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Tag Archives: 1970s
Russian Roulette (1975) Lou Lombardo, George Segal, Cristina Raines, Bo Brundin, Crime, Drama, Thriller
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. Read More »
Perla w koronie / Pearl in the Crown (1972) Kazimierz Kutz, Lucja Kowolik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Jan Englert, Drama
Polish Silesia, the 1930’s. A coal mine is slated for shutdown. Scared of losing their jobs, the miners declare a sit-in. Read More »
Toomorrow (1970) Val Guest, Olivia Newton-John, Benny Thomas, Vic Cooper, Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow. Read More »
Flesh and Blood (1979) Jud Taylor, Luca Bercovici, Tom Berenger, John Cassavetes, Drama
A convict takes up boxing in prison and this brings a new meaning to his life. Once out, his trainer motivates him to become a professional boxer. Read More »
Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974) Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Stuart Whitman, Horror
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
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Caddie (1976) Donald Crombie, Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Drama, Romance
Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920’s. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Read More »
The Jerk (1979) Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Comedy
Navin is an idiot. He grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family but on his 18th birthday he feels he wants to discover the rest of the world and sets out to St. Louis. There everyone exploits his naivety, but then a simple invention brings him a fortune.
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In Prison Awaiting Trial / Detenuto in attesa di giudizio (1971) Nanni Loy, Alberto Sordi, Elga Andersen, Andrea Aureli, Comedy, Drama
Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian land surveyor who has lived in Sweden for the past seven years, goes to his native country with his Swedish wife and children for his holidays. Read More »
Duffer (1971) Joseph Despins, William Dumaresq, Kit Gleave, Erna May, Drama
An intense and bizarre study of obsession that is by turns lyrical and disconcerting, Duffer tells the deranged story of a teenage boy torn between the womanly charms of a kindly prostitute, and the relentless, sadistic attentions of an older man.
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