Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Buster and Billie (1974) Daniel Petrie
In a rural 1940s southern town, a socially awkward high school girl is taken advantage of by the boys, because it’s the only way she knows to relate to boys. Read More »
Up River (1979) Carl Kitt, Morgan Stevens, Jeff Corey, Dale Wilson
A young man meets with violent hostility as he attempts to fulfil his dream Read More »
The Hamburg Syndrome AKA Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979) Peter Fleischmann, Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser
The BRD is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey Read More »
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) Kevin Billington, Ann Beach, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Peter Cook
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. Read More »
The White Gloves of the Devil AKA Les gants blancs du diable (1973) László Szabó, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Yves Afonso
An enigmatic man, blind in one eye is the hit man in this French thriller. Read More »
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Jerry Schatzberg, Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. Read More »
Journey Into Solitude AKA Tabi no Omosa (1972) Kôichi Saitô, Yôko Takahashi, Etsushi Takahashi, Kyôko Kishida
Bored with her school life, a 16-year-old student leaves home to take a trip along the Pacific Ocean. Read More »
In the Name of the Pope King AKA In nome del Papa Re (1977) Luigi Magni, Nino Manfredi, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta
In 1867, with Garibaldi’s forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno Read More »
Drummer-Crab AKA Le Crabe-Tambour (1977) Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin
A dying French naval frigate captain tries to make a last rendezvous in the winter storm-tossed seas off the Grand Banks Read More »