Rank Videography - First part

Rank entered the video business fairly early, in 1981, putting out quite a lot of pre-certs during this time. They promoted several of them in the video catalogue extracted above. The series below seems to have been a vehicle for dramas, something in which Rank has always found critical and commercial favour, and some early Jackie Chan films. VHS releases had a V prefix and Betas a B prefix. The ABC films in this series are owned by Disney, with home video rights being handled by MGM. 0074C was once owned ironically by ITC and is now owned by Fortune Star Media, distributed under license by Hen's Tooth.

0000C - Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
0001C - Brief Encounter (1945)
0002C - Hamlet (1948)
0003C - Night to Remember (1958)
0004C - North West Frontier (1959)
0005C - Reach for the Sky (1956)
0006C - Othello (1964)
0007C - Riddle of the Sands (1979)
0008C - Tarka the Otter (1978)
0009C - Lady Vanishes (1979)
0010C - Henry V (1948)
0011C - Great Expectations (1948)
0012C
0013C - Wild Geese (1978)
0014C - Shout (1978)
0015C - Ipcress File (1965)
0016C - Belstone Fox (1973)
0017C - Kidnapped (1971)
0018C - League of Gentlemen (1960)
0019C - Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
0020C - Odd Man Out (1946)
0021C - Power Play (1978)
0022C - Quiller Memorandum (1966)
0023C - Rome Express (1932)
0024C - Tale of Two Cities (1958)
0025C - Thirty-Nine Steps (1935)
0026C - Lady Vanishes (1938)
0027C - Young and Innocent (1937)
0028C - Sabotage (1936)
0029C - Human Factor (1979)
0030C - Killing of Sister George (1968) ABC film.
0031C - Birthday Party (1968) ABC film.
0032C - Charly (1968) ABC film.
0033C - Spy Killer (1968) ABC film.
0034C - Forgotten Man (1971) ABC film.
0035C - Jenny (1969) ABC film.
0036C - Last Child (1971) ABC film.
0037C - 300 Year Weekend (1971) ABC film.
0038C - What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1968) ABC film.
0039C - Griffin and Phoenix (1969) ABC film.
0040C - Target: Harry (1969) ABC film.
0041C - They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) ABC film.
0042C - Love Hate Love (1970) ABC film.
0043C - Last Valley (1970) ABC film.
0044C - Rolling Man (1972) ABC film.
0045C - Bait (1973) ABC film.
0046C - Lovers and Other Strangers (1969) ABC film.
0047C - Nothing But the Night (1971)
0048C - Jaguar Lives (1977)
0049C - Sea Wolves (1980)
0050C - City on Fire (1979)
0051C - Baltimore Bullet (1980)
0052C - Silver Dream Racer (1980)
0053C - Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
0054C - Oliver Twist (1948)
0055C - California Gold Rush (1979)
0056C - Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977)
0057C - Adventures of Frontier Fremont (1975)
0058C - Mountain Man (1976)
0059C - When the North Wind Blows (1974)
0060B - Assault (1970)
0061B - Encounter with Disaster (1979)
0062B - Death Line (1972)
0063C - Operation Amsterdam (1958)
0064C - 80,000 Suspects (1963)
0065C - This Sporting Life (1963)
0066C - Survival Run (1977) Dutch film.
0067C - Age of Innocence (1977)
0068C - Heroes of Telemark (1965)
0069C - Victim (1961)
0070C - Big Boss (1971)
0071C - Fist of Fury (1972)
0072C - Way of the Dragon (1972)
0073D - Game of Death (1978)
0074C - Boys in Company C (1977)

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0075C - Queen's Ransom (1976)
0076C - Man from Hong Kong (1976)
0077C - Double Crossers (1976)
0078C - Stoner (1974)
0079C - Slaughter in San Francisco (1975)
0080C - Amsterdam Kill (1977)
0081C - S.T.A.B. (Special Tactical Airborne Brigade) (1975) Thai film.
