Monthly Film Bulletin
November 1973
Vol. 40 No. 478
Asylum
USA - 1972 - 95m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Peter Robinson
Attraction
Nerosubianco
(USA: The Artful Penetration of Barbara)
(aka: Barbara the Yes Girl)
(aka: Black on White)
Italy - 1968 - 89m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Tinto Brass
Rejected by the BBFC in 1969, then passed with cuts in 1973.
The Belstone Fox
(aka: Free Spirit)
UK - 1973 - 105m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (A)
D: James Hill
Blood Wedding
[see: Red Wedding]
Blue Movie Blackmail
Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?
(USA: Mafia Junction)
(aka: SuperBitch)
Italy/UK - 1973 - 97m - col
Hemdale (X) (cut)
D: Massimo Dallamano
Cahill
Cahill: United States Marshal
USA - 1973 - 102m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: Andrew V. McLaglen
Class of '44
USA - 1973 - 95m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: Paul Bogart
Cleopatra Jones
USA - 1973 - 89m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Jack Starrett
Followed by: Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975, Oct/1975).
Electra Glide in Blue
USA - 1973 - 113m - col / scope
United Artists (X)
D: James William Guercio
4-channel stereo
Evil Fingers
Giornata nera per l'ariete
(aka: The Fifth Cord)
Italy - 1971 - 100m - col
Target (X) (cut)
D: Luigi Bazzoni
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
USA - 1973 - 102m - col / scope
CIC (X)
D: Peter Yates
Get Thee to a Nunnery
[see: Roman Scandals '73]
Happiness in Twenty Years
Le bonheur dans 20 ans
France - 1971 - 93m - bw
VPS (U)
D: Albert Knobler
He Who Shoots First
Django spara per primo
(aka: Django Shoots First)
Italy - 1966 - 95m - col / scope
Gala (AA) (cut)
D: Alberto De Martino
Followed by: Il figlio di Django (1967).
Intimidades de una prostituta
[see: Sex is the Name of the Game]
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan
愛奴
Hong Kong - 1972 - 91m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Chor Yuen
The Invitation
L'invitation
Switzerland/France - 1973 - 100m - col
Connoisseur (AA)
D: Claude Goretta
The Lacey Rituals
UK - 1973 - 63m - col
Arts Council of Great Britain
D: Bruce Lacey, Jill Lacey, Tiffany Lacey, Saffron Lacey, Kevin Lacey
The Magnificent Chivalry
獨行大鏢客
Taiwan - 1971 - 88m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (X) (cut)
D: Li Su
The Man Called Noon
UK/Spain/Italy - 1973 - 95m - col
Scotia-Barber (AA) (cut)
D: Peter Collinson
Massage Parlour
Massagesalon der jungen Mädchen
(USA: Massage Parlor '73)
W.Germany - 1972 - 89m - col
Hemdale (X) (cut)
D: Eberhard Schröder
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Michael Shipman, then passed with cuts.
Red Wedding
Les noces rouges
(USA: Wedding in Blood)
France/Italy - 1973 - 95m - col
Connoisseur (X)
D: Claude Chabrol
Roman Scandals '73
Fratello homo sorella bona
Italy - 1973 - 91m - col / scope
Gala (X) (cut)
D: Mario Sequi
Servizio di scorta
[see: Blue Movie Blackmail]
Sex is the Name of the Game
Intimidades de una cualquiera
(USA: Intimacies of a Prostitute)
Argentina - 1972 - 93m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Armando Bo
Sexy Sinners
Decameron proibitissimo: Boccaccio mio statte zitto...
Italy - 1972 - 99m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Marino Girloami [as: Franco Martinelli]
Ssssnake
Sssssss
USA - 1973 - 99m - col
CIC (X) (cut)
D: Bernard L. Kowalski
The Swinging Stewardesses
Die Stewardessen
(USA: Naked Stewardesses)
(aka: Love at 42,000 Feet)
(aka: Stewardess Report)
(aka: Sweet Sensations)
(aka: The Young Seducers)
W.Germany - 1972 - 85m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
Thumb Tripping
USA - 1972 - 94m - col
Avco Embassy (X)
D: Quentin Masters
Tout va bien
(aka: Everything's All Right)
France/Italy - 1972 - 95m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Jean-Pierre Gorin, Jean-Luc Godard
¡Tupamaros!
