The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz.

2-disc Ultimate Edition DVD bought in 2007

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2011

128m 06s

 DVD

Audio commentary by Walter Mirisch, Eli Wallach, James Coburn and Robert E. Relyea
Guns for Hire: The Making of The Magnificent Seven (47mins)
Elmer Bernstein and The Magnificent Seven (15mins)
The Linen Book: Lost Images from The Magnificent Seven (15mins)
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailers

The Alamo (1960)

Directed by John Wayne and starring John Wayne, Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey.

DVD bought in 2004

155mins

John Wayne's 'The Alamo' (40mins)

Theatrical Trailer

Spartacus (1960)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin and Tony Curtis.

2-disc Criterion Edition DVD bought in 2003

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

50th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2011

196m 37s

 DVD

 DVD

Criterion DVD extras -

Audio commentary by Kirk Douglas, Peter Ustinov, Howard Fast, Edward Lewis, Robert A. Harris and Saul Bass
Scene-by-Scene Audio Analysis
Study of the Score
Narrated Restoration Demonstration
Deleted Scenes
Alternate Ending
Vintage news reel footage
Interviews
Behind the scenes at Gladiator School
Breaking the Blacklist
A letter from the MPAA
Promotional Material
Storyboards by Saul Bass
Sketches by Stanley Kubrick
Theatrical Trailer

Blu-ray extras -

Deleted Scenes
Archival Interviews
Behind the Scenes Footage
Vintage Newsreels
Theatrical Trailer
Image Galleries

Ben-Hur (1959)

Directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffee, Finlay Currie and Frank Thring.

4-disc Collectors Edition DVD bought in 2005

3-disc 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013

222m 26s

 DVD

Both DVD and Blu-ray sets contain the bonus movie - Ben-Hur (1925) directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro and Francis X Bushman. 143mins

Audio commentary by actor Charlton Heston and film historian T. Gene Hatcher
Isolated music score by Miklos Rozsa
Charlton Heston & Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (78mins)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (58mins)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic" documentary (59mins)
Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures
Screen Tests (29mins)
Vintage Newsreels (10mins)
Highlights from the 1960 Academy Awards Ceremony
Theatrical Trailers

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Directed by King Vidor and starring Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Pavan, David Farrar, Harry Andrews and George Sanders.

DVD bought in 2004

135m 30s

Theatrical Trailer

Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)

Directed by John Sturges and starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman.

DVD bought in 2007

90m 27s

No extras