0082C - H-Bomb (1976)
0083B - One Armed Boxer (1972)
0084B - Beach of the War Gods (1973)
0085C - Bandits from Shantung (1973)
0086C - Lady Whirlwind (1971)
0087C
0088C - Kung Fu Girl (1974)
0089C - Gentle Savage (1973)
0090C - Search and Destroy (1978)
0091C - Missiles of October (1974)
0092C - Next Man (1976)
0093C - End of August (1981) From Quartet Films Inc.
0094C - Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
0095C - Magician of Lublin (1979) Cannon film.
0096C - One More Chance (1981) Cannon film.
0097C - What Next? (1968)
0098C
0099C
0100C - Dreamer (1970)
0101C
0102C - Tilt (1979)
0103C - Seven (1979) Not related to the 1995 New Line movie.
0104C - When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder (1979)
0105C - Wolf Lake (1978)
0106C - Eagles Attack at Dawn (1970) Cannon film.
0107C - South of Hell Mountain (1974)
0108C - Wicked Die Slow (1968) Cannon film.
0109C - Above Us the Waves (1955)
0110C - In Which We Serve (1942)
0111C - Body & Soul (1981) Cannon film.
0112C
0113C
0114C - Savage Innocents (1960)
0115C - Seed of Innocence (1980) Cannon film.
0116C - Swap (1969)
0117C - Escape to the Sun (1972) Cannon film.
0118C - Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt (1977) Cannon film.
0119C - Monster (1975)
0120C - Twinky (1969)
0121C - Simba (1955)
0122C - Quest for Love (1971)
0123C - All Coppers Are... (1972)
0124C - Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) From Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd.
0125C - Who Dares Wins (1982) From Richmond Light Horse Productions.
0126C - Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1972)
0127C - Hitler - The Last 10 Days (1973)
0128C - Bloomfield (1969)
0129C - Bad Timing (1979)
0130C - Golden Rendezvous (1977)
0131C - Doll's House (1972)
0132C
0133C
0134C - Battle of the River Plate (1956)
0135C - Holocaust 2000 (1977)
0136C - Tigers Don't Cry (1976)
0137C - Paper Tiger (1975)
0138C - Nutcracker (1982) From Jershaw.
0139C - Silent Flute (1978)
0140C - Night Games (1979)
0141A - 7 Magnificent Fights (1972)
0142C - Sapphire (1959)
0143C - Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
0144C - Black Gunn (1972)
0145C - Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
0146C
0147C - Black Narcissus (1946)
0148C - Town Like Alice (1956)
0149B - Trap (1966)
0150C
0151C - Fists of the Double K (1973) Cannon film.
0152C - Four Deuces (1975) Cannon film.
0153B - Long Duel (1967)
0154C - Secret Agent (1936)
0155C - Improper Channels (1979)
0156C - Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
0157C - Drunken Master (1978)
0158C - Friday Foster (1975)
0159C - Boxcar Bertha (1972)
0160C - Norseman (1978)
0161C - Blow Out (1981) Filmways film, which was owned by Orion.

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0162C - Clairvoyant (1934)
0163C - Purple Plain (1954)
0164E - Return to Macon County (1975)
0165C - People That Time Forgot (1977) American International film, which was owned by Orion.
0166C
0167C - Some Girls Do (1969)
0168C - Singer Not the Song (1961)
0169C - Summer Lovers (1982) Produced by the Research Corporation for Filmways; by this point Filmways essentially was morphed into Orion.
0170C - Golden Needles (1974)
0171C
0172C - Savage Sisters (1974)
0173C - Live a Little, Steal a Lot (1974)
0174C - Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)
0175Y - Starflight One (1983) Orion Television film.
0176C - Act of Vengeance (1974)
0177E - Wild Party (1974)
0178C - Earthling (1980) Filmways film, which was owned by Orion.
0179C - Bad Blood (1981) From the New Zealand Film Commission.
0180C - Dead End Street (1982) Israeli film.