Sweden/Uruguay - 1972 - 50m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Jan Lindkvist
The Vault of Horror
UK - 1973 - 86m - col
Fox-Rank (X)
D: Roy Ward Baker
When the People Awake
Cuando despierta el pueblo
Chile - 1973 - 60m - col
The Other Cinema
D: [uncredited]
Wicked, Wicked
USA - 1973 - 95m - col / Duo-Vision
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Richard L. Bare
Wonder Women
(aka: The Deadly and the Beautiful)
USA/Philippines - 1973 - 81m - col
Target (X) (cut)
D: Robert Vincent O'Neill
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October 1973
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Australia - 1972 - 114m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Bruce Beresford
Followed by: Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974, Jun/1975).
Andrei Rublev
Андрей Рублёв
USSR - 1966 - 185m - bw and col / scope
Columbia-Warner (AA) (cut)
D: Andrei Tarkovsky
The Chinese Connection
Duel of Fists
拳擊
(aka: Striking Fists)
Hong Kong - 1970 - 86m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X)
D: Chang Cheh
Followed by: The Angry Guest (惡客, 1972).
Clockwork Banana
Bananes mécaniques
(USA: Erotic Escape)
France/W.Germany - 1973 - 84m - col
Border (X) (cut)
D: Jean-François Davy
Congo Hell
Sette baschi rossi
(USA: The Seven Red Berets)
(aka: The Red Berets [Rebellion])
Italy/W.Germany - 1969 - 96m - col
Golden Era (X) (cut)
D: Mario Siciliano [as: Marlon Sirko]
Decameron n. 3: L'ultimo Decameron: Le più belle donne del Boccaccio
[see: Decameron's Jolly Kittens]
Decameron's Jolly Kittens
Decameron n° 3: Le più belle donne del Boccaccio
(aka: The Last Decameron: Adultery in 7 Easy Lessons)
Italy - 1972 - 103m - col / scope
Border (X) (cut)
D: Italo Alfaro
Don't Look Now
UK/Italy - 1973 - 110m - col
British Lion (X)
D: Nicolas Roeg
Drop Them or I'll Shoot
Gli specialisti
(USA: Specialists)
Italy/France/W.Germany - 1969 - 98m - col / scope
Golden Era (X) (cut)
D: Sergio Corbucci
Dvorianskoe gnezdo
[see: Nest of Gentlefolk, A]
The Final Programme
(USA: The Last Days of Man on Earth)
UK - 1973 - 89m - col
MGM-EMI (X)
D: Robert Fuest
Harry in Your Pocket
USA - 1973 - 103m - col
United Artists (AA)
D: Bruce Geller
The Last American Hero
(aka: Hard Driver)
USA - 1973 - 95m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (AA)
D: Lamont Johnson
The Last of Sheila
USA - 1973 - 123m - col
Columbia-Warner (AA)
D: Herbert Ross
The Long Goodbye
USA - 1973 - 111m - col / scope
United Artists (X) (cut)
D: Robert Altman
Man at the Top
UK - 1973 - 87m - col
MGM-EMI (X)
D: Mike Vardy
Mechanical Bananas
[see: Clockwork Banana]
Nearest and Dearest
UK - 1972 - 86m - col
MGM-EMI (A)
D: John Robins
A Nest of Gentlefolk
Дворянское гнездо
(USA: A Nest of Gentry)
USSR - 1969 - 106m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: Andrei Konchalovsky
Oklahoma Crude
USA - 1973 - 111m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (AA) (cut)
D: Stanley Kramer
One Man's China
UK - 1972 - 189m - col
Contemporary
D: Felix Greene
Made available in two separate versions: Eight short films, or two feature-length entries (75m and 100m respectively) and a short item (14m).
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
USA - 1973 - 106m/121m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Sam Peckinpah
Penelope
Pénélope: Folle de son corps
France - 1972 - 75m - col
Cinecenta (X) (cut)
D: Alain Magrou
Pénélope ou L'hiver à Kermarec
[see: Penelope]
Private Parts
USA - 1972 - 87m - col
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Paul Bartel
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
USA - 1970 - 104m - col
CIC (X)
D: Jerry Schatzberg
Scarecrow
USA - 1973 - 112m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Jerry Schatzberg
Scorpio
USA - 1972 - 114m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Michael Winner
Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman
(USA: Naughty Wives)
UK - 1973 - 80m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Wolf Rilla
Shaft in Africa
USA - 1973 - 112m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: John Guillermin
Series: Shaft (1971, Jan/1972).
Le spécialiste
[see: Drop Them or I'll Shoot]
Visions of Eight
USA - 1973 - 110m - col
MGM-EMI (U)
D: Juri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Milos Forman, John Schlesinger
White Lightning
USA - 1973 - 101m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Joseph Sargent
Followed by: Gator (1976, Jul/1976).
