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HMS Defiant (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
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Presale - Release Date: 21.07.2025
Original title: H.M.S. Defiant
Year: 1962
Country: UK
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697924091
Image: 2.35:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio: English - Original Stereo
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: PG
Genre: Action / Classic
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Synopsis:
During the French Revolutionary Wars, Crawford (Guinness), Captain of the Defiant , enters into a battle of wills with his sadistic First Officer Scott-Padget (Bogarde). When Crawford is injured during a skirmish with French forces, Scott-Padget takes control, but the crew begins to rebel against his brutal command, while remaining loyal to Crawford and to their country.
Extras:
- High Definition remaster
- Two presentations of the film: HMS Defiant , with the original UK title sequence; and Damn the Defiant! , with the alternative US titles
- Original stereo audio
- The Guardian Interview with Lewis Gilbert (1995): archival video recording of the prolific director in conversation with Tony Sloman at the National Film Theatre, London
- The BEHP Interview with Lewis Gilbert (1996): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the director in conversation with Roy Fowler
- Cast Adrift (2022): actors Brian Phelan, Peter Gill, and Roger Mutton recall their work on the film
- Defiant Crew (2022): interviews with a selection of original members of the production team
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: advertising and promotional material
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Sheldon Hall, archival interviews with Dirk Bogarde and Murray Melvin, extracts from the film's pressbook, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
