In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Stranger from Shaolin / Biho sangjaeng (1977) Jo-Myeong Jeon, Il-do Jang, Hyang-su Hwang, Il-shik Jang
A young girl is the sole survivor of an attack on her temple. Read More »
The National Health (1973) Jack Gold, Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron
The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. Read More »
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 »
The Watchmaker of St. Paul / 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 / 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 »