This Australian educational documentary concerns venereal disease in the pre-AIDS era and reveals that it is a problem that should be taken seriously by everyone — whether young or old, gay or straight. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Fright (1971) Peter Collinson, Honor Blackman, Susan George, Ian Bannen, Thriller
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Read More »
Ma tou da jue dou / Chinese Hercules (1973) Ta Huang, Wai-Man Chan, Fan Chiang, Yeh Fang, Action, Drama
A martial arts fighter, haunted by his past, takes a job as a dock worker in a small village. Read More »
Man of La Mancha (1972) Arthur Hiller, Peter O’Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Drama, Fantasy, Musical
This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, Miguel de Cervantes. Read More »
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes / Jive Turkey (1974) Bill Brame, Frank DeKova, Paul Harris, Frances E. Williams, Crime, Thriller
It’s a turf battle over the mean streets of Harlem between Italian mobsters and the black hoodlums living in the neighborhood run by “Big Tony” (Frank DeKove). Read More »
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971) Woody Allen, David Ackroyd, Wil Albert, Short, Comedy
This mockumentary follows the fictional career of Harvey Wallinger, ostensible chief aide and adviser to Richard Nixon Read More »
Conduct Unbecoming (1975) Michael Anderson, Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Drama, Crime, Mystery
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. Read More »
Miss Julie (1972) John Glenister, Robin Phillips, Helen Mirren, Donal McCann, Heather Canning, Drama
A televised Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg’s classic play. Miss Julie (Helen Mirren), a 19th century aristocrat’s daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her father’s house. Read More »
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) John Hough, Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Family, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Tia and her brother Tony have supernatural powers, can communicate and move things with the power of their mind alone. Read More »
Lo Scopone scientifico / Scientific Poker (1972) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Comedy, Drama
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. Read More »