicts... Read More
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The Devil and Miss Jones
Directed by sam wood
The great Sam Wood (Pride of the Yankees) directs this socially conscientious classic comedy. John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn), the world's richest man, gets word that someone is trying to unionize a department store he owns. To thwart this blatant act of democracy, Merrick changes his name and takes a menial job at the store to catch the union activists without detention. Once he himself... Read More
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The Lawless (DVD)
Directed by joseph losey
This Intriguing study of Mexican-American fruit-pickers, subjected to all sorts of abuse and racial discrimination in a California small town was the second feature-film by legendary director Joseph Losey (The Servant). Macdonald Carey plays a crusading newspaperman who seemingly is the only person willing to champion the oppressed workers’ cause and tries to stop a lynch mob’s manhun... Read More
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Breaking Glass
Directed by brian gibson
1980s London punk scene is captured in the gritty new wave musical with poignant rags to riches story of a talented and rebellious young singer-songwriter. Hazel O’Connor gives a tour-de-force performance as Kate, the lead singer of the rock group Breaking Glass. Kate’s socialist ideals are juxtaposed to her pragmatic rock manager, Danny (Phil Daniels), a streetwise hustler who discovers her a... Read More
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