MFB: May 1980

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

May 1980

Vol. 47 No. 556

All Quiet on the Western Front

USA (TV) - 1979 - 158m - col

ITC (A)

D: Delbert Mann

American Gigolo

USA - 1980 - 117m - col

CIC (X)

D: Paul Schrader
Dolby Stereo

Antefatto

[see: Bloodbath]

Bloodbath

Reazione a catena (Ecologia del delitto)

(USA: Twitch of the Death Nerve)

(aka: A Bay of Blood)

(aka: Carnage)

(aka: The Last House on the Left Part II)

Italy - 1970 - 85m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Mario Bava
Rejected by the BBFC in 1972. A heavily edited version was passed 'uncut' in 1980, though the complete version wasn't 'approved' until 2010.

Boardwalk

USA - 1979 - 100m - col

ITC (AA)

D: Stephen Verona

Cattle Annie and Little Britches

USA - 1980 - 98m - col

Hemdale (A)

D: Lamont Johnson

Death Dive 2000
Cloud Dancer

USA (TV) - 1979 - 92m - col

New Realm (A)

D: Barry Brown

Dracula Sucks

(aka: The Coming of Dracula's Bride)

(aka: Lust at First Bite)

USA - 1979 - 95m/74m - col

Entertainment (X) (cut)

D: Phillip Marshak

Emanuelle: Queen Bitch

Η μαύρη Εμμανουέλα

(USA: Emanuelle the Seductress)

(aka: Emmanuelle: Queen of Sados)

(aka: Emanuelle's Daughter aka: Emanuelle's Sweet Revenge)

Greece/Cyprus - 1980 - 91m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Ilias Milonakos

Emmanuele 3

Le journal érotique d'une Thailandaise

France/Italy - 1980 - 91m - col

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Jean-Marie Pallardy [as: Boris Pradlay]

The Evictors

USA - 1979 - 92m - col / scope

ITC (X)

D: Charles B. Pierce

Human Experiments

USA - 1978 - 86m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Gregory Goodell

Hussy

UK - 1979 - 94m - col

Watchgrove (X)

D: Matthew Chapman

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

USA - 1976 - 109m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: John Cassavetes

Oh Bangkok

[see: Emmanuele 3]

The Outsiders
Oka Oori Katha

ఒక ఊరి కథ

(aka: The Marginal Ones)

India - 1977 - 116m - col

Contemporary (A)

D: Mrinal Sen

The Plough and the Stars

USA - 1936 - 73m - bw

Radio (A)

D: John Ford / Also reviewed: Dec 1936.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

USA - 1936 - 94m - bw

Fox (A) (cut)

D: John Ford
Also reviewed: Apr 1936.

Raba lubvi

[see: Slave of Love, A]

Saturn 3

UK/USA - 1980 - 87m - col

ITC (A) (cut)

D: Stanley Donen
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Shock

Schock

(USA: Beyond the Door II)

Italy - 1977 - 87m - col

Eagle (X)

D: Mario Bava

Shock Transfert-Suspence-Hypnos

[see: Shock]

A Slave of Love

Раба любви

(aka: Bondage of Love)

USSR - 1976 - 94m - col

Osiris (A)

D: Nikita Mikhalkov

Song of the Shirt

UK - 1979 - 135m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Susan Clayton, Jonathan Curling

Summer of Fear
Stranger in Our House

USA (TV) - 1978 - 93m - col

Brent Walker (X)

D: Wes Craven

Sweet William

UK - 1979 - 90m - col

ITC (AA)

D: Claude Whatham

Tom Horn

USA - 1980 - 97m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA) (cut)

D: William Wiard

When Time Ran Out...

(aka: Earth's Final Fury)

USA - 1980 - 109m/141m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: James Goldstone

The Whole Town’s Talking

(aka: Passport to Fame)

USA - 1935 - 93m - bw

Columbia (A)

D: John Ford
Also reviewed: Mar 1935.

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

UK - 1980 - 91m - col

Enterprise (A) (cut)

D: Frank Launder
Series: The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954, Oct/1954).