Hammer Historicals Make DVD Debut

From Hammer Films:

Two classic Hammer historical adventures receive their world DVD debut on January 16th courtesy of StudioCanal in the UK. Both The Brigand of Kandahar was the last in Hammer's long co-production deal with Columbia Pictures and is set in 1850s India. The Scarlet Blade is an adventure set during the troubled English Civil War. Both films star Oliver Reed and were directed by John Gilling.
Both films are presented in their original widescreen scope ratio, in vanilla editions.

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Synopsis

1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accusation on trumped-up charges, instigated by the bigotry and racism of his commanding officers. Following a successful attack by the British against the rebels Case is brutally shot by Colonel Drewe, his accuser. The journalist returns home determined to report the true story of The Brigand of Kandahar.

Synopsis

In 1648 the civil war raged in England as the republican Roundheads clash with the Royalists, supporters of the deposed King Charles I. Allegiances split family loyalties, and intrigue, treachery and death overshadowed every household. Set against this troubled background the drama surrounds two families, the Beverlys and the Judds, and the conflicts that they face against each other and themselves.