John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Metello (1970) Mauro Bolognini, Massimo Ranieri, Ottavia Piccolo, Frank Wolff
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents Read More »
Hymn AKA Sanka (1972) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Tokuko Watanabe, Jiro Kawarazaki
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin Read More »
Cat and Mouse AKA Le chat et la souris (1975) Claude Lelouch, Michèle Morgan, Serge Reggiani, Philippe Léotard
A jaded and charming police inspector is assigned along with his cheerful partner to a case Read More »
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose, 5. Teil: Die Bruchpiloten vom Königssee (1978) Gunter Otto, Peter Steiner, Erich Kleiber, Franz Muxeneder
Sepp and Willy inherit a secluded mountain farm. When they find an old biplane in the barn Read More »
Springtime in Pattaya AKA Chun man Ba Di Ya (1976) Chia-Hsiang Wu, Kun Li, Ping-Ou Wei, Shek-Ching Law
Handsome and young, Shih Hsing flew to Bangkok with his close friend Ping Ho Read More »
Swallows and Amazons (1974) Claude Whatham, Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser, Simon West
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed Read More »
The Yellow Muffler AKA Yu nu xi chun (1972) Umetsugu Inoue, Betty Ting Pei, Hua Tsung, Paul Chun
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find Read More »
The Shadow of a Gunman (1972) Joseph Hardy, Frank Converse, Brendan Dillon, Richard Dreyfuss
Donal Davoren is a poet but the folks in his tenement building think he’s an IRA gunman laying low. Read More »
Bruce Lee Against Supermen AKA Meng long zheng dong (1975) Chia-Chun Wu, Bruce Li, Fei Lung, Lu Wen Lu
Scientist Dr Ting has invented a secret formula that will help the world’s food crisis Read More »
Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West AKA C’era una volta questo pazzo, pazzo, pazzo West (1973) Vincenzo Matassi, Vincent Scott, Gordon Mitchell, Benito Pacifico
Sheriff of Rock Springs AKA Lo sceriffo di Rockspring (1971) Mario Sabatini, Richard Harrison, Cosetta Greco, Donald O’Brien
Rock Springs is electing a “little sheriff”, whereby a child is chosen to assist the sheriff for a week. Read More »
Summer City (1977) Christopher Fraser, John Jarratt, Phillip Avalon, Steve Bisley
The exploits of four boys who leave Sydney and head out for a weekend of surfing and adventure. Read More »
One Way or Another AKA De cierta manera (1977) Sara Gómez, Mario Balmaseda, Yolanda Cuéllar, Mario Limonta
In Miraflores, Cuba, the growing romance between Mario, a factory worker, and Yolanda Read More »
Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 4: Die versaute Hochzeitsnacht (1978) Gunter Otto, Peter Steiner, Erich Kleiber, Franz Muxeneder
Two railway officials buy an old railway in Kleinbach and starts to transport tourists. Read More »