The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
The Boys from Brazil (1978) Franklin J. Schaffner, Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Barry Kohler, a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of former SS officers Read More »
Bloody Murder AKA …la main à couper (1974) Etienne Périer, Lea Massari, Michel Bouquet, Bernard Blier
Hélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor Read More »
The Watchmaker of St. Paul AKA L’horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis
Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. Read More »
Cousin Jules AKA Le cousin Jules (1972) Dominique Benicheti, Jules Guiteaux, Félicie Guiteaux, Claude Chaudat
An ode to rural France and the simple joys of life, Dominique Benicheti’s glorious Read More »
Langrishe Go Down (1978) David Hugh Jones, Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Annette Crosbie
In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Read More »
Shout at the Devil (1976) Peter R. Hunt, Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins
Just prior to World War One the hard drinking sharpshooting, Irish American Colonel Flynn O’Flynn Read More »
Caged Heat (1974) Jonathan Demme, Juanita Brown, Roberta Collins, Erica Gavin, Ella Reid
A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow. Read More »
Molly and Lawless John (1972) Gary Nelson, Vera Miles, Sam Elliott, Clu Gulager
In New Mexico, a sheriff’s unhappy mid-aged wife aids a condemned prisoner escape Read More »
Torn Between Two Lovers (1979) Delbert Mann, Lee Remick, Joseph Bologna, George Peppard
Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling, she meets a dashing architect. Read More »
Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973) Joseph McGrath, Jim Dale, Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas
Before his adventure begins, Digby is given to Bill by a friendly vet Read More »
No Problem! AKA Pas de problème! (1975) Georges Lautner, Miou-Miou, Jean Lefebvre, Bernard Menez
Following a car chase and shootout, a man stumbles into a girl’s apartment and dies. Read More »
Mandrake (1979) Harry Falk, Anthony Herrera, Simone Griffeth, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Mandrake, a famous magician, and his assistant Lothar come to the aid of an amusement-park owner Read More »
Mind Over Murder (1979) Ivan Nagy, Deborah Raffin, David Ackroyd, Bruce Davison
A young woman begins to have nightmares where she believes that time stands still Read More »
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur (1979) David Giles, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces Read More »