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MFB: April 1972




Monthly Film Bulletin
April 1972
Vol. 39 No. 459




Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary
Angela: Portrait of a Revolutionary
USA - 1971 - 80m - bw
Contemporary (A)
D: Yolande du Luart

Antony and Cleopatra
UK/Spain/Switzerland - 1972 - 160m - col / scope
Rank (AA)
D: Charlton Heston
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

The Battle of the Ten Million
La bataille des dix millions
(USA: Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000)
France/Belgium/Cuba - 1970 - 58m - bw
Polit Kino
D: Chris Marker

Le cercle rouge
(aka: The Red Circle)
France/Italy - 1970 - 150m - col
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: Jean-Pierre Melville

Commando Attack
I leopardi di Churchill
(USA: Churchill's Leopards)
(aka: The Dirty Dam Busters)
Italy/Spain - 1970 - 89m - col
Hemdale (AA)
D: Maurizio Pradeaux




The Cowboys
USA - 1971 - 128m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)
D: Mark Rydell
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

Crucible of Terror
(aka: Unholy Terror)
UK - 1971 - 90m - col
Scotia-Barber (X)
D: Ted Hooker

A Date With a Lonely Girl
T.R. Baskin
USA - 1971 - 89m - col
Paramount (AA)
D: Herbert Ross

Doomwatch
UK - 1972 - 92m - col
Tigon (A)
D: Peter Sasdy

Dougal and the Blue Cat
Pollux et le chat bleu
France - 1970 - 82m - col
MGM-EMI (U)
D: Serge Danot

Dynamite Chicken
USA - 1971 - 76m - col
VPS
D: Ernest Pintoff

Embassy
UK - 1972 - 90m - col
Hemdale (AA)
D: Gordon Hessler

Entranced Earth
Terra em Transe
Brazil - 1967 - 106m - bw
The Other Cinema
D: Glauber Rocha

Hell's Creatures
(La marca del hombre lobo)

Exposed
Exponerad
(USA: The Depraved)
Sweden - 1971 - 90m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Gustav Wikilund

Fun and Games
(USA: 1,000 Convicts and a Woman)
UK - 1971 - 92m - col
Scotia-Barber (X) (cut)
D: Ray Austin

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
USA - 1971 - 96m - col
MGM-EMI (AA)
D: James Goldstone

Goin' Down the Road
Canada - 1970 - 88m - col
Contemporary (X)
D: Donald Shebib

Hell's Creatures
La marca del hombre lobo
(USA: Frankenstein's Bloody Terror)
Spain/W.Germany - 1967 - 98m - col / Hi-Fi Stereo 70 (3-D)
DUK (X)
D: Enrique L. Eguiliz
Followed by: Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1969, Oct/1971), La furia del hombre lobo (1970), Shadow of the Werewolf (1970, Jul/1973), Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf (1971, May/1976), Curse of the Devil (1972, Oct/1976), The Werewolf and the Yeti (La maldición de la bestia, 1975), El retorno del hombre lobo (1980), La bestia y la espada mágica (1983), El aullido del diablo (1987), Licántropo: El asesino de la luna llena (1996), Tomb of the Werewolf (2004).
Despite assurances by star Paul Naschy that another entry in this series, Las noches del hombre lobo, was shot in 1968, no trace of that film's existence has ever been found.
4-channel stereo

Hidden and Seeking
USA - 1971 - 55m - bw
Peter Darville Associates
D: Peter Werner

The House That Screamed
La residencia
(aka: The Finishing School [La Residencia])
Spain - 1969 - 104m - col / scope
MGM-EMI (X)
D: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
35mm and 70mm release prints.


Lady Frankenstein: May 1972


I Do It My Way
Stoßzeit: Rush Hour
(USA: The Butterfly)
W.Germany - 1970 - 95m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Alexis Neve

The Last Picture Show
USA - 1971 - 118m - bw
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Peter Bogdanovich
Followed by: Texasville (1990, Jan/1991).

The Love Machine
USA - 1971 - 110m - col
Columbia-Warner (X) (cut)
D: Jack Haley Jr.

Naughty Knickers
Josefine Mutzenbacher
(USA: Sensational Janine)
(aka: Diary of a 19th Century Joy Girl)
W.Germany - 1970 - 89m - col
New Realm (X)
D: Kurt Nachmann
Followed by: Don't Get Your Knickers in a Twist (1971, Mar/1973), Auch Fummeln will gelernt sein (1972).

On Any Sunday
USA - 1971 - 89m - col
Tigon (U)
D: Bruce Brown
Followed by: On Any Sunday II (1981), On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (2014).

Part-Time Virgins
Interplay
USA - 1970 - 97m - col
Richard Schulman (X)
D: Albert T. Viola

Peacemaking 1919
UK - 1971 - 50m - bw and col
VPS
D: John Nicholson, David Mingay

Plaza Suite
USA - 1970 - 114m - col
Paramount (A)
D: Arthur Hiller



Psycho Killer
The Psycho Lover
USA - 1969 - 71m - col
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Robert Vincent O'Neill
Initailly rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Skin Game
USA - 1971 - 101m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (U)
D: Paul Bogart

The Ski Raiders
Snowjob
USA - 1972 - 90m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (A)
D: George Englund

Steptoe & Son
UK - 1972 - 98m - col
MGM-EMI (A) (cut)
D: Cliff Owen
Followed by: Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973, Aug/1973).

Stosszeit
[see: I Do It My Way]

Student Nurses
(aka: Secrets of a Student Nurse)
USA - 1970 - 85m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Stephanie Rothman

Such Good Friends
USA - 1971 - 102m - col
Paramount (X)
D: Otto Preminger

They Might Be Giants
USA - 1971 - 88m - col
Rank (U)
D: Anthony Harvey

Universal Soldier
UK - 1971 - 96m - col
Hemdale (AA)
D: Cy Endfield

Wedding Night
I Can't... I Can't
Ireland - 1969 - 99m - col
Scotia-Barber (X)
D: Waris Hussein

Weekend of a Champion
UK - 1971 - 80m - col
MGM-EMI (A)
D: Frank Simon

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
UK - 1971 - 91m - col
MGM-EMI (AA)
D: Curtis Harrington

The Yes Girls
(aka: Take Some Girls)
UK - 1971 - 86m - col / scope
Miracle (X)
D: Lindsay Shonteff
Rejected by the BBFC in 1971 when submitted under the title Take Some Girls. The film was passed the same year under the title The Yes Girls, presumably after cuts had been made (though this cannot be confirmed).

Zee & Co.
(USA: X Y and Zee)
UK - 1971 - 109m - col
Columbia-Warner (X)
D: Brian G. Hutton

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