Lou Peckinpaugh, the Cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca and half Maltese Falcon. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Stroszek (1977) Werner Herzog, Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion Read More »
Oasis of Fear (1971) Umberto Lenzi, Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti
Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman. Read More »
Marta (1971) José Antonio Nieves Conde, Marisa Mell, Stephen Boyd, Jesús Puente
A wealthy landowner haunted by the spectre of his dead mother has a fling with a beautiful fugitive who bears Read More »
Never Too Young to Rock (1976) Dennis Abey, Peter Denyer, Freddie Jones, Sheila Steafel
In the late 1970s, rock ‘n’ roll was banned from television. One young man, our hero, led the battle against the TV ban. Read More »
The Senator Likes Women (1972) Lucio Fulci, Lando Buzzanca, Lionel Stander, Laura Antonelli
Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women’s bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment Read More »
Logans Run (1976) Michael Anderson, Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan
Logan, a Sandman (police assassin), is forced to search for “Sanctuary” – a place to which people have apparently escaped from the sealed city of the future in which he lives. Read More »
The Gauntlet (1977) Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
A cop who has seen better days, hard-living Ben Shockley (Clint Eastwood) is recruited to escort Augustina “Gus” Mally (Sondra Locke) Read More »
Blue Collar (1978) Paul Schrader, Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto
Three workers, Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel), and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto), are working at a car plant and drinking their beers together. Read More »
Delusions of Grandeur (1971) Gérard Oury, Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch
Don Salluste, a petty tyrant in his own home and minister of the King of Spain, falls from grace. Read More »