It's easy to forget that as well as being a major Hollywood actor and marketing his own line of industrial strength mustard, Paul Newman was also on occasion a respected director. Sometimes a Great Notion, first released in 1971, was his second stab behind the camera after the 1968 Rachel, Rachel.

Based on the novel by Ken Kesey, he of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, it tells the story of a fiercely independent Oregon logging family, led by Hank and his father Henry, who refuse to join the the rest of the town in a lumber strike. When Hank's kid brother Leland returns looking to settle some old scores, however, family troubles look set to increase.

Featuring an impressive star cast that include Newman himself, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Richard Jaeckel and Michael Sarazin, Sometimes a Great Notion was described by Variety as "a good, if plot-sprawling, outdoor action film" but has all but disappeared off the radar in the intervening years. The curious will soon have the chance to check it out when it's released on UK DVD on 27th April by Optimum Home Entertainment at the RRP of £15.99. The only listed extra is a trailer.