0181C - Fraud! (1974)
0182C - Doctor Faustus (1967)
0183Y - Take (1973)
0184C - Hell Drivers (1957)
0185C - Georgia (1981) Film is also known as Four Friends. Filmways film, which was owned by Orion.
0186C - Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
0187Y - Desperate Ones (1967) Cannon film,
0188E - Tiara Tahiti (1962)
0189C - So Long at the Fair (1950)
0190C
0191C
0192C
0193C
0194E - Tiger Bay (1959)
0195A - Million Pound Note (1954)
0196E - We Dive at Dawn (1943)
0197D - Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) Orion film.
0198X - Sky West and Crooked (1966)
0199E - Why Shoot the Teacher (1977)
0200D - Breathless (1983) Orion film.
0201E - Born Wild (1968)
0202C - Card (1952)
0203C - Quartet (1948)
0204C - Fanny By Gaslight (1944)
0205C - Maroc 7 (1967)
0206D - Educating Rita (1983) This was a Columbia film so it is strange to see Rank releasing it.
0207A - 49th Parallel (1941)
0208E - All Night Long (1961)
0209C - October Man (1947)
0210C - This Happy Breed (1944)
0211C - Under Fire (1983) Orion film.
0212C - One That Got Away (1957)
0213C - Gorky Park (1983) Orion film.
0214D - Silkwood (1983) Orion film.
0215C - Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) Orion Television film.
0216C - Secret Places (1984) Virgin film.
0217C - Harry & Son (1984) Orion film.
0218C
0219C - Lassiter (1984) Warner film, oddly enough.
0220C - Secrets of the Phantom Caverns (1983) From the Adams Apple Film Company.
0221C
0222C
0223C - Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) American International film, which was owned by Orion.
0224C - Hennessy (1975)
0225C
0226C
0227C
0228C
0229C
0230C - Terminator (1984) Orion film. Produced by Hemdale Film Corporation.
0231C - Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Orion film. Produced by Hemdale Film Corporation.
0232C
0233C
0234C - Code of Silence (1985) Orion film.
0235C - Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Orion film.
0236C
0237C - Defence of the Realm (1986)
0238C - Flesh & Blood (1985) Orion film.
0239C - The Delta Force (1985) Cannon film.
0240C - Reno: Unarmed and Dangerous (1985) Orion film.
0241C - King Solomon's Mines (1985) Cannon film.
0242C
0243C - Fool For Love (1985) Cannon film.
0244C - Invaders From Mars (1986) Cannon film.
0245C - Heartbreakers (1984) Orion film.
0246 - The Berlin Affair (1986) Cannon film.
0247
0248
0249
0250 - Dangerously Close (1986) Cannon film.
0251 - Harem (1985) Cannon film.
0252 - Stronghold (1986) Cannon film.
0253 - Camorra (1985) Cannon film.
0254 - Iron Warrior (1987) Orion film.
0255 - The Naked Cage (1985) Cannon film.
0256
0257 - Over The Top (1987) Cannon film. Released in North America by Warner Home Video.
0258 - Assassination (1986) Cannon film.
0259 - Number One with a Bullet (1986) Cannon film.
0260 - 52 Pick-Up (1986) Cannon film.
0261 - Firewalker (1986) Cannon film.
0262 - Florida Straits (1986) Orion film.
0263 - The Fourth Protocol (1987)
0264
0265 - Colonel Redl (1985) Cannon film.
0266 - The Lover (1986) Cannon film.
0267 - Field of Honor (1986) Cannon film.
0268 - Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986) Cannon film.
0269 - L'Addition (1987) Cannon film.
0270
0271 - Malone (1987) Orion film.
0272 - The Big Town (1987) Albacore film.
0273 - Escalier C (1985) Cannon film.
0274 - Game of Death II (1981)
0275 - American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) Cannon film.
0276
0277 - Dream To Believe (1986) Golden Harvest film.
0278 - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988) Cannon film.
0279 - Lightning, The White Stallion (1986) Cannon film.