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MFB: April 1970




Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1970
Vol. 37 No. 435




99 Women
99 mujeres
(aka: The Hot Death)
(aka: Island of Despair)
(aka: Prostitutes in Prison)
Spain/W.Germany/Italy - 1968 - 90m - col
Commonwealth United Entertainment (X) (cut)
D: Jesús Franco [as: Jess Franco]

Anne of the Thousand Days
UK - 1969 - 146m - col / scope
Rank (A)
D: Charles Jarrott
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

The April Fools
USA - 1969- 95m - col / scope
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Stuart Rosenberg

The Bed Sitting Room
UK - 1969 - 91m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Richard Lester

The Birthday Party
UK - 1968 - 124m - col
Connoisseur (X)
D: William Friedkin

Black God White Devil
Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol
Brazil - 1964 - 110m - bw
Connoisseur (X)
D: Glauber Rocha

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
USA - 1969 - 110m - col / scope
20th Century Fox (A)
D: George Roy Hill
Followed by: Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979, Jun/1979).

Carmen, Baby
USA - 1967 - 90m - col / scope
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Radley Metzger

Castle Keep
USA - 1969 - 107m - col / scope
Columbia (X)
D: Sydney Pollack
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

Chicago, Chicago
Gaily, Gaily
USA - 1969 - 117m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Norman Jewison

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
USA - 1969 - 90m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Robert Butler
Followed by: Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972, Jul/1972), The Strongest Man in the World (1975, Aug/1976).

Entertaining Mr. Sloane
UK - 1969 - 94m - col
Warner-Pathé (X)
D: Douglas Hickox

Every Home Should Have One
(USA: Think Dirty)
UK - 1970 - 94m - col
British Lion (X)
D: Jim Clark

The Gay Deceivers
USA - 1969 - 97m - col
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Bruce Kessler

Kama Sutra
Kamasutra: Vollendung der Liebe
W.Germany - 1968 - 90m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Kobi Jaeger



Kes
UK - 1969 - 113m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Ken Loach

Killer!
Que la bête meure
(USA: This Man Must Die)
France/Italy - 1969 - 110m - col
Cinecenta (A)
D: Claude Chabrol

The Last Grenade
UK - 1969 - 93m - col / scope
CIRO (A)
D: Gordon Flemyng

The Last Shot You Hear
UK - 1968 - 91m - col
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Gordon Hessler
Released theatrically in black and white, though the colour version has since been restored for TV and home video.

Legend of the Witches
UK - 1969 - 75m - bw
Border (X) (cut)
D: Malcolm Leigh

Life Love Death
La vie, l'amour, la mort
France/Italy - 1968 - 116m - col
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Claude Lelouch

Model Shop
USA - 1968 - 92m - col
Columbia (X)
D: Jacques Demy

Monkey Money
Monnai de singe
France/Italy/Spain - 1965 - 98m - col / scope
Golden Era (U)
D: Yves Robert

More
Luxembourg - 1969 - 120m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Barbet Schroeder

My Dog, the Thief
USA - 1969 - 80m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Robert Stevenson
Two episodes of the TV series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1961-69), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Night After Night After Night
UK - 1969 - 88m - col
Butcher's (X) (cut)
D: Lindsay Shonteff [as: Lewis J. Force]

The Peace Game
Gladiatorerna
(aka: The Gladiators)
Sweden - 1969 - 104m - col
Gala (X)
D: Peter Watkins

Popi
USA - 1969 - 113m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Arthur Hiller

Prologue
Canada - 1969 - 87m - bw
Contemporary (X) (cut)
D: Robin Spry

The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse
(aka: The Phantom Fiend)
W.Germany/Italy/France - 1961 - 88m - bw
Golden Era (A) (cut)
D: Harald Reinl
Series: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960, Oct/1962 + Apr/1978).

Run, Angel, Run!
USA - 1969 - 95m - col
Grand National (X)
D: Jack Starrett

Some Kind of a Nut
USA - 1969 - 89m - col
United Artists (U)
D: Garson Kanin

Spring and Port Wine
UK - 1969 - 101m - col
Warner-Pathé (A)
D: Peter Hammond

The Tender Age
Adolphe ou L'âge tendre
France - 1968 - 103m - col
Planet (X)
D: Bernard Toublanc-Michel

Terry Whitmore, for Example
Sweden - 1969 - 98m - bw
Contemporary
D: Bill Brodie

...tick... tick... tick...
USA - 1969 - 97m - col / scope
MGM (A) (cut)
D: Ralph Nelson

Under the Table You Must Go
UK - 1969 - 52m - col
Butcher's (U)
D: Arnold Miller

Weekend Italian Style
L'ombrellone
Italy/France/Spain - 1965 - 105m - col
Golden Era (A)
D: Dino Risi

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