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Tag Archives: 1970s
Nightmares Come at Night (1970) Jesús Franco, Diana Lorys, Paul Muller, Jack Taylor
In Zagreb, the striper Anna de Istria works in a sleazy cabaret. She is seduced by the blonde Cynthia Robins that invites her to move to her house. Read More »
Dirty Weekend (1973) Dino Risi, Marcello Mastroianni, Oliver Reed, Carole André
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they’re kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. Read More »
In the Name of the Italian People (1971) Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani
An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. Read More »
The Designated Victim (1971) Maurizio Lucidi, Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine
A wealthy, decadent count convinces a disillusioned playboy that they shall murder one another’s relatives, to get away with the perfect crime. Read More »
Avanti! (1972) Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill
Baltimore industrialist Wendell Armbruster crosses paths with London shop girl Pamela Piggott when they come to Ischia to pick up the bodies of her mother and his father Read More »
Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) Mauro Bolognini, Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Marthe Keller
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi Read More »
The Buddy Holly Story (1978) Steve Rash, Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith
A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock ‘n’ roll star Buddy Holly (Gary Busey), who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Read More »
Human, Too Human (1974) Louis Malle, René Vautier
A documentary with almost no words following the production of Citroen cars at a plant in Northern France and their later sales. Read More »
The Young Secretaries (1974) Richard Kante, Joyanne Mitchell, John Barnum, Colleen Brennan
Robert Cameron runs an advertising agency that mainly employs attractive young women. Read More »