Yellow Dog
UK - 1973 - 101m - col
Scotia-Barber (X)
D: Terence Donovan
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September 1973
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Along the Way
UK - 1972 - 57m - col
MGM-EMI (U)
D: Tom Lyndon-Haynes, John Reeve
Angels Hard As They Come
(aka: Angel Warriors)
USA - 1971 - 90m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Joe Viola
Badge 373
USA - 1973 - 116m - col
CIC (X)
D: Howard W. Koch
The Bitches
Les chiennes
France - 1973 - 75m - col
Cinecenta (X)
D: Michel Lemoine
Blacula
USA - 1972 - 93m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: William Crain
Followed by: Scream Blacula Scream (1973, May/1975).
Charley Varrick
USA - 1973 - 111m - col
CIC (X)
D: Don Siegel
Come Back Charleston Blue
USA - 1972 - 100m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Mark Warren
Series: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970, Jun/1971).
Emperor of the North
Emperor of the North Pole
USA - 1973 - 119m - col
Fox-Rank (AA) (cut)
D: Robert Aldrich
The Hireling
UK - 1973 - 108m - col
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Alan Bridges
Inside the Old Lady's Mansion
Dentro la casa della vecchia signorina
Italy - 1971 - 76m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Giacomo Battiato
Jesus Christ Superstar
UK - 1973 - 107m - col / scope
CIC (A)
D: Norman Jewison
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo
The Killer
大殺手
(USA: Sacred Knives of Vengeance)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 93m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Chor Yuen
The King of Marvin Gardens
USA - 1972 - 104m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Bob Rafelson
The Legend of Hell House
UK - 1973 - 94m - col
Fox-Rank (X)
D: John Hough
Love-Making: Hot Style
Flash Love
(aka: Continental Nights of Lust)
(aka: Night Games)
France - 1968 - 72m - col
English Film Company (X) (cut)
D: Max Kalifa [as: Jean-Marie Pontiac]
Lust for Sex
Όσο υπάρχει έρωτας
Greece - 1969 - 110m - bw
Aphrodite (X)
D: Omiros Efstratiadis
Night Watch
UK - 1973 - 101m - col
Avco Embassy (X)
D: Brian G. Hutton
No Sex Please, We're British
UK - 1973 - 91m - col
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Cliff Owen
The Porn Brokers
UK - 1973 - 86m - col
Target (X - London) (cut)
D: John Lindsay, Laurence Barnett
Rejected by the BBFC in 1973, then passed with cuts in 1977. In the interim, the film had been screened in London with a local certificate.
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Sex is Beautiful
La révélation
France - 1971 - 82m - col
English Film Company (X) (cut)
D: Alain Lavalle
Sex Obsessed
Ανήλικες αμαρτωλές
(aka: Sexual Eroticism)
(aka: Teenage Desires)
Greece - 1972 - 80m - bw
Aphrodite (X) (cut)
D: Omiros Efstratiadis, Apostolos Tegopoulos
The Sex Thief
(USA: Her Family Jewels)
(aka: Handful of Diamonds)
UK - 1973 - 89m - col
LMG (X) (cut)
D: Martin Campbell
Sid's Family
UK - 1972 - 50m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Nick Gifford
Six Reels of Film to Be Shown in Any Order
(aka: Permutations)
UK - 1971 - 60m - col / scope
The Other Cinema
D: Barry Salt
Super Dick
Cry Uncle
(aka: American Oddballs)
USA - 1971 - 87m - col
Eagle (X) (cut)
D: John G. Avildsen
Initially rejected by the BBFC when submitted by Ian Merrick, then passed with cuts.
Ten Fingers of Steel
Screaming Tiger
唐人票客
(aka: King of Boxers)
(aka: Screaming Ninja)
Hong Kong - 1973 - 96m - col / scope
Ember (X) (cut)
D: Kim Lung
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Addio fratello crudele
Italy - 1971 - 109m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
We Have Come For Your Daughters
Medicine Ball Caravan
USA - 1971 - 88m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: François Reichenbach
4-channel stereo
Wang Yu: Ten Fingers of Steel
[see: Ten Fingers of Steel]
Monthly Film Bulletin
August 1973
Vol. 40 No. 475
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
USA - 1973 - 86m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (A)
D: J. Lee Thompson
Series: Planet of the Apes (1968, Apr/1968).
