Gary Cooper Collection

Four-disc set includes: Sergeant York (1941)In his Academy Award-winning role, Gary Cooper portrays Alvin York, the real-life unassuming Tennessee farmer who, after first filing as a conscientious objector, went on to become one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I. Single-handedly securing a German position during the Battle of the Argonne Forest, and taking 132 prisoners, York would go on to win the Medal of Honor and become a national hero. Also stars Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Joan Leslie; Howard Hawks directs. 134 min. BW/Rtg: NR Friendly Persuasion (1956)William Wyler's sensitive adaptation of the best-selling Jessamyn West novel stars Gary Cooper as Jess Birdwell, the patriarch of an Indiana Quaker family staunchly opposed to violence. But the Birdwells find their faith and love put to the test when eldest son Josh (Anthony Perkins) feels he must join the army and fight in the Civil War in order to prove his manhood. Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main, Robert Middleton also star. 137 min. C/Rtg: NR Love In The Afternoon (1957)Pretty Parisienne Ariane Chavasse (Audrey Hepburn) was intrigued that her private eye papa (Maurice Chevalier) had been hired to shadow the aging American playboy Frank Flannagan (Gary Cooper). When she learns her dad's client wants to settle things with a bullet, though, she sets out to covertly warn the at-risk roué, and romantic complications ensue. Billy Wilder's charming nod to Lubitsch co-stars John McGiver, Lise Bourdin. 130 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Hanging Tree (1957)Looking to outrun his past, embittered doctor Joseph Frail (Gary Cooper) hung his shingle in a Montana gold rush town. The locals were leery, however, and after he fatefully interceded in the attempt of a lecherous prospector (Karl Malden) to assault a traumatized immigrant (Maria Schell), he found himself facing mob justice at their hands. Intelligent, psychological western co-stars Ben Piazza, Virginia Gregg, and, in his big-screen debut, George C. Scott. 108 min. C/Rtg: NR Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.