Kirk Douglas 4 Movie Collection (Ulysses / Tough Guys / The Fury / The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)

Four-disc set includes: The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)Barbara Stanwyck is superb as Martha Ivers, a wealthy woman whose past suddenly comes back to haunt her, in this gripping thriller. Eighteen years after she accidentally killed her aunt and covered it up, Martha must face the horrific tragedy once again thanks to the return of a childhood friend (Van Heflin) who may or may not know the truth. With Kirk Douglas (in his screen debut), Lizabeth Scott, Judith Anderson. 116 min. BW/Rtg: NR Ulysses (1954)It's high adventure, Homer-style, with Kirk Douglas as the brave adventurer who battles the one-eyed Cyclops, encounters sorceress Circe (who turns his crew into pigs), and ignores the sounds of the Sirens before he returns home to win back the hand of wife Penelope. Anthony Quinn and Silvana Mangano also star; Ben Hecht and Irwin Shaw worked on the script. 104 min. C/Rtg: NR The Fury (1978)In director Brian DePalma's mind-blowing horror classic, Kirk Douglas plays Peter Sandza, an ex-government agent whose son Robin (Andrew Stevens) possesses the deadly gift of telekinesis. When Robin becomes the target of an unscrupulous federal agency with designs on harnessing his powers, Sandza tries to wrest his son free from their clutches. With John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, and Amy Irving; based on the novel by John Farris. 118 min. C/Rtg: R Tough Guys (1986)Hijacking a train in the mid-'50s landed Harry Doyle (Burt Lancaster) and Archie Long (Kirk Douglas) in the slammer, and it took them 30 years to make parole. However, life on the straight and narrow-and as senior citizens-in a changed world wears thin fast, and now the gray gangsters are planning a do-over of their signature heist... this time, without getting caught. Fun sunset-years vehicle for it's legendary leads, their seventh and last co-starring effort, also stars Charles Durning, Eli Wallach, Alexis Smith. 104 min. C/Rtg: PG Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Region Free