The Beguines
Le rempart des Béguines
France/Italy - 1972 - 90m - col
Fox-Rank (X)
D: Guy Casaril
Blue Movie
USA - 1968 - 133m - col
Target (X) (cut)
D: Andy Warhol
The Call of the Wild
UK/W.Germany/Spain/Italy/France - 1972 - 105m - col
MGM-EMI (U)
D: Ken Annakin
César and Rosalie
César et Rosalie
France/Italy/W.Germany - 1972 - 105m - col
Gala (AA)
D: Claude Sautet
Cold Sweat
De la part des copains
France/Italy - 1970 - 94m - col
MGM-EMI (AA) (cut)
D: Terence Young
The Cow
گاو
Iran - 1968 - 101m - col
Connoisseur (A)
D: Daryush Mehrjui
Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears
Los amigos
Italy - 1972 - 92m - col
MGM-EMI (AA) (cut)
D: Paolo Cavara
Diamonds on Wheels
UK - 1972 - 85m - col
Walt Disney (U)
D: Jerome Courtland
A Doll's House
UK/France - 1973 - 106m - col
British Lion (A)
D: Joseph Losey
Emitaï
Senegal - 1972 - 103m - col
Polit Kino
D: Ousmane Sembene
The Five Crazy Boys
Les bidasses en folie
(aka: Rookies Run Amok)
France - 1971 - 95m - col
Fox-Rank (U)
D: Claude Zidi
Followed by: Le retour des bidasses en folie (1983).
The Gamblers
USA - 1969 - 92m - col
Fox-Rank (U)
D: Ron Winston
Gav
[see: Cow, The]
Gawain and the Green Knight
UK - 1973 - 107m - col / scope
United Artists (U)
D: Stephen Weeks
Heavy Traffic
USA - 1973 - 75m - col
Black Ink Films (X)
D: Ralph Bakshi
High Plains Drifter
USA - 1972 - 105m - col / scope
CIC (X) (cut)
D: Clint Eastwood
I'm Jumping Over Puddles Again
Už zase skáču přes kaluže
(USA: Jumping Over Puddles)
Czechoslovakia - 1970 - 92m - col
Contemporary (U)
D: Karel Kachyna
Jimi Hendrix
USA - 1973 - 102m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Joe Boyd, John Head, Gary Weis
Jim Stirling's Architecture
UK - 1973 - 50m - col
Arts Council of Great Britain
D: Ron Parks
The Legend of Nigger Charley
(aka: The Legend of Black Charley)
USA - 1972 - 98m - col
CIC (X) (cut)
D: Martin Goldman
Followed by: The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973).
Let the Good Times Roll
USA - 1973 - 99m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Sid Levin, Robert Abel
4-channel stereo
Live and Let Die
UK - 1973 - 121m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Guy Hamilton
Series: Dr. No (1962, Oct/62).
4-channel stereo
Love Thy Neighbour
UK - 1973 - 85m - col
MGM-EMI (A) (cut)
D: John Robins
The Neptune Factor
(aka: The Neptune Disaster)
Canada - 1973 - 98m - col / scope
Fox-Rank (U)
D: Daniel Petrie
New One-Armed Swordsman
新獨臂刀
(USA: Triple Irons)
Hong Kong - 1972 - 102m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X) (cut)
D: Chang Cheh
The Other Canterbury Tales
Gli altri racconti di Canterbury
Italy - 1972 - 92m - col
Border (X) (cut)
D: Mino Guerrini
Pete Seeger... A Song and a Stone
USA - 1971 - 84m - col
TCB (U)
D: Robert Elfstrom
Raga
USA - 1971 - 96m - col
Contemporary
D: Howard Worth
Shin Heike Monogatari
新平家物語
(USA: The Taira Clan)
(aka: Taira Clan Saga)
Japan - 1955 - 105m - col
Contemporary
D: Kenji Mozoguchi
Sleuth
UK - 1972 - 138m - col
Fox-Rank (AA)
D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
State of Siege
Etat de siège
France/Italy/W.Germany - 1973 - 120m - col
Hemdale (X)
D: Costa-Gavras
Steptoe and Son Ride Again
UK - 1973 - 99m - col
MGM-EMI (A)
D: Peter Sykes
Series: Steptoe & Son (1972, Apr/1972).
Treasure Island
UK/France/W.Germany/Spain - 1971 - 95m - col
MGM-EMI (U)
D: John Hough
Trick Baby
USA - 1972 - 94m - col
CIC (X)
D: Larry Yust
Voices
UK - 1973 - 91m - col
Hemdale (AA) (cut)
D: Kevin Billington
Wattstax
USA - 1973 - 102m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Mel Stuart
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
(aka: Death of a Hooker)
USA - 1971 - 90m - col
Gala (AA)
D: Ernest Pintoff
The Winners
(USA: My Way)
(aka: High Stakes)
S.Africa - 1972 - 107m - col
Scotia-Barber (A) (cut)
D: Emil Nofal, Roy Sargeant
Women in Revolt
USA - 1971 - 98m - col
[No distributor or certificate]
D: Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol
