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Tag Archives: 1970s
Frau Wirtins tolle Töchterlein / The Countess Died of Laughter (1973) Franz Antel, Teri Tordai, Gabriele Tinti, Femi Benussi, Comedy
A man goes to a convent with exciting news, one of the nuns is an heir to a fortune! The man causes the nuns to become obsessed with him as he tries to find the right heir. Read More »
Stroke of Death (1979) Mar Lo, Siu-Tung Ching, Chiu-Sing Hau, Feng Kuan, Action, Drama
Ching, a small-time crook, is sent to prison. There he meets a one-eyed master who has been sentenced to death. Read More »
Nunzio (1978) Paul Williams, David Proval, James Andronica, Morgana King, Drama
Protected by his brother (James Andronica), a mentally impaired Brooklynite (David Proval) pretends he’s Superman and becomes a hero. Read More »
Kravgi gynaikon / A Dream of Passion (1978) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Drama
Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of the Greek tragedy “Medea” (about a woman who kills her children) in her native Greece. Read More »
Crystal Fist / Jade Claw (1979) Shan Hua, Billy Chong, Siu Tin Yuen, Chiu-Sing Hau, Action, Drama
A young man vows revenge against the killers of his father. To do this, he must train with his father’s teacher who teaches him the “Shadow Claw” Read More »
Animal House (1978) John Landis, John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce, Comedy
Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. Read More »
Switchblade Sisters (1975) Jack Hill, Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle, Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Hill’s Switchblade Sisters is the outlandish, action-packed story of a tough gang of teenage girls Read More »
The Railway Children (1970) Lionel Jeffries, Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Family, Drama
The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Edwardian London. Read More »
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) Gordon Hessler, Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play “Murders in the Rue Morgue” with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. Read More »