Gregory Peck Collection - 10-DVD Boxset ( MACARTHUR / ARABESQUE / THE GUNS OF NAVARONE / OLD GRINGO / CAPE FEAR / CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. / THE WORLD IN [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Austral

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Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Gregory Peck was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940's to the 1960's. Peck received five nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actor which he won once in 1962. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, ranking him at No. 12. This 10 DVD Collection brings together some of his most recognisable performances. MACARTHUR: During his farewell address to West Point, General Douglas MacArthur (Gregory Peck) looks back on his storied military career. Beginning with his legendary promise, "I shall return", at the outset of the Battle of Bataan and continuing through his troops' subsequent successes in the South Pacific, the film also touches on his anti-Communist activities following the war and his role in the rebuilding of post-war Japan, until his 1952 ouster by President Harry S. Truman (Ed Flanders). ARABESQUE: When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock (Gregory Peck), a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi (Alan Badel). Meanwhile, Beshraavi's beautiful lover, Yasmin Azir (Sophia Loren), seems willing to aid Pollock--but is she really on his side? THE GUNS OF NAVARONE: In 1943, a small commando team is sent to destroy huge German guns on the Greek Island o...Gregory Peck Collection - 10-DVD Boxset ( MACARTHUR / ARABESQUE / THE GUNS OF NAVARONE / OLD GRINGO / CAPE FEAR / CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. / THE WORLD IN