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Tag Archives: 1970s
The Other Man (1970) Richard A. Colla, Roy Thinnes, Arthur Hill, Joan Hackett
The neglected wife of an ambitious district attorney starts an affair with an ex-convict he had sent to prison. Read More »
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) Guy Green, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Fritz Weaver
Libby Meredith and her husband Roger, a college professor, have a quiet, comfortable marriage. Read More »
Doctors’ Wives (1971) George Schaefer, Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman
Dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic Read More »
Lucky Lady (1975) Stanley Donen, Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds
A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trios after business hours. Read More »
Adele Hasn’t Had Her Dinner Yet AKA Adéla jeste nevecerela (1978) Oldrich Lipský, Michal Docolomanský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký
When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved Read More »
Women in Revolt (1971) Paul Morrissey, Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn
This film is a satire of the women’s liberation movement, staring a trio of female impersonators. Read More »
One of Those Things AKA Hændeligt uheld (1971) Erik Balling, Judy Geeson, Roy Dotrice, Frederick Jaeger
A successful auto executive Vinther(Roy Dotrice) becomes entwined with a young nubile girl Read More »
Claire’s Knee AKA Le genou de Claire (1970) Éric Rohmer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand
In this talky lighthearted slow-paced melodrama, Jerome, a cultural attache Read More »
L’ingenua (1975) Gianfranco Baldanello, Ilona Staller, George Ardisson, Daniele Vargas
Piero Spazin (George Ardisson) is a con artist who meets his friend Luigi Beton (Daniele Vargas) Read More »
The Conjugal Debt AKA Il debito coniugale (1970) Francesco Prosperi, Lando Buzzanca, Barbara Bouchet, Orazio Orlando
Romulus, a gas station attendant at the petrol station of his rich wife Ines, one day meets Horace Read More »
Across 110th Street (1972) Barry Shear, Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa
In Harlem, two Italian mobsters meet three black gangsters that work for the kingpin Read More »
Union Maids (1976) Jim Klein, Miles Mogulescu, Julia Reichert, Kate Hyndman, Stella Nowicki, Sylvia Woods
Three women union organizers of the early Depression era discuss and reminisce their actions Read More »
Diary of a Passion AKA Brogliaccio d’amore (1977) Decio Silla, Enrico Maria Salerno, Senta Berger, Paolo Carlini
Enrico Maria Salerno stars as an upper-class middle aged man trying to find himself. Read More »
A Fire in the Sky (1978) Jerry Jameson, Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. Read More »